Northamptonshire Birding

Hello Eleanor's usual trawl of the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton (three visits in all) provided all three species of chat wi...

Hello Northants Ringing Group members were active yesterday at two key sites. Kenny and team were in among the birds at Linford Lakes whe...

I know that I have said this before but this is my favourite time of year. Autumn always seems such a special time, that transition from the...

What a difference 24 hours makes. Yesterday the hedges were alive with birds but today they were ominously silent. I struggled to find any b...

Most of my day has been taken up with agility training three of the dogs at Staverton . The usual Ravens were present and very vocal and vis...

Hello The moth traps at Pitsford Reservoir today provided something of a local rarity with the discovery of a 'clifden nonpareil'...

Hello No opportunities for birding yesterday and only limited time today but a few bits and pieces noted locally... Eleanor saw the tw...

Hello I spent much of the day completing an early September WeBS count at Ditchford Pits, initially in cloudy conditions but later in str...

Hello Pitsford Reservoir this evening continued to host the juvenile Little Gull which together with a juvenile Arctic Tern were loosely ...

Hello Two Ravens remained in the vicinity of Hanging Houghton for much of the day today and Harrington Airfield hosted another four Raven...

Hello The next indoor meeting of the Northants Bird Club will be on Wednesday 4th September when three members will each provide a short...

Hello I woke this morning listening to the croaking of Ravens in the dim light of dawn... Birds noted at Summer Leys reserve today incl...

A message from Dr Mark Avery... There is a new two week old,  petition calling for a ban of driven grouse shooting   The petition...

Hello I'm just back from two weeks in the West Highlands of Scotland based on the Ardnamurchan Peninsular. Although warm it was very ...

Whilst the very hot weather has been welcomed by many, it can be hard work for others. Birding can seem an effort and my own birding has bee...

I always enjoy being out and about at this time of year. Already it is feeling very "Autumnal" with mist hanging over the fields e...

Hello A very wet day here in Northants today, and if the weather produced extra birds then nobody found them! Nick Parker saw the Turns...