Cooling down

Hello

Very much shorter days now as we move deeper in to autumn and with cooling temperatures too!

Quality birds remain at Summer Leys LNR with a Bittern on the scrape, a Marsh Harrier, three Garganey, six Great White Egrets, a Ruff and Green and Common Sandpipers.

Clifford Hill Pits still hosted the Black-necked Grebe, three Black Terns and six Whinchats and the Osprey was again over Elinor Lake, Thrapston Pits this morning. A Hobby was at Stortons Pits today.

At Pitsford Reservoir an Osprey was perched up in the Scaldwell Bay early this afternoon and possibly the same bird was watched flying south in earnest over the dam just before 3pm. A Wheatear was on the dam wall, a Stonechat was on the fence line below the dam and three Yellow-legged Gulls were also present.

At Stanford Reservoir there were three Common Sandpipers, a Kingfisher and the regular Ruddy Shelduck. Hollowell Reservoir provided views of a Whinchat, a Stonechat, a Hobby, six Great White Egrets and a Common Sandpiper.

Ravens were again at Hanging Houghton, there were two Spotted Flycatchers at Lamport Hall this afternoon and a Common Redstart was at Blueberry Farm, Maidwell. Two Whinchats were in the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton this morning and two Golden Plovers flew over.

Regards

Neil M

Stonechat courtesy
of Robin Gossage.

Migrant Hawker courtesy
of Tony Stanford.

Hobby courtesy
of Tony Stanford.