More witnessed migration

Hello

A dull start and end to the day with sunshine and cloud in between, a change of wind direction and showers too! These conditions have provided quite a fall of interesting passerines on the east coast, particularly Pied Flycatchers, and Black Terns seemed to have moved right across the nation.

However locally it has been more or less more of the same of the last few weeks and at Stanford Reservoir the Marsh Harrier showed again, a Ruff flew through and singles of Common Redstart and Spotted Flycatcher were caught and ringed. Other birds included an adult Yellow-legged Gull and four Common Sandpipers.

At Hollowell Reservoir today there was an adult Caspian Gull, a fly-through Turnstone and seven Ringed Plovers, two Common Sandpipers, two Green Sandpipers and two Whinchats.

At Pitsford Reservoir a Marsh Harrier flew south from the Walgrave Bay, at least three Great White Egrets were present as was a Red-crested Pochard, a Raven and Common Sandpiper and Ringed Plover were heard calling. A Raven was also on the outskirts of Brixworth.

Two Cattle Egrets flew through individually at Stanwick Pits early this morning and the bird at Summer Leys LNR was still in situ this afternoon. Four Black Terns and a juvenile Arctic Tern and a Barnacle Goose were at Clifford Hill Pits this afternoon.

An Osprey was over Titchmarsh Reserve, Thrapston Pits this afternoon and two Spotted Flycatchers were on the edge of the copse on the Brampton Valley Way below Hanging Houghton this afternoon, feeding on the southern (leeward) side.

Regards

Neil M

Grey Heron courtesy
of Tony Stanford.

Great Crested Grebe 
with apparent Tench prey
courtesy of Tony Stanford.

Comma butterfly.

Burnished Brass moth.