Yesterday was spent catching up with old work mates and I didn't venture out into the wilds of the county. Today was a different matter however and I popped over to Thrapston in the company of Mr Shorrock for a bit of parasite birding. Both Ring-necked Duck and American Wigeon are still showing on a regular basis here and I wanted to join the growing numbers of birders who've paid them a call recently.
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| Snoozing Scaup and Ring-necked Duck |
It was a cold morning and parts of Thrapston's Town Lake were frozen but a tip off from another birder put Shozzer and I on the right track. From the path that runs past the sea cadet's building we managed to find both of the reported Scaup, a drake and a duck, and the former at least gave us some decent views. Not too far from the drake Scaup was the Ring-necked Duck and he gave us some good views as he fed in the company of some Tufted Ducks. We watched him on and off for about half an hour before moving on.
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| American Wigeon |
On our way to where the Wigeon had been reported from we passed the Elinor trout lake where a large gaggle of geese were grazing. We checked them thoroughly but did not manage to find anything interesting among them. Some up to date info put us on to the American Wigeon and we were once gain treated to good views of him even though he was often distant.. Eventually after we had had our fill of the Wigeon we headed back to Corby though not before taking a diversion to the Dukes in Woodford for a pint of good beer.
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| Another view of today's star turns |
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