Iceland - 4th - 8th March 2022

Tuesday, 24 December 2024

Season's Greetings

We are almost at the end of another year, where does the time go to ?? I think that its fair to say that it has been a bit of a mixed year for many with happy and sad times and I know that many will be finding this a difficult time.   I am sure that our passion for birding and enjoyment of the wildlife around us keeps us going gets us through the challenges life throws at us.                   One of my other passions is running.  I just love the freedom of running with my 4 legged companions . It is "my" time and I'm always using my senses to birdwatch as I run.  This morning I ran around Pitsford Reservoir just as it was getting light. Needless to say I had the whole of the big side to myself.  The first bird I saw was the ghostly figure of a Barn Owl hunting the fields below the dam and this was followed by 3 Little Egrets heading in the same direction.  The Great Northern Diver was close to the bank in Pintail Bay and nearby a pair of Stonechat.  My ears picked up a Grey Wagtail and small numbers of Siskins on my run round.                                                                                                  My afternoon was spent topping up feeding stations at Harrington Airfield,  Kelmarsh and Scotland Wood. Just plenty of common birds waiting to be fed. I was met at each feeding stations by Robins and Blue tits, common birds but full of character.                                                                               Very little bird news today,  just the two White Fronted Geese at Ravensthorpe Reservoir and Goosander and Glossy Ibis at Summer Leys. 

Yesterday I took a detour on my way home and walked through Cottesbrooke Village where 2 Hawfinches are still present around the playing field/ T junction area.  That was about all I saw yesterday due to running last minute errands.                                                                                            However there were a few other birds reported by others. 7 Black Tailed Godwits and Glossy Ibis at Summer Leys,  2 Adult Caspian Gulls and 2 Stonechats at Hollowell,  Merlin between Tiffield and Gayton,  4 Cattle Egrets at Stanwick GP,  and a Jack Snipe at Barnes Meadow LNR. But Stanford Reservoir had the most interesting bird, an Azores Gull in the roost.

Sending Seasons Greetings to you all 

Regards Eleanor X


Robin courtesy
of Robin Gossage.


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