Amazingly in the space of a week, 3 species of harrier were recorded at Langford. With a marsh harrier on site on an almost daily basis for the past few weeks, a hen harrier reported on both 10th and 20th October and most amazing of all a pallid harrier on 12th October. Only the second ever record for Nottinghamshire and quite possibly the rarest bird ever seen at Langford. Sadly the pallid harrier only stuck around for the day, but a good number of people managed to see it in all its peach-bellied glory. Other highlights from the past week (21st-27th Oct) have included bearded tits (8+) seen on a number of occasions, bittern, great white egret, lots of stonechats, pintails, whooper swans, bramblings and flocks of redwings and fieldfares.

Pallid harrier photos taken by Alan Clewes