Wet and wild Sunday

Hello

A very windy, wet and wild day, the weather being much more significant than forecast with numerous localised power cuts, downed trees etc.

The Dartford Warbler continued to show today at Duston Mill, delighting visitors with some good showings and often still in the company of two Stonechats. Six Goosanders were next door at Stortons Pits and there was a Birdguides report of a Siberian Chiffchaff with a Chiffchaff along a stream by Sixfields Lake car park late morning.

The southern section of Pitsford Reservoir continued to host the Great Northern Diver (The Narrows and Pintail Bay), a Common Sandpiper (on the dam) and an adult Yellow-legged Gull this afternoon. At least thirty Bramblings were still at Harrington Airfield early this afternoon.

The three Nene Valley White-fronted Geese turned up on Aldwincle Lake at Thrapston Pits this afternoon where there was also an Oystercatcher and two Kingfishers.

Early this afternoon there was a Caspian Gull seen off the A5 pools near Lilbourne which flew west and a male Blackcap was seen feeding on ivy berries in a Woodford Halse garden.

Regards

Neil M

Common Sandpiper.

Song Thrush.
 Providing berries 
during the winter and early spring,
ivy is an important food plant for
birds such as thrushes, warblers,
Woodpigeons and many others.

Stock Dove.