April migrants

Hello

For those that were patient enough to wait the Purple Heron showed itself at Stanford Reservoir a couple of times today. Other birds on-site included two Shelduck and eleven Yellow Wagtails.

Pitsford Reservoir didn't really compare but there was an Osprey again around the dam today plus two Yellow-legged Gulls (adult and second calendar year) and an un-ringed but fairly tame female Wood Duck and a Grey Wagtail.

Another Grey Wagtail was at Kelmarsh Hall where there were two Siskins and a Raven. A single Short-eared Owl at Blueberry Farm, Maidwell appears to be the only bird left in the immediate area with none at Lamport today and none seen at Harrington Airfield either. A Grey Wagtail was in the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton with a Jack Snipe and four Common Snipe further along the valley below Lamport. A Siskin was mobile in Hanging Houghton village.

Harrington Airfield provided a male Common Redstart between the Chippings Compound and Bunker One and a Ring Ouzel moving around between Bunkers Two and Three. A Wheatear, a Yellow Wagtail and about six Fieldfares were there too.

In the Nene Valley the Cattle Egret and two Little Ringed Plovers were at Summer Leys LNR and a Black-tailed Godwit was on the Titchmarsh LNR at Thrapston Pits with two Common Terns on the complex too. Three Common Sandpipers and two Wheatears were at Clifford Hill Pits and four Oystercatchers were at Upton Country Park.

Regards

Neil M

Kestrel.

Robin.

Chiffchaff.

Grey Heron.

All images courtesy
of Tony Stanford.