Migrants and late breeders

Hello

More heat today but a welcome breeze and not as hot as yesterday.

A Common Redstart was near Blueberry Farm, Maidwell this morning and Harrington Airfield provided some action with a Common Redstart near the ringing ride at Bunker One, a dispersing juvenile Marsh Harrier and the very welcome sight of two broods of Grey Partridges, the smallest perhaps being only a day or two old.

Ravensthorpe Reservoir was the venue today of our very long-staying female Ruddy Shelduck and a Lesser Emperor dragonfly plus unidentified fritillaries and Small Copper butterflies provided some alternative wildlife viewing.

Birds at Stanford Reservoir included an Osprey, two Grasshopper Warblers caught and ringed, a Yellow-legged Gull, two Oystercatchers, a Common Sandpiper and six Ravens.

In the Nene Valley an adult Cattle Egret and three or four juveniles were at an unspecified breeding location and a Black-tailed Godwit was at Summer Leys LNR.

Three Crossbills were in flight over Lady Wood, part of the Souther Wood complex this morning and two Kingfishers and three Grey Wagtails were in the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton.

Regards

Neil M

Small Copper courtesy
of Tony Stanford.

Juvenile Pied Wagtail
courtesy of Tony Stanford.

Brimstone courtesy of
Tony Stanford.

Female Ruddy Shelduck.