Mixed weather weekend

Hello 

Mild conditions today but windy and back to being cold overnight and tomorrow.

About a thousand Fieldfares foraging in the fields were an amazing spectacle in the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton this afternoon and this concentration was probably why an adult female Peregrine was spending plenty of time there too! Just eleven Golden Plovers and a handful of Bramblings were at Harrington Airfield this afternoon.

The Great Northern Diver was seen in The Narrows at Pitsford Reservoir early this afternoon and half a dozen Siskins were at Scotland Wood on the Kelmarsh Estate also this afternoon.

Two Ravens remain very vocal in Hanging Houghton village with a couple of Siskins too. Another Raven, a Redpoll and a Grey Wagtail were near Brixworth and a Redpoll was in flight at Scaldwell village.

In the Nene Valley there were five Goosanders seen at Stortons Pits and observers at Summer Leys LNR enjoyed a Peregrine in hunting mode and six Great White Egrets. The three mobile White-fronted Geese were seen at Stanford Hall today and birds at nearby Stanford Reservoir included a Caspian Gull, a Great White Egret, three Little Egrets and two Water Rails.

Regards

Neil M

Meadow Pipit courtesy
of Don West.

Stoat - it turned up in
David Arden's garden
whilst he was conducting
the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch!