Redstarts everywhere!

Hello

More ringing efforts at Stanford Reservoir this morning provided another six new Common Redstarts. Other birds present today included a Tree Pipit, four Common Sandpipers, sixteen Ravens and one Great White Egret. A Cattle Egret and a Wood Sandpiper were at Eyebrook Reservoir today.

Another ringing session at Linford Lakes, Milton Keynes today provided singles of Tree Pipit and Common Redstart.

At Pitsford Reservoir birds north of the causeway included two Great White Egrets, a Common Sandpiper, a Kingfisher, two Ravens and a Grey Wagtail.

A Black Tern remained at Clifford Hill Pits where there was also a Wheatear and a Common Sandpiper. A Cattle Egret remained at Summer Leys LNR and other birds included a Ruff, a fly-over Ringed Plover, at least two Common Sandpipers and three Pintail with two Green Sandpipers at Earls Barton quarry. An Osprey flew from Mary's Lake towards Summer Leys this afternoon.

Harrington Airfield offered up fifteen Grey Partridges, a Tree Pipit, two fly-over Crossbills, a fly-over Golden Plover, two Common Redstarts and a Wheatear this morning.

A Honey Buzzard over the edge of Everdon Stubbs at 1.15pm was bird of the day, the bird drifting north-east. Other raptors there included three Hobbies.

At least twenty-three Mistle Thrushes were in stubble fields in the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton and this area also attracted two Whinchats and three Wheatears with two Common Redstarts at nearby Blueberry Farm. A Raven was in Hanging Houghton village this morning.

Two or three Common Redstarts and two Wheatears were along the footpath from Bridle Road, Old that leads to the Walgrave Bay at Pitsford Reservoir and at Lamport Hall this evening a flurry of activity in trees alongside the footpath leading off the A508 next to the gatehouse included a Pied Flycatcher, two Common Redstarts and at least fifteen Spotted Flycatchers. Two Pied Flycatchers were reported at Stowe Nine Churches this afternoon.

Regards

Neil M

Cattle Egret at Summer Leys
courtesy of Tony Stanford.

Juvenile Goldfinch at
Summer Leys courtesy
of Tony Stanford.

Common Redstart courtesy
of Kenny Cramer.

Tree Pipit courtesy of
Kenny Cramer.