A day off work gave me the chance to get out and about and as the weather looked pretty good I chose to walk along the Nene at Oundle again. Although nothing too exciting was on offer it was still an enjoyable experience.
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| Oundle views. |
My walk produced the usual river suspects and these included several Kingfishers. Plenty of Skylarks going through and there were good numbers of Meadow Pipits. A small party of Siskins were seen near Ashton Mill and there seemed to be a higher than usual number of Grey Wagtails in the area. One of the highlights of today was my first Fieldfares of the autumn, a flock of about fifty were seen near to Lower Barnwell Lock.
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| Heron and Red Kite. |
Barnwell CP was predictably busy with people enjoying the weather but there was still wildlife to enjoy. Several Redpolls were heard and I heard yet another Kingfisher. A pair of Gadwalls were my first here for some time but I couldn't find any Mandarins, too many people perhaps?
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| Grey Wagtail, Blue Tit and drake Gadwall. |
I couldn't find any Willow Emeralds but there were Common Darters and at least two Migrant Hawkers. Not much else really although I did see a Brown Rat which at least made a change from the more usual squirrels.
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| Male Common Darter. |
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