Northamptonshire Birding

 I have been out of county for a  few days and as well as spending today catching up with the mundane tasks of shopping etc, I  have also be...

Hello The following spectacular images of a Merlin were taken by Beth Clyne (not in Northants) and depict a bird hunting dragonflies, not no...

 Today I started with an early morning visit to Harrington Airfield and as soon as I got out of the car I could hear lots of bird sound and ...

Hello The group of Spotted Flycatchers on the southern edge of Lamport Hall have proved popular recently with twenty birds regularly seen an...

Again my birding has been dominated by Common Redstarts and Spotted Flycatchers.  It was a case of visiting these areas whilst trying to dod...

 After a busy day yesterday where my birding was limited I decided to check the areas again for Flycatchers and Redstarts.   First stop was ...

 We are rapidly heading towards my favourite time of year Autumn. Already to the dismay of many who are wondering what has happened to Summe...

Hello The latest batch of ringing recoveries associated with Northants Ringing Group activities includes quite a number of Reed Warblers fro...

Hello With a Spotted Flycatcher, a Lesser Whitethroat and a Willow Warbler all in the garden this morning, there can be no doubt that autumn...

Hello The main lake at Stanwick Pits hosted a Wood Sandpiper for much of the day today and this afternoon there were eight Yellow-legged Gul...

Hello The reserve of Pitsford Reservoir today was the venue for a Naturetrek Day Tour plus a volunteer work party and several birders workin...

Hello At Pitsford Reservoir this morning there was a modest ringing session in the Walgrave Bay which provided captures of seven Goldcrests,...

Hello The WeBs count was completed at Pitsford Reservoir today - most of the waterbirds were north of the causeway with the biggest concentr...

Hello I completed an early WeBs count at Ditchford Pits today with Jaeger the collie for company. I split the count up into three sections, ...