Dull weather but good birding!

Hello

A cooler, duller day with a few bits of drizzle didn't seem to change the bird dynamics much.

Pitsford Reservoir attracted at least three Ospreys today (three seen together this evening) with birds being on and off all day long from about 5.40am. and probably involving up to four or five birds. A juvenile female Peregrine was there early this morning, the drake Red-crested Pochard was still in the Scaldwell Bay as was the juvenile Whinchat and at least one adult Yellow-legged Gull.

At Lilbourne Meadow reserve the Lesser Yellowlegs was seen a couple of times again today but there were no reports of the Pectoral Sandpiper.

An Osprey was at Stanford Reservoir this evening as was the Ruddy Shelduck, a Common Sandpiper and a Raven and a Little Stint spent the day at Eyebrook Reservoir. Hollowell Reservoir this evening hosted two Great White Egrets and a Whinchat.

Birds in the Nene Valley were a Marsh Harrier at Stanwick Pits late this afternoon, an Osprey at Thrapston Pits late this morning plus three Yellow-legged Gulls and Summer Leys LNR fielded a Marsh Harrier again plus three Great White Egrets, two Garganey, two Greenshanks, two Green Sandpipers, four Common Sandpipers, two Common Snipe and a Water Rail.

Away from water and a Common Redstart was a good find at Desborough Airfield - four Yellow-legged Gulls were on fields there too. At Harrington Airfield today there was a Marsh Harrier, a Tree Pipit, a Grasshopper Warbler, two Common Redstarts and two Whinchats. The two male Common Redstarts were still at Blueberry Farm, Maidwell this morning.

Regards

Neil M

Great White Egret at
Summer Leys LNR 
today courtesy of
Neil Hasdell.

Eyed Hawk-moth caterpillar
courtesy of Robin Gossage.

Blue Emperor courtesy
of Robin Gossage.

Bar-headed Goose courtesy
of Robin Gossage.

Long-tailed Tit with a rather
large snack courtesy of
Tony Stanford.

Great Crested Grebe courtesy
of Tony Stanford.