Birds of a cold, steely day

Hello 

A modest ringing session at Brixworth today provided only a small number of captures but included ten Pied Wagtails, a Grey Wagtail, a Redwing, two Blackbirds and two Chiffchaffs. At least one other Grey Wagtail was also present, two Ravens flew over and a Siskin was mobile.

Birds seen at Stanford Reservoir were a Caspian Gull, a Water Rail, two Common Snipe, a Great White Egret and a Stonechat and five Smew were still at Eyebrook Reservoir.

The Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton this afternoon yielded two Barn Owls and two or three Green Sandpipers. At least one Siskin was at Scotland Wood, a Barn Owl was hunting at Harrington Airfield this afternoon and two Woodcock were flushed by beaters at Short Wood, Lamport.

A female Scaup remained at Blatherwycke Lake today, two Whooper Swans flew over Greens Norton this morning and Summer Leys LNR attracted an early Oystercatcher, a Goosander, two Great White Egrets, fifty Golden Plovers and a Chiffchaff. A female Merlin was between Abthorpe and Wappenham.

Regards

Neil M

Green Sandpiper courtesy
of Robin Gossage.

Grey Wagtail.

Barn Owl courtesy of
Nathan Jones.