Hello
Very few reported sightings today with some sites adversely affected due to flooding - the result of the snow thaw and last night's continual if gentle rain.
Pitsford Reservoir was the place to see two Ravens, three Bramblings, two Stonechats and some more witnessed visible migration of 19 Skylarks and 46 Fieldfares flying WNW. Anyone visiting Pitsford is asked to be vigilant if near the Old Scaldwell Road Feeding Station as we continue to suffer unwanted human interference with the feeders and nest boxes there.
At Stanwick Pits the wintering flock of White-fronted Geese were located at the north of the complex, this time twenty-eight in total. Four Redshanks were still on the Main Lake.
Two Peregrines were showing well at Kettering Parish Church today, a Barn Owl was at Blueberry Farm, Maidwell, there were about one hundred and twenty Golden Plovers at Harrington Airfield and the regular birds in the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton included a Barn Owl and two pairs of Stonechats.
Neil Hasdell has kindly completed the rather complex map of Thrapston Pits which includes the Titchmarsh LNR and it has been added to the Birdwatching Sites Map Tab. My thanks to Nick Parker for his up-to-date local knowledge of this birding location.
Regards
Neil M
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| Lapwing courtesy of Bethan Clyne. |
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| Jay courtesy of Robin Gossage. |
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| Barn Owl. |
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