Slow slide to spring

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Mostly grey and overcast for much of the day with patchy rain in some places.

Eyebrook Reservoir today recorded House Martin, Willow Warbler and Avocet as well as the Slavonian Grebe. Stanford Reservoir was good for a first year Caspian Gull, two Great White Egrets, a Pink-footed Goose, a Barn Owl, a Dunlin, two Common Snipe, two Oystercatchers, three Sand Martins and a White Wagtail.

The Great Northern Diver was still between Pintail Bay and the Narrows at Pitsford Reservoir this morning and there was also a Raven and three Yellow-legged Gulls.

The Scaup was still at Mary's Lake, Earls Barton Pits and the Glossy Ibis was seen near the Feeding Station on the Summer Leys reserve where there were up to five Black-tailed Godwits, a Great White Egret, three Little Ringed Plovers and a White Wagtail.

In the Nene Valley further west, six White-fronted Geese were still in meadows below Whiston with a drake Red-crested Pochard on the River Nene still. Two Avocets and two Pintail were on the new gravel pits there too where Common Snipe and Little Ringed Plover were also noted.

Ten Great White Egrets, two Oystercatchers and a Redshank were on the Titchmarsh reserve at Thrapston Pits this afternoon.

Regards

Neil M

White-fronted Geese at Whiston.

Drake Red-crested Pochard at Whiston.

Images courtesy of David Smith