Pitsford wildlife

Hello

The spring migration has scaled down now and apart from the possibility of a couple of overshoots or late waders most of the action locally is our breeding birds and emerging insects.

At Pitsford Reservoir today an Osprey showed a couple of times north of the causeway where there was also a Cuckoo and a Hobby. Butterflies in the Scaldwell Meadow included Common Blue, Small Heath, Small Copper and Large Skipper. A Common Sandpiper was seen on the dam.

There were plenty of emerging Black Hairstreak butterflies at Glapthorn Cow Pastures today and despite the windy conditions a large emergence of Scarlet Tiger moths in a Northampton garden.

A Grey Plover was seen at Summer Leys LNR today and a Barnacle Goose appeared at Clifford Hill Pits this morning.

Birds at Stanford Reservoir included three Oystercatchers, three Kingfishers and two Cuckoos still.

More images have been added to the Provence in Spring 2025 page/tab.

Regards

Neil M

Grey Plover courtesy
of Tony Stanford.

Turnstones and Sanderling
courtesy of Tony Stanford.

Common Blue.

Small Copper.

Small Heath.

Large Skipper.

All butterfly images and 
video of feeding Gadwall
courtesy of Neil Hasdell
from Pitsford Reservoir today.