Summer weather and wildlife at last!

Hello

Another day of splendid weather and at Stanford Reservoir there was a Common Sandpiper, four Oystercatchers and twelve Common Terns this morning with two Cuckoos including the rufous morph female seen yesterday.

At lunchtime today there was a Cuckoo, a pair of Grey Partridges and three Ravens at Harrington Airfield. The pair of Spotted Flycatchers remain in the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton.

In the Nene Valley some early morning birding at Stanwick Pits resulted in a Marsh Harrier and a Green Sandpiper and the Wood Warbler was again on show in Harry's Park Wood. A drake Wigeon is an unusual June record for Pitsford Reservoir.

On the scarce insect front Wood Whites were on the wing at Bucknell Wood, Black Hairstreaks were at Glapthorn Cow Pastures and a Lesser Emperor dragonfly was by the boat pontoon in the Holcot Bay at Pitsford Reservoir. Yardley Chase attracted a Red-belted Clearwing moth and Wood White and Black Hairstreak butterflies.

Regards

Neil M

Red-legged Shieldbug
 courtesy of John Tilly.

Scorpion Fly sp courtesy
of Tony Stanford.

Muntjac in the
morning dew.

Early morning skyscapes
this morning.

Cottesbrooke Church.

Gadwall.

A Tawny Owlet!