Wednesday 20 July 2022

After the heat

Hello

Birds at Pitsford Reservoir today included a male Common Redstart in a field hedge parallel to the boundary fence in the Scaldwell Bay in line with the Sand Martin nesting bank, a drake Red-crested Pochard, three Yellow-legged Gulls and two Great White Egrets (the latter in the Walgrave Bay).

A male Common Redstart remains in the bushes between the Chipping Compound and Bunker One at Harrington Airfield and a few Marbled Whites were still active. A family party of Grey Partridges were in the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton near to 'shrike hedge' and birds in the village included a Raven and Spotted Flycatchers. Two family parties of Spotted Flycatchers had joined forces in the regular hedgeline at Lamport Hall, amounting to about ten birds.

A Marsh Harrier and a Great White Egret were at Summer Leys LNR today and Clifford Hill Pits hosted a Goldeneye, a Barnacle Goose, four Oystercatchers and twenty-seven Common Terns. Over at Thrapston Pits there were two Common Sandpipers and a Green Sandpiper noted on the Titchmarsh reserve.

The long-staying Garganey was at Stanford Reservoir today plus a Dunlin, four Common Sandpipers, a Kingfisher and a probable Common Redstart seen very briefly.

Regards

Neil M


Ringlet butterfly.

Green-veined White.

Silver Y moth.

The stunning Black-browed Albatross!


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