Northamptonshire Birding

Hello Eleanor made a couple of visits to Ravensthorpe Reservoir today and managed to see 2-4 Otters which were generally visible from the...

Hybrid finch (maybe Goldfinch x Canary?) Hanging Houghton Hello Eleanor walked around the Blueberry Farm complex this morni...

Hello Yesterday (Wednesday) and birds of interest found locally included a pair of Grey Partridge at Harrington Airfield and a flock of a...

Hello I popped over to Ravensthorpe Reservoir this morning in between chores and saw three Otters straight away. They were visible from t...

Hello Eleanor saw three Little Egrets on floods next to a minor road near to Old village today and David Arden was at Ravensthorpe Reserv...

Hello A ringing session was attempted at Brixworth Sewage Treatment works today but nobody told the birds and the site was largely absent...

Hello It's always frustrating for birdwatchers and photographers when birds are partly hidden behind twigs and other objects. However...

Hello Kenny Cramer presided at a ringing session today at Linford Lakes on the outskirts of Milton Keynes and caught 74 birds which inclu...

Hello Efforts at locating yesterday's Firecrest at Hanging Houghton today failed to find the bird. A single 40 foot net in the gard...

Hello I forgot to mention that Eleanor yesterday watched a Water Vole in the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton, our first record loc...

Hello Eleanor was up at Harrington Airfield this afternoon and saw a female Merlin on two occasions, about half an hour between sightings...

Hello With calm, dull conditions today was perfect for using mist nets as part of the county bird ringing scheme.  Dave Francis made us...

Hello Eleanor took a run around the south side of Pitsford Reservoir early this morning and espied the Red-necked Grebe just off the dam,...

Hello Eleanor took a wander around Sywell Country Park today and noted a singing Cetti's Warbler, at least two Bramblings, ca20 redpo...

Hello A Barn Owl was active between the villages of Scaldwell and Hanging Houghton first thing again this morning and Blueberry Farm proc...