Another quiet weekend on the birding front.  The female Ring Necked Duck remains at Ravensthorpe Reservoir and Scaup at nearby Hollowell Reservoir,  a drake Smew at Pitsford Reservoir and Red Crested Pochard at both Summer Leys and Stanford Reservoir.  An interesting sighting of a White Stork on a house roof in Moulton. 

I  started today with a long run and notched up all three species of Woodpeckers.  All were very vocal and by the end of my run had notched up double figures of Great Spots.  A very bleak Harrington Airfield produced no birds and a long amble around Blueberry was also a birdless zone with all the Lapwings and winter Thrushes seemingly gone !!        Hopefully things will pick up.

The Northants Bird Club will be meeting on Wednesday 1st February at 7.30pm at the Lodge, Pitsford Water.  The meeting will be the annual Photographic Competition.  Everyone is very welcome to come along and enjoy an evening of Bird, wildlife and habitat pictures. 

Regards Eleanor