Northamptonshire Birding

Hello Not much opportunity for birding today but a couple of excursions into the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton and up to Blueber...

Hello Some ringing at Linford Lakes this morning provided an excellent 65 captures of twenty species including eight species of warbler. ...

Hello There were plenty of new Common Whitethroats in at Harrington Airfield today and other birds included a Turtle Dove 'purring...

Hello This coming Wednesday (1st May) will be the next indoor meeting of the Northants Bird Club when the club chairman Bob Gill will pro...

Hello A rather cold and very windy day suppressed the activities of many birds locally but there were at least a few birds on show. A w...

Hello A walk around Titchmarsh Reserve at Thrapston Pits today (26th) provided views of the long staying Whooper Swan on Elinor Lake, two...

Hello I'm just back from an eight day tour of the Provence region in France, the last two days being spent in the Camargue. It might ...

It has been a rather busy week which has left very little time for birding.  As the week progressed and the temperatures rose due to the cha...

Today has been a strange day where I have literally bumped into some good birds whilst out and about doing chores. However the day started o...

Hello The Hanging Houghton Great Grey Shrike was back along the brook in the Brampton Valley below the village this morning and a Peregri...

Hello It seemed a quieter day for birds in the county today, or maybe it's the local birders fed up with the cold northerly winds! ...

Hello The cold northerly winds we are experiencing seem to be blocking the passage of birds seeking to move north and east, today providi...

Hello Eric's sustained efforts at Thrapston Pits today yielded a perched Osprey surveying Elinor and Aldwincle Lakes, three Pink-foot...

Hello The Hanging Houghton Great Grey Shrike was on show again today, sometimes showing well along the brook and hedgerows below the vill...