Wandering juvenile Great White Egret and Marsh Harriers.

Hello

Possibly the warmest day so far of the current heatwave and possibly a little respite tomorrow with some hoped-for cloud cover but it is likely to be humid.

All action at Stanford Reservoir with three Marsh Harriers present this morning, two of which exhibit wing tags which confirms them as juveniles and ringed as nestlings near Welney in Cambridgeshire and Breydon Water, Norfolk this summer. A Peregrine and a Common Sandpiper were also present and the ringers ringed a staggering 429 new birds today!

At Hollowell Reservoir the Little Stint was still present plus five Ringed Plovers, four Common Sandpipers and a Greenshank.

At Pitsford Reservoir the Wood Sandpiper was still in the Scaldwell Bay, sometimes visible from the Bird Club hide and other times on the bund and viewable from the James Fisher Hide. Other birds included four Green Sandpipers, a Ringed Plover and three Great White Egrets.

At Summer Leys LNR the Bittern again showed on the main scrape, generally from the double-decker hide. A colour-ringed Great White Egret was also present and Kim managed to find out that it is a bird ringed this year as a nestling at Ham Wall, Somerset where a number of pairs breed. Other birds included a Peregrine, a Hobby, a Ruff, three Common Sandpipers and four Ringed Plovers.

Three Whinchats were at Shrike Hedge in the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton with two Wheatears this morning and this evening just the Whinchats appeared to be present.

Meadow Pipits, Yellow Wagtails and Siskins were mostly audible as they passed over Harrington Airfield in blue skies this morning.

Regards

Neil M

Little Stint.

Marsh Harrier courtesy
of Robin Gossage.

Great White Egret courtesy
of Robin Gossage.