Pitsford Ringing

Hello

A bird ringing session took place today around the Old Scaldwell Road Feeding Station at Pitsford Reservoir and a healthy total of fifty birds of seventeen species were processed. Eight Meadow Pipits was a good number, many foraging birds finding the exposed shoreline to their liking. Other birds included four Reed Buntings, three Blackcaps, a Chiffchaff, a couple of Goldcrests and singles of Goldfinch, Yellowhammer and Tree Sparrow. However the highlights were a juvenile male Sparrowhawk and a female Stonechat.

The Black Tern was still at the Irthlingborough Lakes and Meadows reserve at Ditchford Pits today and single Cattle Egrets were noted on Kinewell Lake, Ringstead and on the Summer Leys LNR. A Marsh Harrier was also seen at Summer Leys today and Stonechats were reported from Stanwick Pits.

A Dunlin and an unseasonal Oystercatcher were at Hollowell Reservoir today and Stanford Reservoir's birds included a/the female Ruddy Shelduck, a Great White Egret, a Green Sandpiper and a Cetti's Warbler.

Regards

Neil M

Red Kite.

Common Buzzard.

Little Egret.

Grey Heron.