Today at least one of the Shags was still at the southern end of Pitsford Reservoir, either fishing mid-water or with Cormorants on one of the Sailing Club structures. The resident adult Yellow-legged Gull was on a buoy here too. At the other end of the reservoir the Wood Sandpiper was again on the lagoon between the Bird Club and James Fisher hides and two Whooper Swans in the Scaldwell Bay were fresh in. A few Redpolls were in small stands of trees south of the causeway.
The female Scaup was again seen at Stortons Pits, a 'redhead' Smew was still on Aldwincle Lake at Thrapston Pits with two Pintail on Town Lake. A pair of Red-crested Pochard and a pair of Stonechat were at Irthlingborough Lakes and Meadows reserve at Ditchford Pits. A Ruff and a Great White Egret were at Summer Leys together with a flock of Golden Plovers. Three Cattle Egrets were in a sheep field just north of North Lake at Stanwick Pits this morning.
Up to sixty Siskins were at Harlestone Heath in alders by the railway line this morning and several Redpolls were at Martin Moore Wood in the Brampton Valley. At Harrington Airfield this afternoon there was a Barn Owl, c10 Bramblings and a couple of Golden Plovers. Four more Bramblings were at 'Shrike Hedge' in the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton and there were ten more by the summit of Blueberry Hill with a Barn Owl and fourteen Grey Partridges on the Blueberry Farm complex.
Regards
Neil M
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| Whooper Swan. |
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| Female Scaup. |
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| Drake Pintail. |
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