Quiet end to the week

It has been a quiet end to the week.  Very few birds reported and certainly from my own visits to Harrington Airfield and shrike hedge a noticeable decrease in the numbers of birds. I've only managed to find one pair of Stonechat around shrike hedge.  However I  was training today at Newton Bromswold near Rushden and got distracted when I could hear Stonechats calling and found 4 birds in a weedy ditch at the bottom of the field. 

Birds reported over the last couple of days include the long staying Glossy Ibis at Summer Leys,  Stanford Reservoir and Titchmarsh LNR.  The Pectoral Sandpiper is still present at Hollowell Reservoir and the drake Red Crested Pochard at Daventry Reservoir.  Yesterday there was a Merlin at shrike hedge, Caspian Gull at Wicksteed Park Lakes and a Rock Pipit briefly on the dam at Daventry Reservoir.   Today there was a drake Goldeneye at Titchmarsh LNR and 5 Whooper Swans at Clifford Hill GP. 

The weather is looking good for the weekend with a shift in the wind direction from the east on Sunday which may bring a few different birds our way.  Let's get out there and enjoy the weather and beautiful Autumn colours and find those birds !!

Regards Eleanor 

Little Egret courtesy
of Dave Jackson.

Reed Bunting courtesy
of Chris Payne.

Stonechat courtesy of
Tony Stanford.

Goldfinch.