Hello
It was a case of walking into the headwind and snow showers as I stalked over Harrington Airfield this morning to feed the birds. Good numbers of Chaffinches also carried small numbers of other finches and up to twenty-five Bramblings and the bushes were full of thrushes with about three hundred Redwings and over a hundred Fieldfares with much smaller numbers of Song Thrushes and Blackbirds. A small flock of fourteen Golden Plovers were also present.
About ten Bramblings were blown around on top of Blueberry Hill and a covey of four Grey Partridges were there too. Single Grey Wagtails were noted at Lamport and Brixworth.
Birds at Pitsford Reservoir included a Curlew flying south over the dam, the adult Yellow-legged Gull on a buoy there and singles of Redpoll and Siskin. The Scaldwell Bay contained eleven Great White Egrets, sixteen Pintail and eighteen Red-crested Pochard.
Hollowell Reservoir this afternoon held two Great White Egrets and five Little Egrets and a Pink-footed Goose was with the Greylag flock at nearby Ravensthorpe Reservoir.
A Pale-bellied Brent Goose was found at Boddington Reservoir today and I believe is the first time this race has occurred in the county. A Common Scoter was there too and yesterday a Caspian Gull and four Yellow-legged Gulls were also seen.
Birds at Stanford Reservoir today included a Pink-footed Goose, two Egyptian Geese, a Peregrine, a Green Sandpiper, a Kingfisher, a Cetti's Warbler and a Siskin.
In the Nene Valley there were two Jack Snipe at Thrapston Pits on the Titchmarsh reserve and at Summer Leys there was a Ruff, a Dunlin, a pair of Pintail and a Great White Egret.
Regards
Neil M
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| Black-headed Gull. |
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| Little Egret. |
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| Cormorant. |
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| Wood Sandpiper and Green Sandpiper. All images from Pitsford Reservoir from last week courtesy of Robin Gossage. |
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