Harrier on the loose

Hello

An Osprey was again seen fishing in the Scaldwell Bay at Pitsford Reservoir and this evening a Green Sandpiper was visible from the Bird Club hide in the same bay. Good numbers of Marbled White butterflies were on the wing south of the causeway this morning.

An unidentified male harrier, perhaps a third calendar year Hen Harrier, was seen hunting at Harrington Airfield this evening. It was initially visible from Bunker One but headed west and was last seen disappearing over the Shooting Wall.

Two Grey Wagtails were in the Brampton Valley below Brixworth and at Clifford Hill Pits there were two Common Sandpipers and a Little Ringed Plover. Ten Avocets were together at Earls Barton New Workings/Whiston Wetlands this morning.

A pair of Peregrines nesting on the church of Saints Peter and Paul in Kettering have successfully fledged a brood, with nestlings taking their maiden flight today.

At least two Black Hairstreaks were still at Old Poor's Gorse, Mawsley this afternoon and butterflies on the wing at Bradlaugh Fields included Marbled White, Essex Skipper and Ringlet.

Regards

Neil M

House Sparrows courtesy
of Tony Stanford.

Great Mullein at
Harrington Airfield.

Small Copper courtesy
of Tony Stanford.

Osprey with trout.

Morning sky near Cottesbrooke.