Monday 30 November 2020

Dull and grey and new birds in

 Hello

With some potential colder weather arriving at the end of the week, today was another mild, grey and damp affair.

Pitsford Reservoir today had a new flush of wildfowl with an influx of Shoveler and a few Pintail plus the usual three Great White Egrets, four Red-crested Pochards, two Yellow-legged Gulls, an adult Mediterranean Gull which roosted plus a Golden Plover, Raven and a pair of Stonechat.

A pair of Raven were at Hanging Houghton and Harrington Airfield continues to host good numbers of winter thrushes plus at least twenty-one Golden Plovers and a Grey Wagtail (ringing tomorrow restricts access to the bunkers and old airstrip).

Over at Thrapston Pits, Nick Parker located six female Common Scoters on Town Lake with a Black-tailed Godwit, two Dunlin and ca100 Golden Plovers at Stanwick Pits. The Great Northern Diver and six Pink-footed Geese were at Hollowell Reservoir again today and a Woodcock and two Bramblings were at Lamport Hall.

Regards

Neil M


Drake Shoveler.

Drake Pintail.

Adult winter Mediterranean Gull.


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