Birds of the short November days

Hello

Birds in the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton this morning were two Woodcock, six Bramblings, a Common Snipe, three Siskins and with a heavy passage of Woodpigeons south.

A couple of new birds on the scene today included a drake Green-winged Teal at Stanwick Pits (plus four Pintail) and a Dark-bellied Brent Goose at Summer Leys LNR. The three Glossy Ibis were located to a Little Irchester flooded field next to the electricity sub-station. Other birds at Summer Leys LNR included three Great White Egrets, a Blackcap and two Chiffchaffs.

At Pitsford Reservoir today birds south of the causeway included a juvenile Whooper Swan, a Yellow-legged Gull, three Great White Egrets, a Green Sandpiper, a Grey Wagtail, twenty plus Siskins, three Stonechats, a Kingfisher and two Ravens. North of the causeway there were up to fifty Pied Wagtails, two Great White Egrets, two Stonechats and two Woodcock.

Two Stonechats were at Upton Country Park, fifty Golden Plovers were on the flats at Irthlingborough Lakes and Meadows reserve and singles of Raven, Grey Wagtail and Siskin were in Hanging Houghton village.

Regards

Neil M

Rook.

Woodpigeon.

Stonechats courtesy of
Tony Stanford.

Song Thrush courtesy
of Tony Stanford.