Northamptonshire Birding

Hello A bird ringing session took place today at Brixworth Water Treatment Works in pleasant conditions. A few surprises among the seve...

Hello The Northants Bird Club have made the decision to cancel the next two indoor meetings which were planned for 1st April and 6th May ...

Hello A little exotica in the county today with an Avocet found at Boddington Reservoir followed by five more being found at Summer Leys....

Hello Today it was the WeBS count at Ditchford Pits which for the most part was completed in pleasant weather conditions. A Water Pipit w...

Hello A breezy and cool couple of days and not much different on the local birding scene. Although the strong winds reduce overhead migra...

Hello The small numbers of wildfowl present meant that the WeBS count at Pitsford Reservoir today was completed by two observers in just ...

Hello Some pleasant spring weather today which then gave way to rain this afternoon (and overnight apparently). A ringing session at Scot...

Hello Eric visited Thrapston Pits today and enjoyed watching three Chiffchaffs fly-catching in the morning sunshine, three Great White Eg...

Hello This morning Steve Fisher saw a Barnacle Goose flying over Stanwick Pits plus a Great White Egret, five Redshanks and eight Siskins...

Hello A visit to Pitsford Reservoir this morning provided two Great White Egrets and a pair of Oystercatchers in the Scaldwell Bay. Nearb...

Hello Eleanor's foray in to the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton this morning yielded the two hunting Barn Owls again, and they...

Hello This morning a Great White Egret was in the Scaldwell Bay at Pitsford Reservoir and a Water Rail was underneath the bushes at the O...

Hello A collection of ringing recoveries have been amassed recently and kindly filtered out by the Northants Ringing Group Secretary Nic...

Well after seemingly weeks of very little "new" bird news that all changed yesterday when a Black Bellied Dipper was found by one ...

Hello The Northants Bird Club will be holding it's Annual General Meeting on Wednesday 4th March at the usual venue of the Fishing Lo...

It has been quite a wintry day today.  When I went out with the dogs early morning the grass was white and crisp with frost and there was a ...

It really has been a very quiet week for birds. They have obviously been keeping their heads down in the wet and windy weather, and who can ...

It has been a very quiet week on the birding front, the same 2 Great Egrets , Red Crested Pochard and Stonechats at Pitsford.  The Short Ea...

We have had a strange mixture of weather over the past week.  One minute there have been blue skies, sunshine and temperatures in double fig...

Another couple of quiet days where I am just bumping into the same birds.   In the valley below Hanging Houghton there has been a Barn Owl h...

Over the last few days I've managed to get out and about a bit more. On Friday I walked around Sywell Reservoir. It is always a pleasant...

Hello The annual photographic competition of the Northants Bird Club is due to be held this coming Wednesday (5th Feb) at the Fishing Lod...

The drop in temperature has caused an influx in the number of birds visiting our garden and caused a feeding frenzy.  I have filled the bir...

Another busy few days has meant little time for birding.  A quick look at Pitsford only produced a Great White Egret.  On my walks around t...

A busy few days which has limited my birding to Harrington and the valley below Hanging Houghton.  There is a group of 4 Ravens which I bump...

It has been a strange few days. My laptop has been playing up and I couldn't access this page !!  Fingers crossed that I've sorted i...

Hello The latest set of ringing recoveries have come through following Northants Ringing Group activities as follows:- 1.  An adult fem...