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Clifford Hill Pits continues it's excellent spring with some great finds of a Little Tern, up to three Whinchats and at least two Wheatears today.
Pitsford Reservoir hosted an Osprey this morning south of the causeway and this afternoon an Osprey was north of the causeway at about 5pm together with five Arctic Terns and the long-staying drake Mandarin Duck.
Elsewhere a Grasshopper Warbler was 'reeling' at Kingsthorpe, Northampton and a female Common Redstart flew over the A508 at Lamport Hall.
However potentially bird of the day was a White Stork seen flying over Brackley town this morning, disappearing to the west at about 10.20am. Despite it's size this is a species that is hard to catch up with in Northants and with an active re-introduction scheme in the south east of England at an early stage hopefully we will gradually see more records in the Midlands. Congratulations to Ian Moore on his South Northants sighting!
Regards
Neil M
Clifford Hill Pits continues it's excellent spring with some great finds of a Little Tern, up to three Whinchats and at least two Wheatears today.
Pitsford Reservoir hosted an Osprey this morning south of the causeway and this afternoon an Osprey was north of the causeway at about 5pm together with five Arctic Terns and the long-staying drake Mandarin Duck.
Elsewhere a Grasshopper Warbler was 'reeling' at Kingsthorpe, Northampton and a female Common Redstart flew over the A508 at Lamport Hall.
However potentially bird of the day was a White Stork seen flying over Brackley town this morning, disappearing to the west at about 10.20am. Despite it's size this is a species that is hard to catch up with in Northants and with an active re-introduction scheme in the south east of England at an early stage hopefully we will gradually see more records in the Midlands. Congratulations to Ian Moore on his South Northants sighting!
Regards
Neil M
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| Chris Payne's image of a fledgling Dunnock came with the title 'Grumpy'! |
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| The successful Woodpigeon as photographed by John Tilly. |
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| Not the Brackley bird but a White Stork in flight nonetheless! |
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