Still the cool northerly winds

Hello

Static birds at Harrington Airfield today included the female Ring Ouzel, the Short-eared Owl and a male Common Redstart but apparently the Ferruginous Duck wasn't seen at Stanford Reservoir.

Summer Leys LNR hangs on to a Cattle Egret today and a Dunlin and eight to ten Common Terns were seen but little else new was reported. A Shelduck, an Oystercatcher, two Little Ringed Plovers and a Common Sandpiper were at Earls Barton New Workings.

Two Grey Wagtails, two Yellow Wagtails and twenty House Martins were at Ashton sewer works and at Pitsford Reservoir there were three Common Sandpipers on the dam this morning.

A Siskin and two Redpolls were around in the garden here at Hanging Houghton today and two Short-eared Owls re-appeared at Blueberry Farm, Maidwell this morning with two Wheatears at the Blueberry Hill summit. A Whinchat and a Wheatear were in the Brampton Valley near shrike hedge below Hanging Houghton this morning but were not seen this afternoon but a Wheatear was on a muck heap in the valley closer to the Brampton Valley Way.

Yesterday afternoon there was a Green Sandpiper in the Welland Valley below Cottingham.

Regards

Neil M

Collared Dove courtesy
of Tony Stanford.

Common Sandpiper courtesy
of Tony Stanford.

Grey Heron courtesy
of Tony Stanford.

Great Crested Grebes 
courtesy of Tony Stanford.

Dagger Fly courtesy
of John Tilly.

Speckled Wood butterfly
courtesy of John Tilly.