Another Quiet Day

 Another quiet day.  Again very few birds of note reported. A Sanderling at Stanford Reservoir and 4 Cattle Egrets at Stanwick being the highlights.

My birds of the day were a pair of Hobbies which were calling and displaying over my head as I sat across the fields watching the world go by. They were absolutely fantastic to watch.                                      I understand that there have been good numbers of Hobby showing well at Summer Leys and I have seen some amazing pictures of these birds posted on other sites.   The Nene Valley is always a good place to watch these birds. At Thrapston today Eric counted 11 Hobby as well as a pair of Egyptian Geese, 2 Cuckoo and a Nightingale.

Kenny had a short but productive ringing session at Linford Lakes Reserve where he caught 43 birds of 16 species.  Warblers made up the bulk of the catch with 7 species. Garden Warblers were out in force with 10 birds including a returning bird from 2019. Other warblers included Chiffchaff, Whitethroat, Blackcap,Sedge, Reed and Willow Warbler. But the star bird was an adult female Cuckoo and there were two further singing males on the reserve.

Regards Eleanor