Parrot Crossbill

Hello

Bird of the day was an apparent male Parrot Crossbill found at Wakerley Woods today at about 12.40pm in association with the large flock of up to fifty Common Crossbills present there. Tom Green took some excellent photos of the bird as it was drinking from a pool of water. Congratulations to him on a super find!

Birds north of the causeway at Pitsford Reservoir this morning included at least two Great White Egrets, nine Red-crested Pochards, eight Pintail, an adult Yellow-legged Gull, four Common Snipe, two Ravens, a Water Rail and a pair of Stonechat.

Eric's visit to Thrapston Pits today yielded five Great White Egrets (four in flight together), eleven Little Egrets and a pair of Stonechat.

The Great Northern Diver was still present at Hollowell Reservoir this morning and a Great White Egret was at Ditchford Pits on the Irthlingborough Lakes and Meadows reserve.

Kelmarsh Hall today attracted a Grey Wagtail, a few Siskins and a Kingfisher and an Otter was successfully camera-trapped recently.

Regards

Neil M

Night-time camera trap footage

 of an Otter at Kelmarsh recently

courtesy of Matt Rowlatt (please

click on video).

Apparent male Parrot Crossbill
- images courtesy of Tom Green.