Northamptonshire Birding

Hello A couple of videos attached of Water Rail activity at a site in Northamptonshire where a study of Water Rail behaviour is being conduc...

Hello Some bird ringing took place at Stortons Pits today with just short of forty birds being processed which were mostly common breeding w...

Hello A ringing session at Christies Copse at Pitsford Reservoir this morning proved quiet with just a handful of birds finding the mist net...

Hello A warm and sunny day for most in the county today with darkened skies and sporadic thunderstorms and even some rain in some parts this...

Hello A ringing session in sweaty conditions and with mosquitoes making conditions difficult was what Kenny Cramer and team suffered today t...

Hello More interesting birds reported today include a Purple Heron photographed at about 1pm yesterday at Summer Leys LNR (an image was uplo...

Hello Some interesting sightings in and close to the county during the last few days have sparked quite some interest! On the 6th June a Ros...

Hello It seems like the day temperatures have changed as of today and we can expect warmer weather ahead. Anecdotally the Brown Hares seem t...

Hello I returned home last night from two Naturetrek tours of Iceland, and the outside temperatures didn't seem much different! Today an...

Hello Kenny Cramer and a small team enjoyed a quality ringing session yesterday (Saturday) at Linford Lakes, Milton Keynes which included pl...

 This week has started well with a flurry of Tern and Wader movement especially along the Nene Valley.   It started on Monday with the appea...

 It has been a funny old week,  essentially quiet both weather and bird wise but then hotting up at the weekend.  Today I was at an agility ...

 Well I don't know what has happened? Very few bird records over the past few days.  Does this mean that the spring migration has finish...

Hello Today was a Naturetrek Day Tour at Rectory Farm, Great Easton the home of the Johnson family and Eyebrook Wildbird Foods. The breeze w...

Hello An Osprey ably photographed by Lee Willcocks at Mary's Lake, Earls Barton Pits on 8th May this spring was colour-ringed. Research ...