Milder and the ice is melting

Hello

At Pitsford Reservoir today birds south of the causeway were the Great Northern Diver still, a pair of Stonechats, two Kingfishers, a Barn Owl, a Chiffchaff and twenty Siskins; a Woodcock was at Christies Copse on the reserve and a couple of Tree Sparrows were at the Old Scaldwell Road Feeding Station.

Stanford Reservoir hosted a Caspian Gull, a Great White Egret and a Goosander and Eyebrook Reservoir appears to be the main site in the UK for Smew this winter with five present today (four adult drakes).

Four Ravens were at Harrington Airfield this morning and a Raven and a couple of Grey Partridges plus about one hundred and fifty Goldfinches, two Barn Owls, a male Merlin, two Grey Wagtails and a Green Sandpiper were in the Brampton below Hanging Houghton. Three Grey Wagtails were in the Brampton Valley below Brixworth.

Summer Leys LNR today was the venue for four Great White Egrets, thirty Golden Plovers, five Lesser Redpolls and a Grey Wagtail.

Regards

Neil M

Skylark courtesy of
Jane Neill.

Song Thrush.

Reed Bunting.

Grey Wagtail.

Above four images courtesy
of Tony Stanford.