Northamptonshire Birding

Hello Very little opportunity for birding during the last couple of days but efforts from others shows there are fresh birds out there. Yest...

Hello The Pitsford WeBs count was completed today in mild, pleasant weather which even brought forth a nectaring Red Admiral and dragonflies...

Hello Members of the Northants Ringing Group were busy today with Kenny and Keith operating at Linford Lakes and John Woollett and team work...

Hello A ringing session took place at Harrington Airfield this morning, the third in a week. We added more thrushes to the total including t...

Hello Limited opportunities for birding for either of us today but thankfully others were out there seeing a few things. An adult male Hen H...

Hello A ringing session at Harrington Airfield this morning provided seventy-five captures of resident and migrant birds and included nine R...

Hello Fifteen Bramblings in hedging at the top of Blueberry Hill, Maidwell early this morning furthers the evidence that this is definitely ...

Hello A wander around Harrington Airfield this morning provided views of c35 Golden Plovers, c12 Bramblings, two Siskins and eleven Grey Par...

Hello A ringing session at Harrington Airfield today failed to catch many of the migrants moving through the site but there were token numbe...

Hello A blustery day but still plenty of migrants on the move with Woodpigeons, thrushes and finches particularly noticeable. A couple of Ra...

Hello Kenny and team were down at Linford Lakes near Milton Keynes running a ringing session today and processed some fifty-eight birds of t...

Hello On Tuesday afternoon/Wednesday morning there was some bird ringing carried out at Pitsford Reservoir around the Old Scaldwell Road Fee...

 Today was my only completely "free" day of the week so I took the opportunity to visit the north of the county.  After the recent...

Hello Another blustery day didn't provide anything new but despite the strong south-westerly headwind, plenty of Woodpigeon flocks ploug...

Hello Very autumnal again today with plenty of birds on the move in the swirl and breeze with a flock of nine Pink-footed Geese flying over ...

Hello A visit to Harrington Airfield, the first time in over four weeks, provided a steady flow of over-flying migrants with plenty of Woodp...