Birds of a dank day

Hello

A very dank and wet day but at least it wasn't cold!

Birds at Pitsford Reservoir today included the Great Northern Diver still between the Pintail Bay and The Narrows, a Barnacle Goose on the grass below the dam and a male Peregrine over the Old Scaldwell Road.

There was just a couple of Bramblings at Harrington Airfield this afternoon and a Barn Owl was picked up dead there at the side of the B576.

A Black Redstart was an excellent find on the works below the dam at Ravensthorpe Reservoir where the drake Red-crested Pochard also remained.

A Great White Egret was present on Dragonfly Lake on the Irthlingborough Lakes and Meadow reserve at Ditchford Pits and a male Blackcap is a lingering bird in Mark's garden at Higham Ferrers.

At Stanford Reservoir today there was a Mediterranean Gull and a thousand Common Gulls in the roost and a Great White Egret and three Goosanders were there too.

There were Birdguides reports of a Mealy Redpoll briefly in a Farthingstone garden and the Glossy Ibis was again reported at the north section of Stanwick Pits today.

Regards

Neil M

Egyptian Geese.

Bullfinch.

Cormorant.

Robin.

All images courtesy
of Robin Gossage.