Late August birding in the county

Hello

Little in the way of promised rain today but tomorrow's forecast looks more promising for precipitation.

The long-staying Pectoral Sandpiper and the Spotted Redshank were both at Daventry Country Park today.

A Black Tern was at Boddington Reservoir today and Stanford Reservoir had the Ferruginous Duck still, a Mandarin Duck, two Pintail, five Common Sandpipers, a Common Snipe, a Green Sandpiper, two Kingfishers and a Spotted Flycatcher.

Up to six Grey Wagtails and two Ravens were in the Brampton Valley below Brixworth and at Pitsford Reservoir there was a Black Tern and at least fifteen Yellow Wagtails at the dam end and the Scaldwell Bay hosted three Black-tailed Godwits, a Greenshank, three Common Sandpipers and four Great White Egrets.

Hollowell Reservoir attracted two Ruff, a Ringed Plover, two Redshanks, a Green Sandpiper and three Common Snipe. The Caspian Gull was again reported from Naseby Reservoir.

A male Pied Flycatcher was a great find amongst some twenty Spotted Flycatchers at Lamport Hall this evening, where also two Common Redstarts and a Barn Owl.

An Osprey was seen in flight over Arthingworth, three Little Terns were seen in flight over Wollaston and nearby Summer Leys LNR hosted a Ruff, a Dunlin, a Green Sandpiper, a Common Sandpiper and four Common Snipe.

Clifford Hill Pits was the venue for two Greenshanks, a Ruff, a Ringed Plover, four Common Sandpipers and a Whinchat. A Wheatear was seen at Brackley.

Thrapston Pits provided views of a Greenshank, a Spotted Flycatcher and a Wheatear.

Regards

Neil M

Hobby courtesy of
Tony Stanford.

Herring Gulls.

Mute Swan courtesy
of Tyler Atkinson.