Hello
A grey, cool day and it looks like the cloud cover is going to extinguish any more chances of seeing the Northern Lights locally again tonight.
The Bearded Tit was still at Stanwick Pits today, on the same reed-fringed pit off the A45 layby, and an Otter was sighted too. Also a Pink-footed Goose was reported with Greylags at Lilbourne, off the A5 truck stop and near the Wildlife Trust reserve. The female Ring-necked Duck was again at Ravensthorpe Reservoir today and a Shelduck and a Great White Egret were noted at Clifford Hill Pits. A Stonechat was seen at Stanford Reservoir today.
The Pink-footed Goose was again at Wicksteed Park lakes and birds at Titchmarsh Reserve, Thrapston Pits included three Great White Egrets and a pair of Oystercatchers.
Efforts at checking the regular breeding Ravens confirmed a pair at one nest in the north west of the county and with two other pairs on territory further south (nests yet to be confirmed). Our garden here at Hanging Houghton is still attracting at least six Pied Wagtails and a couple each of Yellowhammer and Reed Bunting as well as the standard birds. With the weather forecast suggesting colder weather next week I suspect these numbers will go up again!
I have a telescope and tripod for sale (on behalf of a neighbour) if you want an excellent mid-range bargain! The telescope is an Opticron ES 80 GA Waterproof 45 degree angled field telescope fitted with a 16x - 60x Opticron High Definition F zoom eye piece. It comes with an all-weather case and a Velbon Delta metal-legged tripod at an all-in price of £390. Although this combination is a number of years old they were only used about three times and are in mint condition. Please make contact should you be interested.
Regards
Neil M
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| Opticron telescope and Velbon tripod for sale. |
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| Muntjac. |
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| Red Kite. Sadly one of these lays dead in the carriageway of the A508 north of Lamport. |
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| Cormorant. Many are already on their nests locally. |
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