Birds of late October

Hello

A pleasant day of weather and still plenty of visible migration out there but not many reports locally.

Birds logged at Stanford Reservoir today included two Glossy Ibis in flight, the Bittern again, twenty-three Little Egrets, four Great White Egrets, two Water Rails, two Cetti's Warblers and a late Swallow.

The Pectoral Sandpiper continued it's extraordinary long stay at Hollowell Reservoir and other birds were a Rock Pipit near the Sailing Club, a Caspian Gull, a Dunlin and four Stonechats.

A late Wheatear was at Clifford Hill Pits this morning and a Jack Snipe and a Water Rail were also present.

Birds on view for much of the day at Summer Leys LNR from the Pioneer Hide were three Glossy Ibis, a Jack Snipe, a Bittern, two Water Rails and two Stonechats. The Jack Snipe had a narrow escape when either a Weasel or Stoat rushed through the dank vegetation where it was sleeping. A leg-flagged Greenshank was in Wader Bay.

A Swallow was seen flying south at Brackley and at least two Stonechats, a Golden Plover and four Siskins were in the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton this afternoon.

Regards

Neil M

Great Crested Grebe
with Perch.

Grey Wagtail.

Pheasant.

Blue Tit.

All images courtesy of
Robin Gossage.