Warbler early arrivals

Hello 

A warm and sunny day and the dry period continues. Lots of insects on the wing including plenty of ladybirds.

During the last twenty-four hours Barn Owls have been noted at Hanging Houghton and Borough Hill Country Park and an early breeding season this year for a species that struggled to produce offspring locally and nationally last year.

The Glossy Ibis popped up at Summer Leys LNR where local waders included a pair of Oystercatchers, Redshanks and a Common Snipe with an Osprey not far away flying north-west over Castle Ashby. Other birds at Summer Leys included a pair of Grey Partridges, a Little Ringed Plover, a Common Whitethroat and a Sedge Warbler.

A Reed Warbler was located at Stanwick Pits and a Garden Warbler sang in a Nether Heyford garden, with another at Whiston. A Goosander and Sedge Warbler were on the New Workings section of Earls Barton Pits.

A female Wheatear and a couple of Sedge Warblers were at Clifford Hill Pits, a Yellow Wagtail flew north over Brackley.

A Common Redstart was by the shooting wall at Harrington Airfield with another at Blueberry Farm, Maidwell where also a Common Whitethroat and two Yellow Wagtails.

Good numbers of warblers at Stanford Reservoir included Sedge and Reed Warblers and Common Whitethroats and other birds were two Great White Egrets, a Water Rail, three Redpolls and a Siskin.

Three Redpolls and three Siskins were at Scotland Wood this morning.

Regards

Neil M

Male Common Redstart.

Common Snipe.

Redshank.

Oystercatcher.

Wader images taken at Summer
Leys LNR today courtesy of
Tony Stanford.