Swallows, Redpolls and Siskins.

Hello

A wet morning but mild conditions, dryer in the afternoon but more showers in the evening.

A Siskin and a Reed Bunting were in our Hanging Houghton garden this morning and yesterday a Weston Favell garden attracted a pair of Blackcaps, a Siskin and a Redpoll.

At Pitsford Reservoir today the long-staying adult Yellow-legged Gull was off the dam and north of the causeway two Swallows were seen plus about thirty Common Snipe, a Jack Snipe and an Oystercatcher.

The two 'frosty' Mealy Redpolls remained at the Sandy Lane attenuation pond on the outskirts of Duston with a dwindling Lesser Redpoll flock and the Smew was again at Clifford Hill Pits this afternoon.

Summer Leys LNR hosted a Cattle Egret, a Great White Egret, two Redpolls and a small flock of Siskins.

Fifteen Sand Martins and a Swallow were at the Titchmarsh Reserve at Thrapston Pits this afternoon and two Shelduck and three Little Egrets were the best at Stanford Reservoir. A Curlew flew through at Stanwick Pits this morning where there were also six Redshanks and a Goosander.

Half a dozen Siskins were at Scotland Wood today and at least three were at Kelmarsh Hall.

A flock of about a hundred Waxwings were again in the centre of Milton Keynes today (at the Milton Keynes Christian Centre) where they have been showing very well - it is likely that we have flocks in the county secreted away somewhere.

Regards

Neil M

Yep more Siskins...
fabulous little finches!
Images courtesy of
Tony Stanford.

Lesser Redpoll courtesy
 of Tony Stanford.

Little Egret in all it's spring
 finery at Abington Park,
Northampton yesterday
courtesy of Dave Jackson.