Weekend Again!!

 Goodness knows where this week has gone to ?!. However for various reasons my birding has been limited and having no internet has been quite frustrating not being able to keep in touch. 

This morning I went for an early morning run before anyone else was up and about.  A beautiful Barn Owl sat on a post at Blueberry totally oblivious to my presence as it gazed intently into the grass.  As I ran through Cottesbrooke village there was at least one Spotted Flycatcher and a further one just outside the village at the old Beck Dairy.  Then this evening whilst walking my old crocs through the village there was another Spotted Flycatcher,  fingers crossed that it is going to be a good year for these lovely birds.               I  visited Harrington Airfield this afternoon coincide with the end of a shower of rain in the hope that some birds may have been grounded.  But no matter how hard I tried I simply couldn't find anything,  it was barren!!!! However yesterday an unexpected Short-eared Owl was flushed at bunker one.

Bird news over the weekend has been a bit sparse. For many the weekend starts on Friday and there were a few birds around on that day.  Two drake Red Crested Pochard at Stanford Reservoir,  Turnstone, Bar Tailed Godwits and Dunlin at Pitsford Reservoir,  Turnstone at Lilbourne meadows,  Sanderling,  Cattle Egret and Shelduck at Summer Leys and the Glossy Ibis at Stanwick.                                                                                            But undoubtedly bird of the weekend and indeed bird of the day was a Honey Buzzard at Byfield.  Although it wasn't seen again after the initial sighting it is possible that it could still be in the area or further afield in the county as it drifts around on it's migration journey.  So keep your eyes peeled.

Regards Eleanor