Iceland - 4th - 8th March 2022

Wednesday, 29 January 2025

Colliedrops!

Hello

Some much brighter and sunnier weather today brought out the birders and the birds too it seems!

An excellent garden ringing session at Greens Norton today yielded a high number of forty-eight Goldfinches, four Greenfinches and two Siskins amongst others.

Ravensthorpe Reservoir today played host to two drake Smew which at times were showing very well just off the causeway and the two long-staying White-fronted Geese.

Stanford Reservoir provided a Great White Egret and three Water Rails today and the Great Northern Diver was close to Pintail Bay at Pitsford Reservoir (plus two Ravens) this morning.

At least two Hawfinches were still present in Cottesbrooke village today and were seen in flight towards the village church from the playing fields area. Noisy Ravens were signaling their intentions today at Little Billing, Northampton, Hanging Houghton and Lamport Hall.

In the Nene Valley today the White-fronted Goose was still with Greylags below Cogenhoe village and opposite the caravan site with two Great White Egrets in a nearby flooded field and at Summer Leys LNR the Glossy Ibis was still present plus an Oystercatcher, a Shelduck, five Pintail and a Water Rail.

Two Goosanders were at Stortons Pits and a Stonechat was at Sixfields and the two Cattle Egrets were again at Stanwick Pits in the area of North Lake.

Just one Smew was reported at Eyebrook Reservoir today which may hint at where the Ravensthorpe birds came from, and the Ruddy Shelduck was again logged at Winwick Pools.

Two Short-eared Owls were again on private land not too far from Blueberry Farm, Maidwell today and Harrington Airfield provided views of a hunting Barn Owl, an adult male Peregrine and thirteen Golden Plovers this afternoon. One Barn Owl was in the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton also this afternoon.

Regards

Neil M


Colliedrops! Rouzel and Jaeger
amongst the snowdrops at
Lamport Hall today.

Goldfinch.


Male Siskin.

Above three images
courtesy of Chris Payne.

A winter afternoon at
Harrington Airfield.

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