Ringing on the Kelmarsh Estate

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A ringing session on the Kelmarsh Estate today resulted in 196 birds being processed of fourteen species made up of two Barn Owls, four Blackbirds, a Wren, nine Dunnocks, seven Robins, three Long-tailed Tits, thirty-seven Great Tits, one hundred and six Blue Tits, three Coal Tits, a Marsh Tit, two Siskins, seventeen Goldfinches, three Chaffinches and a Greenfinch. Another Barn Owl was seen and other birds noted included Ravens, a Woodcock, several more Siskins and a Grey Wagtail. A Barn Owl was between Lamport and Maidwell this morning.

Two Blackcaps and two Reed Buntings were in our Hanging Houghton garden today.

The female Ring-necked Duck was on Aldwincle lake on the Titchmarsh Reserve at Thrapston Pits again this morning, visible from North Hide. Other birds included two Great White Egrets and three Chiffchaffs.

There were six Waxwings at Priors Hall, Corby this morning plus a Redpoll. In excess of ninety Golden Plovers were at Harrington Airfield this morning and a drake Red-crested Pochard was at Ecton Lakes with birds at the adjacent sewage farm area amounting to at least two Green Sandpipers, three Chiffchaffs and a Stonechat.

A Cattle Egret roosted overnight at Stanford Reservoir and was presumably the same bird later seen in a field north of Stanford Hall. Other birds at Stanford Reservoir included a Great White Egret, four Goosanders, two Cetti's Warblers and two Chiffchaffs.

Regards

Neil M

Drake Red-crested Pochard
courtesy of Robin Gossage.

Stonechat courtesy of Robin Gossage.

Barn Owl on the Kelmarsh Estate
courtesy of Michelle Spinks.