Goldcrest portrait

Hello

Seemingly a relatively quiet day in the county today with few sightings reported.

A Grey Wagtail and a Siskin plus the usual buntings and Pied Wagtails were the best on offer in our windswept garden today. The aurora borealis was seen fairly well locally last night but not from where I was standing! A Hedgehog in our rear garden last night was the first I have noticed this spring.

The Peregrine pair at Higham Ferrers church now have three eggs so it's assumed the female will begin brooding soon.

A Raven and a Grey Wagtail were in the Brampton Valley below Brixworth this morning and there were six Sand Martins off the Sailing Club at Pitsford Reservoir. A Raven was the only bird of note at Harrington Airfield.

In the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton this afternoon a male Peregrine was chasing a flock of about eighty Golden Plovers and there was a Wheatear and approximately five hundred Fieldfares on the wet fields.

A Goosander was noted at Boddington Reservoir and a Swallow was seen at Titchmarsh Reserve at Thrapston Pits, a Little Owl was near Ecton and a pair of Grey Wagtails were in Abington Park, Northampton.

Regards

Neil M

Goldcrest courtesy of
Robin Gossage.