Hello
Limited opportunities for birding for either of us today but thankfully others were out there seeing a few things. An adult male Hen Harrier was seen well and photographed at Earls Barton Pits today, mostly around the Summer Leys LNR and was wearing a transmitter and is apparently a British-breeding bird from northern England. Hopefully we will find out a little more of the history of this bird made all the easier with modern technology!
Harrington Airfield seemed quiet today but there was still a handful of Bramblings in the bushes between the bunkers. At Kelmarsh Hall this afternoon a Woodcock was seen, a Kingfisher heard and there were about thirty Siskins in the alders.
An Otter again showed in the Scaldwell Bay at Pitsford Reservoir this morning and the Wood Sandpiper remains in situ together with two Green Sandpipers, fifteen Red-crested Pochard, fourteen Pintail at least six Great White Egrets and sixteen Little Egrets.
Two Great White Egrets were at Thrapston Pits this morning and a single Stonechat was seen too. An excellent fourteen Cattle Egrets and six Great White Egrets flew to roost at Kinewell Lake, Ringstead Pits this afternoon. Two Stonechats and a Green Sandpiper were at Upton Country Park on the west side of Northampton this morning. A Caspian Gull was at Daventry Country Park this morning and the Pink-footed Goose remains at Stanford Reservoir.
Regards
Neil M
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| Great White Egret courtesy of John Tilly. |
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| Avocets and Redshank courtesy of John Tilly. |
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| Female Pintail. |
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| Drake Pintail. |
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