Kelmarsh Hall ringing

Hello 

A blustery south west wind dominated the weather today but this change did little to alter the local birding scene.

The Dartford Warbler remained at Duston Mill with it's Stonechat partners, the Siberian Chiffchaff again visited Nick in his Kettering garden and the White-fronted Goose was again at Sywell Country Park.

A Great White Egret was at Clifford Hill Pits as were two Stonechats and twenty-seven Golden Plovers. A Peregrine was seen at Higham Ferrers and the three White-fronted Geese remained at Stanford Hall. An array of birds at Stanford Reservoir today included a Mediterranean Gull again, two Caspian Gulls, a Great White Egret, five Goosanders and a Chiffchaff. The long-staying Pink-footed Goose remained at Ravensthorpe Reservoir today.

A census of birds at Kelmarsh Hall using bird ringing techniques provided 172 individual birds which included 107 Blue Tts, 24 Great Tits, 3 Coal Tits, a Marsh Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tits, 2 Goldcrests, 5 Robins, 14 Dunnocks, a Redwing, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Greenfinches and 9 Goldfinches. Other birds present but not caught were thirty-five Siskins, two Bramblings and a pair of Ravens.

Regards

Neil M

Blue Tit.

Dunnock.

Common Frog courtesy
of Robin Gossage.

                                   Tawny Owl assessing a nest box courtesy of Chris Payne.