Lively northerly winds switching from the east to the west and rain didn't provide huge numbers of new migrants but there were at least three hundred Swallows at Pitsford Reservoir today plus plenty of House and Sand Martins and a few Swifts. A single Greenshank dropped in this morning and began feeding just south of the Bird Club hide in the Scaldwell Bay.
The best new find today was down to the sharp eyes of Gary Pullan in locating a Temminck's Stint on pools off the A5 near Lilbourne. The bird was seen during the day moving between the original pools and a nearby wet meadow off Hillmorton Lane and birders did well to hang on to this dimunitive wader! Other waders there included Little Ringed Plover, Ringed Plover and Dunlin.
At Clifford Hill Pits today a Turnstone turned up on the main Nene Barrage and there were still seven Whimbrel there and two Dunlin.
Both Spotted Redshanks were at Summer Leys LNR today with the Greenshank on nearby Hardwater Lake. Efforts at locating the Dotterel at Piddington this morning drew a blank and there was no news either way as to whether the Wryneck was still present at Borough Hill CP.
With the mainstay of summer migrants in now we await the remainder and hopefully a couple of overshooting migrants from the south or vagrants from further east!
Regards
Neil M
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| Temminck's Stint courtesy of Robin Gossage (not the Lilbourne bird). |
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| Spotted Redshank at Summer Leys LNR courtesy of Dave Jackson. |
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