Hello
A cooler and fresher day today with less insects and more evidence of the autumn bird migration beginning to stir!
At Stanwick Pits today migrants included two Black-tailed Godwits, a Greenshank, a Green Sandpiper and a Common Sandpiper and other birds included two Oystercatchers and four Little Ringed Plovers. Nearby at Summer Leys LNR there were eight visiting Black-tailed Godwits this afternoon and a Cattle Egret was seen this morning.
Four Common Sandpipers were also at Stanford Reservoir today as were three Oystercatchers and about seventy Common Swifts.
The male Common Redstart was again in the flood meadow hedgerow at Lilbourne Water Meadows and a Quail was still audible this afternoon at Broughton Road, Walgrave opposite the hay bales.
A pair of Cattle Egrets are confirmed as breeding successfully in the county this year and birds seen from the dam at Pitsford Reservoir this afternoon included a juvenile Kingfisher and a Yellow-legged Gull and approximately fifty Sand Martins.
Two Barn Owls were in the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton this evening.
Regards
Neil M
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| One of several Hedgehogs living in our small garden currently! |
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| Adult female Common Redstart. |
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| Juvenile Common Redstart. |
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| Juvenile Stonechat. |
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| Adult Common Sandpiper. All bird images courtesy of Tony Stanford. |
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