Ringing at Woodford Halse.

Hello

A ringing session at Woodford Halse today yielded over sixty birds including a dozen Greenfinches, four Chaffinches, a Nuthatch, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, two House Sparrows, a Goldcrest, five Long-tailed Tits and three Blackbirds. One of the Blue Tits processed appears to be a 'control' - a bird ringed elsewhere - and we await the initial ringing details. The oldest bird encountered was probably a Great Tit originally ringed as an adult at the same site in August 2021. Other birds noted included five Ravens, a Kingfisher and a Grey Wagtail.

Elsewhere and five drake Smew were again at Eyebrook Reservoir with the best birds at Stanford Reservoir being a Great White Egret, two Goosanders and a Cetti's Warbler. A single White-fronted Goose was reported from Ravensthorpe Reservoir.

At Summer Leys LNR the Glossy Ibis was on show again from the old railway track late morning and a Chiffchaff noted too. The drake Ring-necked Duck was seen again on Heronry Lake on the Titchmarsh reserve (Thrapston Pits) this afternoon. A White-fronted Goose and a Pink-footed Goose were in the sizeable goose flock in the Nene Valley below Cogenhoe today, on the edge of an area sometimes referred to as Whiston Pits or Whiston Wetlands. 'Many' Chiffchaffs and a Water Rail were noted there too.

A Hawfinch was again seen at Cottesbrooke village early this afternoon in treetops off Station Road. Two adult Yellow-legged Gulls, a Barn Owl and a Grey Wagtail were visible from the dam at Pitsford Reservoir this afternoon.

The two Short-eared Owls remain on private land near Maidwell and the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton again offered up two Green Sandpipers, a Barn Owl and two Grey Wagtails.

Regards

Neil M

Male House Sparrow
courtesy of Chris Payne.

Goldeneye courtesy
of Tony Stanford.

Greylag Goose courtesy
of Tony Stanford.