More autumn birding

Hello

Yesterday (Thursday) a Whinchat was at shrike hedge in the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton and a Common Redstart lingered in the usual hedge at Lamport Hall. Three Grey Wagtails visited our rooftop and that of our neighbour at Hanging Houghton.

Birds at Pitsford Reservoir included a Peregrine, three Great White Egrets, a Garganey and two Pintails.

Today (Friday) provided six Golden Plovers for Harrington Airfield plus three Stonechats, a Whinchat, a Snipe and a Great White Egret at Hollowell Reservoir. Daventry Country Park produced two Great White Egrets, a Greenshank, two Green Sandpipers and two Pintails.

The now rare Willow Tit still persists at Stanford Reservoir with one or two birds in residence and there was a Great White Egret there today too.

A ringing session took place at Woodford Halse today and yielded eighty-four birds of fifteen species which included four Chiffchaffs, five Blackcaps, three Meadow Pipits, three Goldfinches, a Marsh Tit and a Great Spotted Woodpecker.

Regards

Neil M

Mute Swan courtesy
of John Tilly.

Common Snipe
courtesy of John Tilly.

Great White Egret
courtesy of John Tilly.

Cattle Egrets courtesy
of John Gamble.

Little Egret courtesy
of John Tilly.

The Summer Leys Bittern
courtesy of Stuart Munday.