Hello
A cold but sunny day with little new found in the county today.
At Pitsford Reservoir both the Great Northern Diver and the Common Scoter were north of the dam this morning with a Grey Wagtail north of the causeway.
At Stanwick Pits today the two Glossy Ibis were braving the cold temperatures as were two Cattle Egrets, nine Goosanders and a Pintail. Summer Leys LNR hosted two Stonechats, a Siskin and a hundred Golden Plovers. A Goosander was at Kinewell Lake, Ringstead Pits
At Eyebrook Reservoir the Smew number went up again with five birds present including three drakes.
Two Woodcock were seen at Blueberry Farm, Maidwell and a Barn Owl was in the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton. A Brambling flew over Scotland Wood, Kelmarsh this morning and a Siskin was at New Covert.
A first year Redwing mist-netted at Harrington Airfield on 17th November was bearing a Dutch-scheme ring and was first ringed in Holland on 17th October 2023. In thirty-one days this migrant thrush had travelled a minimum of 487km from Reddingsweg, Schiermonnikoog, Holland in a SSW direction to reach the hawthorn bushes at Harrington.
Regards
Neil M
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| Stonechat. |
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| Song Thrush. |
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| Blue Tit. |
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| Wren. All above images taken at Summer Leys LNR today courtesy of Tony Stanford. |
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| The Dutch-ringed Redwing at Harrington Airfield courtesy of Jane Neill. |
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| A basic map depicting the two locations where the Redwing was initially ringed and then re-captured. |
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