Absent birds

Hello

Still pretty hard work out there finding not very much at all!

A Rock Pipit calling and flying over Daventry first thing was a good record courtesy of Ian.

The female Red-crested Pochard was still present at Kislingbury Country Park as were two Ravens, a Stonechat and a Goosander.

The Glossy Ibis, not reported for a few days, was still present at Summer Leys LNR as were two Great White Egrets, a Marsh Harrier, at least two Common Snipe and a Stonechat.

A flock of about three hundred Fieldfares were between Bulwick and Southwick.

The Hawfinches at Cottesbrooke haven't been seen for a couple of days and efforts at Blatherwycke, Deene and Southwick today also failed to connect with these big finches. Sadly it has been some weeks now since any Tree Sparrows have been seen at the Old Scaldwell Road feeding station at Pitsford Reservoir - hopefully they will return but we always knew this day would come when almost the last of the Tree Sparrows disappeared.

Regards

Neil M

A Chiffchaff and a Stonechat
taking note of the notice and 
not straying into the training
area (adjacent to Pitsford
 Reservoir)!

Raven.

Female Red-crested Pochard.

Both images above courtesy
 of Tony Stanford.

Lesser Black-backed Gull
 in afternoon sunshine.