Stewartby Lake

An early morning walk around Stewartby Lake today produced a lovely Nightingale and Garden Warbler

Stewartby Nightingale

Spring has definitely sprung when the Nightingales arrive and are in full song.

Nightingale

Nightingale, Stewartby Lake, 28th April 2017 by Martin Palmer

Nightingale

Nightingale feeding young, Brogborough lake, 19th June 2016 by Neil Wright

Nightingale Brogborough Gull Watch

I spent at least 4 & 1/2 hours on site this morning trying to get a half decent shot of the resident Nightingale, which I must say was extremely vocal but remained pretty much invisible throughout bar the odd partial sighting. It spent most of its time either in the middle or on the opposite side of the hawthorns adjacent to the watch point throughout.

All very frustrating when they are literally only a couple of feet away, anyway persistence finally paid off and I got a few shots of it when it let its guard down and a couple of Lesser Whitethroats distracted it.

Other birds seen on site Whitethroat, Blackcap, G S Woodie, 2 Cuckoos (together on tree in lake), Black-necked Grebe, Common Tern, Heron, Great Crested Grebe.

Nightingale

Nightingale, Brogborough Lake, 24th April 2016

Nightingale - Stewartby Lake

A record shot of the Nightingale at the scrapyard corner of Stewartby Lake, the 160th bird species I have photographed at the MVCP. Photograph by Martin Green. 

Nighingale at Stewartby

One of three Nightingales that were singing around Stewartby Lake during the spring of 2006. Image taken on 26th April by Andy Whitney.