Pitsford ringing

Hello

A ringing session took place in the Walgrave Bay at Pitsford Reservoir today and yielded one hundred and fifty-one birds with Blue Tits and Great Tits dominating. However the first bird was a fine Tawny Owl and the last bird processed was a smart adult female Great Spotted Woodpecker. In between these birds there were three Marsh Tits, three Coal Tits, three Treecreepers, ten Goldcrests, two Blackcaps, five Redwings, two Song Thrushes, five Chaffinches, two Siskins and three Lesser Redpolls.

There were a large number of finches on the move today with Siskins, Redpolls and Bramblings moving through the site quickly.

At Summer Leys LNR the Bittern was on show again today plus two Marsh Harriers and the Cattle Egret with a Whooper Swan on Mary's Lake. A Goosander was at Clifford Hill Pits today, a flock of fifty Golden Plovers were seen near Greens Norton and Hollowell Reservoir hosted a third winter Caspian Gull, a Dunlin and two Stonechats. A Whooper Swan was at Ravensthorpe Reservoir this morning.

Birds at Stanford Reservoir today included a Marsh Harrier, a Great White Egret, two Pintail and a Wheatear. Forty-three new birds were ringed on-site.

Two pairs of Stonechats and a couple of Bramblings were at Harrington Airfield, a female Merlin was in the Brampton Valley again near 'shrike hedge' below Hanging Houghton and Fieldfares were on the move in good numbers this afternoon.

The finch movement today ensured that our garden was visited by two Bramblings, two Lesser Redpolls and a dozen Siskins and also two Grey Wagtails visited the garden pond!

Regards

Neil M

Tawny Owl at Pitsford
Reservoir today.

Brambling courtesy of
Robin Gossage.

Siskin courtesy of
Robin Gossage.