Grey birds of a grey day

Hello

Birds at Pitsford Reservoir today on a cold, breezy and dull day included a Great White Egret and a Shelduck north of the causeway with an adult Yellow-legged Gull in the roost off the dam.

Stanford Reservoir managed two Great White Egrets today plus two Goosanders and the Ruddy Shelduck was seen at Winwick Pools.

Five drake Smew were still at Eyebrook Reservoir where the Scaup remained and a Red-necked Grebe was reported. Other birds included a first year Caspian Gull at Daventry Country Park and two White-fronted Geese were still at Ravensthorpe Reservoir early this morning.

In the Nene valley the drake Ring-necked Duck drew admirers despite the muddy conditions walking to the Heronry Lake on the Titchmarsh reserve at Thrapston. Other birds included a Marsh Harrier again, two Goosanders, somewhere between eight and twelve Great White Egrets, two Cetti's Warblers and a Chiffchaff. Another Marsh Harrier was at Earls Barton Pits this afternoon.

Two Jack Snipe were at Barnes Meadow LNR, a drake Smew was reported on the main barrage lake at Clifford Hill Pits this afternoon and a Chiffchaff and two Oystercatchers were at Irthlingborough Lakes and Meadows LNR.

A Redpoll and a Blackcap visited garden feeders in a Brixworth garden and a Grey Wagtail was in the Brampton Valley below the village. The Short-eared Owls were again absent from private land near Maidwell.

Regards

Neil M

Second calendar year Common Gull.

Third calendar year Common Gull.

Adult Common Gull, this bird missing a foot.

Adult Common Gull, this a ringed bird.

All images taken at Pitsford Reservoir
in dull conditions this afternoon.
 Grey birds of a grey day!