Sunny Tuesday.

Hello

Birds at Pitsford Reservoir this morning included the pair of Garganey again - initially by the Old Scaldwell Road Feeding Station and then deeper into the Scaldwell Bay. An Osprey cruised over before heading south and other birds included an Egyptian Goose, three Shelducks, a Green Sandpiper, about ten Common Snipe, a Great White Egret, two Little Egrets and a pair of Oystercatchers.

Harrington Airfield was the location for a male Ring Ouzel which was initially between the Chippings Compound and Bunker One and then being seen briefly by the shooting wall. There were two male Common Redstarts, a Wheatear, a Peregrine, about one hundred and fifty Golden Plovers, at least twenty Bramblings plus Ravens and Grey Partridges.

Earls Barton Pits attracted another male Ring Ouzel in a field off Mary's Lane with probably two Blue-headed Wagtails in the neighbouring field for a time, and an interesting bright yellow Yellow Wagtail which resembles the rarely encountered 'lutea' race. Two pairs of Garganey were on the Summer Leys scrape and other birds on the overall Earls Barton complex included a Mediterranean Gull, a White Wagtail, a Common Sandpiper, four Little Ringed Plovers and a Common Tern. Stanwick Pits provided a White Wagtail and a Reed Warbler and the Glossy Ibis was on the Titchmarsh Reserve at Thrapston this afternoon.

Clifford Hill Pits again hosted the drake Ring-necked Duck, a Channel Wagtail, a White Wagtail, a Redshank, a Common Sandpiper, four Ringed Plovers, two Little Ringed Plovers and an Egyptian Goose.

At Hinton Airfield today there was a Curlew, one or two Common Redstart(s), a Whitethroat and a Wheatear and a Black Redstart was seen at Long Buckby this morning in a sheep paddock at the bottom of The Banks. An Osprey was seen flying north over Manton Road, Corby at about 2pm with a couple of gulls in pursuit!

Regards

Neil M

Osprey courtesy
of Robin Gossage.

Sand Martins courtesy
of John Gamble.

Great Crested Grebe 
with a Perch courtesy
of Robin Gossage.