Yesterday evening (Tuesday) provided views of an adult male Marsh Harrier quartering the top fields at Harrington Airfield before cruising off towards Lamport.
Today (Wednesday) and a cool but gentle northerly breeze with some cloud cover and warm sunshine made for a fabulous day.
Eric Graham ventured to Thrapston Pits where he encountered an Egyptian Goose, a pair of Shoveler, eight pairs of Gadwall and a Great Black-backed Gull predating Black-headed Gull chicks on one of the islands. Steve Fisher found the drake Garganey on the main lake at Stanwick Pits this morning and Summer Leys catered for the continued stay of the summer plumage Black-necked Grebe and a Garganey. The Pink-footed Goose was still at Clifford Hill Pits today and a Turtle Dove was seen at a site in the county.
At Pitsford Reservoir an Osprey was seen over the Scaldwell Bay this morning and this afternoon the third calendar year Yellow-legged Gull was still at the south end of the reservoir.
Harrington Airfield supported two 'reeling' Grasshopper Warblers today (150m along concrete track from Draughton Road entrance and Bunker Three) and another was located between Hardingstone Lake and the River Nene on the outskirts of Northampton. A Spotted Flycatcher was found at Wappenham by Graham Martin and a Birdguides report indicated the sighting of a north-bound Honey Buzzard over Islip at about midday.
Our bird list for the birds recorded from the garden currently stands at 57 for May, nowhere near the April total of 66 even though we have a few days to go yet!
The first Black Hairstreak butterflies of the year were found at Glapthorne Cow Pastures today - nationally a rare butterfly but with a couple of really good sites in Northamptonshire we do well for them locally.
Regards
Neil M
Today (Wednesday) and a cool but gentle northerly breeze with some cloud cover and warm sunshine made for a fabulous day.
Eric Graham ventured to Thrapston Pits where he encountered an Egyptian Goose, a pair of Shoveler, eight pairs of Gadwall and a Great Black-backed Gull predating Black-headed Gull chicks on one of the islands. Steve Fisher found the drake Garganey on the main lake at Stanwick Pits this morning and Summer Leys catered for the continued stay of the summer plumage Black-necked Grebe and a Garganey. The Pink-footed Goose was still at Clifford Hill Pits today and a Turtle Dove was seen at a site in the county.
At Pitsford Reservoir an Osprey was seen over the Scaldwell Bay this morning and this afternoon the third calendar year Yellow-legged Gull was still at the south end of the reservoir.
Harrington Airfield supported two 'reeling' Grasshopper Warblers today (150m along concrete track from Draughton Road entrance and Bunker Three) and another was located between Hardingstone Lake and the River Nene on the outskirts of Northampton. A Spotted Flycatcher was found at Wappenham by Graham Martin and a Birdguides report indicated the sighting of a north-bound Honey Buzzard over Islip at about midday.
Our bird list for the birds recorded from the garden currently stands at 57 for May, nowhere near the April total of 66 even though we have a few days to go yet!
The first Black Hairstreak butterflies of the year were found at Glapthorne Cow Pastures today - nationally a rare butterfly but with a couple of really good sites in Northamptonshire we do well for them locally.
Regards
Neil M
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Record shot of yesterday's Marsh Harrier at Harrington Airfield. |
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| Distant image of the Black-necked Grebe at Summer Leys courtesy of Paul Crotty. |
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Blue Tit nestlings. Many tits have now fledged but there are still families yet to take flight. Image courtesy of Chris Payne. |
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| Robin nest by Diane Freeman. |
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| Mimic Hoverfly Volucella bombylans, this red-tailed form mimics Red-tailed Bumblebee. |
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| Mimic Hoverfly of the same species as above but this form mimics the White-tailed Bumblebee. |
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| Hoverfly Volucella pellucens. Hoverfly images provided by Robin Gossage. |
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