Stormy weather again!

 Hello

Yesterday evening (Thursday) and additional birds included a Marsh Harrier flying along the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton towards Brixworth and a flock of nine Knot seen flying along the dam at Pitsford Reservoir but they apparently didn't linger. Stanwick Pit was the venue for twenty-two Yellow-legged Gulls and a juvenile Caspian Gull plus eleven Snipe, four Common Sandpipers, two Little Ringed Plovers, three Cattle Egrets and two Great White Egrets - quite a haul!

Today (Friday) and the weather deteriorated significantly with periods of heavy rain and the return of gale force winds again this evening.

Pitsford Reservoir today hosted three juvenile Shags, three to five Yellow-legged Gulls, a Common Sandpiper and two Green Sandpipers. Two Common Redstarts remain between the Chipping Compound and Bunker One at Harrington Airfield.

Regards

Neil M

Hoverfly Chrysotoxum festivum.

Hoverfly Chrysotoxum cautum.

Snail sp.

Spectacled Moth.

All images courtesy of
Dave Jackson. Macro 
photography certainly makes
the humble snail quite something!
Dave has a couple more macro
photography workshops coming up
next month (9th and 16th), the
  venue being Pitsford Reservoir.
Should you wish to learn more
please book your place via the 
Naturetrek website
 https://www.naturetrek.co.uk/