Nice to know that the recent tradition of rain on Sunday continues as Alan Shorrock and I found out at Eyebrook Reservoir this morning. We had headed over there with the idea of catching up with the Red-throated Diver that has been here for about a week. Lots of searching sadly failed to deliver the goods and nor did we manage to find the Smew that has been reported recently either. Although we were a little disappointed by our double dip the morning was not a total failure.
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| Eyebrook Views. |
Alan found a Great White Egret fairly soon after we arrived and although the bird was always distant it did at least hang around. There was a decent number of wildfowl around the res of which the highlights for me were fifteen Pintails, this elegant species is always worth watching. Several Goldeneye were also noted and were my first local ones of the winter. The extensive mud up at the sharp end had attracted thirteen Dunlin and some Lapwing though we missed out on the two Redshank that were reported by another observer. Nothing much else of note to report apart from a couple of Ravens that were heard croaking as they passed over.
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| Brown Rat and Grey Squirrel with Coal Tit. |
Once we had finally decided that it was time to move on we returned to Corby and the town's Willowbrook Industrial Estate where Alan had seen at least one Stonechat on recent visits. True to form we managed to find a male and then a female near to Rockingham Speedway, these were my first in the Corby area for some time. I was also pleased to find a pond which looks as if it may have some potential for dragonflies. While none were seen today we did at least hear a few Siskins flying over, this winter is turning out to be a good one for this little finch.
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| Stonechats |
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