Winter birding

Hello

An hour's visible migration scanning this morning at Harrington Airfield by Jacob confirmed the continuation of a huge Redwing migration still underway with a count of 482 heading west. When the rain hit this afternoon over two hundred Fieldfares and a hundred Starlings sought shelter in the airstrip bushes.

My first venue today was Kelmarsh Hall as part of my feeding station regime and half a dozen Siskins were very vocal in the alders there. A drive out to Sulby Airfield provided a flock of about a hundred aerial Golden Plovers and nearby Welford Reservoir held a Goosander, a Grey Wagtail and two Ravens.

Hollowell Reservoir has plenty of birds with eleven Pink-footed Geese still, the Great Northern Diver off the dam, two Great White Egrets, the Ruddy Shelduck with the Canada Geese flock, a super adult Caspian Gull, a second winter Yellow-legged Gull and at least three Stonechats. Nearby Ravensthorpe Reservoir was much quieter with two Ravens, a Chiffchaff, a Siskin and a Grey Wagtail.

A Cattle Egret was seen in a horse field near Grendon today before flying off west and the seven White-fronted Geese remained at the north east end of Stanwick Pits (plus a Great White Egret). Three Black-necked Grebes were still present at Stanford Reservoir today.

Regards

Neil M

Kingfisher.

Goldcrest.

First year Common Gull.