A much more modest ringing session today at Harrington Airfield provided 36 captures which included another Green Woodpecker, seven new Willow Warblers and three more Swallows. Grey Partridge and Hobby were on-site and interesting insects included a Clouded Yellow butterfly and a Six-belted Clearwing moth which was attracted to a pheromone lure.
At least seven Clouded Yellow butterflies were attracted to nectar crop strips in the Brampton Valley between Hanging Houghton and Blueberry Farm today including at least one in the strip next to the Brampton Brook close to the Brampton Valley Way (whatthree words patrolled.occurs.dragons).
Eleanor's run around the south side of Pitsford Reservoir this morning (between the causeway and dam) produced sightings of a Great White Egret (the first I believe at Pitsford for quite a while), a fishing Osprey and two Green Sandpipers.
Birds at Summer Leys LNR today amounted to a Great White Egret, two Green Sandpipers and a Common Sandpiper. John Friendship-Taylor witnessed two Crossbills fly over his Brackley garden this morning, at about 8am heading in a north-west direction.
Regards
Neil M
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| Six-belted Clearwing moth courtesy of Fiona Barclay. |
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| Six-belted Clearwing moth courtesy of Chris Payne. |
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| Juvenile Common Whitethroat. |
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| Large Skipper. |
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| Cormorant. |
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