Northamptonshire Birding

Hello Pretty awful weather out there today! Eleanor and Neil Hasdell braved the rain to have a look at the Hawfinches at Cottesbrooke thi...

Hello Visits to Harrington Airfield and the Kelmarsh estate this morning failed to yield any birds of note but Jacob's efforts at Pit...

Hello It was the day of the Raven today with a single at Kelmarsh village, four in flight near Sywell Country Park and another at Stavert...

Hello A brief wander around at Harrington Airfield this morning in the mud and melt water provided a view of a flushed Woodcock but not m...

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It is that time of year when there never seems to be enough hours in the day to get all the jobs done, errands completed and time for birdin...

Hello A quick wander around Harrington Airfield this morning was sufficient to witness a fresh arrival of migrant Redwings (they never re...

Hello A small band of intrepid ringers completed some bird ringing at Christies Copse in the Walgrave Bay at Pitsford Reservoir today, ca...

Hello Today saw a small group of us complete the monthly Pitsford Reservoir WeBS count of birds utilising the site. About 20% of the rese...

Hello A short ringing session at Pitsford Reservoir today (curtailed by the weather) provided 43 captures which included a Moorhen, a Fie...

Hello A modest ringing session today at Sunderland Wood on the Kelmarsh Estate provided 47 captures made up of a Treecreeper, 3 Goldcrest...

Hello Yesterday (Thursday) and Jacob saw a male Brambling with a large flock of Chaffinches at Moulton College. I carried out a part-We...

Hello Birds north of the causeway this morning at Pitsford Reservoir included two Great White Egrets, a Shelduck, a Redshank, a Siskin an...