A Bittern, a Firecrest and Wood Sandpipers.

Hello

A bird ringing session at Brixworth Treatment Works today provided seventy-eight captures of eighteen species, seventy of which were newly-ringed. Thirty-seven of the birds were warblers which are very much on the move at the moment as the majority conclude breeding. Six Grey Wagtails were present there first thing.

Over at Stanford Reservoir over four hundred birds were caught and newly ringed and this total included six Grasshopper Warblers. Other birds there were a Marsh Harrier, a Whinchat, seven Spotted Flycatchers and five Common Sandpipers. A Wood Sandpiper was still at Eyebrook Reservoir and a Black Tern was there this afternoon.

A Wood Sandpiper was reported in the Scaldwell Bay at Pitsford Reservoir this afternoon and waders there this morning included a Greenshank, a Common Redshank and three Ruff. A Spotted Flycatcher was also present.

At Summer Leys LNR today there were four Greenshanks, a Wood Sandpiper, three Green Sandpipers, a Ringed Plover, a Ruff, a Turnstone and a juvenile Marsh Harrier. Birds of the New Workings/Whiston Wetlands were a Wood Sandpiper, a Green Sandpiper and three Greenshanks.

A Bittern was discovered and photographed at Stortons Pits this morning and two Peregrines were on the Express Lifts tower. A Crossbill flew over Cavendish Drive towards Abington Park, Northampton this afternoon. Unspecified numbers of Spotted Flycatchers were at Lamport Hall this afternoon.

A Firecrest was a good find in the south-west corner of Hinton Airfield this morning.

Five Hobbies were again in the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton and another was near Kelmarsh carrying prey.

Regards

Neil M

Bittern at Stortons Pits
courtesy of Tony Stanford.

Little Egret courtesy
of Tony Stanford.

Grey Heron courtesy
of Tony Stanford.

Wood Sandpiper courtesy
of Tony Stanford.