Hello
A warmer and sunnier day which brought forth the butterflies again!
However limited reported sightings today with a Common Redstart reported at Sywell Country Park early this morning and six Cattle Egrets at Stanwick Pits on the main lake before 7am.
Five Common Snipe, two Little Ringed Plovers, a Caspian Gull and five basking Grass Snakes were at Summer Leys LNR, three Little Ringed Plovers were at the Towcester balancing lake adjacent to the A43 roundabout and summer migrants at Brixworth Country Park included a smart male Wheatear with a Raven nearby.
At Hollowell Reservoir the Red-throated Diver was still present this evening and an Osprey was in attendance too.
Four Great White Egrets remain at Stanford Reservoir where also a Kingfisher, two Oystercatchers, two Water Rails, five Goosanders and migrant warblers and hirundines.
Chiffchaffs, Blackcaps and Sand Martins are in reasonable numbers in the county now and migrant Willow Warblers are slowly increasing. Peregrines seem to be at all their traditional nesting/summering sites in the county and some of the returning Ospreys are also back at nest sites but we await more individuals yet to arrive. Several pairs of monitored Tawny and Barn Owls are on eggs already and hopefully will enjoy a good breeding season after the very poor year of 2025.
Regards
Neil M
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