Stormy Thursday

Hello

Thankfully the storm to the south didn't have catastrophic consequences in Northamptonshire although there was rather more rain than I would have liked!

Two Bitterns at Stanwick Pits, seen in flight at the layby pit this morning, was an excellent record.

At Pitsford Reservoir a Great Northern Diver was located in The Narrows this afternoon and other birds north of the dam included an adult Yellow-legged Gull, a Green Sandpiper, two Great White Egrets and four Stonechats. A Crossbill was briefly in Christies Copse in the Walgrave Bay this morning and a Woodcock was flushed from there.

At Hollowell Reservoir there was a Dunlin and a Caspian Gull and birds at Upton Country Park included a Short-eared Owl, two Stonechats and a Barnacle Goose.

Regards

Neil M

Stonechats.

Barnacle Goose.

Short-eared Owl.

All images taken by Tony Stanford
at Upton Country Park today, a stoic effort!