Ibis, Bittern and more waders

Hello

Quite a wet day as September tries to catch up with the paucity of rain during the summer.

The Glossy Ibis was again at Summer Leys LNR and at times showing again in front of the Paul Britten hide. The Bittern was seen around the scrape again too.

At Pitsford Reservoir today birds north of the causeway were five Great White Egrets, nine Greenshanks, four Black-tailed Godwits, three Ruff, eight Ringed Plovers, two Green Sandpipers, a juvenile Black Tern, two Yellow-legged Gulls and two Hobbies. At least two other Yellow-legged Gulls were at the south-end of the reservoir.

Two Wheatears and a Common Sandpiper were at Clifford Hill Pits this morning and a female Hen Harrier was hunting the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton, generally around shrike hedge and nearby fields this morning. Twelve Yellow Wagtails were in the cultivated bean field there this evening.

A Bittern was again seen at Stortons Pits this afternoon and waders located on the Titchmarsh reserve at Thrapston Pits at differing times of the day included twelve Common Redshanks, a Common Sandpiper, a Little Ringed Plover and five Knot.

A Greenshank, a Green Sandpiper and a Common Sandpiper were at Daventry Country Park and Stanford Reservoir hosted a juvenile Mediterranean Gull, a juvenile Little Gull, a Marsh Harrier, the wandering female Ruddy Shelduck, five Common Sandpipers, a Wheatear and two Siskins flying over.

Regards

Neil M

Glossy Ibis at Summer Leys LNR
today courtesy of Tony Stanford.

Red Admiral.

Common Blue.

Small Copper.

An hour's warm sunshine yesterday
morning at Ditchford Pits was enough
to bring the above three butterflies out
in view.