Iceland - 4th - 8th March 2022

Thursday, 22 January 2026

Summer Leys birding

Hello

Summer Leys LNR seemed to be the main focus for local birders today and birds on offer included a Glossy Ibis, two Marsh Harriers, four European White-fronted Geese, an adult Caspian Gull, a Black-tailed Godwit, two Golden Plovers and eleven Common Snipe.

Another Glossy Ibis still finds the Embankment at Wellingborough to its liking and an Otter showed very well today at Stanwick Pits.

Irchester Lakes and Meadows reserve at Ditchford Pits provided four pairs of Stonechat and two hundred Lapwings.

A pair of Red-crested Pochard and a female Greater Scaup were on Town Lake at Thrapston Pits today. Up to seven Smew remain at Eyebrook Reservoir, now probably the most reliable site to see this species in the winter in the UK.

A Grey Wagtail was at Hanging Houghton, a Chiffchaff and a Grey Wagtail were in the Brampton Valley below Brixworth and an adult Yellow-legged Gull was in the gull roost at Pitsford Reservoir this afternoon, where also a Grey Wagtail.

Regards

Neil M

Little Grebe.

Shoveler.

Coot.

Marsh Harrier.

All images from Summer Leys LNR
today courtesy of Neil Hasdell.


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