Still Bramblings, Hawfinches and wild geese

Hello

A much milder day today and an early morning walk at Harrington Airfield provided a dispersing flock of between one hundred and one hundred and twenty Bramblings (some Chaffinches mixed in) and about sixty Golden Plovers.

Birds at Pitsford Reservoir today included the Wood Sandpiper and the Redshank along the Scaldwell shoreline north of the causeway. There were also six Great White Egrets and seven Pintail north of the causeway.

At least two Hawfinches were around Blatherwycke Church again today with the possibility of others in the immediate neighbourhood and the lake held two Egyptian Geese and a Black Swan but it seems that the Whooper Swans have moved on.

The Black Redstart remained at the summit building of Borough Hill Country Park again today and Stortons Pits attracted thirteen Redpolls and three Goosanders. Four White-fronted Geese at Thrapston Pits were fresh in and still present at dusk on the Titchmarsh reserve.

The Dark-bellied Brent Goose was still at Clifford Hill Pits today and the three White-fronted Geese were in the grounds of Stanford Hall close to Stanford Reservoir. The reservoir itself hosted a Caspian Gull again, a Goosander, a Great White Egret, a Kingfisher, a Barn Owl, a Chiffchaff and a Siskin, Two Cattle Egrets were at North Lake, Stanwick Pits today.

The quite ridiculous number of Smew at Eyebrook Reservoir reached a new high today with twenty-one birds being recorded (plus four Scaup).

Regards

Neil M

Harrington Bramblings
courtesy of Pete Gilbert.

Common Snipe courtesy
of Robin Gossage.

Red Fox courtesy of
Robin Gossage.