Gales galore

Hello

Stormy weather is upon us, something we have to put up with when the temperatures are so mild.

Milky sunshine and relative warmth stimulated several Yellowhammers into singing at Harrington Airfield this morning where there were still a few Bramblings.

Efforts at finding the Dartford Warbler drew a blank at Duston Mill this morning but the pair of Stonechats were still present.

The Common Sandpiper and an adult Yellow-legged Gull were around the dam area of Pitsford Reservoir this afternoon and the drake Smew was again visible from the causeway at Ravensthorpe Reservoir this morning as were two Great White Egrets. Over at Hollowell Reservoir Mark saw two Caspian Gulls, a Great White Egret, two Stonechats and nineteen Siskins. Another twenty Siskins were in trees along the stream at Harlestone at about lunchtime and a Redpoll was in a Scaldwell garden.

Yesterday the Siberian Chiffchaff was seen for a short time in Nick's Kettering garden and a Raven was at Yardley Gobion.

Regards

Neil M

Carolina Wood Ducks
courtesy of Robin Gossage.
A potential vagrant from the USA,
there is a small population
in the UK which are mostly captive
but a few escapees exist in a wild
feral state.

Aconites and Snowdrops
are in profusion this year.