Red-breasted Merganser

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Despite the less than salubrious weather conditions today some new birds were found in the county with the most enjoyed bird probably being a handsome drake Red-breasted Merganser that showed very well at Blatherwycke Lake. Other birds there included a Goosander, a Cattle Egret and a Scaup.

The Glossy Ibis again topped the bill at Summer Leys LNR plus five Great White Egrets and about a hundred Golden Plovers. A Great White Egret was at Kinewell Lake, Ringstead Pits.

Three Common Scoters on the Nene Barrage at Clifford Hill Pits were the other new birds and a Yellow-legged Gull and four Goosanders were also present.

Just outside the county a drake Green-winged Teal was south of Ardley, in flooded fields just inside Oxfordshire.

A little more sedentary, the Ruddy Shelduck was at Winwick Pools today and Stanford Reservoir was the site for a Jack Snipe, two Great White Egrets, six Goosanders and a Kingfisher.

Eyebrook Reservoir continued to host a Scaup and five drake Smew and Hollowell Reservoir managed a Jack Snipe, three Common Snipe and a Pintail. Two Great White Egrets were north of the causeway at Pitsford Reservoir and there were three Tree Sparrows in the bushes at the Old Scaldwell Road Feeding Station.

One of the Short-eared Owls re-appeared on private land near Maidwell today and a Raven was near Kelmarsh.

Regards

Neil M

Drake Red-breasted Merganser
courtesy of Neil Hasdell.

Drake Red-breasted Merganser
courtesy of Nick Parker.