A rainy day!

Hello

A quite awful day's weather today with rain for much of it but the weather forecast tomorrow looks quite different with breeze and sunshine.

A Barn Owl again hunting in the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton first thing this morning was a nice surprise, with a pair of Stonechats there again this afternoon.

Birds at Pitsford Reservoir today showed little change with two Great White Egrets, the leucistic drake Red-crested Pochard and a pair of Stonechat in the Scaldwell Bay and six Marsh Tits between the Scaldwell and Maytrees Hides. A first year Yellow-legged Gull was off the dam this afternoon.

Three Marsh Tits, including the one legged bird are visiting John Hunt's garden at Spratton together with a pair of Blackcaps.

A Cetti's Warbler, a Water Rail and up to thirty Magpies were at Brixworth Treatment Works this afternoon with neighbouring fields attracting good numbers of Reed Buntings, Yellowhammers and common finches.

Regards

Neil M

Marsh Tit.

First year Yellow-legged Gull.

Great Crested Grebe
consuming a small
Bream courtesy of
Robin Gossage.

A Cormorant with a large
Perch courtesy of Robin Gossage.