Dave, Roger and I set off for
Thrapston Gravel Pits where there had been two Firecrests reported over the
last two days. Having parked the car at
Islip we walked north-east alongside the River Nene and on reaching a
footbridge crossed the river to where the birds had been seen. Other birders informed us that they had seen
at least one but that it was very mobile and illusive. It wasn’t long before we got our first views
of a bird but they were very brief as the bird was constantly on the move
feeding. Over the next hour and a half
we saw the bird on several more occasions but it was never still as it
continued to feed and the views were perhaps disappointing. We had a look over Town Lake, finding a
Long-tailed Duck and drake Scaup. There were
also four Goosanders and on walking back we had a Green Woodpecker and several
Red Kites.
Red Kite
A Great Grey Shrike had been
reported at Lowick over the last two days and being just a couple of miles away
we decided to go and have a look. We
were at the sight for over three hours and Dave was fortunate to see the bird
perched at the top of a tree for about thirty seconds. He alerted Roger and I but by the time we got
to him it had disappeared and failed to reappear despite an extensive search.
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