Northamptonshire Birding

Hello Ring FP30251 was affixed to the leg of an adult Woodpigeon which was caught in the Scaldwell Bay at Pitsford Reservoir on 6th May 2...

Hello Jacob and Bethan visited Rushton Landfill Site this morning and espied two Yellow-legged Gulls there (adult and first year). Harr...

Hello I was most fortunate to be provided the opportunity of visiting Uganda for two weeks last month as part of a Naturetrek tour. The f...

Hello Birds located on Tuesday 13th Feb included four Hawfinches during the morning again in Cottesbrooke village, this time by the churc...

Hello Dave Francis completed a little bird ringing today in his garden on the outskirts of Northampton catching twenty-two birds made up ...

Hello Kenny and friends conducted a ringing operation at Linford Lakes today, successfully catching and processing 99 birds of 10 species...

Hello Birds visible at Pitsford Reservoir today included two drake Goosanders, two Redshanks, three Snipe, two Stonechats and a second wi...

Hello A walk at Harrington Airfield this morning saw plenty of birds waiting to be fed. By way of example twenty Blackbirds immediately c...

Hello Single Ravens were visible and audible at both Kelmarsh and Hanging Houghton today and two Woodcock were at Blueberry Farm and a Lo...

Hello Eleanor's time out and about today yielded a Woodcock at Harrington Airfield and two more flushed from hedgerows at the old Blu...

Hello A ringing session at Brixworth Treatment Works today provided 42 captures made up of 26 new birds and 16 re-trapped individuals of ...

Hello The Northants Bird Club hosts its annual photographic competition this coming Wednesday (7th Feb) at the Fishing Lodge, Pitsford Re...

Hello John Woollett and team completed a ringing session in cool, rather breezy conditions at Stortons Pits this morning. Thirty-eight bi...

Hello Pitsford Reservoir is now full, but with water rather than birds! As is usual in the latter part of the winter, many of the waterbi...

Hello A ringing session was undertaken at Scotland Wood on the Kelmarsh Estate today which resulted in the capture of 107 birds of 13 spe...

Hello As we creep into February the temperatures remain low and the strong northerly winds and bright sunshine provide an excellent backd...

Hello Cool and breezy today with an occasional wintery shower and a fabulous orange super moon rose very slowly over the horizon late thi...

The weather forecast predicted a glorious winter day with sunshine, blue skies and gentle breeze and for me that was a "green " l...

Hello Eric Graham was at Thrapston Gravel Pits this morning and watched a Peregrine making some half-hearted passes at ducks there. He al...

Hello Back in yesterday evening from a two week trip to Uganda which was pretty special! Today was certainly much cooler than I have be...