Ferruginous Duck, Ospreys and chats.

Hello

A female Ferruginous Duck was found at Stanford Reservoir this morning where there were still three juvenile Arctic Terns, the Ruddy Shelduck, a Great White Egret, a Common Sandpiper and a Hobby. Eyebrook Reservoir still retained a Little Stint and also a Curlew Sandpiper, two Wood Sandpipers and a Black Tern.

The Black-necked Grebe was still at Clifford Hill Pits and Summer Leys LNR boasted two Ospreys, a Marsh Harrier, three Garganey, two Great White Egrets, a Greenshank, two Green Sandpipers and a Ruff. An Osprey was also at Titchmarsh reserve, Thrapston Pits and other birds included two Common Sandpipers, a Green Sandpiper, three Common Snipe and a Hobby.

A Wheatear, two Whinchats and a Stonechat were all early morning birds at Hollowell Reservoir plus a Common Sandpiper and a Peregrine. Six Yellow-legged Gulls, a Hobby and a Great White Egret were at nearby Ravensthorpe Reservoir. A Raven was between Teeton and Spratton.

A Wheatear and a Grey Partridge were in the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton this morning with Harrington Airfield still retaining a Common Redstart, a Whinchat and a Wheatear. Three Yellow-legged Gulls were off the dam at Pitsford Reservoir today.

Regards

Neil M

Cormorants at Pitsford
Reservoir today.

Images of the Greenshank and
Ruff at Summer Leys LNR
today courtesy of Tony Stanford.