Still, cold and glorious

Hello

A very still, cool morning with high cloud cover and an amazing sunrise made it worth getting up early!

Less testing conditions for our birds today but our garden still attracted plenty of Yellowhammers, Reed Buntings and Chaffinches from nearby farmland to stock up on a variety of seed.

The very long-staying female Ring-necked Duck was still at Ravensthorpe Reservoir today and Stanford Reservoir attracted a Caspian Gull, a Great White Egret, two Goosanders, a Water Rail, two Grey Wagtails and three Cetti's Warblers.

Sadly we have had a Fox and a Badger killed on the A508 at Hanging Houghton during the last few days and a dead Polecat was located on the A422 between Brackley and Banbury today.

A Blackcap was in a Wellingborough garden today and birds in the Nene Valley included two Oystercatchers and a female Goosander at Kinewell Lake, Ringstead Pits.

A Grey Wagtail was at Pitsford Reservoir today, a Barn Owl was near Scaldwell village, an albino Magpie must have been quite a sight at Ashton STW and at Harrington Airfield there were two Bramblings and a pair of Grey Partridges.

Regards

Neil M

Sunrise at Pitsford Reservoir.

Mistle Thrush caught and ringed
at Pitsford Reservoir today.

Peregrines courtesy of
Robin Gossage.