8th Sept Tuesday - light rain till c1100h, then sunny intervals, becoming breezy, W, 16C

 Willey; didn't see any Swallows today, but should be about still.

Out and About - I did spot a Hare feeding

Frolesworth Manor Lake; morning

A few House Martins and Swallows.  On the lake, Great Crested Grebe, Tufted, Mallard, Coot and Moorhen.

A Chiffchaff and Greenfinch in lake side willow.  Red Kite over.  Six Red-legged Partridges in maize stubble adjacent.

c60 Linnets on game feed adjacent, and two Goldfinch.

Stanford Reservoir; late afternoon.

A Common Sandpiper and two Snipe on the dam.

Several Grey Herons, a Little Egret over.

Single male Pochard with the Tufties and Teal, plenty Shoverlers still present.

7th Sept Monday - sunny spells, cloud increasing late afternoon, light-mod W, 20C

Willey; Five Swallows on the wires mid-day.

I noticed the church Yew trees are very short on berries this year, so the Thrushes will soon clear them when they arrive here.

Lilbourne Meadows; evening.

Evening closing in now!!

Six Swallows, two Skylarks, eight Lapwing, seven Mallards, a Green Woodpecker, two Goldfinch, two Pheasants, a Little Egret and Kestrel.

6th Sept Sunday - mostly sunny, light/mod S, 25C

Willey;  Swallows still around the village and area, although I didn't to a full count today.

Shawell Sandpit/Landfill; early evening.

Two each Shoveler and Gadwall, seven Teal, plenty Mallard and Tufted.

A Common Sandpiper and 61 Lapwings.

Six Ravens over the landfill plus other corvids.

Juv Buzzard still calling for food from the spinney.

5th Sept Saturday - sunny spells, mod W, 21C

Willey; a Red Kite over at 1145h.  

Swallows seen during the day with 33 on the wires at 1900h plus a few flying around too.

Lilbourne Meadows; morning.

33 Canada Geese, two greylags and a few Mallards at the island pool.  

A Blackcap and willow Warbler moving along the brook hedge.

11 Lapwings and a Little Egret.  Two Kestrels hunting.

A Roe Deer eating hedge leaves through a fence.

Stanford Reservoir; afternoon.

All the current regulars, nothing new on the water, a couple of Little Grebes showing at the point.

Again, several Blackcaps and Whitethroat on the branles near the pumping station.

Two Spotted Flycatchers near the old feeder area.

Butterflies  seen were Common Blue (3), a Comma, a Speckled Wood and several Small Whites

4th Sept Friday - rain till 0900h, then cloudy and mod/breezy, 20C

Willey; no Swallows on the wires due to the rain this morning, but still around as spotted during the evening.

3rd Sept Thursday - sunny spells, light SW, increasing brisk pm WSW, 24C

WIlley; only 7 Swallows noted on the wires this morning.  Maybe a better morning meaning they had already gone off to feed, we shall see.

Daventry Reservoir/park; afternoon.

Less waders today - a Spotted Redshank, three Curlew Sandpipers, a Ruff and two Green Sandpiper.

A Common Tern.

Stanford Reservoir; late afternoon.

I counted 100 Shovelers, and there would have been a few I missed.

Female Mandarin again.  

No further Wigeon yet.

A Hobby chased a Swallow, missed it!

A Common Sandpiper on the dam.  Grey and Pied Wagtails, but no Yellow seen.

2nd Sept Wednesday - cloudy, drizzle early, light rain pm, light SW, then brisk S evening, 19C

Willey; the early drizzle brought the Swallows on to the wires, 76 counted.

Lilbourne Meadows; evening.

The dull evening and wind meant it was rather quite,  31 Canada Geese and seven Mallards on island pool.

A couple of Kestrel hunting. c20 Swallows and a couple of Pheasants.