Elusive Waxwings

Hello

A relatively quiet day in the county enlightened with some more Waxwings being found but remaining elusive.

The two Cattle Egrets were again at Stanford Hall today and birds at Stanford Reservoir included a first winter Mediterranean Gull and ninety-four Great Black-backed Gulls in the gull roost, two Little Egrets and seventeen Lesser Redpolls.

A Cattle Egret was also at Wicksteed Park Water Meadows (Kettering) this morning and a Marsh Harrier was around the Main Lake at Stanwick Pits this afternoon.

Approximately six Waxwings were encountered in Greens Norton village this morning but they remained elusive but were still heard calling late morning and again at about 3pm this afternoon. At one stage they were close to the village church.

A male Blackcap was attracted to apples in a Woodford Halse garden this morning and at Scotland Wood on the Kelmarsh estate there were seven Redpolls with a Siskin nearby at Kelmarsh Hall. Two Grey Wagtails were in the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton.

At Pitsford Reservoir it seemed very quiet around the dam area this afternoon with just an adult Yellow-legged Gull and a Grey Wagtail of any note. In comparison to Stanford there was just one Great Black-backed Gull in the roost!

Regards

Neil M

Grey Wagtail courtesy
of Robin Gossage.

Reed Buntings at Stortons Pits
today courtesy of Tony Stanford.

Barn Owl caught, ringed and
 released on the Courteenhall
Estate today, an estate that has
created Wildlife Conservation
 Areas where there once used
 to be pheasant shooting.

 Images courtesy of
Chris Payne.