Late November arrivals

Hello

A very grey and murky day but not really cold for the time of the year. Little birding opportunities for me today after completely filling the van full of bird food and re-organising the house and garage to cater for it!

Thankfully others managed some time out there and found some interesting birds many of which are lingerers and may well remain with us for much of the winter.

The Nene Valley was well-represented with a juvenile White-fronted Goose associating with Greylags at Stanwick Pits, two female Common Scoters and twenty Barnacle Geese at Clifford Hill Pits, a Great White Egret, two Goosanders and a Redshank at Earls Barton Pits (plus a spectacular Starling murmuration), a Great White Egret at Kinewell Lake, Ringstead Pits and five Great White Egrets, eight Little Egrets, a Green Sandpiper and two Chiffchaffs at Thrapston Pits.

Away from the valley and birds at Hollowell Reservoir today included the Great Northern Diver, seven Pink-footed Geese and eleven Crossbills with six Jack Snipe found at a field pond near Ravensthorpe. 

Birds at Pitsford Reservoir this afternoon north of the causeway included three Great White Egrets, an adult Yellow-legged Gull, a Green Sandpiper, a Jack Snipe and a pair of Stonechats.

Regards

Neil M

Jack Snipe.

Green Sandpiper.

Woodcock. We are still awaiting
the main arrival of our wintering
population (probably due to the mild
conditions on the continent) but they
are on their way with recent arrivals on the
 east coast and with cold weather predicted
 more will follow...