Scoters and waders on the move

Hello

Early morning birding at Clifford Hill Pits prepared us for further finds in the county as Common Scoters and waders showed us some early season passage. Three drake Common Scoters were at Clifford Hill plus the drake Smew and two each of Curlew, Black-tailed Godwit and Oystercatcher, three Dunlin and a Redshank.

Three Common Scoters were subsequently found on Town Lake, Thrapston Pits, two were at Hollowell Reservoir and five were located at Stanford Reservoir. Interestingly all these scoters were drakes.

A/the drake Ring-necked Duck was on Aldwincle Lake at Thrapston Pits today and the Glossy Ibis was at Summer Leys LNR where also two Dunlin, three Common Snipe and six Shelducks flying over.

A Redpoll was with Goldfinches coming to feeders in a Weston Favell garden, four Grey Partridges were at Harrington Airfield and the Red-throated Diver was still at Ravensthorpe Reservoir. A drake Smew was a brief visitor at Hollowell Reservoir.

The gull roost at Pitsford Reservoir provided an adult Mediterranean Gull, a leucistic white Black-headed Gull, two Yellow-legged Gulls (one adult), an adult Lesser Black-backed Gull hybrid (x Herring Gull?) plus an Oystercatcher and a Grey Wagtail.

Birds at Stanford Reservoir, in addition to the scoters, included a new Stonechat and five Great White Egrets.

Regards

Neil M

Birds at Clifford Hill Pits this morning - 
Black-tailed Godwits, Curlews and
Common Scoters courtesy of Tyler Atkinson.

Lesser Black-backed Gull.

Herring Gull.