Birds of woodland, gravel pit and reservoir

Hello

At Harrington Airfield this morning the Short-eared Owl was again at Bunker Three and there was a male Brambling with a Peregrine chasing the two hundred or so Golden Plovers. Two Ravens were at Cottesbrooke with another couple at Haselbech. 

A drake Ring-necked Duck was on Big Lake at Ditchford Pits today with a pair of Smew on nearby Delta Pit. The Mediterranean Gull was again on the Titchmarsh Reserve at Thrapston Pits today and other birds on the reserve included three Great White Egrets, four Little Egrets, a drake Goosander and a Water Rail. Five Cattle Egrets were on North Lake, Stanwick Pits this morning.

A 'ringtail' Hen Harrier was seen over the road between Deenethorpe and Benefield this afternoon, three Crossbills were in the spruce plantation below the dam at Hollowell Reservoir and two Crossbills were at Scotland Wood on the Kelmarsh Estate.

Some more ringing at Scotland Wood today netted another seventy-four birds which included a Nuthatch, two Redwings, a new Marsh Tit and a Great Spotted Woodpecker.

At Pitsford Reservoir a Great White Egret and a Chiffchaff were north of the causeway and there was a female Brambling in a Scaldwell garden.

Regards

Neil M

Jay courtesy of
Robin Gossage.

Starling courtesy
of Robin Gossage.

Marsh Tit courtesy
of Nathan Jones.