Hello
Well a very wintry day and with further snow forecast for tonight and tomorrow before a quieter and milder week-end.
Our garden was very busy to the point it was hard keeping up with the hungry birds - lots of food going out and some of the scarcer birds included at least ten Pied Wagtails and seven Reed Buntings and a couple of Yellowhammers.
Currently there is a small murmuration of Starlings each evening in Spratton village, creating quite a stir with villagers coming out to watch the 1,000 plus birds spiraling around before going to roost in village hedges. Gorse Road junction Holdenby Road in the village is perhaps one of the best places to observe.
A Stonechat and a Great White Egret were at Stanford Reservoir today, a Barnacle Goose was at Upton Country Park and Stortons Pits was good for a Barn Owl, a Water Rail, a Jack Snipe and a Grey Wagtail. Four Great White Egrets and a Redshank were at Summer Leys LNR this afternoon.
A Raven was at Kelmarsh, a Grey Wagtail is a regular visitor to a Maidwell garden and a Water Rail was again showing well on the River Welland at Market Harborough today.
In the Brampton Valley below Brixworth choice birds were about five Redpolls, a Chiffchaff, a Grey Wagtail, a Common Snipe and a Water Rail. An adult Yellow-legged Gull was in the gull roost at Pitsford Reservoir this evening.
Regards
Neil M
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| Barn Owl courtesy of Robin Gossage. |
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| Great Tit courtesy of John Tilly. |
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| Grey Wagtail at Stortons today courtesy of Tony Stanford. |
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| Grey Heron at Stortons today courtesy of Tony Stanford. |
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