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Blueberry Farm, Maidwell was good for birds today with three Common Redstarts, a Grasshopper Warbler and plenty of other warblers this morning and then this afternoon Stuart saw a cream-crown Marsh Harrier from there too. Two Common Redstarts remained at Harrington Airfield early this afternoon (near Bunker One and the Shooting Wall) with a Wheatear at Bunker Three. Then that man Stuart came along again this evening and this time espied a ringtail Hen Harrier heading east there! Twelve Grey Partridges were put up by a combine harvester.
A further Common Redstart and a Wheatear were near Shrike Hedge in the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton this morning.
A Kingfisher was at Upton Country Park today and a hay field being cut at Hanging Houghton attracted the local Red Kites and Common Buzzards. One of the adult Little Owls remains noisy around the bottom of the village.
An Osprey was seen at Hollowell Reservoir again today and a Common Redstart remains on the nature reserve at Woodford Halse.
Birds at Stanford Reservoir today included a Hobby, two Shelduck, two Green Sandpipers and at least eleven Yellow Wagtails. The ringers there had a bumper session processing 290 new birds which included 93 Willow Warblers and a Cetti's Warbler. Two controls (birds ringed elsewhere) included a French-ringed Sedge Warbler.
Regards
Neil M
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| Common Whitethroat. |
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| Brimstone butterfly. |
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| Kingfisher at Upton Country Park today. |
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| Chiffchaff. |
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| Migrant Hawker. All images courtesy of Tony Stanford. |
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