Thrushes galore!

Hello

Another mild and pleasant November day with still plenty of incoming winter migrants!

At Harrington Airfield this morning the early morning mist and initially poor visibility partly hid flocks of thrushes in the bushes numbering in their hundreds. The numbers were virtually uncountable as swirling flocks flitted ahead of us and new flocks spiraled down from above. Redwings were the most common followed by Fieldfare, Blackbird and Song Thrush. With the mist lifting, many birds began to move on but there were still hundreds of Redwings on the deck when we left. Other birds included about two hundred and thirty Golden Plovers and two or three Bramblings. 

At Titchmarsh LNR (Thrapston Pits) birds seen today included four Great White Egrets, eleven Little Egrets, a couple of Siskins and a female Stonechat.

Birds at Pitsford Reservoir today included two Yellow-legged Gulls in the gull roost with the reserve section attracting five Red-crested Pochards, seven Pintail, three Great White Egrets and four Stonechats.

In the Nene Valley eight Cattle Egrets were at Stanwick Pits and Stortons Pits sported four Bearded Tits in reeds on the south side of the complex.

Two or three Bramblings and a few Siskins were at Lamport Hall this afternoon and a few Redpolls and Siskins were on the Kelmarsh Estate.

Regards

Neil M

Redwing courtesy of
Robin Gossage.

Fieldfare courtesy of
Robin Gossage.

Blackbird.

Song Thrush.