Northamptonshire Birding

Hello The cold north easterly airstream continues but doesn't stop incoming summer migrants! Yesterday (Tuesday) and Eric's vis...

Hello Kenny Cramer and crew have conducted some ringing at Linford Lakes, Milton Keynes during the last two week-ends (31st March and 7th...

Hello I've just returned back from an eight day trip to SE Poland where a group of us explored the forests and meadows of Bieszczady,...

Today it was a case of being in the right place at the right time.   Just before 07.30am I was scanning the bushes along the stream below Ha...

" My " Great Grey Shrike was showing well today in the small bushes/trees running alongside the stream below Hanging Houghton vill...

Although I didn't manage to get out and about as much as I had hoped today I did bump into the Great Grey Shrike three times. It seems t...

I am amazed that the Great Grey Shrike which I found a few months ago is still here !!  This morning as I was walking the dogs it was perche...

Hello Another bright and sunny and even warm day today although the outlook for the next week looks much cooler. Some of the local nest...

Hello The next meeting of the Northants Bird Club will be on Wednesday 3rd April at the usual venue of the Fishing Lodge at Pitsford Rese...

Hello A walk at Harrington Airfield this morning was useful to avoid the fog and mist of the valleys but only provided a sighting of a ma...

Hello I completed the first Common Bird Census of the season on the reserve section of Pitsford Reservoir today, a fair bit of it in stun...

Redwing. Hello A ringing session took place at Christies Copse in the Walgrave Bay at Pitsford Reservoir this morning, on a cloudy...

Hello The Great Grey Shrike was again present from the track that leads between Hanging Houghton and Cottesbrooke this morning. Matt Ha...

Hello More lovely sunshine today compensated for the cold air and made for a smashing spring day. The morning was spent at Ditchford Pi...

Hello A quieter day of bird activity for me today! The garden provided small numbers of Reed Buntings and Yellowhammers coming in for bro...

Hello Yesterday (22nd) and local birds included the Great Grey Shrike and a Corn Bunting again in the Brampton Valley below Hanging Hough...

Hello For a couple of hours yesterday afternoon and for much of the morning today, a ringing session was undertaken at Pitsford Reservoir...

Hello Some birders active very early this morning included Dave Jackson at Pitsford Reservoir where he saw a Great Northern Diver not far...