Northamptonshire Birding

Hello For me and a small posse of volunteers it was a busy day on the Kelmarsh Estate today as we prepared the Swift nesting tower for anoth...

Hello It may not have been much of a day for many new arrivals in the county today but we are successfully hanging on to many scarce and cla...

Hello A wet start to the day and windy but milder and dryer this afternoon. Birds at Earls Barton Pits today included a pair of Garganey and...

Hello  I'm just back in from two tours in the Bieszczady Mountains and Park which is part of an area of continuous habitat in Ukraine, P...

 There seems to be a slow trickle of migrants coming through.  I'm sure that the northerly winds and snow flurries are not helping matte...

 Brhh what's happened to the lovely warm weather? A couple of days ago I was out and about in a T Shirt and slapping on the suncream but...

 It was a bit of a shock to wake up to quite dense fog this morning which scuppered my plans.  So I ended up walking an area that I haven...

We have been very spoilt with the weather this week, blue skies, sunshine and balmy temperatures. With the wind coming from a southerly dire...

 It certainly feels as if Spring has finally arrived with sunshine, blue skies and warmer temperatures.  I even exchanged my fleece today fo...

Hello A few waders on the move today with twenty-three Golden Plovers, a Dunlin and a Shelduck at Clifford Hill Pits, a Redshank on Dragonfl...

Hello A rather dull morning gave way to heavy rain this afternoon and evening - all quite different to the forecast proffered only yesterday...

Hello Two Avocets were a great spring find at Clifford Hill Pits this morning and they seemed to have lasted most of the day. A Little Ringe...

Hello Today was the waterbird count at Pitsford Reservoir and the spring-like conditions were just wonderful. Plenty of bumblebees and small...

Hello I have been away for the last nine days to Iceland, leading two short tours for Naturetrek in an effort to see the Northern Lights and...

 Apologies for lack of blogs but I'v had lots of internet issues and for anyone who knows me will understand that "technology"...

Hello At last with the advent of some calm, dry conditions, county ringers were active today with a session at Stortons Pits providing 59 ca...

Hello A very dank and wet day but at least it wasn't cold! Birds at Pitsford Reservoir today included the Great Northern Diver still bet...