Latest Reports of Birds in Northamptonshire

Welcome to the bird news page of the Northamptonshire Bird Club. This page aims to provide up to date news of all interesting birds as, and when, they occur in Northamptonshire. For further information on the Northamptonshire Bird Club visit the home page here or to keep in touch with county birding join the BirdingNorthants e-group here http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/birdingnorthants/

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Last update: Saturday 7 November 2009  18.05

Date

Species

Location details

Time

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

07 Nov

Baltic Gull ?

Daventry CP – first-winter again this afternoon before flying off west

16.30

07 Nov

Snow Bunting

Daventry – female still on the track to Foxhill Farm off the A361 just south of the town

12.00

07 Nov

Blackcap

Ditchford GP – male and female at Broadholme SWT this morning

AM

07 Nov

Scaup

Kislingbury GP – a female this morning; nearby Little Egret and Jack Snipe at Pineham

AM

07 Nov

Baltic Gull ?

Daventry CP – first-winter still this morning, also Slavonian Grebe there

AM

07 Nov

Snow Bunting

Daventry – female still on the track to Foxhill Farm off the A361 just south of the town and showing well this morning

07.25

06 Nov

Scaup

Pitsford Res – a drake south of the causeway, also 14 Pintail, 4 Red-crested Pochards, 2 Little Egrets, Peregrine, 2 Redshank, 4 Dunlin and Stonechat there

 

06 Nov

Blackcap

Astcote – a first-year male trapped and ringed today

 

06 Nov

Snow Bunting

Daventry – a female on the track to Foxhill Farm off the A361 just south of the town; it frequents the gateway approximately 50 m from the road and, although subject to disturbance by traffic, when flushed it returns to the gateway

PM

06 Nov

Baltic Gull ?

Daventry CP – a first-winter appearing to show the full suite of characters of this form there this morning. This individual has been visiting the park over an extended period prior to today and appears regularly at the site after 09.00 hours; it is best viewed from the site of the old ‘Carvell Hide’ on the western side. Also Rock Pipit over

AM

06 Nov

harrier sp.

Maidwell – a ‘ringtail’ over the Blueberry complex this morning

AM

05 Nov

Hen Harrier

Maidwell – a male north of Blueberry Lodge this afternoon, flew toward Haselbech mobbed by corvids

16.00

05 Nov

Caspian Gull

Billing GP – adult on island opposite entrance to Billing Garden Centre this morning

11.00

03 Nov

Ruff

Earls Barton GP – one on Summer Leys reserve plus drake Red-crested Pochard and Little Egret mid-afternoon

mid-PM

03 Nov

Egyptian Goose

Hollowell Res – one present, also Pintail and Dunlin there

PM

02 Nov

Caspian Gull

Pitsford Res – an adult in the gull roost, also adult Mediterranean Gull there

late-PM

02 Nov

Nordic Jackdaw

Boddington Res – one present late afternoon, also 2 Green Sandpipers there

late-PM

02 Nov

Scaup

Earls Barton GP – immature female plus drake Red-crested Pochard on Summer Leys mid-afternoon

mid-PM

02 Nov

Bearded Tit

Stortons GP – one calling mid-afternoon

14.45

01 Nov

Garganey

Clifford Hill GP – a female on the main barrage lake

PM

01 Nov

Caspian Gull

Pitsford Res – an adult in the gull roost, also Little Egret and 3 Dunlin there

late-PM

31 Oct

Red-crested Pochard

Kislingbury GP – four (2 pairs) this afternoon

PM

31 Oct

Water Pipit

Pitsford Res – two today, also Scaup (Scaldwell Bay), 2 Red-crested Pochards (Walgrave Bay), 30 PintailLittle Egret, 3 Dunlin, 3 Curlews over south and 2 Yellow-legged Gulls

 

31 Oct

Bearded Tit

Stortons GP – male still present early afternoon, also Little Egret, Cetti’s Warbler and Stonechat there

12.15

31 Oct

Bearded Tit

Stortons GP – a male calling and showing well in reeds 70 metres from the entrance gate opposite the Hanson plant on the north side this morning

09.55

29 Oct

Firecrest

Northampton – one with a tit flock in deciduous trees around the car park of Northampton Casuals Rugby Club, Rushmills, Bedford Road this afternoon

12.30

29 Oct

Bearded Tit

Earls Barton GP – two briefly on Summer Leys viewable from Double Decker Hide late morning but not since

11.00

28 Oct

Red-crested Pochard

Pitsford Res – five in Scaldwell Bay this morning, also 14+ Pintail and 3 Little Egrets there

AM

27 Oct

Little Gull

Pitsford Res – a first-winter by the dam

PM

27 Oct

Spotted Redshank

Hollowell Res – one in Guilsborough Bay this afternoon

13.45

27 Oct

Merlin

Hanging Houghton – female this morning

AM

27 Oct

Crossbill

Sulgrave – three over, south, this morning

AM

26 Oct

Rock Pipit

Daventry CP – one by the outlet, also 3 Pintail, 4 Green Sandpipers and 260 Golden Plovers there

AM

25 Oct

Bittern

Earls Barton GP – again present on Summer Leys, viewable from Pioneer Hide in reeds on left-hand side of scrape, also 3 Pintail there

10.17

25 Oct

Common Swift

Stanwick GP – one, a very pale individual (but not Pallid Swift) briefly this morning

08.30

24 Oct

Garganey

Daventry CP – the drake still today, also 2 Pintail and 2 Green Sandpipers there

 

22 Oct

Red-crested Pochard

Pitsford Res – nine in Scaldwell Bay, also 13+ Pintail, 6 Goldeneye and a Little Egret there

PM

22 Oct

Garganey

Daventry CP – a drake this morning, also 2 Pintail, 5 Green Sandpiper, 2 Lesser Redpolls and 12 Siskins there

AM

21 Oct

Great White Egret !

Boddington Res – present from 7.20 for ten minutes only before flying south and not relocated

07.30

20 Oct

Great White Egret !

Boddington Res – one flew in this evening and then roosted in fields behind Byfield Pool

late-PM

20 Oct

Rock Pipit

Pitsford Res – one on the causeway late afternoon

PM

20 Oct

Merlin

Harrington AF – a female and a Short-eared Owl

AM

19 Oct

Firecrest

Hellidon – one photographed in a private garden

 

19 Oct

Great Grey Shrike L

Ditchford GP – no further sign by early afternoon; first-winter Caspian Gull and Water Pipit west of Ditchford Lane on Viaduct Pit

early-PM

19 Oct

Rock Pipit

Pitsford Res – two on the causeway and a first-winter Little Gull off the dam

12.25

19 Oct

Hen Harrier

Earls Barton GP – a ‘ringtail’ over, also Bittern again present on Summer Leys viewable from Rotary Hide on left-hand side of scrape by willows

12.10

19 Oct

Great Grey Shrike

Ditchford GP – one flew toward Ditchford Lane from near Broadholme Sewage Works area late morning

10.40

18 Oct

Egyptian Goose

Boddington Res – five present

 

18 Oct

Red-crested Pochard

Pitsford Res – nine in Scaldwell Bay, also 6 Pintail and 3 Goldeneye there

AM

17 Oct

Ring-necked Parakeet

Northampton – three flew west over Fishponds Road late afternoon

PM

17 Oct

Caspian Gull

Clifford Hill GP – adult this morning, also Little Egret, Peregrine over, adult Yellow-legged Gull, 4 Golden Plover, Dunlin and Stonechat there

AM

16 Oct

Bittern

Earls Barton GP – one present on Summer Leys viewable from Pioneer Hide on left-hand side of scrape by willows

14.45

16 Oct

Black Redstart

Shutlanger – one on red tiled roof at junction of Showsley Road and Twitch Hill from 13.30 to at least 13.55

13.55

15 Oct

Ring-necked Parakeet

Northampton – one  briefly at Cherry Lodge

18.00

15 Oct

Ring-necked Parakeet

Northampton – one near the aviaries in Abington Park

 

11 Oct

Ring-necked Parakeet

Little Billing – one over, calling

18.00

10 Oct

Rock Pipit

Hollowell Res – feeding on the slipway in front of the sailing club, also 2 Ringed Plovers, Green Sandpiper, 3 Stonechats and 2 Siskins there

10.45

08 Oct

Arctic Tern

Boddington Res – two (adult and juvenile) still present, also 2 Little Egrets flew north at 1500hrs, 2 Green Sandpipers, Oystercatcher, 2 Yellow-legged Gulls and 5 Ravens there

 

06 Oct

Arctic Tern

Boddington Res – two (adult and juvenile) still present, also 2 Willow Tits, Siskin and Raven there

 

06 Oct

Gannet

Weston Mill – an immature over, appeared to be going down at Clifford Hill GP but no sign there subsequently

11.00

05 Oct

Arctic Tern

Boddington Res – two (adult and juvenile) plus 4 Green Sandpipers; at nearby Hellidon a Wheatear and 35 Ravens

 

04 Oct

Crossbill

Hollowell Res – twelve in larches behind sailing club bay, also Green Sandpiper, adult Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Stonechats, 3+ Siskins and escaped Puna Teal there

11.00

03 Oct

Ring-necked Parakeet

Daventry Res – female (present for ten days), also Pintail, 4 Green Sandpipers and first-winter Yellow-legged Gull there

 

03 Oct

Red-crested Pochard

Pitsford Res – ten in Walgrave Bay, also 15 Pintail and 3 Little Egrets in Scaldwell Bay 

 

01 Oct

Red-crested Pochard

Stanford Res – one present, also Green Sandpiper, Greenshank, Cetti’s Warbler (trapped) and 2 Ravens there