Ringing at Stortons Pits

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A ringing session at Stortons Pits this morning provided some forty-five captures mostly of young warblers including Common Whitethroat, Blackcap, Garden Warbler, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler and Chiffchaff. A Treecreeper hit the nets first thing and the remainder were common birds and with a couple each of Goldfinch and Greenfinch. A Common Sandpiper flew over heading for Sixfields Lake, three Peregrines were nearby and both Water Rails and Cetti's Warblers could be heard calling from the cover of reeds. Odonata included Blue Emperor and Brown Hawker.

At Pitsford Reservoir today there were two Yellow-legged Gulls off the dam and the Black-necked Grebe and Great White Egret remained in the Scaldwell Bay, north of the causeway. At Hollowell Reservoir the female Ruddy Shelduck was still present plus a Dunlin, a Greenshank, three Green Sandpipers and four Common Sandpipers.

Blueberry Farm near Maidwell pulled in at least three Common Redstarts this morning plus a mixture of warblers, a family group of five Spotted Flycatchers and a just-emerged Southern Hawker dragonfly. At Harrington Airfield this afternoon there were two more Common Redstarts (chipping compound and Bunker Three) and a cream-crown Marsh Harrier flew south. Two Hobbies were noted on the bridletrack between Little Brington and Brockhall.

Twelve Brown Hares were visible at Lamport Hall this evening.

Regards

Neil M

Hedgehog.

Black and yellow Longhorn Beetle and
Red Soldier Beetles courtesy of Tony Stanford.

Brimstone butterfly courtesy
of Tony Stanford.

Juvenile Pied Wagtail 
courtesy of Tony Stanford.

Stortons Pits interpretative board.