Wet and foggy

Hello

A wet, foggy and rather miserable day's weather whilst I was driving and walking around the winter feeding stations today.

The best birds found in the county today were two resplendent drake Smew at Pitsford Reservoir this afternoon, spending much of their time in the Holcot Bay.

There were two Water Rails and a Grey Wagtail in the Brampton Valley below Brixworth this morning and at Harrington Airfield this afternoon there were around eighty Golden Plovers on the top fields, a Brambling and a couple of hundred Fieldfares. What appears to be an eyepiece to a telescope was found there today if you are missing one?

Three Great White Egrets were noted at Thrapston Pits this morning.

Blackcaps are visiting gardens locally, the food bringing them in being apples, fat blocks and berries like Cotoneaster.

Regards

Neil M

Smew.

Little Egret.

Common Snipe.

All images courtesy of
Dave Jackson.