Cold, grey and wet!

Hello

Another raw and wet day out there but with a few birds on offer.

The Glossy Ibis was again at Summer Leys LNR and Blatherwycke Lake was still a hotspot today with the drake Red-breasted Merganser present plus the Cattle Egret and wintering Scaup.

Not too far away at Eyebrook Reservoir there was still another wintering Scaup and five drake Smew.

Another Cattle Egret was at Irthlingborough Lakes and Meadow LNR this morning and a Kingfisher was at Market Harborough.

An adult Yellow-legged Gull was in the gull roost at Pitsford Reservoir where there was also a colour-ringed Common Gull from the Norwegian scheme (exact details awaited).

Details of the original ringing details of a Blue Tit caught at Woodford Halse on Wednesday 5th February have now come through and this bird was originally ringed at Rainsbrook Valley, Rugby on 13th January 2024, some twenty kilometres away from where encountered 389 days later.

Regards

Neil M

Common Gull.

Black-headed Gull.

Little Egret courtesy
of Tony Stanford.

Meadow Pipit courtesy
of Tony Stanford.