Welland Valley birds

Hello

A rather raw, grey day with a brief hint of sunshine didn't seem to produce sightings of anything very new in the county.

Pitsford Reservoir kept hold of two Great White Egrets and a Red-crested Pochard in the Scaldwell Bay and a first year Yellow-legged Gull by the dam. Hollowell Reservoir remains good with the Great Northern Diver, seven Pink-footed Geese, two Great White Egrets and the Ruddy Shelduck.

At least three Black-necked Grebes and a Great White Egret were seen at Stanford Reservoir and Clifford Hill Pits hosted two adult White-fronted Geese and twenty Barnacle Geese. Two hundred Golden Plovers were in fields between Scaldwell and Brixworth early afternoon.

Stewart found twenty-five Crossbills at Fineshade Wood this afternoon plus seven Redpolls and two Ravens.

I took a look at the Welland Valley this afternoon where the floods had mostly receded. A Great White Egret, two Egyptian Geese and a nice selection of gulls were below Cottingham with a flock of Wigeon, two Dunlin and a hundred and fifty Lapwings between Rockingham and Gretton. A Grey Wagtail and two Ravens were at Gretton Weir with about two hundred and fifty Wigeon, smaller numbers of Teal and good numbers of Common Gulls at Harringworth.

At Laxton there was a collection of fifty-five Red Kites which was presumably a pre-roost gathering and eight Shelducks and a Kingfisher at Deene Lake.

Regards

Neil M

Lapwing.

Common Gull courtesy of
Dave Jackson.

Wigeon courtesy
of Robin Gossage.