More passage waders

Hello

The Whiston Wetlands seemed to be the place this morning with a Common Crane flying over calling and going south, the two Garganey still, three Little Gulls, a Whimbrel, twenty Common Snipe, a Common Tern, five Little Ringed Plovers, one Ringed Plover, three Egyptian Geese, a Pink-footed Goose and a 'reeling' Grasshopper Warbler.

Nearby and at Summer Leys LNR the Glossy Ibis was still present plus a Whimbrel, a Black-tailed Godwit, a Bar-tailed Godwit, a Greenshank, four Little Ringed Plovers, a Common Tern, a Hobby and Peregrine. At Stanwick Pits there was a Marsh Harrier again.

The flooded area at Lower Barnwell Lock attracted a Greenshank, a Redshank, four Green Sandpipers, a Little Ringed Plover, an Oystercatcher and a White Wagtail. Seventy Fieldfares and a Little Ringed Plover were at Clifford Hill Pits.

Two Wheatears and thirty Fieldfare and two Redwing were at Heathencote and birds for Stanford Reservoir included a Common Sandpiper, four Shelducks, two Great White Egrets and two Barn Owls.

A Barn Owl was between Lamport and Scaldwell this evening and at Pitsford Reservoir there were three Great White Egrets north of the causeway; two Little Gulls were at Eyebrook Reservoir.

Regards

Neil M

Speckled Wood courtesy
of Jonathan Pitt.

Common Snipe courtesy
of Dave Jackson.

Water Rail courtesy
of Dave Jackson.

Common Buzzard courtesy
of Dave Jackson.