Cuckoo and others

Hello,

Not much apart from a cuckoo and a handful of sand and house martins and swallows, these were all in Scaldwell from around mid-day!

See ya soon,

Jacob

Swallows

Hello,

At walgrave today there was plenty of swallows and other birds attempting to eat them like Kestrels and Sparrowhawks!

See ya soon,

Jacob

Cuckoo

Hello,

Nothing much today but a cuckoo was found in Scaldwell, school lane today! But I am going back to school tommorow so there might not be much posts!

See ya soon,

Jacob

Pitsford am

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There has been some nasty weather today so only a small amount of time at Pitsford but today a Black Necked Grebe, 100+ Hyondines or House Martins, Sand Martins and Swallows! A handful of Coot, Mallard, Mute Swan, Greylag and Canada Goose, Tufted Duck, 2 Common Terns and a Grey Heron.

Regards,

Jacob

Cygnet Lake

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Today there was not much time for birding but I had time to nip down to a lake called Cygnet Lake with finds of around 30 Mallard, 20 Canada Geese, 2 Mute Swans, 2 Jays, a couple of Moorhens and Coots, a Herring Gull and a Murder of Crows!

Regards,

Jacob

Ringing

Hi,

 Despite often quite bright sunshine and a cool northerly breeze, the planned ringing session at Harrington Airfield took place this morning.  My thanks to those visiting birders who changed their plans on arriving at this disused airfield this morning, enabling us to catch 24 birds safely.  Seven Willow Warblers were among the catch as were Two Blackbird, Two Great Tit, One Goldfinch, One Robin, One Chiffchaff, Two Reed Bunting, a Common Whitethroat, Two Yellow Hammers and Five Dunnocks! We assume a combination of birds intending to breed on the old airstrip but also migrants aiming for more northern climes.

But while we were there, we saw a number of species including a male Ring Ouzel, at least a couple of Linnet and Skylark. There was 7 Wheatear at one point in the day, a good amount of Swallows and on the airstrip feeding there was plenty of Yellow Hammers, Chaffinches and Dunnocks!

In Sunderland wood we have found a raver small Red Kite nest!

Sincerely,

Jacob

Ringing, Hobby and Muntjac

Today there was a Ringing Session at Pitsford Feeding Station which contained a modest catch of 14 birds which are 6 Yellow Hammers, 1 Blackcap, 3 Tree Sparrows, 2 Blue Tit, 1 Greenfinch and 1 Goldfinch but a surprising thing was two Blue Tits had Brood Patches at stage 1 and 2.

Today the main bird at Scaldwell was a Hobby which was flying over Scaldwell park at 11:20 fly north or heading to Brixworth. But other birds included 9 Swallows, 1 House Martin, a Kestrel, a Sparrowhawk and around 4 Buzzards! But at Pitsford today there was 9 Stock Dove, 2 Buzzard, 2 Grey Heron, a handful of Tufted Duck, a Good amount of Mallard, Mute Swan, Greylag and Canada Goose and the Cormerant Chicks all look very healthy and nearly ready to leave the nest!

But while the Ringing Session took place, two male and female Muntjac Deer took interest in the seed which was on the floor for the Yellow Hammers!

Sincerly,

Jacob

Not Bad...

Hi,

Today I didn't have much time  so I couldn't go down to Pitsford but today in Scaldwell there was 2 Kestrels, 2 Buzzards, 1 Mallard,1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Red Kite, 1 Grey Heron, 13 Swallows, 3 House Martins, 4 Chiffchaffs, 2 Goldcrest and a handful of Finches.

But while I was on the way to get my camera fixed I saw a Red Kite in Holcot and a Buzzard on the A43.

Regards,

Jacob

Few things

Today in Scaldwell we had at least 4 Chiffchaffs all singing well, 4 swallows darting around in the fields, 1 Willow Warbler, 3 Buzzards (nest now has young), a Raven and a large Red Kite.

Today at Pitsford there was 2 Goldeneye, 32 Greylags, 24 Canada Geese, 35 Mallard, 36 Cormerant nests which in theory is 72 Cormerants, 6 pairs of GCG, around 6 Mute Swan nests, 2 Oystercatchers, 2 Black Headed Gulls, a couple of Moorhen, 2 Pied Wagtails and a good amount of breeding Coots!

Sincerly,

Jacob

In pretty overcast and cool conditions a bird ringing session at Pitsford Res this morning provided 46 captures including many Yellowhammers, eight of which were new birds.  Other new birds included ten Tree Sparrows and a Coot. 

Some trial ringing at Harrington Airfield also this morning provided a catch of 12 birds which included an early Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Willow Warblers and a Chiffchaff.  Other migrants noted at Harrington Airfield included Swallow, redpoll sp, Siskin and Meadow Pipit, but for the second day in a row no Bramblings were seen. ( Last 2 Paragraphs in courtesy of Neil McMachon)


But general birds around at pitsford were a pair of Goldeneye still hanging around the Maytrees Hide this was about the only thing apart from a few Gadwall, Mallard, Coot and Mute Swan but as passerines go there was 7 Yellow Hammers, 3 Reed Buntings, 3 Tree Sparrows, 8 Chaffinches, 1 Green Finches and 1 Dunnock and in Scaldwell the Buzzard nest had eggs with Parents sharing incubation time, the raven nest is the same but a lone Sparrowhawk and Red Kite were around. There was plenty of Chaffinches noted on the walk to Lamport from Scaldwell so were Reed Buntings and Dunnocks. But a single Hare was on the hill with 2 Pheasents. 

Neil McMohan - http://northamptonshirebirding.blogspot.co.uk/