Autumn long-stayers

Hello

A day of mixed weather today ahead of some cooler northerlies predicted at the end of the week.

At Ditchford Pits the adult drake Lesser Scaup was again on show on Big Lake, access from either Rushden Lakes Shopping Complex or Ditchford Lane.

At Summer Leys the three Glossy Ibis showed up after initially only two birds being visible and other birds settled there included a Great White Egret, three hundred Golden Plovers, a Water Rail and two Cetti's Warblers and a Green Sandpiper.

Clifford Hill Pits was adversely affected by bird shooting but birds visible before it started included a female Goosander, two Great White Egrets, a Kingfisher and three Stonechats. Ring-necked Parakeets were at Weston Mill (numbers not specified).

A Merlin was seen from the track between Brington and Brockhall this morning, two Stonechats were in the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton and a Raven was at St Andrews Hospital, Northampton.

Stanford Reservoir again attracted two Glossy Ibis, a first year Mediterranean Gull in the roost and an Egyptian Goose. The American Golden Plover and 'redhead' Smew continue to find Eyebrook Reservoir to their liking. Long-staying rare warblers in neighbouring counties include a Dusky Warbler at Aylestone, Leicestershire (where also a Siberian Chiffchaff) and a Yellow-browed Warbler at Ferry Meadows, Peterborough.

Regards

Neil M

Glossy Ibis at Summer Leys LNR.

Goldfinch.

Two Tree Sparrows with Greenfinches
at Pitsford Reservoir last Friday.

All images again courtesy
of Tony Stanford.