After yesterday's excellent day it was always going to be something of a struggle to match it and I decided not to bother. Today's travels took me only as far as Oundle where I took in Barnwell CP as well as a walk along the Nene. The first day of meteorological spring delivered a pleasantly mild and sometimes sunny morning, I managed to avoid the rain.
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| Pintails |
Barnwell was a bit quiet with just a singing Chiffchaff and a Siskin to report. Close by at the South Bridge a female Mandarin was present on the floods which covered an adjacent field while a Redpoll flew over. I tried to walk along the river but floodwater halted my progress and I was unable to reach the A605 floods. Plan B took me back into town and I did eventually manage to get to a spot which overlooked the flooded area. About forty Pintail were mixed in with the more usual dabblers and this is by some margin the largest number of this elegant duck that I've seen in the county so far. Aside from the numerous Wigeon and Shovellers there were lesser numbers of Teal and Mallards as well as two Great White Egrets.
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| Wigeon and Shovellers |
A little later on I paid a visit to the local Peregrines where the female was present and showing reasonably well. I watched her for a while before she was joined by the male who made the briefest of visits before heading off again. The female departed soon after and I followed her example by heading to the bus stop where a tardy X4 eventually arrived to take me home.
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| Peregrine |
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