A breezy day but plenty of birds

Hello

Breezy autumn day and dull but mild.

Stanford Reservoir was again the place for migrating passerines with three hundred and ninety-seven small birds newly ringed which included four Common Redstarts and two Grasshopper Warblers. Other birds seen included a Common Sandpiper, the Ruddy Shelduck and a Kingfisher.

Down at Linford Lakes, Milton Keynes Kenny and his team enjoyed another excellent ringing session, encountering one hundred and seventeen birds which included forty-two Blackcaps, three Garden Warblers, a Lesser Whitethroat, two Sedge Warblers, eight Reed Warblers, eleven Chiffchaffs, three Willow Warblers, a Treecreeper, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Kingfisher, eight Greenfinches and a super Common Redstart. Other birds on-site included a Bittern, a Raven, a Common Sandpiper and several hundred migrating hirundines (mostly House Martins).

At Eyebrook Reservoir today birds included a Little Stint, a Wood Sandpiper and a Knot.

At least seven Cattle Egrets were at Irtlingborough Lakes and Meadows this morning and birds at Summer Leys LNR included a Garganey, a Ruff, a Common Snipe, a Greenshank, three Green Sandpipers, a Marsh Harrier, a Peregrine and three Black-tailed Godwits in flight.

Three Whinchats were at Hollowell Reservoir today and a Spotted Flycatcher, a Hobby and a Raven were all at New Covert, Kelmarsh.

Ringing will be taking place at Harrington Airfield tomorrow and possibly Monday which ensures restricted access around the bunkers between the chippings compound and the concrete track. Access along the concrete track is unaffected.

Regards

Neil M

Blackcap.

Kingfisher.

Lesser Whitethroat.

Common Redstart.

All images courtesy of
Kenny Cramer.