Ringing at Lamport Hall.

Hello

A late blog as just in from an evening ringing session at Lamport Hall where we caught eight Swifts, twenty House Martins, three Swallows and a Wren. A pair of Hobbies were causing a great deal of anxiety at the colony with repeated attacks whilst we were there, catching at least one House Martin and terrorising the remainder. Three of the Swifts were re-traps from previous years with one of them being caught and ringed way back on 3rd July 2017. One of the House Martins was first ringed there as a juvenile last year and is now a breeding adult. Other birds noted included Ravens, a Spotted Flycatcher and a Grey Wagtail.

Seven Bar-tailed Godwits were seen at Clifford Hill Pits this morning and twenty Black-tailed Godwits dropped in to Pitsford Reservoir this afternoon in the Scaldwell Bay but may not have stayed. Seven Black-tailed Godwits were also seen at Stanford Reservoir today plus three Common Sandpipers, two Little Egrets, a Kingfisher and three Cetti's Warblers.

Insect news included a White-letter Hairstreak briefly in a Duston garden, a Willow Emerald Damselfly in a Blisworth garden and Sallow Clearwing moths to two gardens with the use of pheromone attracters.

Regards

Neil M

Common Swift.

House Martin courtesy
of Lewis Aaron.

Swallow courtesy
of Chris Payne.