Nordic traveller

Hello

Cool and breezy today with wintry showers this morning.

Efforts at finding the sometimes elusive Dartford Warbler at Duston Mill today failed to locate the bird, and the Stonechats couldn't be found either.

The first year White-fronted Goose was again seen at Sywell Country Park today and the Pink-footed Goose was still at Ravensthorpe Reservoir where there were also four Great White Egrets. Birds at Hollowell Reservoir included two Great White Egrets, a Jack Snipe and six Stonechats. A Green Sandpiper was on the dam at Pitsford Reservoir this afternoon.

Birds at Harrington Airfield this afternoon included at least seventy Bramblings, two Woodcock, thirty Golden Plovers and four Grey Partridges.

We now have the details of the Norwegian-ringed Brambling that was trapped at Harrington Airfield on 12th December 2021. This first winter bird was first ringed at Sore Merkeskog, Utsira, Rogaland on 4th October 2021. This aerodynamic finch took a maximum of sixty-nine days to travel a minimum of 846km in a general SW direction.

Regards

Neil M

The first year female
Brambling first ringed
in Rogaland, Norway
and controlled at
Harrington Airfield.
Image courtesy of
Liam Andrews.

Map of Brambling
migration trajectory
courtesy of Nick Wood.