Heat Wave number four?

Hello

With calm conditions first thing a decision was made to try a short ringing session at Pitsford Reservoir this morning before it became too warm. Some fifty-seven birds were caught and processed which included a Tree Pipit (of two present), a Grasshopper Warbler, fourteen Sedge Warblers, four Reed Warblers, a Garden Warbler and a Great Spotted Woodpecker.

Birds seen at Pitsford Reservoir today included seven Great White Egrets, six Green Sandpipers, two Common Sandpipers, a Dunlin, a Common Snipe and five Yellow-legged Gulls. A Clouded Yellow and a Purple Hairstreak were noted in the Holcot Bay. Nearby two Marsh Harriers were seen circling over Pitsford village this afternoon.

Fifteen Ravens heading west high over Hollowell Reservoir early this morning was the best sighting there. Two more Ravens were at Hanging Houghton and at least four Grey Wagtails were in the Brampton Valley below Brixworth. The Ruddy Shelduck was again reported from Ravensthorpe Reservoir today.

Stanford Reservoir retained one if it's Marsh Harriers today and other birds included a Common Sandpiper, five Spotted Flycatchers and two Cetti's Warblers.

Two Great White Egrets, a juvenile Marsh Harrier, two Green Sandpipers and three Common Sandpipers were at Summer Leys LNR today and a Spotted Flycatcher was at Stortons Pits.

A Greenshank, five or six Green Sandpipers and a Common Sandpiper were at the Earls Barton New Workings/Whiston Wetlands on the east side this morning.

A female Common Redstart was noted in the wild flower meadow hedge at Woodford Halse LNR this afternoon and a juvenile Little Gull was at Eyebrook Reservoir.

Regards

Neil M

Tree Pipit courtesy
of Sean Gower.

Grasshopper Warbler courtesy
of Sean Gower.

Brown Hawker courtesy
of Tony Stanford.

Spotted Flycatcher courtesy
of Tony Stanford.