Cooler temperatures for the weekend

Hello

A much cooler and quieter day for birds today with some sharp wintry showers.

The four White-fronted Geese were at Wadenhoe Water Meadows at lunchtime, a Great White Egret being there too, but later the geese moved to the Titchmarsh reserve at Thrapston Pits.

Four Wheatears were located at Borough Hill Country Park, Daventry this morning, a Little Ringed Plover was at the DIRFT3/A5 pools near Lilbourne and a Swallow was at Hollowell Reservoir this afternoon.

Two Green Sandpipers were still in the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton this morning. Small numbers of Siskins were noted at Scotland Wood, Kelmarsh Hall and Cottesbrooke today and Ravens were active at Old village, Scaldwell village, Scotland Wood, Pitsford Reservoir and Cottesbrooke. 

Sixty Goldeneye were in the Scaldwell Bay at Pitsford Reservoir this afternoon and Stanford Reservoir attracted fourteen Sand Martins and three Ravens.

Of the recent flock of fourteen Waxwings at Far Cotton two birds were colour-ringed. We still await details of one of the birds but news was soon back about the other. This is a female first ringed at Kincorth, Aberdeen on 30th November 2022 and subsequently re-sighted in Denmark on 26th January 2023. This year, prior to visiting us here this month in Northants she was sighted at Abergele in North Wales on 1st January and then Harborne, Birmingham on 1st February. These details have been supplied by the Grampian Ringing Group.

Regards

Neil M

Male Reed Bunting
courtesy of John Tilly.

Robin courtesy of
John Tilly.

Little Egret courtesy
of Robin Gossage.