Ringing at Kelmarsh Hall

Hello

A ringing session at Kelmarsh Hall today yielded 115 birds of ten species made up of nine Blackbirds, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, eight Dunnocks, eleven Robins, twenty-two Great Tits, forty-eight Blue Tits, a Coal Tit, two Marsh Tits, eleven Goldfinches and two Chaffinches. Half a dozen Siskins were present on-site this morning.

Nearby there were six Golden Plovers in a grass field north of Maidwell and a Woodcock and two Bramblings were at Harrington Airfield. Several Redpolls were in flight at Hanging Houghton.

A Stonechat was located in the Brampton Valley by the Pitsford sidings and at Woodford Halse Ian enjoyed watching two Blackcaps feeding on apples in his garden with a bonus Woodcock flying over.

At Clifford Hill Pits there were five Golden Plovers, a Redshank, at least six Common Snipe, a Great White Egret, a Peregrine and two Stonechats.

Sadly there was no sign of the Yellow-browed Warbler at Earls Barton Pits today but at least three Chiffchaffs and a possible Siberian Chiffchaff were present around Mary's Lake with a Great White Egret seen nearby too.

The Black-tailed Godwit was still on the Titchmarsh Reserve at Thrapston Pits today and a gathering of seven Smew at Eyebrook Reservoir included five drakes.

Regards

Neil M

The English White Cattle of
Kelmarsh Hall - safely under
cover for the winter!

Male Blackbird - a local bird
or maybe a migrant from far, far
away?

Male Goldfinch.

All images courtesy
of Bethan Clyne.