A rather wet affair

Hello

Dodging the showers became impossible from late afternoon when constant rain set in but hopefully the weekend will be much dryer.

The Kentish Plover was on show again at Summer Leys LNR but seemingly absented itself from about 2pm. Other birds present included two Great White Egrets, a Dunlin and a Wheatear.

A/the White Stork was seen flying south over the Titchmarsh Reserve at Thrapston at about 10.55am but there were no further reports. Clifford Hill Pits hosted eight Yellow Wagtails and a Little Ringed Plover.

The Blueberry Farm complex provided some good morning birding with a male Ring Ouzel, a male and a female Common Redstart and over a hundred Fieldfares with a Wheatear there in the afternoon. A/the male Common Redstart showed itself at Honey Hill, Cold Ashby this afternoon and five Wheatears were present in bean fields there in the morning.

Two Caspian Gulls were seen on pools between the Royal Mail distribution centre on the DIRFT complex and the M1 motorway near Lilbourne early this morning and this afternoon a male Common Redstart was found in bushes near to Bunker One at Harrington Airfield. This latter site will be subject of a ringing session there tomorrow when the bunker areas will have restricted access but the main footpath and concrete track are unaffected.

Otters today were along the River Nene between Earls Barton Pits and Wellingborough and at St Mary's Place on the River Welland at Market Harborough.

Regards

Neil M

Black-headed Gull.

Grey Heron.

Yellow Wagtails.

All images courtesy of
John Tilly.