The summer heat continues into autumn

Hello

Birds north of the causeway at Pitsford Reservoir this morning amounted to a Great White Egret, a Green Sandpiper, a Kingfisher, an adult Yellow-legged Gull and a Raven. Larger odonata included Blue Emperor, Brown Hawker and Migrant Hawker.

The birding at Stanford Reservoir proved better with the Ferruginous Duck still, the female Ruddy Shelduck, three Green Sandpipers, three Common Sandpipers, a Common Snipe, a Tree Sparrow and a Clouded Yellow.

A Garganey remained at Summer Leys LNR and a Whimbrel was at Daventry Country Park with a Common Sandpiper and a Common Snipe at Boddington Reservoir.

A Black-tailed Godwit was still at Sulby Reservoir with two Snipe and a Common Sandpiper and Hollowell Reservoir provided sightings of three Ospreys together, a juvenile Mediterranean Gull and thirteen Little Egrets.

Clifford Hill Pits was the venue for a Black-tailed Godwit, a Green Sandpiper, two Common Sandpipers, a Dunlin, two Little Ringed Plovers, a Common Redstart and a possible fly-over Tree Pipit.

A Hobby was in Corby old village and a Green Sandpiper was a surprise find at Boughton Pocket Park!

A family party of Spotted Flycatchers and an additional group of Spotted Flycatchers were in Hanging Houghton village, and a family of Grey Partridges were near Lodge Farm (between Lamport and Brixworth). Two Grey Wagtails were in the Brampton Valley below Brixworth.

At Sywell Country Park there were Spotted Flycatchers in trees by the car park/stream and with two Little Ringed Plovers on the west bank. A Raven was at Harlestone Heath.

Two Common Redstarts and three Spotted Flycatchers were amongst a roving warbler flock in the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton, heading towards Cottesbrooke this morning. Gamboro' Plantation provided four more Spotted Flycatchers and two Siskins and a Clouded Yellow and three Common Redstarts and a Marsh Harrier remain around Blueberry Farm, Maidwell.

A worn male Marsh Harrier was today at Harrington Airfield where also two or three Common Redstarts, a Wheatear and a Grey Partridge with ten tiny chicks.

Regards

Neil M

Kingfisher courtesy of Robin Gossage.

Striped Hawk-moth courtesy
of Chris Green.

Jersey Tiger courtesy of
Chris Green.

Global warming and the heat of this
summer is providing exotic moths from
the south, some of which are rapidly
extending their breeding range north.

Yellowhammer courtesy of
Robin Gossage.