A wet Saturday

Hello

As forecast a very wet day but hopefully there is some more settled, sunnier weather on the horizon!

A Pink-footed Goose made an appearance at Ravensthorpe Reservoir today with three Shelduck being the best on offer at Stanford Reservoir. Pitsford Reservoir didn't fare much better with sightings of two Great White Egrets, two Redshank and two adult Yellow-legged Gulls.

On the passerine front Eleanor located two Common Redstarts sheltering in a hedgerow at Blueberry Farm, Maidwell and later saw two Whinchats in a wild flower strip between Lamport and Scaldwell.

Six Grey Wagtails were at Brixworth Water Treatment Works today and despite the miserable weather there was quite a strong passage of gulls through the county with many Black-headed Gulls on the move and lots of Lesser Black-backeds too, some of them in family parties still with the juveniles emitting begging calls as they pass overhead!

A Black-tailed Godwit remained at Summer Leys LNR today.

Regards

Neil M

The sometimes intensive
training pays off when collies
Jaeger and Rouzel both come
 first in their respective groups in
 a regional agility competition
 yesterday. Eleanor is the one in
the middle!

Cinnabar Moth caterpillar
courtesy of Tony Stanford.

Juvenile Robin courtesy
of Tony Stanford.

Peacock butterfly courtesy
of Tony Stanford.

Blackcap on elderberries
courtesy of Tony Stanford.

Purple Hairstreak butterfly, another
good year for them, image courtesy
of Tony Stanford.

Holly Blue courtesy of
Tony Stanford.

Lesser Black-backed Gulls
courtesy of John Tilly.