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A Brambling was with Chaffinches at Scotland Wood this morning and two Woodcock were flushed from the Brampton Valley Way between Hanging Houghton and Draughton where there were also about fifteen Bramblings.
Plenty of Redwings and Fieldfares remain at Harrington Airfield today together with some twenty-five Bramblings and a Woodcock. Efforts will be made to ring some of these thrushes over the week-end when general access to the bunker and old airstrip areas will be restricted for safety reasons.
Two drake Smew were found in the Holcot Bay at Pitsford Reservoir this morning and were in situ for much of the day and visible from the Goosander Hide. Other birds included the Wood Sandpiper again with a Green Sandpiper in the Scaldwell Bay, at least six Great White Egrets, at least ten Pintail, the adult Yellow-legged Gull, a couple of Grey Wagtails and a couple of Siskins.
Birds prominent at Lamport Hall today included a Grey Wagtail, c50 Siskins, a dozen Bramblings and a Woodcock with Sywell Country Park hosting a pair of Stonechat, two Cetti's Warblers, one or two Water Rail(s), two Grey Wagtails, a Green Sandpiper, over five hundred Golden Plovers in adjacent fields, c80 Siskins and over fifteen Bramblings.
At Summer Leys LNR an Otter was on show for a while this morning and the Water Pipit and a Black-tailed Godwit were present, the former on the scrape. Not far away three Cattle Egrets were in horse paddocks north east of Kinewell Lake, Ringstead Pits this afternoon and subsequently roosted on one of the islands on the lake.
At Stanford Reservoir a Marsh Harrier flew over and other birds included thirteen Goosanders, a Chiffchaff and a Kingfisher. Wintering Blackcaps have been in Spratton and Scaldwell gardens the last few days.
Regards
Neil M
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| The fabulous drake Smew at Pitsford Reservoir today, courtesy of Bethan Clyne. |
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| Blackcap. |
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| Cattle Egret. |
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| Wood Sandpiper. Thirty years ago no-one would have believed that the above three species could be seen in one day in December in the county! |
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