Reservoir birding

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The settled weather brough little change to the birds at Pitsford Reservoir today with birds north of the causeway including a Wood Sandpiper, two Greenshanks, three Dunlin, six Ringed Plovers, at least six Common Snipe, a Ruff, three Yellow-legged Gulls (adult and two juveniles), four Great White Egrets, at least twenty-two Pintail and two Stonechats.

A ringing session there provided over eighty captures which included eighteen Chiffchaffs, seventeen Blackcaps, four Sedge Warblers, two Reed Warblers, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, seven Tree Sparrows, seven Meadow Pipits and a Grey Wagtail.

Over at Hollowell Reservoir there was a Jack Snipe, two Common Snipe, a Common Sandpiper, two Stonechats and two possible White Wagtails. The Ruddy Shelduck, two Common Snipe and a Raven were reported from Ravensthorpe Reservoir. Further west and Boddington Reservoir attracted two Ringed Plovers, two Dunlin, three Green Sandpipers, a Common Sandpiper and nine Common Snipe.

Birds in the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton comprised of four Stonechats, two Whinchats and a Wheatear with Harrington Airfield surrendering a Common Redstart, four Stonechats, a Wheatear and a Whinchat.

Redwings were noted today at Kettering, Wellingborough and Pitsford village and a Cattle Egret was at Townholme Meadows on the Irthlingborough Lakes and Meadows reserve.

Regards

Neil M

Whinchat.

Stonechat.

Wryneck.

Lesser Whitethroat.

Bearded Tit.

Great White Egret.

Common Whitethroat.

All images courtesy
of John Gamble following
a birding week in Suffolk.