Still cool for July!

Hello

An Osprey was again fishing north of the causeway at Pitsford Reservoir this morning and a Great White Egret was there too.

No waders were noted on the pools in the Brampton Valley below Brixworth this morning but there were seven Little Egrets including at least one juvenile plus a Kingfisher and a couple of Grey Wagtails.

The Quail was again heard calling from fields off Broughton Road, Walgrave this afternoon, opposite a haybale stack. Summer Leys LNR attracted a Great White Egret, two Black-tailed Godwits and two Little Ringed Plovers today.

Yesterday (1st) and Stanford Reservoir provided sightings of a Barn Owl, two Oystercatchers, a Common Sandpiper, a Kingfisher and about a hundred Common Swifts.

A Barn Owl was in the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton this evening.

The video (below) depicts a just out-of-the-nest juvenile Cuckoo at one of our local reserves in the county courtesy of John Boland.

Regards

Neil M

Male Broad-bodied Chaser.

An athletic Roe Deer!

Monday 1st July

Hello

A rather grey and cloudy day but a super segment of sunshine this morning brought the insects to the fore whilst I was conducting a wildlife survey which included a Purple Emperor butterfly and odonata featuring  Broad-bodied Chaser, Black-tailed Skimmer and Southern Hawker.

Six Green Sandpipers were on an evaporating pool in the Brampton Valley below Brixworth early this morning, three Wigeon had returned to Hollowell Reservoir by this evening and Oystercatchers have produced chicks on the Irthlingborough Lakes and Meadows reserve at Ditchford Pits.

The Quail was heard calling off the Broughton Road, near Walgrave both early this morning and again early afternoon.

This year appears to be a good one for Barn Owls with plenty of adults on territory and with many pairs now feeding hungry nestlings!

Regards

Neil M

Barn Owlets!

Sedge Warbler.

Pied Wagtail.

Meadow Pipit.

Above three images courtesy
of Tony Stanford.