More incoming migrants

Hello

A ringing session by Northants Ringing Group members at Linford Lakes today provided an opportunity to assess forty-two birds of thirteen species which included twelve Blackcaps, four Chiffchaffs, a Cetti's Warbler and a female Green Woodpecker. One of the Chiffchaffs was a returning juvenile from 2019 and another was initially ringed as a fledgling there last year. A Cuckoo was on-site too.

Thrapston Pits today yielded a nice mix of birds which included a Grasshopper Warbler among many Blackcaps, Willow Warblers etc, a Nightingale, a flock of thirteen Yellow Wagtails, a Greenshank and a Bar-tailed Godwit and this afternoon the Glossy Ibis too.

At Earls Barton Pits, a Eurasian Bee-eater was heard calling over the complex as it veered west just after noon but sadly wasn't seen. Other birds included a Little Gull, a Mediterranean Gull, a possible Arctic Tern, a pair of Garganey, a Black-tailed Godwit, a Little Ringed Plover, a Reed Warbler and a Ring Ouzel.

At Stanwick Pits the Glossy Ibis was seen this morning and a Cuckoo was present and Clifford Hill Pits continued to host the Ring-necked Duck, two Shelduck and a Common Sandpiper. Two Oystercatchers at Hollowell Reservoir are not common visitors there and Harrington Airfield's birds included one or two Ring Ouzel(s) - one a female - plus at least one male Common Redstart, about a dozen Bramblings and a Wheatear.

Birds at Pitsford Reservoir today included a pair of Garganey in the Scaldwell Bay and at least one White Wagtail on the dam. A Siskin was at Harlestone Lake and two Wheatears and fifteen Yellow Wagtails were in horse paddocks at Dale Farm. Maidwell today.

Regards

Neil M

Ringed male Common
Redstart at Harrington
Airfield today, courtesy
of Jon Cook.

Adult female Tawny Owl
courtesy of Michelle Spinks.

Female Green Woodpecker
courtesy of Kenny Cramer.