Northamptonshire Birding

Hello Eleanor was out and about today and Pitsford Reservoir was the first venue with birds in the Moulton Grange Bay area including an O...

Although I have been out and about I seem to have missed everything !!!!  Harrington Airfield has been very cold, windswept and devoid of bi...

The highlight of an early morning visit to Harrington airfield were 4 Grey Partridge !! Pitsford Reservoir was equally as quiet  with 5 Oys...

Hello Birds at Pitsford Reservoir today included a rather unseasonal Great White Egret in the Scaldwell Bay at about 9am and then later t...

Hello An early morning visit to Pitsford Reservoir provided a fresh batch of migrant waders with the spit near the Moulton Grange Bay pro...

Hello Some recent ringing recoveries have come through from the BTO Ringing Unit and kindly disseminated by our local ringing secretary...

From Ben Reeve, Assistant BTO Regional Representative for Northants Hi all, We hope you're enjoying the arrival of our summer...

Hello What a fantastic day to be birding in the county today! The conditions conspired to provide some excellent visible migration with p...

Hello This coming Wednesday (3rd May) is the next indoor meeting of the Northants Bird Club and the guest speakers are Elis and Rik Simps...

Hello The advertised Pitsford Reservoir dawn chorus event was held this morning, starting at 4am! I was very impressed that all participa...

Hello A walk around the Harrington Airfield complex this morning confirmed the presence of plenty of on-territory Willow Warblers and Whi...

Hello Eleanor came across a singing Grasshopper Warbler showing well at Blueberry Farm this morning, but with the lack of available habit...

Although I have been out and about during the last couple of days I have not really seen many birds of note. A Barn Owl was again hunting i...

Whilst most of us were out and about enjoying the lovely weather , searching for migrants or perhaps catching up with the gardening the ring...

Today was a much quieter as I had very little "birding" time, most of it being confined to an early morning visit to Harrington Ai...

It has been a lovely sunny day and for once I've managed to be out and about for most of it. First stop was Ravensthorpe Reservoir whic...

It was grey and drizzly when I went out this morning, perfect for a good bird at Harrington ............wrong, as all I could find was a Whe...

A curious image of a Coot hitching a ride on the back of  a Muscovy Duck at Abington Park, Northampton. Image courtesy of Phil Davie...

Hello Yesterday morning at around 7am Dave Burnapp was lucky enough to see an Otter in the River Nene in Northampton at the marina next t...

The last couple of days have been fairly quiet on the birding front. The only birds of note yesterday were 2 Wheatears at Blueberry Farm and...

Below is a message we have received regarding proposals to site two Rail Freight Terminals on the outskirts of Northampton and of  the possi...