Tufted Duck, Robin and Fieldfare recoveries

Hello

A quiet day in the county but Hollowell Reservoir revealed it's Great Northern Diver again plus two Great White Egrets, seven Pink-footed Geese and 12-15 Crossbills.

Steve Fisher saw an adult Mediterranean Gull fly SW over Stanwick Pits this morning and Pitsford Reservoir held at least one Great White Egret and an adult Yellow-legged Gull.

A pair of Stonechat re-appeared in the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton this morning and a good walk around Harlestone Heath provided only twenty Siskins. A Peregrine was seen flying over Scaldwell village today.

Details of further ringing recoveries are as follows:-

1. A female Tufted Duck with a nasal saddle at Ditchford Pits on 16th November 2020 was first ringed in South West France at Saint-Leger on 27th June 2018. The same bird was seen in the London area on 7th August this year;

2. A first year Robin was ringed at the power station on the Isle of Grain, Medway, Kent on 24th October 2019 and re-trapped as an adult at Harrington Airfield on 10th November 2020 - 383 days later and 152km to the north west. It is assumed this is a continental bird that intends to winter in the UK or further south;

3. A first year male Fieldfare was caught and ringed at Revtangen, Klepp, Rogaland, South -West Norway on 19th October 2020 and re-trapped at Harrington Airfield on 10th November 2020, a distance of 811km in a SSW direction with a period of twenty-two days elapsing between the two relevant dates.

Regards

Neil M

Tufted Duck courtesy
of Jacob Spinks.

Robin.

Fieldfare.