Well as promised it was a scorcher but with some very welcoming breeze too!
Birds noted on the reserve at Pitsford Reservoir today included two Red-crested Pochards in the Scaldwell Bay, two Great White Egrets in the Walgrave Bay, three Kingfishers, three hundred and sixty Gadwall, a brood of seven Tufted Duck ducklings and an adult Yellow-legged Gull. Even many of the abundant insects were seeking the shade and included Small Heath and Small Copper butterflies (Scaldwell Bay).
Two Ruff and a Green Sandpiper and a Yellow-legged Gull were at Eyebrook Reservoir this afternoon and birds at Stanford Reservoir included the Garganey still, a Little Ringed Plover, three Common Sandpipers, five Little Egrets and a Tufted Duck with a blue nasal saddle (continental method of marking some ducks).
At Hollowell Reservoir the most noteworthy birds were an Osprey, three Dunlin and a Common Sandpiper. One or two Common Redstart(s) were at Blueberry Farm, Maidwell.
Regards
Neil M
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| Small Copper. |
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| Small Heath. |
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| Yellow-legged Gull. |
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| Black-headed Gull. |
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