Quiet and mild

Hello

A nice still day with warm temperatures and plenty of cloud and a day to catch up on feed stations! I also completed a little ringing in the garden this morning which is the first time for quite a while. An early afternoon visit to Harrington Airfield proved quiet with rather small numbers of winter thrushes and a Siskin with nothing else out of the ordinary.

Over at Stanwick Pits the Brent Goose and Bearded Tit were still present, the latter being vocal but still proving difficult to see.

At Stanford Reservoir there were three Mediterranean Gulls in the roost, five Red-crested Pochard, two Water Rails, two Cetti's Warblers and six Lesser Redpolls.

At Pitsford Reservoir there were two adult Caspian Gulls in the roost off the dam plus three Yellow-legged Gulls, a Common Sandpiper and three Grey Wagtails with seven Dunlin north of the causeway this morning.

Barbara's garden at Wellingborough was graced by a male Blackcap today and a Black Redstart was a good find at lunchtime on a fence near Lilbourne, at the north end of the DIRFT 3 complex next to the nature reserve. At least one Smew was still at Eyebrook Reservoir today.

Regards

Neil M

This leucistic Black-headed
Gull has been present at
Pitsford Reservoir for some
weeks now.

A rather distant Caspian Gull in
poor light at Pitsford Reservoir
this afternoon.

Redwing courtesy of
John Tilly.