Birds of a cold, wet day

Hello

Cold temperatures and rain made for a rather unpleasant day unless you were an early riser!

The celebrity Snow Bunting spent all day at the edge of the track in the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton. A Short-eared Owl was flushed near Blueberry Farm, Maidwell.

Birds seen from the Brampton Valley Way between Brixworth and Lamport were a Woodcock, a Barn Owl, Bramblings and Siskins.

The first winter Scaup reappeared at Ravensthorpe Reservoir today and birds at Pitsford Reservoir in very murky conditions today were an adult Yellow-legged Gull, nine Great White Egrets, eight Shelduck, seven Pintails and a pair of Stonechats.

Two Blackcaps were in a Duston, Northampton garden and Stanford Reservoir attracted a White-fronted Goose, two Caspian Gulls, a Pintail, four Water Rails and two Redpolls.

Regards

Neil M

Hunting first year Kestrel.

Stonechat courtesy of
Robin Gossage.