Northamptonshire Birding

Hi A trundle in the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton this morning produced an adult female Peregrine perched on the field seemingly ...

Hi Dave Francis completed a ringing session at the feeding station at Pitsford Res this morning, capturing some 55 birds.  New birds inclu...

Hi Just back in from taking the dogs for a nice long walk.  This included our new foster rescue dog Alma who seemed to enjoy herself but i...

Hi Birds this afternoon included 2 Short-eared Owls and 2 Barn Owls at Blueberry Farm, Maidwell plus hundreds of Fieldfares in the hawthor...

Hi Members of the Northants Bird Club ventured to the Norfolk coast yesterday on the monthly car trip.  They enjoyed the spectacle of coas...

Hi A pleasant if squelchy walk at Harrington Airfield this morning provided a further opportunity to witness visible diurnal migration.  F...

Hi A wander around Harrington Airfield this morning and plenty of winter thrushes on the move.  Many of the Fieldfares were resting in the...

Hi Neil Hasdell and I completed a short ringing session at Scotland Wood on the Kelmarsh Estate today.  Birds captured included 9 Goldcres...

Hi On a cold, grey and blustery day we found ourselves completing a late WeBS count today at Ditchford Gravel Pits.  No sign of the foreca...

Hi In a complete reverse from yesterday, an excursion to Harrington Airfield this afternoon suggested that the top fields and bunker areas...

Hi In a rather extreme way we decided to go for a run along the Brampton Valley Way this morning to try and shift the jet-lag!  Between Me...

Hi A Crossbill was present at Scotland Wood (Kelmarsh Estate) early this afternoon and the Black-necked Grebe was present in the yacht bay...

Hi A late morning recce at Harrington Airfield today yielded good numbers of common birds with particularly good numbers of Woodpigeons, c...

Hi This evening Eleanor and I arrived back from a superb 18 day trip to Brazil, concentrating on the Pantanal and a little slice of the Am...

A session at the Pitsford moth traps this morning had a small selection of autumn species on show.  These included a couple of Carpets (Red-...

Hi, Another misty start to a ringing session at the Pitsford feed station.  The ringing was pretty slow again with the majority of the bir...

Hi, I have just got back from a few days spent visiting friends on the Essex/Suffolk border.  Whenever I travel to this area over the autum...

Hi, A relatively quiet night's mothing at Pitsford reservoir last night.  There were however some very attractive species present incl...

Hi, Despite the very foggy conditions (see pic below) a ringing session was carried out at the feed station at Pitsford reservoir this mor...

Hi, Not much to report after a gloriously sunny autumn morning walk at Pitsford.  There was quite a lot of disturbance on the reserve half...

Hi This morning there were migrants moving over the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton and included a Fieldfare, a Brambling and quite...

Hi A trundle around at Harrington Airfield this morning provided an opportunity to again witness visible migration with passerines passing...

Hi A wander in the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton and around Blueberry Farm was very busy with birds this morning.  Large numbers ...

Hi Some of the county ringers were active over the week-end.  John Woollett and team processed 77 birds at Stortons GP today which include...

Hi At Blueberry Farm, Maidwell this morning there was a male Stonechat partnered with a Whinchat in the northern-most field along the cent...

Hi It is not the best time of the year to photograph local waterfowl.  Most of the adults are still in eclipse plumage, a term of 'out...

Hi Birds noted at Harrington Airfield this morning included a Short-eared Owl, a female Stonechat, 5 Redwings over south and singles of Ye...

Hi Birds at Sywell Country Park this afternoon amounted to 2 drake Red-crested Pochard (the Pitsford birds?), 2 Grey Wagtails, a Kingfishe...

Hi Some ringing in the Walgrave Bay at Pitsford Res was accomplished this morning with 56 birds caught and released.  Birds processed incl...

Hi At Blueberry Farm this evening there were 2 Short-eared Owls, 2 Barn Owls, a Hobby, a pair of Stonechat plus a redpoll sp and 2 Crossbi...