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The return of the Spoonbill to Earls Barton Pits this morning provided joy and sorrow as it permitted close views on the wader scrape on the Summer Leys reserve before moving to Hardwater Lake and then flying off before all would-be observers had arrived.
Other birds at Summer Leys included one of the juvenile Black-necked Grebes and a Spotted Flycatcher and there was a Great White Egret and a Green Sandpiper at Hardwater Lake early this morning.
Stanwick Pits attracted four Cattle Egrets on the north lake this morning and this afternoon there were three different Mediterranean Gulls and eleven Yellow-legged Gulls.
Birds at Pitsford Reservoir today included three Yellow-legged Gulls and a drake Goldeneye (probably the same bird has been turning up in July for nearly ten years), a Green Sandpiper and the large flock of moulting Gadwall. Nearby Hollowell Reservoir continues to host the female Ruddy Shelduck plus a Green Sandpiper and two Common Sandpipers.
A flock of twenty-one Crossbills were at Bucknell Wood today and a Dark Green Fritillary was found in a meadow next to Salcey Forest.
The pair of Spotted Flycatchers at New Covert, Kelmarsh were feeding fledged young today.
A walk along the Brampton Valley between Hanging Houghton and Brixworth this evening produced a rare beast in the shape of at least one Willow Tit which was in the company of at least two Marsh Tits.
Regards
Neil M
The return of the Spoonbill to Earls Barton Pits this morning provided joy and sorrow as it permitted close views on the wader scrape on the Summer Leys reserve before moving to Hardwater Lake and then flying off before all would-be observers had arrived.
Other birds at Summer Leys included one of the juvenile Black-necked Grebes and a Spotted Flycatcher and there was a Great White Egret and a Green Sandpiper at Hardwater Lake early this morning.
Stanwick Pits attracted four Cattle Egrets on the north lake this morning and this afternoon there were three different Mediterranean Gulls and eleven Yellow-legged Gulls.
Birds at Pitsford Reservoir today included three Yellow-legged Gulls and a drake Goldeneye (probably the same bird has been turning up in July for nearly ten years), a Green Sandpiper and the large flock of moulting Gadwall. Nearby Hollowell Reservoir continues to host the female Ruddy Shelduck plus a Green Sandpiper and two Common Sandpipers.
A flock of twenty-one Crossbills were at Bucknell Wood today and a Dark Green Fritillary was found in a meadow next to Salcey Forest.
The pair of Spotted Flycatchers at New Covert, Kelmarsh were feeding fledged young today.
A walk along the Brampton Valley between Hanging Houghton and Brixworth this evening produced a rare beast in the shape of at least one Willow Tit which was in the company of at least two Marsh Tits.
Regards
Neil M
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| Spotted Flycatcher. |
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| Crossbill. |
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