Godwits on the move

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Some local surveying close to home provided thirty Siskins at Drummerboy, Brixworth with seventy Common Snipe, a Woodcock, two Grey Wagtails, a Kingfisher and a fly-over Raven in the Brampton Valley below Brixworth village. Two Crossbills were briefly in woodland east of Creaton (plus a singing Chiffchaff) and a singing Grey Wagtail was at the village sewer works with over one hundred and fifty Redwings spread over the area. Two Green Sandpipers and a Barn Owl were in the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton this afternoon.

An adult Yellow-legged Gull at Pitsford Reservoir today appeared to be paired with a Lesser Black-backed Gull and birds at Hollowell Reservoir included a second calendar year Mediterranean Gull, two adult Caspian Gulls and a Jack Snipe. An adult Mediterranean Gull was again in the Stanford Reservoir gull roost with the Goosander still present too. Five Smew and a Little Gull were at Eyebrook Reservoir today. Half a dozen Siskins were at a very quiet Sywell Country Park today.

Another Little Gull was reported at the unusual location of Wicksteed Park today and at Ditchford Pits the drake Scaup was seen on the main pit (but the female Ring-necked Duck wasn't seen) and the drake Garganey was still on Otter Lake on the Irthlingborough Lakes and Meadow reserve with five Black-tailed Godwits on the reserve too. Two Cattle Egrets and two Oystercatchers weren't far away on flood water east of The Embankment at Wellingborough.

A Scaup was still at Grendon Lakes at Earls Barton Pits and Summer Leys LNR attracted a Marsh Harrier, a Dunlin, a Redshank, a Pintail, a Great White Egret and a Black-tailed Godwit. Two Oystercatchers and a Shelduck were at Earls Barton quarry. Ten more Black-tailed Godwits were on floods off the A605 at Barnwell Lock and one flew over the Titchmarsh Reserve at Thrapston Pits. A Redshank and two Oystercatchers were at Clifford Hill Pits.

Following a number in Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire, Nigel found one or two Mealy Redpoll(s) with Lesser Redpolls at New Sandy Lane, Duston - the What3words location is reach.lung.shiny.

Regards

Neil M

Redshank and Common
Snipe at Summer Leys LNR.

Yesterday's Avocets at
Summer Leys LNR.

Redshank.

Above images courtesy
of Tony Stanford.

Woodpigeon.