A wet Sunday

Hello

Sadly the weather forecast was accurate and today has been very wet. 

One of the birds of the moment is the Siskin and several were at Kelmarsh Hall today and a few were by the dam at Pitsford Reservoir where there was also a Grey Wagtail. Frank witnessed over twenty Siskins feeding on his garden silver birch at Nether Heyford and twenty were looking for food at the Summer Leys LNR Feeding Station. Two Redpolls were also with the Siskins at Summer Leys and the Redpoll flock remained at the Duston attenuation pond.

Sixty Yellowhammers and two Grey Partridges were in the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton this morning and our garden attracted lots of hungry birds which included singles of Reed Bunting and Yellowhammer.

At Stanford Reservoir there was no sign of the cracking Firecrest of yesterday but birds seen there included a Curlew, a Cetti's Warbler and a Kingfisher. The drake Garganey and three Black-tailed Godwits were still present on the Irthlingborough Lakes and Meadows reserve at Ditchford Pits this morning. The 'redhead' Smew and a Black-tailed Godwit were at Clifford Hill Pits and Summer Leys LNR attracted another Little Gull, three Great White Egrets, five Dunlin, over three hundred Golden Plovers, about fifteen Common Snipe and two Black-tailed Godwits.

The impressive Starling murmuration and roost was still present at Stortons Pits this afternoon/evening.

Regards

Neil M

Siskin courtesy of
Tony Stanford.

Muntjac courtesy
of Tony Stanford.

Robin courtesy of
Robin Gossage.

One of the species that
is providing us with the
early spring dawn chorus
even if they have been
singing all winter!