A quiet day in November

Hello

A very wet morning but a dry afternoon and the temperature remains mild.

There was a negative report from Ditchford Pits with the drake Lesser Scaup not being seen.

At Summer Leys LNR the three Glossy Ibis were still present and Stuart saw a Firecrest with a Long-tailed Tit flock in the ditch between the two hides. Other birds were over three hundred Golden Plovers and a Green Sandpiper.

At Pitsford Reservoir the juvenile Whooper Swan was relocated and other birds were a Peregrine, two Pintail, five Golden Plovers, two Stonechats, Grey Partridges and a Redpoll. A possible first year Caspian Gull was also seen.

Two Glossy Ibis were at Stanford Reservoir again and other birds were an adult Caspian Gull, as many as fifteen Great White Egrets, two Kingfishers and a Stonechat.

A Woodcock and a couple of Crossbills were at the Gamboro' Plantation this afternoon (between Cottesbrooke and Hanging Houghton) and the nearby shrike hedge area attracted three Stonechats and two or three mobile Bramblings.

Regards

Neil M

Great Crested Grebes courtesy
of Dave Jackson.

Grey Heron courtesy
of Dave Jackson.

Common Buzzard and Carrion Crow
courtesy of Robin Gossage.

Green Sandpiper courtesy
of Robin Gossage.