Northants Ringing Group activities

Hello

Northants Ringing Group members were operating at three sites this morning with small teams at Linford Lakes, Stortons Pits and the Brampton Valley below Brixworth. The team at Linford concentrated their efforts at the water margins and reed bed and produced just over fifty birds which included eighteen Reed Warblers, seven Sedge Warblers, two Reed Buntings, a Kingfisher, two Common Whitethroats, seven Willow Warblers and three Moorhens.

The team at Stortons Pits processed seventy-one birds which were mostly new warblers and included a Lesser Whitethroat. Nineteen species were handled at Brixworth totalling eighty-two birds which included two Tree Pipits of four present, a Grey Wagtail, a Pied Wagtail, a Collared Dove, a Kingfisher, sixteen Chiffchaffs, twelve Blackcaps and a Magpie. Two Ravens flew over first thing.

Over at Stanford Reservoir a Common Redstart was caught and ringed and birds on-site included a Marsh Harrier and a Common Sandpiper. The Ruddy Shelduck was at Ravensthorpe Reservoir and the two Sandwich Terns were at Eyebrook Reservoir.

At Pitsford Reservoir birds today were an Osprey mid afternoon and again this evening, two adult Yellow-legged Gulls, five Great White Egrets, four Green Sandpipers, a Dunlin and a juvenile female Peregrine.

Harrington Airfield hosted a Hobby, three Ravens and a Clouded Yellow and a Common Redstart was in a hedge near the River Nene midway between Ringstead and Woodford early this afternoon.

A Curlew and two Common Sandpipers were at Summer Leys LNR this morning.

Regards

Neil M

Tree Pipit courtesy
of Jane Neill.

Kingfisher courtesy of
Kenny Cramer.

Sedge Warbler courtesy
of Kenny Cramer.

Lesser Whitethroat courtesy
of Chris Payne.