A good year for Barn Owls?

Hello

A cool but bright, sunny morning provided a good opportunity to complete another local survey which provided two pairs of Spotted Flycatcher but sadly both were without young - there's still time for a second attempt.

There were two Green Sandpipers at the Brampton Valley pools below Brixworth early this morning and two Barn Owls in the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton.

The three male Common Redstarts were still at Lilbourne Water Meadows reserve this morning and two more males were discovered at Blueberry Farm, Maidwell this morning, another traditional stop-over site.

A Black Redstart at Harrington Airfield was a good find today, spending much of the day at Bunker One and seen briefly there still at 7.45pm.

Single Barn Owls were seen near Thornby and at Lamport Hall and there was another Barn Owl at Hollowell Reservoir as well as a Hobby, a Common Sandpiper and a Great White Egret. An Oystercatcher paid Pitsford Reservoir a visit this afternoon.

At Clifford Hill Pits this morning there were nine Little Ringed Plovers, two Common Sandpipers, a Redshank and a Barnacle Goose. A single Black-tailed Godwit was on the Titchmarsh Reserve at Thrapston Pits and a juvenile Cattle Egret was at Stanwick Pits on the Main Pit this afternoon.

A Common Sandpiper was at Stanford Reservoir today where over a hundred new birds were caught and ringed and ninety-nine birds were caught and ringed there yesterday.

Regards

Neil M

Cuckoo Wasp sp
courtesy of John Tilly.

Male Blackbird courtesy
of John Tilly.

Juvenile Green Woodpecker
courtesy of Tony Stanford.

Red Fox courtesy
of Tony Stanford.

Starling courtesy of
Tony Stanford.