Sand Martin influx, a Spoonbill and a Sandwich Tern

Hello

Clifford Hill Pits was the place to be this morning with a Spoonbill and a Sandwich Tern on offer for those there early on, plus a migrant Wheatear. A Common Snipe was at nearby Abington Meadows.

Pitsford Reservoir attracted a fishing Osprey south of the causeway and birds north of the causeway included at least two Great White Egrets and at lunchtime an adult Kittiwake was on the water in the mouth of the Scaldwell Bay. In excess of a hundred Sand Martins were also present this morning.

The Red-throated Diver and a Common Sandpiper were still at Hollowell Reservoir and Ravensthorpe Reservoir provided two adult Caspian Gulls, a Common Sandpiper and in excess of one hundred and sixty Sand Martins.

Stanford Reservoir was the venue for an Osprey, a Great White Egret, a Common Sandpiper, two Goosanders, a White Wagtail and seventy Sand Martins.

The Earls Barton Pits complex provided a Black-tailed Godwit, a drake Red-crested Pochard, three Goosanders, two Shelducks and thirty Sand Martins at the New Workings section and a Common Sandpiper at Summer Leys LNR.

Three Mandarin Ducks were at Barnwell Country Park and a pair of Oystercatchers were at the A605 Oundle floods.

A pair of Grey Partridges were in the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton this afternoon and three Redpolls were visiting garden feeders on the north-eastern outskirts of Northampton.

Regards

Neil M

Spoonbill at Clifford Hill Pits today.

Sandwich Tern at Clifford Hill Pits today.

Wheatear at Clifford Hill Pits today.

Above images courtesy of
Tyler Atkinson.

Adult Kittiwake.

Jaeger came first place
in his agility contest today!