Interesting birds despite a tumble in the temperature

Hello

The Ferruginous Duck was still at Stanford Reservoir today where also a female Mandarin duck, three hundred and thirty Tufted Ducks, a Common Sandpiper, a Common Snipe, twenty Yellow Wagtails and four Kingfishers, one of which was caught and ringed.

The Pectoral Sandpiper was also still at Daventry Country Park with a supporting cast of two Shelducks, an Oystercatcher, two Ringed Plovers, two Dunlin, three Green Sandpipers and four Common Sandpipers.

The Titchmarsh reserve at Thrapston Pits provided three Garganey, a Turnstone, a Black-tailed Godwit and a Greenshank.

A Glossy Ibis was seen at the Earls Barton New Workings area and then subsequently at Summer Leys LNR. Other birds at the new workings section were a juvenile Marsh Harrier, an adult Caspian Gull, a Hobby, four Green Sandpipers, four Common Sandpipers and a Greenshank.

Clifford Hill Pits produced a Common Redstart, a Spotted Flycatcher, seventy Yellow Wagtails, a Greenshank, two Ruff, a Ringed Plover, three Common Sandpipers and three Common Snipe.

A Whinchat and two Stonechats were at Borough Hill Country Park, Daventry and two Ravens were at Chapel and Church Brampton.

Two Spotted Flycatchers were located at Lamport Hall and others were heard calling in Hanging Houghton village where still a vocal Raven and a couple of Little Owls.

Two male Common Redstarts were between Gamboro' Plantation and Blueberry Farm, Maidwell and the Hobby family was still there too. Two Common Redstarts were heard calling just south of Bunker One at Harrington Airfield this evening.

At Pitsford Reservoir today there was a Ruff in the Scaldwell Bay (the second bird seemingly predated by a Grey Heron), at least five Common Sandpipers, at least four Great White Egrets and a Clouded Yellow butterfly.

Regards

Neil M

Clouded Yellow butterfly at
Pitsford Reservoir today.

Great Spotted Woodpecker.

Common Sandpipers

All above images courtesy
of Tony Stanford.

Marsh Tit courtesy of Tyler Atkinson.