Quality November birds.

Hello

Fifteen Great White Egrets at Stanford Reservoir today is a site record but was possibly eclipsed with the sighting of a ringed male Lesser Spotted Woodpecker on-site. Thirty Little Egrets was also a very high number and other birds were two Water Rails, three Goldeneye, two Ravens and two Cetti's Warblers.

The American Golden Plover was still at Eyebrook Reservoir today plus the 'redhead' Smew, a Scaup and a drake Common Scoter.

The three Glossy Ibis were at Summer Leys LNR again today, an Otter was on the main lake this afternoon and other birds today included a Marsh Harrier, three hundred Golden Plovers and two Stonechats. A second winter Mediterranean Gull was on nearby Mary's Lake this afternoon.

A Brambling was along the Brampton Valley Way between Brixworth and Hanging Houghton and three Yellow-legged Gulls were off the dam at Pitsford Reservoir this afternoon.

The drake Lesser Scaup was still on Big Lake, Ditchford Pits today and birds west of Ditchford Lane amounted to seven Egyptian Geese, a pair of Pintail, a Golden Plover, a Water Rail, six Great White Egrets, a pair of Stonechat, four Cetti's Warblers and two Chiffchaffs. Sadly there were dead Mute Swans and Canada Geese - it seems that Bird Flu is prevalent throughout the Nene Valley.

Regards

Neil M

Lesser Black-backed Gull.

Raven.

Common Buzzard courtesy
of Tony Stanford.

C