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Latest update: Monday 26th June 2017 07.35
Today
26 Jun Common Redstart Spratton – a male in a private garden 06.15
Sunday 25th June
25 Jun Bufflehead Clifford Hill GP – adult female still present 20.45 (location map here)
25 Jun Black-tailed Godwit Northampton – one east over Far Cotton 20.00
25 Jun Black-tailed Godwit Summer Leys LNR – at least 25 in the wader bay at 18.40
25 Jun Black-tailed Godwit Stanford Res – twenty-seven islandica at 17.20
25 Jun Bufflehead Clifford Hill GP – adult female still present 15.45 (location map here)
25 Jun Bufflehead Clifford Hill GP – adult female still present 12.20 (location map here)
25 Jun Avocet Stanford Res – one still this morning, mobile but on the islands 10.35, also Osprey over at 09.30
25 Jun Bufflehead Clifford Hill GP – adult female still present 09.00 (location map here) also female Common Redstart in south-west corner, near Premier Inn
25 Jun Avocet Stanford Res – one this morning
Saturday 24th June
24 Jun Bufflehead Clifford Hill GP – adult female still present 20.35
24 Jun Bufflehead Clifford Hill GP – an adult female, metal ring on right leg, on the south side, c.200 m from the western end since late morning, still present 16.05
24 Jun Osprey Stanford Res – one at 07.05
Wednesday 21st June
21 Jun Bittern Summer Leys – in reedbed in far right corner of scrape, as viewed from Pioneer Hide, 16.25
21 Jun Bittern Summer Leys – in flight again, over the car park, 11.30
21 Jun Bittern Summer Leys – one again, over Rotary Island, 10.20
Tuesday 20th June
20 Jun Mediterranean Gull Byfield – two adults flew over at 19.22
20 Jun Osprey Stanford Res – one at 17.15
20 Jun Bittern Summer Leys – one flew over the car park at 10.20
Monday 19th June
19 Jun Mediterranean Gull Stanwick GP – an adult on islands in the A45 Lay-by Pit late evening
19 Jun Sandwich Tern Pitsford Res – one in Scaldwell Bay 17.15
Sunday 18th June
18 Jun Quail Burton Latimer – male singing in a flax field, east of A510, at Burton Wolds, 14.30
18 Jun Caspian Gull Pitsford Res – second-summer north of causeway 09.40
18 Jun Osprey Stanford Res – one at 07.30, also Curlew, 2 Ringed Plovers and 2 Green Sandpipers
Saturday 17th June
17 Jun Osprey Stanford Res – one again, also Curlew, 6 Little Ringed Plovers and 2 Yellow-legged Gulls
Friday 16th June
16 Jun Osprey Stanford Res – one fishing 19.15
16 Jun Osprey Blatherwycke Lake – one at 17.00
16 Jun Red-crested Pochard Thrapston GP – female with one downy young
Thursday 15th June
15 Jun Garganey Stanwick GP – drake on islands, A45 Lay-by Pit 16.55
Wednesday 14th June
14 Jun Great White Egret Summer Leys LNR – still on the scrape this evening
14 Jun Great White Egret Summer Leys LNR – one on the scrape 08.00
Tuesday 13th June
13 Jun Osprey Welford Res – one at 19.20
13 Jun Osprey Bulwick – three flew over early afternoon
Sunday 11th June
11 Jun Black-tailed Godwit Stanford Res – one at ‘the Narrows’ 14.00
11 Jun White-fronted Goose Pitsford Res – still this morning, also 2 second-summer Caspian Gulls
11 Jun Caspian Gull Pitsford Res – second-summer on buoy south of causeway 10.40
Saturday 10th June
10 Jun Caspian Gull Pitsford Res – a second-summer in Walgrave Bay late morning
10 Jun Quail Kings Sutton, no sound between 09.30 and 10.00, from male reported singing by the railway at c.SP488369 yesterday
10 Jun White-fronted Goose Pitsford Res – still in Scaldwell Bay this morning
Friday 9th June
09 Jun Quail Kings Sutton, male reported singing by the railway at c.SP488369 at 12.30
09 Jun White-fronted Goose Pitsford Res – a first-summer (or second-summer) in Scaldwell Bay this morning
Thursday 8th June
08 Jun Osprey Stanford Res – one fishing 18.15
Tuesday 6th June
06 Jun Sanderling Daventry CP – five flew west at 11.56, also Ringed Plover and Dunlin
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Saturday 3rd June
03 Jun Osprey Welford Res – one fishing early afternoon
03 Jun Grey Plover Stanford Res – one still by the inflow 09.30
03 Jun Garganey Summer Leys – drake still, from old railway track, 09.10
03 Jun Osprey Stanford Res – one again at 08.45
03 Jun Grey Plover Stanford Res – one still by the inflow 06.00
Friday 2nd June
02 Jun Osprey Stanford Res – one again at midday, also Grey Plover still
02 Jun Honey Buzzard Oundle – unconfirmed report of one circling before flying south-west toward golf course
02 Jun Arctic Skua Daventry CP – one circling high over 10.55
02 Jun Garganey Summer Leys – drake in Wader Bay, 08.30
02 Jun Grey Plover Stanford Res – one still by the inflow 06.40, also Ringed Plover
Thursday 1st June
01 Jun Garganey Summer Leys – drake on Brayshaw’s Bund, 11.00, also 2 Little Ringed Plovers and 6+ Hobbies
01 Jun Grey Plover Stanford Res – one still at 05.20, also Jack Snipe still
Wednesday 31st May
31 May Turnstone Pitsford Res – two still near Maytrees Hide this evening
31 May Grey Plover Stanford Res – one this evening, also Jack Snipe still
31 May Turnstone Pitsford Res – two near Maytrees Hide, 12.00, also Dunlin
31 May Red-crested Pochard Ditchford GP – two drakes on Irthlingborough Lakes & Meadows’ Otter Lake this morning
Tuesday 30th May
30 May Black Tern Pitsford Res – still in Scaldwell Bay 19.20
30 May Osprey Stanford Res – one again, 18.30
30 May Jack Snipe Stanford Res – one still today, also first-summer Eurasian White-fronted Goose
30 May Black Tern Pitsford Res – one in Scaldwell Bay this morning, also 2 Yellow-legged Gulls
Monday 29th May
29 May Red-crested Pochard Stanwick GP – two drakes on the A45 Lay-by Pit at 17.45
29 May Osprey Stanford Res – one fishing at 13.35
29 May Grey Plover Pitsford Res – one from Maytrees Hide at 11.30, also Ringed Plover and Little Ringed Plover
29 May Hawfinch Harrington AF – two flew north-east at 09.47
29 May Bittern Stanwick GP – one flew on to the A45 Lay-by Pit at 06.30, also 2 Garganeys on the main lake this morning
Sunday 28th May
28 May Avocet Stanwick GP – two on the main lake 18.15
28 May Garganey Summer Leys – drake on scrape late morning
28 May Jack Snipe Stanford Res – long-staying bird flew into Northants this morning
Saturday 27th May
27 May Turnstone Pitsford Res – still late afternoon, also drake Red-crested Pochard with a hybrid female
27 May Marsh Harrier Summer Leys LNR – one flew east this afternoon
27 May Red-crested Pochard Ditchford GP – two drakes on Irthlingborough Lakes & Meadows’ Otter Lake 09.00
27 May Greenshank Hollowell Res – one this morning
27 May Turnstone Pitsford Res – still north of the causeway this morning, also drake Red-crested Pochard in Scaldwell Bay plus 2 Common Sandpipers
Friday 26th May
26 May Turnstone Pitsford Res – still in Scaldwell Bay this afternoon
26 May Glossy Ibis Ditchford GP – no further sign to 09.20; 2 Red-crested Pochards there
26 May Glossy Ibis Ditchford GP – flew to pools immediately west of original location but no longer present 08.55; it is being looked for
26 May Glossy Ibis Ditchford GP – one on flood pools between Irthlingborough Lakes & Meadows LNR and the A6 bridge 08.30 SP954706
Thursday 25th May
25 May Turnstone Pitsford Res – one in Scaldwell Bay 17.10
Tuesday 23rd May
23 May Garganey Summer Leys LNR – one on the scrape 19.00
23 May Marsh Harrier Boddington Res – immature male west at 17.05
23 May Black Redstart Wellingborough – one in the town centre at midday
23 May Glossy Ibis Summer Leys LNR – flew west at 13.35
23 May Glossy Ibis Summer Leys LNR – one from Pioneer Hide at 11.30 and still on scrape 13.00
23 May White-fronted Goose Stanford Res – first-summer still this morning
Monday 22nd May
22 May Scaup Daventry CP – female again this afternoon, also Common Sandpiper
22 May Red-crested Pochard Stanwick GP – drake still on A45 Lay-by Pit this afternoon
22 May White-fronted Goose Stanford Res – first-summer still this afternoon
22 May Osprey Harrington AF – one flew toward the A14 at 11.30
22 May Marsh Harrier Stanwick GP – one through east this morning, also first-summer Mediterranean Gull still
Sunday 21st May
21 May Osprey Welford Res – two during the afternoon
21 May Mediterranean Gull Stanwick GP – first-summer still, also drake Red-crested Pochard
21 May Osprey Pitsford Res – one flew north-west at 11.35
21 May White-fronted Goose Stanford Res – first-summer still this morning
Saturday 20th May
20 May Arctic Tern Pitsford Res – five in Scaldwell Bay early evening
20 May Arctic Tern Stanford Res – two during the afternoon
20 May Garganey Stanwick GP – drake on the A45 Lay-by Pit late morning
20 May Red-crested Pochard Ditchford GP – drake still on Irthlingborough Lakes & Maedows LNR (Dragonfly Lake) this morning
20 May Sanderling Pitsford Res – one still between the dam and Moulton Grange Bay this morning
20 May White-fronted Goose Stanford Res – first-summer still this morning
20 May Garganey Summer Leys LNR – two drakes on the scrape 07.15
20 May Red-crested Pochard Stanwick GP – drake on the A45 Lay-by Pit 07.00, also first-summer Mediterranean Gull still
Friday 19th May
19 May Sanderling Pitsford Res – one between the dam and Moulton Grange Bay this evening
19 May Arctic Tern Clifford Hill GP – seven at 18.30
19 May Little Gull Summer Leys LNR – one from Pioneer Hide 16.30
19 May Arctic Tern Pitsford Res – six north of the causeway this morning
19 May White-fronted Goose Stanford Res – first-summer again this morning
19 May Red-crested Pochard Ditchford GP – drake still on Irthlingborough Lakes & Maedows LNR this morning
19 May Sandwich Tern Stanwick GP – two departed east from the A45 Lay-by Pit, along with the 16 Arctic Terns, 09.35
19 May Sandwich Tern Stanwick GP – two on the A45 Lay-by Pit 09.15
19 May Arctic Tern Stanwick GP – sixteen on the A45 Lay-by Pit 08.55, also first-summer Mediterranean Gull still
19 May Turnstone Daventry CP – two on tern raft 07.50
19 May Little Gull Daventry CP – an adult from 07.27, also female Scaup, plus 12 Arctic Terns until 07.15 only
Thursday 18th May
18 May Avocet Stanford Res – one present during the morning only, flew toward inlet and then no further sign
18 May Scaup Stanwick GP – female on the A45 Lay-by Pit late afternoon, also first-summer Mediterranean Gull still
18 May Garganey Clifford Hill GP – a drake on the main barrage lake today
Wednesday 17th May
17 May ‘Greenland’ Dunlin Stanford Res – one showing characteristics of the race arctica within the Dunlin flock
17 May Sanderling Stanford Res – thirteen, also 27 ‘Tundra’ Ringed Plovers and 18 Dunlins to 17.45 at least but no sign of any of these species after 19.50
17 May Sanderling Stanwick GP – three on the A45 Lay-by Pit late afternoon, also first-summer Mediterranean Gull
Tuesday 16th May
16 May Turnstone Stanford Res – one today
16 May Honey Buzzard Great Brington – a male flew west at 08.20
Monday 15th May
15 May Red-rumped Swallow Daventry CP – one highly mobile with large numbers of swallows from mid-afternoon went missing but reported again at 17.20 and present until at least 18.30
Sunday 14th May
14 May Little Stint Pitsford Res – one in Moulton Grange Bay this evening, also Long-tailed Duck still
14 May Black Tern Pitsford Res – one in Scaldwell Bay – 12.15, also Whimbrel briefly before flying south
14 May Red-crested Pochard Ditchford GP – one still at Irthlingborough Lakes & Meadows this morning
14 May Long-tailed Duck Pitsford Res – drake off Pintail Bay 09.35, though distant
14 May Long-tailed Duck Pitsford Res – no sign of drake north of the dam this morning to 08.30 but 2 Black Terns there
14 May ‘Eastern’ Common Tern Daventry CP – no sign of possible reported yesterday evening, but a Common Tern with a largely black bill this morning and present for several days
Saturday 13th May
13 May Long-tailed Duck Pitsford Res – drake north of the dam this evening
13 May ‘Eastern’ Common Tern Daventry CP – a possible reported around tern rafts this evening at 19.00
13 May Mediterranean Gull Summer Leys – a first-summer on Gull Island this afternoon then flew north
13 May Marsh Harrier Stanford Res – one over north, 14.20
13 May Red-crested Pochard Thrapston GP – drake on Titchmarsh LNR this morning
13 May Red-crested Pochard Ditchford GP – one still at Irthlingborough Lakes & Meadows, on Otter Lake, this morning
Friday 12th May
12 May Mediterranean Gull Stanwick GP – a first-summer on the A45 Lay-by Pit early evening
12 May Common Scoter Stanford Res – a female off the dam 17.00, also 2 Sanderlings from the hide and a first-summer Little Gull
12 May Sanderling Pitsford Res – no further sign by the dam early evening, but 7 ‘Tundra’ Ringed Plovers, Little Ringed Plover and Dunlin
12 May Sanderling Earls Barton GP – three at the western end 16.30, also 3 Dunlins and 2 Greenshanks
12 May White-fronted Goose Hollowell Res – one still
12 May Turnstone Stanwick GP – one early afternoon, also Grey Plover
12 May Sanderling Pitsford Res – one by the dam early afternoon, also 3 Ringed Plovers and Little Ringed Plover
12 May Sanderling Stanford Res – two briefly at midday, also 10 Ringed Plovers through
12 May Hen Harrier Wollaston – a male flew west between Wollaston and Irchester 10.10
12 May Scaup Stanwick GP – female still this morning, also 6 ‘Tundra’ Ringed Plovers and 2 Dunlins
Thursday 11th May
11 May Little Gull Stanford Res – one still this evening
11 May Black Tern Earls Barton GP – one still on Mary’s Lake and two on the main lake at adjacent Summer Leys LNR 17.30
11 May Little Gull Stanford Res – seven – all first-summers – in Blowers Lodge Bay 16.55, also 5 Ringed Plovers and Dunlin
11 May White-fronted Goose Hollowell Res – one at the feeder stream end 13.20
11 May Caspian Gull Daventry CP – a second calendar year 11.35 to 12.20, also 3 Common Sandpipers
11 May Osprey Naseby Res – one over this morning
11 May Red-crested Pochard Ditchford GP – one still at Irthlingborough Lake & Meadows this morning, also Hobby, Little Ringed Plover and Common Sandpiper
11 May Black Tern Earls Barton GP – one this morning, also Greenshank and Common Sandpiper on adjacent Summer Leys LNR
Wednesday 10th May
10 May Garganey Stanwick GP – drake still on islands in the A45 Lay-by Pit this evening
10 May Garganey Stanwick GP – drake on islands in the A45 Lay-by Pit 12.55
10 May Sanderling Hollowell Res – one on the Guilsborough Bay point 12.45, also Ringed Plover and Greenshank
10 May Mediterranean Gull Wellingborough – an adult flying west along the River Nene at Wellingborough Embankment 12.30
10 May Greenshank Stanford Res – one this morning, also Little Ringed Plover and Common Sandpiper
10 May Temminck’s Stint Pitsford Res – one still 60 metres south of the causeway on the eastern side at 10.20 before being flushed further along shoreline by fishing boat, also Common Sandpiper
10 May Bar-tailed Godwit Ditchford GP – one still on Irthlingborough Lakes & Meadows LNR this morning, also drake Red-crested Pochard still 2 Ringed Plovers, 2 Little Ringed Plovers, Green Sandpiper and Common Sandpiper
10 May Avocet Summer Leys LNR – two in the wader Bay 08.05, also Great White Egret still plus Dunlin, Common Sandpiper and Black Tern
Tuesday 9th May
09 May Temminck’s Stint Pitsford Res – one immediately south of the causeway on the eastern side this evening, also 3 Common Sandpipers 18.30
09 May Greenshank Stanford Res – five this evening, also 2 Common Sandpipers
09 May Greenshank Earls Barton GP – three late afternoon
09 May Wood Sandpiper Summer Leys LNR – three on the scrape late afternoon, also 2 drake Garganeys and Great White Egret
09 May Grey Plover Stanwick GP – two on islands in the A45 Lay-by Pit late afternoon
09 May Bar-tailed Godwit Ditchford GP – one on Dragonfly Lake (Irthlingborough Lakes & Meadows) this morning, also drake Red-crested Pochard, 2 Grey Plovers and Dunlin on Otter Lake
09 May Wood Sandpiper Summer Leys LNR – one around Wader Bay this morning
09 May Scaup Stanwick GP – female still, also Ringed Plover, 2 Little Ringed Plovers and 2 Dunlins
09 May Great White Egret Summer Leys LNR – one on the scrape this morning, also 2 drake Garganeys and a Black Tern
Monday 8th May
08 May Black Tern Stanford Res – one this evening, also Dunlin and 4 Greenshanks
08 May Sanderling Pitsford Res – one on the Moulton Grange Bay spit with 2 Ringed Plovers, 4 Little Ringed Plovers, 5 Dunlins, and 2 Common Sandpipers, plus Arctic Tern
08 May Marsh Harrier Billing GP – one over at 16.00
08 May Turnstone Summer Leys LNR – one still on the bund at 13.20
08 May Black Tern Earls Barton GP – one on Mary’s lake this morning, also Common Sandpiper
08 May Turnstone Summer Leys LNR – one this morning, also Whimbrel, 6 Dunlins, Wood Sandpiper, 4 Common Sandpipers and 4 Common Snipe
08 May Whooper Swan Stanford Res – one still this morning, also 4 Ringed Plovers, 3 Dunlins, 5 Greenshanks and a Black Tern
Sunday 7th May
07 May Black Tern Daventry CP – two this afternoon
07 May Bar-tailed Godwit Stanford Res – three this afternoon
07 May Greenshank Ditchford GP – one at the Wellingborough end SP916671 this morning, also Little Ringed Plover and 6 Common Sandpipers
07 May Black-tailed Godwit Ditchford GP – one at Irthlingborough Lakes this morning
07 May Garganey Summer Leys LNR – drake on the bund late morning, also Whimbrel and 2 Greenshanks
07 May Whimbrel Stanford Res – one by the inflow 10.30, also 3 Black Terns
07 May Black Tern Daventry CP – one this morning
07 May Greenshank Earls Barton GP – four at the western end 08.25 also ‘Tundra’ Ringed Plover
07 May Wood Sandpiper Summer Leys LNR – two now this morning and Marsh Harrier still 07.30
07 May Whooper Swan Stanford Res – one still this morning, by the inlet, also 2 Grey Plovers, 2 Bar-tailed Godwits and 9 Greenshanks
07 May Marsh Harrier Summer Leys LNR – one this morning, plus Wood Sandpiper on the scrape 06.20
07 May Black-throated Diver Pitsford Res – still in Scaldwell Bay until 05.20 then flew north
Saturday 6th May
06 May Black-throated Diver Pitsford Res – still in Scaldwell Bay 20.05, also Great White Egret
06 May Black-throated Diver Pitsford Res – one in Scaldwell Bay, viewed from feeding station 18.45
06 May Great White Egret Summer Leys LNR – one flew east late afternoon, also 3 Grey Plovers, 2 Wood Sandpipers and 3 Black Terns
06 May Sanderling Stanford Res – two still at 14.00, also Whooper Swan, 2 Grey Plovers, 2 Bar-tailed Godwits, Dunlin, 9 Greenshanks, 2 Common Sandpipers and Green Sandpiper
06 May Knot Summer Leys LNR – one early afternoon, also Garganey still and 2 Grey Plovers
06 May Avocet Summer Leys LNR – still present 12.35, also Dunlin, 2 Wood Sandpipers, 2 Greenshanks and 5 Black Terns
06 May Grey Plover Earls Barton GP – one at the western end 12.20
06 May Mediterranean Gull Stanwick GP – two adults on the A45 Lay-by Pit 11.45, also Common Sandpiper
06 May Grey Plover Ditchford GP – four flew east (3 summer plumage, one winter plumage) with a Dunlin 10.15
06 May Black Tern Ditchford GP – five still on the main Higham Lake this morning
06 May ‘Tundra’ Ringed Plover Earls Barton GP – five at the western end 09.20 then flew high north-east, also Dunlin
06 May Grey Plover Summer Leys LNR – five on the bund (4 summer plumage, one winter plumage)
06 May Whooper Swan Stanford Res – one still this morning, by the dam
06 May Avocet Summer Leys LNR – one on the scrape briefly this morning then flew to east end of reserve, also Garganey on scrape, Wood Sandpiper and Greenshank plus five Black Terns on adjacent Mary’s Lake
06 May Sanderling Stanford Res – two at the inflow this morning 07.00, also Grey Plover, Ringed Plover, 2 Bar-tailed Godwits, 2 Dunlins, 8 Greenshanks and Green Sandpiper
06 May Black Tern Stanwick GP – two on the A45 Lay-by Pit 06.00
Friday 5th May
05 May Knot Summer Leys LNR – one on ‘The Slips’ from the Screen Hide early evening, also two Greenshanks and two adult Mediterranean Gulls still
05 May Grey Plover Stanwick GP – one on the A45 Lay-by Pit early evening, also female Scaup and 3 Common Sandpipers
05 May Grey Plover Earls Barton GP – one at the western end 16.30
05 May Whooper Swan Stanford Res – one late afternoon, also 3 Turnstones still, 3 Grey Plovers, 6 Ringed Plovers, 5 Little Ringed Plovers, 2 Bar-tailed Godwits, 2 Dunlins, 9 Greenshanks, Redshank, Wood Sandpiper and Common Sandpiper
05 May Wood Sandpiper Stanford Res – one this afternoon
05 May Bar-tailed Godwit Summer Leys LNR – thirty-two flew east this afternoon
05 May Bar-tailed Godwit Daventry CP – female on tern raft early afternoon
05 May Bar-tailed Godwit Clifford Hill GP – seven on the north shore of the main lake, also male Ruff, Ringed Plover and Common Sandpiper
05 May Little Tern Pitsford Res – one in Yacht Bay 12.30, also 6 Black terns still
05 May Bar-tailed Godwit Summer Leys LNR – five early afternoon then flew east, also Whimbrel over
05 May Spotted Redshank Stanford Res – two at 11.20, also 3 Turnstones still, 2 Grey Plovers, 2 Bar-tailed Godwits, 2 Dunlins, 8 Greenshanks, Redshank and Common Sandpiper
05 May Turnstone Ditchford GP – one on Otter Lake (Irthlingborough Lakes & Meadows) late morning, also Little Ringed Plover and Common Sandpiper
05 May Turnstone Stanford Res – three from the hide this morning
05 May Grey Plover Stanford Res – two from the hide this morning
05 May Black Tern Ditchford GP – five still on the main Higham Lake this morning
05 May Mediterranean Gull Summer Leys LNR – two still on Rotary Island this morning, also 2 Whimbrels on Gull Island
Thursday 4th May
04 May Mediterranean Gull Summer Leys LNR – two still on Rotary Island late evening
04 May Black Tern Pitsford Res – six in Yacht Bay this evening
04 May Mediterranean Gull Summer Leys LNR – two still on Rotary Island late morning, also 2 Little Ringed Plovers, 3 Dunlins, 2 Greenshanks and 2 Common Sandpipers
04 May Black Tern Ditchford GP – five on the main Higham Lake this morning
04 May Greenshank Stanford Res – six this morning
04 May Mediterranean Gull Summer Leys LNR – two still on Rotary Island 07.40
Wednesday 3rd May
03 May Arctic Tern Daventry CP – twelve early evening, also Common Sandpiper
03 May Mediterranean Gull Summer Leys LNR – two on Rotary Island early evening
03 May Little Tern Stanford Res – still at 17.45, also Whimbrel plus male ‘Channel’ Wagtail in field west of Blowers Lodge Bay at 13.30 but not since
03 May Black Tern Clifford Hill GP – five early afternoon, also, 2 Common Sandpipers, 5 Arctic Terns along with 50+ Common Terns
03 May Little Tern Stanford Res – one at 11.45, also Whimbrel, 4 Ruff, Dunlin, 6 Greenshanks and Common Sandpiper
03 May Marsh Harrier Kettering – male over fields close to the A43 between Kettering and Corby
03 May Bar-tailed Godwit Summer Leys LNR – one briefly this morning, also Black Tern on adjacent Mary’s Lake
Tuesday 2nd May
02 May Black Tern Daventry CP – one still
02 May Wood Sandpiper Stanford Res – one in Blowers Lodge Bay this evening, also 2 Ringed Plovers, 2 Dunlins, Redshank, 6 Greenshanks and 3 Arctic Terns
02 May Great White Egret Pitsford Res – still in Scaldwell Bay 17.15, also 3 Whimbrels and Greenshank
02 May Bar-tailed Godwit Hollowell Res – still on Guilsborough Bay Point
02 May Black Tern Earls Barton GP – two on Mary’s Lake this morning, also
02 May Great White Egret Pitsford Res – one in Scaldwell Bay 09.00
02 May Sanderling Clifford Hill GP – one on the north shore of the main barrage lake 07.15, also 4 Common Sandpipers
02 May Whimbrel Stanwick GP – two on the main lake 06.15
Monday 1st May
01 May Little Tern Stanford Res – still present 19.50, also Grey Plover, 2 Dunlins, Wood Sandpiper 5 Greenshanks 3 Common Sandpipers and 3 Black Terns
01 May Great White Egret Summer Leys LNR – one again on the main lake early evening
01 May Blue-headed Wagtail Pitsford Res – a female-type below the dam early evening, also Little Ringed Plover and 4 Common Sandpipers
01 May Black Tern Stanwick GP – one still, also Scaup and 8 Dunlins
01 May Sanderling Clifford Hill GP – one still early evening, also Peregrine, Little Ringed Plover, Ringed Plover, Whimbrel, Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 Little Gulls (adult and first-summer) and 6 Northern Wheatears
01 May Greenshank Summer Leys LNR – one on Brayshaw’s Bund
01 May Sanderling Clifford Hill GP – one still 14.40, also 3 Ringed Plovers, 2 Whimbrel over west, 3 Bar-tailed Godwits, 3 Dunlins, c.10 Arctic Terns and 2 Little Gulls (adult and first-summer)
01 May Grey Plover Pitsford Res – one still by the dam 14.15, also Black Tern
01 May Wood Sandpiper Stanford Res – one still at the inflow 13.00, also Grey Plover still
01 May Great White Egret Summer Leys LNR – one briefly early afternoon
01 May Bar-tailed Godwit Hollowell Res – one on Guilsborough Bay Point, also 3 Dunlins and 3 Common Sandpipers
01 May Osprey Pitsford Res – one north of the causeway 12.15, also Greenshank
01 May Sanderling Clifford Hill GP – one still 11.30, also Grey Plover, Whimbrel, 3 Bar-tailed Godwits and 3 Dunlins
01 May Wood Sandpiper Stanford Res – one at the inflow 11.15
01 May Grey Plover Stanford Res – one at the inflow 11.00
01 May Black Tern Stanwick GP – one on the main lake 10.45, also Ringed Plover, Little Ringed Plover, 4 Dunlin and Common Sandpiper
01 May Little Tern Stanford Res – one early morning, still present 09.47, also 5 Greenshanks and 3 Black Terns
01 May Sanderling Clifford Hill GP – two on the northern shore of the main barrage lake 09.20, also Grey Plover, Little Ringed Plover, 2 Ringed Plovers, 4 Whimbrels, 2 Bar-tailed Godwits, 4 Dunlins, Common Sandpiper, and 6 Northern Wheatears
01 May Knot Pitsford Res – one still by the dam this morning, also drake Red-crested Pochard, 2 Grey Plovers, 4 Little Ringed Plovers, 3 Ringed Plovers, Sanderling, 3 Dunlins, 4 Common Sandpipers, Greenshank and Black Tern
01 May Black Tern Daventry CP – one plus 2 Arctic Terns
01 May Little Tern Summer Leys LNR – one from 05.50 to 07.20
Sunday 30th April
30 Apr Osprey Pitsford Res – one in Scaldwell Bay this evening, also 3 Ringed Plovers and Whimbrel, plus Arctic Tern and White Wagtail by the dam
30 Apr Little Gull Pitsford Res – adult over north early evening also 23 Black Terns through north
30 Apr Arctic Tern Boddington Res – 30-35 this afternoon
30 Apr Black Tern Pitsford Res – twelve in Yacht Bay late afternoon
30 Apr Wood Sandpiper Summer Leys LNR – one on the bund late afternoon, also 2 Greenshanks and Black Tern
30 Apr Black Tern Summer Leys LNR – one at 14.00, also 3 Hobbies, Whimbrel and Greenshank
30 Apr Common Redstart Clifford Hill GP – a male near the fence by Premier Inn
30 Apr Little Tern Stanford Res – one still 13.15, also 8 Bar-tailed Godwits, 10 Ringed Plovers, 14 Dunlins, Greenshank, Black Tern and White Wagtail
30 Apr Wood Sandpiper Earls Barton GP – one at the new workings at the western end 11.45 then flew toward Summer Leys LNR
30 Apr Whimbrel Summer Leys LNR – three left of the screen hide late morning
30 Apr Bar-tailed Godwit Clifford Hill GP – two late morning, also 3 Grey Plovers and Greenshank
30 Apr Bar-tailed Godwit Stanford Res – eight late morning, also 5 Greenshanks and Little Tern still
30 Apr Knot Pitsford Res – one along the shoreline between the dam and Moulton Grange Bay, also 7 Whimbrels over 11.15
30 Apr Arctic Tern Pitsford Res – one in Scaldwell Bay at 10.15
30 Apr Little Tern Pitsford Res – one by the dam 10.00
30 Apr Little Tern Stanford Res – one mid-morning, also 2 Bar-tailed Godwits
30 Apr Grey Plover Pitsford Res – two along the shoreline between the dam and Moulton Grange Bay, also 2 Little Ringed Plovers and Dunlin at 09.40
30 Apr Black Tern Pitsford Res – four north of the dam at 08.55
30 Apr Black Tern Clifford Hill GP – three at 08.45, also Northern Wheatear
30 Apr Sandwich Tern Hollowell Res – one for 5 minutes before flying south-east at 08.30
30 Apr Black Tern Thrapston GP – eleven on Aldwincle Lake at 08.00, also 2 drake Red-crested Pochards still
30 Apr Grey Plover Clifford Hill GP – two at 08.00
30 Apr Arctic Tern Pitsford Res – c.55 over Holcot Bay at 07.40
30 Apr Little Tern Daventry CP – one between 07.00 and 08.00, also 3 Common Sandpipers
30 Apr Whinchat Clifford Hill GP – one on the fence behind Premier Inn
30 Apr Wood Sandpiper Earls Barton GP – one still at the new workings at the western end 07.45, also 2 Dunlins and 3 White Wagtails
Saturday 29th April
29 Apr Wood Sandpiper Earls Barton GP – one at the western end 20.00
29 Apr Arctic Tern Pitsford Res – one in Scaldwell Bay, also female Common Redstart still in hedgerow halfway along old Walgrave to Scaldwell road (Walgrave Bay side)
29 Apr Little Tern Summer Leys LNR – one still 14.00
29 Apr Little Tern Summer Leys LNR – one on the main lake late morning, still present at midday, also Bittern flew across main lake early afternoon, Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, adult Little Gull commuting between the main lake and adjacent Mary’s Lake and male Whinchat plus 2 Greenland Wheatears in field off Mary’s Lane, opposite track to the Paul Britten Hide
29 Apr Ruff Ditchford GP – one on Otter Lake (Irthlingborough Lakes & Meadows LNR)
29 Apr Greenshank Stanford Res – two this morning, also Ringed Plover, 3 Dunlins and Common Sandpiper
29 Apr Wood Warbler Pitsford Res – male still singing at entrance to Walgrave Bay in waterside willows, to the left and at the end of the old Walgrave to Scaldwell road, also female Common Redstart in hedgerow halfway along old road
29 Apr Long-tailed Duck Stanford Res – first-summer drake still this morning, also Greenshank flew high west at 07.10. Please note a Severn Trent Water Authority permit is required to access this site, otherwise view from the road at the north-eastern end
29 Apr Wood Warbler Pitsford Res – male singing in Walgrave Bay, by the old Walgrave to Scaldwell road 06.30
Friday 28th April
28 Apr Black-tailed Godwit Scaldwell – 300+ flew over north-west early evening
28 Apr Arctic Tern Clifford Hill GP – two at 18.45
28 Apr Arctic Tern Daventry CP – one this afternoon, also White-fronted Goose
28 Apr Long-tailed Duck Stanford Res – first-summer drake still this afternoon, also Ringed Plover, Whimbrel, 2 Dunlins and Greenshank still. Please note a Severn Trent Water Authority permit is required to access this site, otherwise view from the road at the north-eastern end
28 Apr Arctic Tern Pitsford Res – one by the dam at 12.45
28 Apr Arctic Tern Hollowell Res – one at 12.30, also Common Sandpiper
28 Apr Great White Egret Clifford Hill GP – one flew north 11.00, also 2 Peregrines, 4 Little Ringed Plovers, Ringed Plover and 8 Arctic Terns
28 Apr Bittern Summer Leys – one dropped into reeds on the scrape this morning, also 3 Hobbies, Black Tern still and Arctic Tern
28 Apr Arctic Tern Northampton – three flew over Lakeside, adjacent to Clifford Hill GP 07.30
Thursday 27th April
27 Apr Arctic Tern Thrapston GP – 112 on Town Lake at dusk were mainly this species
27 Apr Arctic Tern Stanford Res – 110+ at 19.30
27 Apr Arctic Tern Summer Leys – c.20 on main lake this evening
27 Apr Arctic Tern Stanford Res – several in Blowers Lodge Bay 18.20
27 Apr Black Tern Summer Leys – one on main lake, also at least 4 Arctic Terns
Wednesday 26th April
26 Apr Black Tern Summer Leys – one on main lake, also several Arctic Terns
26 Apr Greenshank Ditchford GP – one on Irthlingborough Lakes & Meadows, on mud at back of Dragonfly Lake/Wader Flats, also Northern Wheatear
26 Apr Long-tailed Duck Stanford Res – first-summer drake still this morning, also Greenshank still. Please note a Severn Trent Water Authority permit is required to access this site, otherwise view from the road at the north-eastern end
Tuesday 25th April
25 Apr Black Tern Earls Barton GP – commuting between Mary’s Lake and adjacent Summer Leys main lake, early evening
25 Apr Greenshank Stanford Res – one at the inflow end 16.20
25 Apr Black Tern Earls Barton GP – still on Mary’s Lake 13.40
25 Apr Arctic Tern Boddington Res – three until at least 12.15, also Hobby
25 Apr Black Tern Earls Barton GP – one on Mary’s Lake 10.20
Monday 24th April
24 Apr Bar-tailed Godwit Stanford Res – still this evening, also Black-tailed Godwit over west at 20.20 and 8 Dunlin
24 Apr Arctic Tern Daventry CP – one this evening
24 Apr Arctic Tern Clifford Hill GP – one on the main barrage lake 19.30, also Whimbrel and 2 Peregrines
24 Apr Osprey Pitsford Res – one at 16.30, also Black Tern still
24 Apr White Wagtail Stanford Res – four this afternoon
24 Apr Greenshank Ditchford GP – one at the Wellingborough end this morning SP916671 also Ringed Plover and Little Ringed Plover
24 Apr Ruff Summer Leys LNR – one still this morning
24 Apr Osprey Pitsford Res – one in Scaldwell Bay briefly at 11.45, also Black Tern still
24 Apr Black Tern Pitsford Res – one in Scaldwell Bay this morning
24 Apr Scaup Stanwick GP – female still on main lake and 2 adult Mediterranean Gulls this morning
24 Apr Black-winged Stilt Stanford Res – no sign of yesterday’s 2 between 06.00 and 07.15 but first-summer drake Long-tailed Duck and Bar-tailed Godwit still present
Sunday 23rd April
23 Apr Black-winged Stilt Stanford Res – two still this evening
23 Apr Black Tern Summer Leys LNR – one on Cormorant spit 18.25
23 Apr Whimbrel Stanford Res – one in front of hide 17.30 and Bar-tailed Godwit still
23 Apr Greenshank Stanwick GP – still on main lake late afternoon
23 Apr Common Scoter Pitsford Res – two (one drake) in Scaldwell Bay still 16.40
23 Apr Black-winged Stilt Stanford Res – two this afternoon, found 13.30 and still present 16.30
23 Apr Common Scoter Pitsford Res – two (one drake) in Scaldwell Bay late AM, still present 13.10
23 Apr Greenshank Stanwick GP – one on main lake late morning
23 Apr Whimbrel Summer Leys LNR – three flew north-west at 11.05 (two initially then joined by a third – possibly the one present the last few days), also, Hobby Ruff, Common Sandpiper and 2 Greenland Wheatears
23 Apr Common Redstart Badby Wood – male near the Dower House this morning
Saturday 22nd April
22 Apr Whimbrel Summer Leys LNR – one still, also Ruff
22 Apr Arctic Tern Hollowell Res – one flew north 09.25, also Dunlin and Common Sandpiper
22 Apr Bar-tailed Godwit Stanford Res – still this morning, on shoreline near old hide
22 Apr Long-tailed Duck Stanford Res – first-summer drake still this morning, from the hide, also 3 Ringed Plovers and 2 Dunlin
Friday 21st April
21 Apr Black Tern Pitsford Res – one north of the dam this evening, also 2 White Wagtails
21 Apr Bar-tailed Godwit Stanford Res – still this eveing, also 3 Ringed Plovers, Dunlin, Redshank, Common Sandpiper and 17 White Wagtails
21 Apr Whimbrel Summer Leys LNR – one still 15.00, also Ruff
21 Apr Long-tailed Duck Stanford Res – still this morning, from the hide
21 Apr Black-winged Stilt Stanford Res – no sign this morning to 06.20; Bar-tailed Godwit still present
Thursday 20th April
20 Apr Black-winged Stilt Stanford Res – three still present 19.38, also Black-tailed Godwit and Bar-tailed Godwit; please park sensibly and do not obstruct gate to car park
20 Apr Black-winged Stilt Stanford Res – three still present 18.15; please park sensibly and do not obstruct gate to car park
20 Apr Black-winged Stilt Stanford Res – three still present 16.40, also this afternoon, Long-tailed Duck, Black-tailed Godwit, Bar-tailed Godwit and 15 White Wagtails; please park sensibly and do not obstruct gate to car park
20 Apr Black-winged Stilt Stanford Res – three still present 12.40; please park sensibly and do not obstruct gate to car park
20 Apr Black-winged Stilt Stanford Res – three still 10.25, also Black-tailed Godwit and Bar-tailed Godwit; please park sensibly and do not obstruct gate to car park
20 Apr Black-winged Stilt Stanford Res – three still present mid-morning; please park sensibly and do not obstruct gate to car park
20 Apr Black-winged Stilt Stanford Res – three by the inlet stream 07.00
Wednesday 19th April
19 Apr Great White Egret Stanwick GP – one flew north-east along the River Nene Valley this evening
19 Apr Whimbrel Summer Leys LNR – one still this evening
19 Apr ‘Channel’ Wagtail Pitsford Res – male still below the dam with 30+ Yellow Wagtails this evening
19 Apr Bar-tailed Godwit Stanford Res – one by the inlet stream this evening (17.55), also Long-tailed Duck still and 5 Black-tailed Godwits
19 Apr Arctic Tern Pitsford Res – one over north this evening
19 Apr Long-tailed Duck Stanford Res – still at 15.30, also 5 Whimbrels and 13+ White Wagtails
19 Apr Whimbrel Summer Leys LNR – one still 11.15, also 2 Ruff
19 Apr Arctic Tern Clifford Hill GP – one on the main barrage lake 11.00
19 Apr Garganey Ditchford GP – a female on the pit between Lower Wellingborough Lock and the Kuehne & Nagel Warehouse on the A45 SP910670 10.30
Tuesday 18th April
18 Apr White Wagtail Stanford Res – twenty-two this evening
18 Apr Whimbrel Summer Leys LNR – one still this evening, also Curlew
18 Apr Rock Pipit Pitsford Res – still below the dam this evening
18 Apr ‘Channel’ Wagtail Pitsford Res – male below the dam with 50+ Yellow Wagtails
18 Apr Arctic Tern Clifford Hill GP – four still on the main barrage lake this evening, also male ‘Channel’ Wagtail still, 15 Yellow Wagtails, 10 White Wagtails with c.40 Pied Wagtails plus Northern Wheatear
18 Apr Whimbrel Stanford Res – one at 17.00
18 Apr Osprey Thorpe Waterville – one over this afternoon
18 Apr Long-tailed Duck Stanford Res – still today, also Redshank and 4+ White Wagtails
18 Apr Little Gull Pitsford Res – one in Scaldwell Bay 13.00, also Common Sandpiper
18 Apr Arctic Tern Clifford Hill GP – twelve on the main barrage lake 12.45, also male ‘Channel’ Wagtail and 3 White Wagtails on south shore at eastern end
18 Apr Whimbrel Hollowell Res – one on the Guilsborough Bay Point at 11.50, then flew north, also Arctic Tern briefly at 12.30 plus Jack Snipe and Common Snipe
18 Apr Whooper Swan Bozenham Mill – an adult flew south 11.30, also 3 Northern Wheatears
18 Apr Whimbrel Summer Leys LNR – one from old railway track + 2 Ruff 08.30
Monday 17th April
17 Apr Rock Pipit Pitsford Res – one on the dam this evening, also 40+ Yellow Wagtails and Northern Wheatear
17 Apr Arctic Tern Thrapston GP – one on Town Lake 11.45 then flew north, also drake Red-crested Pochard still on Aldwincle Lake
17 Apr White Wagtail Pitsford Res – one in Scaldwell Bay this morning, also Little Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper and Green Sandpiper
17 Apr White Wagtail Stanford Res – one this morning
17 Apr Long-tailed Duck Stanford Res – still this morning, also Common Sandpiper
17 Apr Scaup Stanwick GP – female still on main lake, also Common Sandpiper and White Wagtail
Sunday 16th April
16 Apr Osprey Pitsford Res – one over Scaldwell Bay 15.29, also female Garganey between Maytrees and Bird Club Hides, Peregrine, 8 Little Ringed Plovers and White Wagtail
16 Apr Arctic Tern Pitsford Res – one circled high above Scaldwell Bay 12.50 and female Garganey on spit between the causeway and Maytrees Hide
16 Apr Tree Pipit Hazelborough – one flew north-west, calling, over track leading to west end of north block
16 Apr White Wagtail Pitsford Res – one on the causeway 11.00
16 Apr Osprey Harringworth Lodge Lake – one flew north 09.15
16 Apr Long-tailed Duck Stanford Res – still this morning, also 3 Ringed Plovers, 2 Common Sandpipers and 10+ White Wagtails
16 Apr Gannet Sywell CP – no sign of adult this morning 07.00
Saturday 15th April
15 Apr Gannet Sywell CP – adult, possibly moribund, on water 17.55
15 Apr Whimbrel Pitsford Res – still between Maytrees Hide and Bird Club Hide 16.40
15 Apr Common Redstart Long Buckby – male in horse paddocks off footpath EY9 this afternoon
15 Apr Whimbrel Pitsford Res – one between Maytrees Hide and Bird Club Hide 14.30
15 Apr Red-crested Pochard Thrapston GP – drake still
15 Apr Arctic Tern Pitsford Res – one near the dam, then moved to Scaldwell Bay, also 2 Little Ringed Plovers, Redshank, White Wagtail, 8+ Bramblings
15 Apr Common Redstart Borough Hill – two on the south slope this morning, also 3 Northern Wheatears
15 Apr White Wagtail Stanford Res – now at least 17 present late morning
15 Apr Osprey Pitsford Res – one flew south over the causeway 08.25
15 Apr Long-tailed Duck Stanford Res – still this morning, also 5 Ringed Plovers, 4 Common Sandpipers, Green Sandpiper and 7 White Wagtails
15 Apr Rock Pipit Pitsford Res – one flew south over Maytrees Hide 08.18
Friday 14th April
14 Apr White Wagtail Stanford Res – three this morning
14 Apr White Wagtail Clifford Hill GP – one at the eastern end of the main barrage lake late morning, also 2 Little Ringed Plovers and a Common Sandpiper
14 Apr Marsh Harrier Pitsford Res – one north over Scaldwell Bay 11.45, also Dunlin and 2 Little Ringed Plovers
14 Apr White-fronted Goose Daventry CP – one still this morning
14 Apr Long-tailed Duck Stanford Res – still this morning, also 3 Common Sandpipers
Thursday 13th April
13 Apr White Wagtail Pitsford Res – one between the reservoir and Scaldwell early evening
13 Apr Red-necked Grebe Daventry CP – one again at southern end 16.30
13 Apr Long-tailed Duck Stanford Res – still this afternoon, also 2 Ringed Plovers, 12+ Little Ringed Plovers and 3 White Wagtails
13 Apr Red-crested Pochard Thrapston GP – one still this morning
13 Apr Osprey Fotheringhay – one flew north-west at 10.20
13 Apr Ruff Summer Leys LNR – male this morning
13 Apr Marsh Harrier Ditchford GP – one over high, near A6 bridge, this morning
Wednesday 12th April
12 Apr Marsh Harrier Summer Leys LNR – one hunting over reedbeds around the scrape this evening
12 Apr Long-tailed Duck Stanford Res – still at 18.30, also Ringed Plover, Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpipers, Green Sandpiper and 6 White Wagtails
12 Apr Whimbrel Pitsford Res – one calling in flight north over the dam 17.40
12 Apr Osprey Ravensthorpe Res – one in flight, carrying a fish, between Ravensthorpe and Hollowell Reservoirs 15.30
12 Apr Greenshank Summer Leys LNR – one on the Cormorant spit in the main lake 15.30
12 Apr Osprey Pitsford Res – one still north of the causeway early/mid-afternoon, also female Garganey on spit between causeway and Maytrees hide
12 Apr Osprey Pitsford Res – one fishing in Scaldwell Bay late morning, also 4 Bramblings near the pines north of the dam
12 Apr White-fronted Goose Daventry CP – one still this morning but no sign of Red-necked or Black-necked Grebes
12 Apr Ruff Summer Leys LNR – two still this morning, also Grasshopper Warbler at adjacent Mary’s Lake
12 Apr Scaup Stanwick GP – female still on the main lake this morning, also Grasshopper Warbler
12 Apr Waxwing Northampton – approximately 10 still in trees near the top of Rushmere Road NN1 5RZ 07.08
Tuesday 11th April
11 Apr Ruff Summer Leys LNR – two still this evening
11 Apr Great White Egret Northampton – one flew west along the River Nene Valley at Sixfields 13.20
11 Apr Common Redstart Newnham Hill – male still in sheep field on the far left of the track down to the farm approx SP583607 11.15, also 2 Northern Wheatears
11 Apr Red-necked Grebe Daventry CP – one, very elusive and distant at southern end, also Black-necked Grebe still, Eurasian White-fronted Goose plus male Common Redstart in paddock to the south-east
11 Apr Common Redstart Newnham Hill – a male in sheep field on the far left of the track down to the farm approx SP583607 08.50, also 2 Northern Wheatears
11 Apr Garganey Stanwick GP – a female on the A45 Lay-by Pit this morning, also 2 Common Sandpipers
Monday 10th April
10 Apr Long-tailed Duck Stanford Res – still at 19.30, also Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpipers and White Wagtail
10 Apr Whooper Swan Sywell CP – adult still with Mute Swans in field adjacent to reservoir this afternoon
10 Apr Red-crested Pochard Clifford Hill GP – drake at the western end of the main barrage lake
10 Apr Black-necked Grebe Daventry CP – still present this afternoon, also Eurasian White-fronted Goose, Hobby and 3cy Yellow-legged Gull but no sign of Red-necked Grebes
10 Apr Ruff Summer Leys LNR – two this morning
10 Apr Little Gull Pitsford Res – a second-winter off the pines, north of the dam 08.20
10 Apr Waxwing Northampton – at least five still in trees on Rushmere Road NN1 5RZ 08.00
10 Apr White Wagtail Pitsford Res – one by the dam early morning
Sunday 9th April
09 Apr Osprey Hollowell Res – one over at 18.00
09 Apr Little Gull Pitsford Res – one south over Scaldwell Bay early evening
09 Apr Garganey Summer Leys LNR – on on Brayshaw’s Bund 14.30
09 Apr Red-necked Grebe Daventry CP – two still 11.50
09 Apr Wood Sandpiper Stanford Res – one reported briefly 11.00
09 Apr Black Tern Ditchford GP – three flew over Lake 16/09 at Irthlingborough Lakes & Meadows late morning
09 Apr White Wagtail Stanford Res – two by the old hide 09.00
09 Apr Sandwich Tern Daventry CP – one flew in and rested on tern raft until departing 09.00
09 Apr Sandwich Tern Clifford Hill GP – twenty resting on the main barrage lake but flushed by dog-walkers and flew east 08.55
09 Apr Red-necked Grebe Daventry CP – two still showing well by the tern rafts 08.05, also Eurasian White-fronted Goose still
09 Apr Red-crested Pochard Pitsford Res – drake by the dam
09 Apr Common Crane Stanford Res – two briefly at 08.00 then flew south-west over dam
Saturday 8th April
08 Apr Osprey Crick – one north over Foxholes Fishery 17.30
08 Apr Osprey Sywell – one over north, also Peregrine
08 Apr Black-necked Grebe Daventry CP – still present in south-west corner 17.10
08 Apr Waxwing Northampton – eight still in trees on Rushmere Road NN1 5RZ 16.48
08 Apr Red-necked Grebe Daventry CP – two still showing well by the tern rafts 16.20, also Eurasian White-fronted Goose still
08 Apr Whooper Swan Sywell CP – adult still with Mute Swans in field adjacent to reservoir 14.55
08 Apr Red-necked Grebe Daventry CP – two still showing well by the dam 13.15, also Eurasian White-fronted Goose and Black-necked Grebe still
08 Apr Long-tailed Duck Stanford Res – still at 13.00, also 3 Dunlin, Common Snipe, 2 Green Sandpipers and 3 White Wagtails
08 Apr Northern Wheatear Harrington AF – one on concrete building in field between Airfield and road 11.30
08 Apr Spoonbill Thrapston GP – two circled Aldwincle Lake before gaining height and heading toward Oundle late morning 10.30
08 Apr Red-necked Grebe Daventry CP – two reported by the dam this morning, also Black-necked Grebe still
08 Apr Long-tailed Duck Stanford Res – still present this morning but no sign of yesterday’s Red-necked Grebe
08 Apr Waxwing Northampton – approximately 20 near the speed camera on Rushmere Road NN1 5RZ 08.20
Friday 7th April
07 Apr Red-necked Grebe Stanford Res – still present, in the mouth of Blowers Lodge Bay, 20.00, also Long-tailed Duck, 3 Dunlins and a Common Sandpiper
07 Apr Waxwing Northampton – eighteen at Abington Park, opposite Weston Way NN3 3BL 19.00
07 Apr Common Redstart Long Buckby – male in hedgerow on private farmland off West Haddon Road 16.30
07 Apr Waxwing Northampton – unspecified number again near the top of Rushmere Road NN1 5RZ 16.00
07 Apr Garganey Hollowell Res – drake still 15.30
07 Apr Garganey Hollowell Res – drake early afternoon
07 Apr Black-necked Grebe Daventry CP – still present late morning, also Eurasian White-fronted Goose
07 Apr Red-necked Grebe Stanford Res – a summer-plumaged individual near the hide 11.30, also Long-tailed Duck, 2 Little Ringed Plovers and 2 Green Sandpipers
07 Apr Garganey Summer Leys LNR – a female by the Cormorant spit on the main lake mid-morning
07 Apr Waxwing Northampton – no sign of any in Rushmere Road, late morning
07 Apr Waxwing Northampton – just one feeding on fallen ornamental crab apples at the junction of Billing Road East and Bougainvillea Drive NN3 3XD this morning 09.30
Thursday 6th April
06 Apr White Wagtail Stanford Res – one, possibly two, at the inlet end this evening, also 5 Little Ringed Plovers and Common Snipe
06 Apr Waxwing Northampton – at least 22 still near the top of Rushmere Road NN1 5RZ 14.35
06 Apr Waxwing Northampton – unspecified number still near the top of Rushmere Road NN1 5RZ 12.25
06 Apr Black-necked Grebe Daventry CP – still present late morning
06 Apr Waxwing Northampton – again feeding on fallen ornamental crab apples at the junction of Billing Road East and Bougainvillea Drive NN3 3XD 08.45 (the Rushmere Road birds)
06 Apr Waxwing Northampton – unspecified number still near the top of Rushmere Road NN1 5RZ 07.45
Wednesday 5th April
05 Apr Hen Harrier Burton Latimer – a ‘ringtail’ flew over wind turbines heading toward Finedon this afternoon
05 Apr Black-necked Grebe Daventry CP – still present this afternoon
05 Apr Waxwing Northampton – at least 25 still near the top of Rushmere Road NN1 5RZ 12.45
05 Apr Whooper Swan Sywell CP – adult still with Mute Swans in field adjacent to reservoir 12.05, also male Stonechat
05 Apr Waxwing Northampton – approximately 35 back in lime trees near the top of Rushmere Road NN1 5RZ 10.50
05 Apr Long-tailed Duck Stanford Res – still present this morning, also 3 Little Ringed Plovers and Green Sandpiper
05 Apr Waxwing Northampton – approximately 25 feeding on fallen ornamental crab apples at the junction of Billing Road East and Bougainvillea Drive NN3 3XD 09.00 (the Rushmere Road birds)
05 Apr Scaup Stanwick GP – female still on the main lake this morning
05 Apr Waxwing Northampton – approximately 25 still near the top of Rushmere Road NN1 5RZ 06.58
Tuesday 4th April
04 Apr Black-necked Grebe Daventry CP – one still close to the south-west shore 18.30
04 Apr Whooper Swan Sywell CP – adult still today
04 Apr Black-necked Grebe Daventry CP – one close to the south-west shore mid-afternoon
04 Apr Long-tailed Duck Stanford Res – still present this afternoon, also 11 Little Ringed Plovers
04 Apr Waxwing Northampton – approximately 25 at the top of Rushmere Road NN1 5RZ 07.40
Monday 3rd April
03 Apr Scaup Stanwick GP – female still on the main lake
03 Apr Little Gull Daventry CP – an adult at 15.15
03 Apr Long-tailed Duck Stanford Res – still present today
Sunday 2nd April
02 Apr Crossbill Bucknell Wood – two this afternoon
02 Apr Ring Ouzel Newnham Hill – male still feeding on ivy berries in tree above stile at beginning of track leading down to farm 14.45
02 Apr Ring Ouzel Newnham Hill – male again, in tree above stile at beginning of track leading down to farm 12.45
02 Apr Short-eared Owl Pitsford Res – one flew west over Scaldwell Bay 10.10
02 Apr Red-crested Pochard Thrapston GP – three, drake and female on Trout Lake (north end) and drake at south end of Aldwincle Lake 08.30
02 Apr Ring Ouzel Newnham Hill – male showing well in hedge on right of track leading down to farm
02 Apr Osprey Blatherwycke Lake – male over at 07.40
02 Apr Common Redstart Northampton – female at the Moulton Park end of Bradlaugh Fields near to Goodwill Solutions boundary fence and the pond off Darnell Way 07.00 SP775645
02 Apr Long-tailed Duck Stanford Res – still present early morning
Saturday 1st April
01 Apr Marsh Harrier Stanwick GP – one over the reedbed 19.15
01 Apr Little Gull Summer Leys LNR – first-summer still on the main lake 18.50
01 Apr Little Gull Summer Leys LNR – a first-summer on the main lake late afternoon
01 Apr White Wagtail Stanford Res – one this morning on the south side, on the shore between the dam and the gate with sign ‘Fishermen’s Vehicles Only’
01 Apr Red-crested Pochard Earls Barton GP – drake still on Pete Wild’s Lake this morning
01 Apr Long-tailed Duck Stanford Res – still present this morning 08.10
Friday 31st March
31 Mar Little Gull Summer Leys LNR – one this evening 19.15
31 Mar Little Gull Pitsford Res – one over the causeway 11.30
31 Mar Long-tailed Duck Stanford Res – still present this morning 11.00
31 Mar Long-tailed Duck Pitsford Res – one in Scaldwell Bay 10.50 but no further sign subsequently
31 Mar Slavonian Grebe Pitsford Res – still in Pintail Bay this morning, also Green Sandpiper below the dam and 12+ Bramblings at the pines
31 Mar Sandwich Tern Pitsford Res – one over north at 09.10
31 Mar Scaup Stanwick GP – female still on the main lake this morning, also Dunlin
Thursday 30th March
30 Mar Little Gull Thrapston GP – a first-summer on Town Lake early evening plus 3 Red-crested Pochards still on Aldwincle Lake, also Common Tern
30 Mar Osprey Pitsford Res – one over Scaldwell Bay 15.00
30 Mar Osprey Daventry CP – one over at 12.24
Wednesday 29th March
29 Mar Little Gull Stanwick GP – a first-summer on the A45 Lay-by Pit, also female Scaup still on the main lake
29 Mar Long-tailed Duck Stanford Res – still present this morning
29 Mar Waxwing Castlethorpe – at least 5 in hedge by canal, by Navigation pub 08.40
Tuesday 28th March
28 Mar Slavonian Grebe Pitsford Res – still in Pintail Bay this morning
28 Mar Waxwing Brackley – one still at the junction of Humphries Drive and Falcon Way NN13 6PZ 07.30
Monday 27th March
27 Mar Scaup Stanwick GP – female still on the main lake this afternoon, also 5 Common Snipe and second-summer Yellow-legged Gull
27 Mar Waxwing Northampton – at least 30 feeding on rosehips at Eastfield Park at 15.30 then flew north 16:10
27 Mar Little Gull Pitsford Res – an adult in Scaldwell Bay this afternoon
27 Mar Waxwing Rothwell – four in the park next to the church, near the little wood and pond 14.05
27 Mar Little Gull Ditchford GP – two adults on Higham Ferrers Lake this morning
27 Mar Red-crested Pochard Earls Barton GP – drake still on Pete Wild’s Lake this morning, also Peregrine
27 Mar Little Gull Summer Leys LNR – two adults this morning
Sunday 26th March
26 Mar Waxwing Hardingstone – twelve by Bouverie House on Bouverie Road, Hardingstone NN4 6EG, SP764576 this afternoon
26 Mar Ruff Stanwick GP – four on the main lake this morning, also female Scaup and first-summer Caspian Gull
26 Mar Osprey Welford – two together over the village this afternoon NN6 6HS
26 Mar Slavonian Grebe Pitsford Res – still in Pintail Bay this morning, also Pintail, Curlew, Redshank, 3 Green Sandpiper and 6 Common Snipe
26 Mar Long-tailed Duck Stanford Res – still present this morning
26 Mar Waxwing Brackley – one still at the junction of Humphries Drive and Falcon Way NN13 6PZ 09.00
Saturday 25th March
25 Mar Waxwing Brackley – one still on berries in Falcon Way NN13 6PZ, at 17.10
25 Mar Long-tailed Duck Stanford Res – still present this morning, also White Wagtail on the dam
25 Mar Osprey Pitsford Res – one colour-ringed individual fishing in Scaldwell Bay late morning, also White-fronted Goose still
25 Mar Great White Egret Stanwick GP – one flew north-east along the River Nene Valley this morning
25 Mar Waxwing Northampton – two flew from cotoneasters near doctors’ surgery on Rowtree Road, East Hunsbury 08.20
Friday 24th March
24 Mar Avocet Summer Leys LNR – colour-ringed individual again on Cormorant spit on main lake 17.00
24 Mar Scaup Stanwick GP – female still on the main lake this afternoon, also Dunlin
24 Mar Avocet Summer Leys LNR – colour-ringed individual still on main lake, asleep behind bund, viewable from railway line 15.15
24 Mar Waxwing Brackley – now on berries in Falcon Way NN13 6PZ, a short distance from Humphries Drive 14.25
24 Mar Waxwing Brackley – one at the junction of Humphries Drive and Falcon Way NN13 6PZ 13.45
24 Mar White Wagtail Hollowell Res – one with Pied Wagtails 13.00, also 2 Jack Snipe
24 Mar Red-crested Pochard Earls Barton GP – drake on Pete Wild’s Lake this morning
24 Mar Avocet Summer Leys LNR – a colour-ringed individual on the ‘Cormorant spit’ on the main lake 10.15
Thursday 23rd March
23 Mar White Wagtail Pitsford Res – one with Pied Wagtails on the dam this evening, also Redshank and Green Sandpiper
23 Mar Little Gull Boddington Res – six, present for 30 minutes, late morning
23 Mar Black-tailed Godwit Summer Leys LNR – two this morning
Wednesday 22nd March
22 Mar Little Gull Summer Leys – at least 7, high above the main lake late afternoon
22 Mar Scaup Stanwick GP – female still on the main lake this afternoon, also Dunlin and 4 Redshanks
22 Mar Whooper Swan Sywell CP – adult still, with Mute Swans in field north-east of the reservoir this afternoon, also Common Snipe
22 Mar Little Gull Daventry CP – four adults this morning at 11.30
22 Mar Long-tailed Duck Stanford Res – still present this morning, also Green Sandpiper
Tuesday 21st March
21 Mar White Wagtail Pitsford Res – one with Pied Wagtails on the dam this evening
21 Mar Great White Egret Summer Leys – one this evening, also 2 Garganey still from screen hide
21 Mar Garganey Summer Leys – two (one drake) on small island in front of screen hide 16.00
21 Mar Long-tailed Duck Stanford Res – still present this morning, also Green Sandpiper
21 Mar Waxwing Little Billing – approximately 15 in poplars by Billing Fishponds, viewed from Bramley Grove NN3 9HJ this morning
Monday 20th March
20 Mar Long-tailed Duck Stanford Res – still present this afternoon, also 6 Little Ringed Plovers, Redshank and Green Sandpiper
20 Mar Scaup Stanwick GP – female still on the main lake
20 Mar Osprey Little Irchester – one flew west over at 14.45
20 Mar Red-necked Grebe Pitsford Res – still north of the causeway this morning, also Slavonian Grebe in Pintail Bay
20 Mar Black-tailed Godwit Ditchford GP – two on Townholme Meadow (Irthlingborough Lakes & Meadows) this morning, also Ringed Plover and Green Sandpiper
Sunday 19th March
19 Mar Slavonian Grebe Pitsford Res – still present off yacht club today
19 Mar Red-crested Pochard Thrapston GP – three this afternoon
19 Mar Great White Egret Summer Leys LNR – one still early afternoon
19 Mar Red-necked Grebe Pitsford Res – still north of the causeway 12.00, also White-fronted Goose still
19 Mar Long-tailed Duck Stanford Res – still present this morning, also 8 Little Ringed Plovers and 2 Green Sandpipers at the inflow end
Saturday 18th March
18 Mar Mediterranean Gull Stanford Res – a second-winter at the inlet end
18 Mar Caspian Gull Hollowell Res – a first-winter this afternoon (15.00), also Dunlin, 2 Jack Snipes and 2 Common Snipe
18 Mar Black-tailed Godwit Summer Leys LNR – thirteen flew over at 10.00, also Peregrine
18 Mar Long-tailed Duck Stanford Res – still present this morning, also 5 Little Ringed Plovers, Black-tailed Godwit, Redshank and Green Sandpiper at the inflow end
Friday 17th March
17 Mar Caspian Gull Rushton Landfill – a third-winter this morning 11.30
17 Mar Red-necked Grebe Pitsford Res – still north of the causeway today, also White-fronted Goose still and Slavonian Grebe still in Yacht Bay
17 Mar Great White Egret Summer Leys LNR – one still
Thursday 16th March
16 Mar Red-necked Grebe Pitsford Res – still north of the causeway late afternoon, also Slavonian Grebe still off the yacht club
16 Mar Long-tailed Duck Stanford Res – still present this afternoon, also 2 Little Ringed Plovers in the small bay at the inflow end and Green Sandpiper
Wednesday 15th March
15 Mar Long-tailed Duck Stanford Res – still present this afternoon, also 2 Green Sandpipers at the inflow end
15 Mar Waxwing Moulton – five over at 11.45
15 Mar Great White Egret Summer Leys LNR – one still
Tuesday 14th March
14 Mar Long-tailed Duck Stanford Res – still present this afternoon, also 3 Dunlins at the inflow end
14 Mar Red-crested Pochard Earls Barton GP – two drakes on Pete Wild’s Lake this afternoon
Monday 13th March
13 Mar Short-eared Owl Sulgrave – one on roadside hedge between Sulgrave and Magpie Farm SP552453 16.40
13 Mar Waxwing Wellingborough – three around Thrush Lane but mobile
13 Mar White-fronted Goose Blatherwycke Lake – one today with Greylags
13 Mar White-fronted Goose Pitsford Res – still south of the causeway today, also Jack Snipe
13 Mar Short-eared Owl Finedon – two still near Neville’s Lodge c.SP925712 from 17.00
13 Mar Whooper Swan Sywell CP – adult still this morning
13 Mar Smew Stanford Res – ‘redhead’ still this morning
13 Mar Red-necked Grebe Pitsford Res – still this morning
13 Mar Slavonian Grebe Pitsford Res – still present off yacht club this morning
13 Mar Red-crested Pochard Summer Leys LNR – one drake this morning, also 2 drake Red-crested Pochards on adjacent Pete Wild’s Lake, Earls Barton GP plus Peregrine
13 Mar Smew Clifford Hill GP – two (one drake) still present, on the fishing lake east of the main barrage this morning
Sunday 12th March
12 Mar Caspian Gull Crick – five (adult, 2 first-winters and 2 second-winters) first-winter by A5 on DIRFT 3 construction site SP562748 this afternoon, also 3 Yellow-legged Gulls (adult, first-winter and second-winter), 2 Curlews and 6 Dunlins
12 Mar Smew Clifford Hill GP – two (one drake) still on the main barrage lake this afternoon, also Black-tailed Godwit
12 Mar Black-tailed Godwit Summer Leys LNR – one on the main lake 12.18
12 Mar Great White Egret Summer Leys LNR – two at 11.20, also 4 Red-crested Pochards on adjacent Pete Wild’s Lake, Earls Barton GP
12 Mar Great White Egret Ravensthorpe Res – one still 10.40
12 Mar Long-tailed Duck Stanford Res – still present 12.30, also ‘redhead’ Smew still
12 Mar Red-necked Grebe Pitsford Res – still north of the causeway this morning, also Black-tailed Godwit between the causeway and Maytrees Hide, plus Green Sandpiper, 2 Redshanks and 3 Common Snipe
Saturday 11th March
11 Mar Scaup Stanwick GP – female still on the main lake mid-afternoon
11 Mar Whooper Swan Sywell CP – adult still 13.45
11 Mar Great White Egret Summer Leys LNR – one still early afternoon
11 Mar Long-tailed Duck Stanford Res – still present 12.30, also ‘redhead’ Smew still plus 2 Pintails, 8 Golden Plovers, Curlew, 2 Green Sandpipers, Jack Snipe and 9 Common Snipe
11 Mar Caspian Gull Crick – first-winter by A5 on DIRFT 3 construction site SP562748 11.15
11 Mar Smew Clifford Hill GP – two (one drake) on the main barrage lake 11.00
11 Mar Mediterranean Gull Stanwick GP – a first-winter on the A45 Lay-by Pit this morning
11 Mar Red-necked Grebe Pitsford Res – still north of the causeway this morning, also White-fronted Goose in field south of the causeway
Friday 10th March
10 Mar Great White Egret Ditchford GP – three west of Ditchford Lane today, also Jack Snipe
10 Mar Scaup Stanwick GP – two (one drake) still on the main lake this afternoon
10 Mar Great White Egret Earls Barton GP – one west of Hardwater Crossing today
10 Mar Great White Egret Hollowell Res – one flew over at 13.15, also 4 Jack Snipe, Common Snipe and Stonechat
10 Mar Long-tailed Duck Stanford Res – still present this afternoon, also ‘redhead’ Smew still plus Redshank and Green Sandpiper
Thursday 9th March
09 Mar Cattle Egret Northampton – wholly unconfirmed report of two in cattle field, from train, ‘south of Northampton’ 16.35
09 Mar Short-eared Owl Finedon – two still near Neville’s Lodge c.SP925712 from 16.10
09 Mar Waxwing Nassington – approximately 12 in tall trees at 44 Station Road PE8 6QB early afternoon
09 Mar Great White Egret Summer Leys LNR – two still this morning, also Red-crested Pochard still on adjacent Earls Barton GP
09 Mar Waxwing Northampton – approximately 25 still in Kent Road, St Crispins NN5 4XB 08.00
Wednesday 8th March
08 Mar Whooper Swan Sywell CP – adult still
08 Mar Slavonian Grebe Pitsford Res – still present, in Yacht Bay today
08 Mar Waxwing Northampton – at least 40 still in Kent Road, St Crispins NN5 4XB late afternoon
08 Mar Long-tailed Duck Stanford Res – still present this afternoon, also ‘redhead’ Smew still
08 Mar Scaup Stanwick GP – two (one drake) still on the main lake this afternoon
08 Mar Kittiwake Ravensthorpe Res – an adult flew low north 11.05
08 Mar Great White Egret Summer Leys LNR – two this morning
Tuesday 7th March
07 Mar Caspian Gull Pitsford Res – a third-winter in Scaldwell Bay early evening, also 2 Redshanks and a Green Sandpiper
07 Mar Waxwing Northampton – at least fifty still, on St Crispin Drive, NN5 4RB, around the grounds of the old hospital building 15.30
07 Mar Long-tailed Duck Stanford Res – still present this afternoon
07 Mar Scaup Stanwick GP – two (one drake) on the main lake this afternoon
07 Mar Great White Egret Thrapston GP – one on Aldwincle Lake, from Palmer Hide
07 Mar Red-necked Grebe Pitsford Res – still by the causeway 11.20, also White-fronted Goose still
07 Mar Great White Egret Summer Leys LNR – one still this morning
Monday 6th March
06 Mar Little Gull Clifford Hill GP – one reported late afternoon
06 Mar White-fronted Goose Pitsford Res – still late afternoon
06 Mar Short-eared Owl Finedon – at least two still near Neville’s Lodge c.SP925712 this afternoon 17.30
06 Mar Waxwing Northampton – at least fifty still, on St Crispin Drive, NN5 4RB, in trees in car park of retirement village and in tall trees in the grounds of the old hospital building 15.30
06 Mar Slavonian Grebe Pitsford Res – still present, in Pintail Bay today
06 Mar Caspian Gull Hollowell Res – a first-winter this afternoon, also Barnacle Goose, first-winter Mediterranean Gull and 2 Stonechats 13.15
06 Mar Caspian Gull Rushton Landfill – three (2 adults and a first-winter) in field immediately north of the tip 12.30
06 Mar Sand Martin Pitsford Res – two over the causeway mid-morning (first of 2017)
06 Mar Great White Egret Thrapston GP – one still on Heronry Lake
Sunday 5th March
05 Mar Short-eared Owl Finedon – at least two still near Neville’s Lodge c.SP925712 this afternoon
05 Mar Red-crested Pochard Earls Barton GP – two on Pete Wylde’s Lake
05 Mar Waxwing Northampton – maximum of 66 in trees near ‘The Sett’, Howarth Way NN5 4AA, St. Crispins/Duston this afternoon
05 Mar Waxwing Northampton – at least fifty still in trees near ‘The Sett’, Howarth Way NN5 4AA, St. Crispins/Duston 14.00 but mobile
05 Mar Long-tailed Duck Stanford Res – still late morning, also ‘redhead’ Smew still
05 Mar Waxwing Northampton – at least fifty still in trees near ‘The Sett’, Howarth Way NN5 4AA, St. Crispins/Duston, commuting between here and cotoneaster at nearby Yumyun Chinese Restaurant 11.05
05 Mar Whooper Swan Sywell CP – adult still 10.30
05 Mar Waxwing Northampton – sixty-one still in trees near ‘The Sett’, Howarth Way NN5 4AA, St. Crispins/Duston, commuting between here and cotoneaster at nearby Yumyun Chinese Restaurant 10.10
05 Mar White-fronted Goose Pitsford Res – still north of the causeway this morning, close to fishing lodge
05 Mar Glaucous Gull Crick – adult in field by A5 on north side of DIRFT Logistics construction site SP562748 09.10-09.20 then flew east over M1, just north of Junction 18
05 Mar Caspian Gull Crick – third-winter by A5 on DIRFT Logistics construction site SP562748 08.35 then flew east, just north of M1 Junction 18
05 Mar Waxwing Northampton – sixty-one in trees near ‘The Sett’, Howarth Way NN5 4AA, St. Crispins/Duston 07.50
Saturday 4th March
04 Mar Scaup Stanwick GP – female still on main lake
04 Mar Great White Egret Ravensthorpe Res – one still
04 Mar Crossbill Kelmarsh – one in Scotland Wood today
04 Mar Waxwing Northampton – forty-three in St. Crispin Drive NN5 4BL 16.20, then flew east
04 Mar Waxwing Northampton – forty-one in mature lime trees behind Willow Close/Kent Road South, St. Crispins NN5 4WD until 16.05
04 Mar Glaucous Gull Rushton Landfill – juvenile still in field immediately north of the tip this afternoon 15.20
04 Mar Glaucous Gull Rushton Landfill – juvenile still in field immediately north of the tip this afternoon, also 2 Caspian Gulls (adult and first-winter) still 14.10
04 Mar Waxwing Northampton – at least 35 in mature lime trees off Willow Close/Kent Road South, St. Crispins NN5 4WD 13.00
04 Mar Slavonian Grebe Pitsford Res – still present, in Pintail Bay, 12.15
04 Mar Long-tailed Duck Stanford Res – still at midday, also ‘redhead’ Smew, Jack Snipe and 10 Common Snipe
04 Mar Red-necked Grebe Pitsford Res – still north of the causeway this morning, also White-fronted Goose still
04 Mar Glaucous Gull Rushton Landfill – juvenile again in field immediately north of the tip this morning 11.00
04 Mar Waxwing Northampton – at least 30 off Kent Road, St Crispins NN5 4XB feeding in berry tree behind Chinese restaurant this morning
04 Mar Caspian Gull Rushton Landfill – two (adult and first-winter) in field immediately north of the tip this morning 09.30
Friday 3rd March
03 Mar Short-eared Owl Brampton Valley – one below Hanging Houghton this afternoon, also Peregrine and 6 Stonechats
03 Mar Slavonian Grebe Pitsford Res – still present, off the yacht club, late afternoon
03 Mar Great White Egret Summer Leys LNR – one still mid-afternoon, also 2 drake Red-crested Pochards on nearby Pete Wiles’ Lake (Earls Barton GP)
03 Mar Waxwing Hanging Houghton – four briefly this morning
Thursday 2nd March
02 Mar White-fronted Goose Pitsford Res – one still, from causeway
02 Mar Short-eared Owl Finedon – three still near Neville’s Lodge c.SP925712 from 17.00
02 Mar Red-necked Grebe Pitsford Res – still north of the causeway this morning, also Great White Egret still
Wednesday 1st March
01 Mar Short-eared Owl Finedon – four still near Neville’s Lodge c.SP925712 from 16.15
01 Mar Long-tailed Duck Stanford Res – still this afternoon, also ‘redhead’ Smew, 73 Goosanders, Green Sandpiper, 19 Common Snipe and first-winter Caspian Gull
01 Mar Slavonian Grebe Pitsford Res – still present, off the dam, late afternoon
01 Mar Glaucous Gull Rushton Landfill – juvenile still, on landfill, mid-afternoon
01 Mar Waxwing Northampton – fifteen at the junction of Lindisfarne Way & Hardwick Road NN4 0GP East Hunsbury at 12.30
01 Mar Waxwing Northampton – two at junction of Penvale Road and Avebury Way NN4 0QD East Hunsbury at 12.30
01 Mar Red-necked Grebe Pitsford Res – north of the causeway late morning, also Great White Egret and 2 Green Sandpipers
Tuesday 28th February
28 Feb Waxwing Northampton – approximately forty-five at the junction of Lindisfarne Way & Hardwick Road NN4 0GP at 16.30
28 Feb Long-tailed Duck Stanford Res – still this afternoon, also first-winter Caspian Gull in the roost
28 Feb Red-crested Pochard Thrapston GP – two (one drake) on Titchmarsh LNR this afternoon
28 Feb Mediterranean Gull Daventry CP – an adult at 12.45, also 14 Golden Plovers over, 8 Common Snipe and first-winter Yellow-legged Gull
28 Feb Glaucous Gull Rushton Landfill – juvenile still, on landfill, 12.05
28 Feb Waxwing Northampton – five at the junction of Lindisfarne Way & Hardwick Road NN4 0GP at 12.00
28 Feb Slavonian Grebe Pitsford Res – still in Pintail Bay at 11.20
28 Feb Waxwing Northampton – two at junction of Penvale Road and Avebury Way NN4 0QD East Hunsbury at midday
Monday 27th February
27 Feb Waxwing Northampton – more than 50 at the junction of Lindisfarne Way & Hardwick Road NN4 0GP at 14.40
27 Feb Whooper Swan Sywell CP – adult still today
27 Feb Glaucous Gull Rushton Landfill – juvenile still, on landfill, 13.05
27 Feb Great White Egret Wakerley – one flew east along the River Welland Valley between Barrowden and Wakerley late morning
27 Feb Red-crested Pochard Summer Leys LNR – one drake still this morning
Sunday 26th February
26 Feb Hen Harrier Grafton Underwood – ‘ringtail’ at the disused airfield SP924815 today
26 Feb Mediterranean Gull Pitsford Res – first-winter again today, also drake Pintail, 2 Redshanks, 2 Green Sandpipers, Jack Snipe, 90 Common Snipe and first-winter Yellow-legged Gull
26 Feb Iceland Gull Stanford Res – no sign of first-winter in the gull roost this evening, but Long-tailed Duck still present today
26 Feb Smew Earls Barton GP – ‘redhead’ on Mary’s Lake still this afternoon
26 Feb Great White Egret Summer Leys LNR – one still mid-afternoon, also 2 drake Red-crested Pochards still
26 Feb Red-necked Grebe Pitsford Res – still off the causeway late morning, also 2 Great White Egrets and Slavonian Grebe still
26 Feb Glaucous Gull Rushton Landfill – juvenile still, on landfill, 11.45 also adult Caspian Gull
26 Feb Great White Egret Summer Leys LNR – one still
26 Feb Waxwing Brackley – two on Falcon Way NN13 6PZ this morning
26 Feb Corn Bunting Warmington – one still with Yellowhammers and Reed Buntings in roadside cereal strip approx 1 km along minor road to Fotheringhay TL065912 08.45
Saturday 25th February
25 Feb Iceland Gull Stanford Res – first-winter in the gull roost this evening, also Long-tailed Duck still
25 Feb Mediterranean Gull Pitsford Res – first-winter in the gull roost this evening
25 Feb Glaucous Gull Rushton Landfill – juvenile still on landfill 15.15, also adult Yellow-legged Gull
25 Feb Glaucous Gull Rushton Landfill – juvenile still on landfill 14.30
25 Feb Slavonian Grebe Pitsford Res – still in Pintail Bay at 13.15
25 Feb Great White Egret Pitsford Res – one from the causeway this morning, also Green Sanpiper and 2 Redshanks but no sign of the Red-necked Grebe
25 Feb Great White Egret Thrapston GP – one still on Heron Lake this morning
25 Feb Red-crested Pochard Summer Leys LNR – two drakes on westernmost lake, from old railway line, this morning
25 Feb Waxwing Northampton – twelve at junction of Penvale Road and Avebury Way NN4 0QD East Hunsbury at midday
25 Feb Glaucous Gull Rushton Landfill – juvenile feeding on landfill 10.55
25 Feb Smew Summer Leys LNR – ‘redhead’ on the main lake 09.00
Friday 24th February
24 Feb Short-eared Owl Finedon – four still near Neville’s Lodge c.SP925712 from 16.15
24 Feb Caspian Gull Rushton Landfill – adult this afternoon
21 Feb Long-tailed Duck Stanford Res – still present this morning
24 Feb Red-necked Grebe Pitsford Res – off the causeway late morning
24 Feb Waxwing Northampton – approximately 30 at the junction of Penvale Road and Braemar Crescent NN4 0FG, East Hunsbury this morning
Thursday 23rd February
23 Feb Red-necked Grebe Pitsford Res – by the dam this afternoon
23 Feb Waxwing Northampton – at least 50 flew over Hobby Close, East Hunsbury 10.35
Wednesday 22nd February
22 Feb Great White Egret Pitsford Res – one still 15.10
22 Feb Waxwing Northampton – at least 30 at junction of Penvale Road and Avebury Way NN4 0QD East Hunsbury 14.30
22 Feb Waxwing Northampton – twelve coming to berries at junction of Penvale Road and Avebury Way NN4 0QD East Hunsbury 13.15
22 Feb Great White Egret Summer Leys LNR – one on the main lake 09.30
Tuesday 21st February
21 Feb Waxwing Northampton – twenty-three in Windingbrook Lane, Collingtree Park/East Hunsbury NN4 0XN 15.50 the flew off
21 Feb Slavonian Grebe Pitsford Res – still in Yacht Bay 15.25
21 Feb Great White Egret Summer Leys LNR – one on the scrape 14.35
21 Feb Red-necked Grebe Pitsford Res – still south of causeway, also 2 Great White Egrets still in Scaldwell Bay at 14.20
21 Feb Waxwing Northampton – ten on Cotoneaster along Rowtree Road, East Hunsbury, opposite Danes Camp Surgery NN4 0NY 13.00
21 Feb Waxwing Northampton – still 20+ in Wootton, Hermitage Way/Cowley Close area NN4 6JG early afternoon
21 Feb Long-tailed Duck Stanford Res – still present this morning
Monday 20th February
20 Feb Caspian Gull Rushton Landfill – two adults still late afternoon, also adult Yellow-legged Gull
20 Feb Great White Egret Pitsford Res – two in Scaldwell Bay this afternoon
20 Feb Scaup Stanwick GP – female still on main lake this afternoon, also Peregrine
20 Feb White-fronted Goose Daventry CP – first-winter this afternoon, also two female Scaup
20 Feb Red-necked Grebe Pitsford Res – still south of causeway this morning
Sunday 19th February
19 Feb Whooper Swan Sywell CP – adult still
19 Feb Caspian Gull Rushton Landfill – two adults this afternoon, also 2 adult Yellow-legged Gulls
19 Feb Scaup Ditchford GP – drake on pits west of Ditchford Lane today, also 2 Great White Egrets (Viaduct Pit and Wilson’s Pit), Jack Snipe and 39 Common Snipe
19 Feb Great White Egret Pitsford Res – two north of the causeway, also White-fronted Goose still, plus Pintail, Red-crested Pochard and second calendar year Yellow-legged Gull
19 Feb Corn Bunting Woodford Halse – one at a private feeding station this afternoon – can be viewed from footpath running north-west from Farndon Road; viewing point is SP532528 looking east at hedgerow screening houses
19 Feb Glaucous Gull Rushton Landfill – juvenile again over the landfill 15.40
19 Feb Great White Egret Summer Leys LNR – two this afternoon
19 Feb Glaucous Gull Rushton Landfill – juvenile over the landfill from entrance track to Storefield Lodge Farm 10.45, also adult Caspian Gull
19 Feb Slavonian Grebe Pitsford Res – still present by Yacht Club this morning
19 Feb Long-tailed Duck Stanford Res – still present this morning
19 Feb Corn Bunting Warmington – one still with Yellowhammers and Reed Buntings approx 1 km along minor road to Fotheringhay mid-morning TL065912
19 Feb Red-necked Grebe Pitsford Res – still south of causeway this morning
19 Feb Great White Egret Summer Leys LNR – one still this morning
19 Feb Waxwing Northampton – still c.40 in Wootton, Hermitage Way area NN4 6JG 14.30
Saturday 18th February
18 Feb Mediterranean Gull Boddington Res – first-winter in gull roost this evening, also adult Yellow-legged Gull
18 Feb Great White Egret Summer Leys LNR – one at 16.30, also drake Red-crested Pochard
18 Feb White-fronted Goose Thrapston GP – two still on Town Lake late afternoon
18 Feb Scaup Stanwick GP – female still on main lake this afternoon
18 Feb Great White Egret Thrapston GP – one on Titchmarsh LNR, this afternoon, also 2 Red-crested Pochards
18 Feb Waxwing Northampton – between 45 and 50 still in Wootton, Hermitage Way area NN4 6JG 14.30
18 Feb Long-tailed Duck Stanford Res – still present 14.30, also 7 Golden Plovers and 35 Common Snipe
18 Feb Red-necked Grebe Pitsford Res – still south of causeway, off car park, 14.00, also Slavonian Grebe still in Yacht Bay
18 Feb Whooper Swan Sywell CP – adult still in field adjacent to reservoir early afternoon
18 Feb Slavonian Grebe Pitsford Res – still present by Yacht Club this morning, also Red-crested Pochard and 2 Redshanks
18 Feb Waxwing Northampton – between 35 and 40 in Waitrose car park, Newport Pagnell Road NN4 6HP late morning (same birds as at adjacent Hermitage Way)
18 Feb Great White Egret Ditchford GP – one at Irthlingborough Lakes & Meadows LNR, on Corner Lake 11.20
18 Feb Corn Bunting Warmington – one with Yellowhammers and Reed Buntings approx 1 km along minor road to Fotheringhay mid-morning
18 Feb Smew Earls Barton GP – ‘redhead’ on Mary’s Lake this morning, also drake Red-crested Pochard still
18 Feb Red-necked Grebe Pitsford Res – still south of causeway this morning
18 Feb Long-tailed Duck Stanford Res – still present this morning
18 Feb Iceland Gull Rushton Landfill – forth-winter/adult in field immediately north of the landfill 10.00 (not Glaucous Gull as previously reported)
18 Feb Waxwing Northampton – ten near the water tower on Boughton Green Road approx NN2 7SU 09.30
18 Feb Waxwing Northampton – approximately 40 still in Wootton, Hermitage Way area NN4 6JG 08.50
Friday 17th February
17 Feb Short-eared Owl Earls Barton GP – one behind Mary’s Lake
17 Feb Long-tailed Duck Stanford Res – still present this afternoon
17 Feb Waxwing Northampton – at least 30 still in Wootton approx NN4 6JG 12.35
17 Feb Slavonian Grebe Pitsford Res – still present by Yacht Club 12.00
17 Feb White-fronted Goose Pitsford Res – still present, in Walgrave Bay this morning
17 Feb Smew Earls Barton GP – ‘redhead’ still on Pete Wiles’ Lake this morning
17 Feb Red-necked Grebe Pitsford Res – still south of causeway this morning
17 Feb Waxwing Northampton – forty-three in tall trees at the junction of Hermitage Way and Cowley Close NN4 6JG 08.15
17 Feb Pink-footed Goose Pitsford Res – eight flew south over Scaldwell Bay 08.05
Thursday 16th February
16 Feb White-fronted Goose Pitsford Res – still in Scaldwell Bay late afternoon
16 Feb Waxwing Northampton – at least forty in tall trees at the junction of Hermitage Way and Cowley Close NN4 6JG 14.30
16 Feb Waxwing Northampton – twenty-five at the northern end of Hermitage Way, at the junction of Battalion Drive, Wootton NN4 6JG midday then flew south at 12.50
16 Feb Smew Earls Barton GP – a ‘redhead’ on Pete Wiles’ Lake this morning, also drake Red-crested Pochard on adjacent Mary’s Lake
16 Feb Slavonian Grebe Pitsford Res – still present in Yacht Bay 09.00, also 2 Red-crested Pochards and Green Sandpiper
16 Feb Red-necked Grebe Pitsford Res – still south of causeway 08.00
16 Feb Waxwing Northampton – thirty-two in hedge bordering small parkland area at the northern end of Hermitage Way, Wootton NN4 6JG 07.50-08.00
Wednesday 15th February
15 Feb Waxwing Kettering – approximately 30 flying around in the vicinity of the General Hospital 17.00 and may have roosted nearby
15 Feb Scaup Stanwick GP – female still on main lake this afternoon
15 Feb Slavonian Grebe Pitsford Res – still present by the Yacht Club 15.00, also 14 Bramblings in trees along the shoreline in same area
15 Feb Red-necked Grebe Pitsford Res – still present south of the causeway this morning, also White-fronted Goose in Scaldwell Bay and 2 Great White Egrets still
Tuesday 14th February
14 Feb Great White Egret Thrapston GP – still on Heronry Lake
14 Feb Caspian Gull Hollowell Res – adult still today, also Barnacle Goose and 4 Stonechats
14 Feb Whooper Swan Sywell CP – adult still today
14 Feb White-fronted Goose Thrapston GP – two still on Town Lake this afternoon
14 Feb Great White Egret Summer Leys – one still, 14.00
14 Feb Slavonian Grebe Pitsford Res – still present, by Yacht Club, 12.00 also 2 Red-crested Pochards by the dam
14 Feb Great White Egret Pitsford Res – still in Holcot Bay this morning
14 Feb Waxwing Northampton – thirty-eight on roundabout outside Northampton High School for Girls, Newport Pagnell Road NN4 6UU, opposite turn to Wootton Fields 12.00
14 Feb Red-necked Grebe Pitsford Res – still present south of the causeway this morning
Monday 13th February
13 Feb Red-necked Grebe Pitsford Res – still present just south of the causeway 15.00
13 Feb Short-eared Owl Twywell Hills & Dales – one at Whitestones 14.00 then flew toward Cranford
13 Feb Waxwing Oundle – between 9 and 12 visiting a garden in Glapthorn Road PE8 4PS today
13 Feb Red-necked Grebe Pitsford Res – one close to the causeway this morning, from the car park (10.45), also Merlin along the shoreline near Brixworth CP 09.30
13 Feb Whooper Swan Sywell CP – adult still this morning
13 Feb Bewick’s Swan Northampton – four flew east along the River Nene near Clifford Hill GP 07.30
Sunday 12th February
12 Feb Caspian Gull Pitsford Res – adult in the gull roost this evening
12 Feb Great White Egret Ravensthorpe Res – two still late afternoon
12 Feb Slavonian Grebe Pitsford Res – still off the yacht club today
12 Feb Waxwing Northampton – seventeen on roundabout outside Northampton High School for Girls, Newport Pagnell Road NN4 6UU, opposite turn to Wootton Fields 14.30 but not present 15.20
12 Feb Great White Egret Ravensthorpe Res – two still at 10.45
12 Feb Great White Egret Summer Leys LNR – one this morning at 10.30
12 Feb Bittern Thrapston GP – one on Heronry Lake 10.15, also Great White Egret
Saturday 11th February
11 Feb Long-tailed Duck Stanford Res – still present today
11 Feb Great White Egret Ravensthorpe Res – two still, also drake Smew
11 Feb Great White Egret Thrapston GP – one still, on Heronry Lake
11 Feb Slavonian Grebe Pitsford Res – still today
11 Feb Great White Egret Ditchford GP – one flew toward Stanwick GP late morning
Friday 10th February
10 Feb Slavonian Grebe Pitsford Res – still present, in Yacht Bay, 15.30
10 Feb Long-tailed Duck Stanford Res – still present 15.00, also redhead Smew, 60 Goosanders, Jack Snipe, 24 Common Snipe, Green Sandpiper and adult Caspian Gull
10 Feb Caspian Gull Hollowell Res – adult this afternoon, also Barnacle Goose, Great White Egret and 5+ Stonechats
10 Feb Great White Egret Ravensthorpe Res – two this morning, one this afternoon
10 Feb Waxwing Sywell – twenty-two still, outside Lancaster Gate to airfield, 14.00 approx SP827677
10 Feb Hen Harrier Polebrook AF – a ‘ringtail’ during the morning
10 Feb Great White Egret Summer Leys LNR – two this morning
10 Feb Waxwing Sywell – still ‘some’ in tall trees by entrance to the airfield along Holcot Road this morning approx SP827677
Thursday 9th February
09 Feb Scaup Stanwick GP – female still on main lake this afternoon
09 Feb Waxwing Sywell – approximately twenty still by entrance to the airfield along Holcot Road 12.30 approx SP827677
09 Feb Slavonian Grebe Pitsford Res – still in Pintail Bay this morning
09 Feb Waxwing Sywell – approximately twenty still by entrance to the airfield along Holcot Road this morning approx SP827677
Wednesday 8th February
08 Feb White-fronted Goose Whiston – fourteen again by River Nene adjacent to White Mills Marina 13.30 SP855617
08 Feb Waxwing Sywell – twenty-one at Brooklands Gate 12.55 SP827677
08 Feb Caspian Gull Daventry CP – third-winter (unringed) this morning, also 2 Common Snipe
08 Feb Waxwing Irthlingborough – no sign in rowans on Finedon Road, close to Pipers Close NN9 5XU 07.45-08.15
Tuesday 7th February
07 Feb Scaup Stanwick GP – female still on main lake
07 Feb Waxwing Irthlingborough – forty-one in rowans on Finedon Road, close to Pipers Close NN9 5XU at 14.00
07 Feb Waxwing Sywell – at least 8 at entrance to Brooklands Gate 13.30
07 Feb Slavonian Grebe Pitsford Res – still in Pintail Bay this morning
07 Feb Waxwing Sywell – three at entrance to Brooklands Gate 11.30
07 Feb Smew Pitsford Res – drake in Holcot Bay 10.30
07 Feb Waxwing Kettering – three outside Brooke House, Linden Avenue / St Mary’s Road Kettering NN15 7NX at 10.30
07 Feb Great White Egret Pitsford Res – one in Holcot Bay 09.30
Monday 6th February
06 Feb Whooper Swan Sywell CP – adult still this afternoon
06 Feb Waxwing Sywell – just one, at entrance to Brooklands Gate 14.45
06 Feb Scaup Stanwick GP – female still on main lake this afternoon, also Bittern flew from reedbed to adjacent pit to the east 14.45
06 Feb Waxwing Rushton – nine reported in trees by railway bridge at 14.15 SP855816
06 Feb Short-eared Owl Finedon – three still near Neville’s Lodge c.SP925712 early afternoon
06 Feb Great White Egret Pitsford Res – two north of the causeway this morning, also drake Smew still 11.15 and Green Sandpiper
06 Feb Waxwing Sywell – three still, at entrance to Brooklands Gate 11.15
06 Feb Smew Pitsford Res – drake in Holcot Bay at 10.30
06 Feb Great White Egret Summer Leys LNR – one still this morning, also Red-crested Pochard still on nearby Mary’s Lake at Earls Barton GP
06 Feb Waxwing Ditchford GP – thirteen flew over Irthlingborough Lakes and Meadows LNR toward Irthlingborough mid-morning
06 Feb Waxwing Kettering – c.20 in tallest tree Linden Avenue / St Mary’s Road Kettering NN15 7NX at 08.30
Sunday 5th February
05 Feb Short-eared Owl Finedon – three still near Neville’s Lodge c.SP925712 just after 16.30
05 Feb Great White Egret Pitsford Res – one in Scaldwell Bay this afternoon
05 Feb Scaup Stanwick GP – female still on main lake this afternoon
05 Feb Long-tailed Duck Stanford Res – still present off the reedbed on the north side this afternoon, also ‘redhead’ Smew
05 Feb Waxwing Kettering – twenty-seven still still opposite Linden Ave Medical Centre, Kettering NN15 7NX at 15.00 then flew west
05 Feb Great White Egret Ravensthorpe Res – two at 13.45 but no further sign of drake Smew
05 Feb Common Scoter Sywell CP – a female reported near the dam this morning, from screen hide
05 Feb Great White Egret Thrapston GP – one on Heronry Lake this morning, also 2 Bitterns
05 Feb Smew Ravensthorpe Res – drake still late morning, also 2 Great White Egrets
05 Feb Waxwing Sywell – approximately 10 still, at entrance to Brooklands Gate 11.05
05 Feb Waxwing Kettering – at least 10 still still opposite Linden Ave Medical Centre, Kettering NN15 7NX at 10.30
05 Feb Slavonian Grebe Pitsford Res – still present, between Yacht Club and Pintail Bay, also 2 Red-crested Pochards (one drake) 10.15
05 Feb Smew Ravensthorpe Res – drake still mid-morning, also Great White Egret
Saturday 4th February
04 Feb White-fronted Goose Thrapston GP – two on Town Lake late afternoon
04 Feb Short-eared Owl Finedon – four still near Neville’s Lodge c.SP925712 at 16.30
04 Feb Waxwing Kettering – c.15 still NN15 7NX at 14.00
04 Feb Smew Ravensthorpe Res – drake still this afternoon, also Great White Egret
04 Feb Jack Snipe Stanford Res – one at midday
04 Feb Great White Egret Thrapston GP – one on Aldwincle Lake this morning
04 Feb Great White Egret Pitsford Res – one in Holcot Bay, also Green Sandpiper and two Redshanks
04 Feb White-fronted Goose Summer Leys LNR – fourteen on the main lake early afternoon
04 Feb Red-crested Pochard Earls Barton GP – drake on Mary’s Lake 12.30
04 Feb Whooper Swan Sywell CP – adult still at midday
04 Feb Smew Ravensthorpe Res – drake at 09.00
04 Feb Waxwing Sywell – fourteen still, at entrance to Brooklands Gate this morning
Friday 3rd February
03 Feb Waxwing Kettering – at least 25 still 14.00
03 Feb Waxwing Sywell – fourteen still, at entrance to Brooklands Gate this afternoon
03 Feb Great White Egret Pitsford Res – two north of the causeway this morning
03 Feb Long-tailed Duck Stanford Res – still present this morning
03 Feb Caspian Gull Daventry CP – third-winter with green ring still this morning, also 2 Barnacle Geese and an adult Yellow-legged Gull
03 Feb Waxwing Kettering, c.20 in tallest tree at Linden Ave/St Mary’s Rd junction NN15 7NX 09.20
Thursday 2nd February
02 Feb Whooper Swan Sywell CP – adult still, in field north-east of the reservoir
02 Feb Waxwing Kettering – at least 25 still
02 Feb Caspian Gull Daventry CP – third-winter with green ring this afternoon, also 2 Barnacle Geese, 2 Peregrines and an adult Yellow-legged Gull
02 Feb Waxwing Sywell – fourteen along main road between the airfield and Townsend Farm at 14.00
02 Feb Iceland Gull Stanford Res – adult this afternoon, also Long-tailed Duck still
02 Feb Caspian Gull Pitsford Res – a first-winter by the sailing club
Wednesday 1st February
01 Feb White-fronted Goose Clifford Hill GP – six present
01 Feb White-fronted Goose Whiston – fourteen again by River Nene near White Mills Marina
01 Feb Waxwing Kettering – twenty to thirty still late afternoon
01 Feb Waxwing Sywell Aerodrome – c.12 outside Premium Warehousing briefly before flying off
01 Feb Waxwing Kettering – c.20 still present in Linden Avenue/St Mary’s Road NN15 7NX midday
Tuesday 31st January
31 Jan Caspian Gull Pitsford Res – adult again in the gull roost this evening
31 Jan Waxwing Hanging Houghton ten in the village this afternoon
31 Jan Waxwing Kettering – c.20 still present in Linden Avenue NN15 7NX 13.20
31 Jan Waxwing Kettering – at least 6 still present in Linden Avenue NN15 7NX 11.20
31 Jan Scaup Earls Barton GP – three drakes (one adult) on Mary’s Lake this morning, also Pintail
31 Jan Whooper Swan Summer Leys LNR – one this morning, also drake Red-crested Pochard and Great White Egret
31 Jan Waxwing Kettering – c.20 still present at junction of St. Mary’s Road & Linden Avenue NN15 7NX 10.00
Monday 30th January
30 Jan Waxwing Kettering – flock still present at junction of St. Mary’s Road & Linden Avenue NN15 7NX 10.30
30 Jan Waxwing Kettering – c.24 at junction of St. Mary’s Road & Linden Avenue NN15 7NX 08.15
Sunday 29th January
29 Jan Caspian Gull Boddington Res – an adult in the gull roost this evening, also 2 Yellow-legged Gulls (adult and third-winter)
29 Jan Caspian Gull Pitsford Res – adult visited gull roost briefly
29 Jan Waxwing Northampton – the twenty-one at junction of Silverdale Road and Ferndale Road NN3 2TP flew off north 16.55
29 Jan Waxwing Kettering – thirty-eight at junction of St. Mary’s Road & Linden Avenue NN15 7NX 16.00
29 Jan Waxwing Northampton – twenty-one at junction of Silverdale Road and Ferndale Road NN3 2TP 16.10
29 Jan White-fronted Goose Whiston – fourteen by River Nene near White Mills Marina 15.00
29 Jan Great White Egret Pitsford Res – one in Walgrave Bay this afternoon, also 5 Pintails, 2 Green Sandpipers and 2 Redshanks
29 Jan Great White Egret Ditchford GP – one by the viaduct early afternoon
29 Jan Waxwing Northampton – twenty-five in the vicinity of No. 14 Bush Hill NN3 2PE early afternoon
29 Jan Waxwing Kettering – c.12 at junction of St. Mary’s Road & Linden Avenue, opposite medical centre NN15 7NX 10.00 (but no sign at 12.00)
29 Jan Smew Pitsford Res – drake in Walgrave Bay late morning
29 Jan Long-tailed Duck Stanford Res – still present late morning, also 3 Pintails
29 Jan White-fronted Goose Great Doddington – fourteen still between Summer Leys and Great Doddington this morning also 3 drake Pintails on Summer Leys
29 Jan Scaup Earls Barton GP – two drakes still on Mary’s Lake this morning
29 Jan Great White Egret Summer Leys LNR – one still this morning, also 3 Pintails
Saturday 28th January
28 Jan Short-eared Owl Finedon – one still near Neville’s Lodge c.SP925712 this afternoon
28 Jan Great White Egret Pitsford Res – one still in Holcot Bay this afternoon
28 Jan Great White Egret Ravensthorpe Res – two still this afternoon
28 Jan Great White Egret Summer Leys LNR – one still this afternoon
28 Jan Scaup Stanwick GP – female still on main lake this afternoon
28 Jan Whooper Swan Sywell CP – adult in field adjacent to the reservoir this morning
28 Jan White-fronted Goose Great Doddington – the 14 from Summer Leys flew north over Great Doddington at 09.50
Friday 27th January
27 Jan White-fronted Goose Summer Leys – fourteen this afternoon 15.30
27 Jan Waxwing Broughton – no sign of any, anywhere, at 15.30
27 Jan Long-tailed Duck Stanford Res – still present at 15.00, also adult Caspian Gull, Jack Snipe and 18 Common Snipe (plus a high count of 64 Goosanders)
27 Jan Waxwing Kettering – no sign of any or rowan outside Claremont Parkway Care Home, Holdenby NN15 6XE this afternoon 14.45
27 Jan Great White Egret Summer Leys LNR – two this afternoon
27 Jan Caspian Gull Rushton Landfill – two adults 14.30
27 Jan Waxwing Corby – nine outside Little Stanion Primary School and in hawthorns on opposite side of Roman Road late morning NN18 8TD
27 Jan Scaup Earls Barton GP – drake still on Mary’s Lake late morning
27 Jan Waxwing Broughton – eight still in front garden of 57 Northampton Road NN14 1NR at 11.00
27 Jan Waxwing Broughton – eight again in front garden of 57 Northampton Road NN14 1NR at 08.45
27 Jan Waxwing Broughton – eight again feeding on Guelder Rose berries in a garden on Carter Avenue NN14 1LY at 08.00
Thursday 26th January
26 Jan Waxwing Kettering – ten feeding in a Rowan outside Claremont Parkway Care Home, Holdenby NN15 6XE this afternoon
26 Jan Great White Egret Summer Leys LNR – one this afternoon, also Pintail and Jack Snipe
26 Jan Waxwing Broughton – eight moved to front garden of 57 Northampton Road NN14 1NR at 13.40
26 Jan Waxwing Broughton – eight feeding on Guelder Rose berries in a garden on Carter Avenue NN14 1LY at 13.15
26 Jan Scaup Earls Barton GP – drake on Mary’s Lake
26 Jan Great White Egret Pitsford Res – one from the causeway this morning, also 5 Common Snipe
Tuesday 24th January
24 Jan Caspian Gull Boddington Res – adult in the gull roost 16.30
24 Jan Waxwing Great Billing – approximately 20 in trees in vicinity of Billing Brook Road and Farm Field Road (between Lings Way and Lumbertubs Way) 15.15
24 Jan Waxwing Hanging Houghton – fourteen again in a private garden in The Croft until 13.15, also Brambling
24 Jan Great White Egret Ravensthorpe Res – three again this afternoon
24 Jan Great White Egret Pitsford Res – two in Walgrave Bay plus 2 Bramblings also 2 Red-crested Pochards off the north end of the dam 11.00
24 Jan Scaup Summer Leys LNR – three drakes today, also 2 Red-crested Pochard and one – probably two – Great White Egrets
24 Jan Waxwing Northampton – eight in Esher Court (between Booth Lane and Lumbertubs Way) 08.25
Monday 23rd January
23 Jan Short-eared Owl Finedon – three still near Neville’s Lodge c.SP925712 16.00
23 Jan Caspian Gull Pitsford Res – first-winter in the gull roost this afternoon
23 Jan Waxwing Hanging Houghton – sixteen in a private garden in The Croft, also Brambling
23 Jan Slavonian Grebe Pitsford Res – one in Pintail Bay, also 10 Pintails, 1-2 Great White Egrets. 2 Redshanks, Green Sandpiper, 40 Common Snipe and a Brambling
23 Jan Great White Egret Summer Leys LNR – one still this morning, also 9 Pintails, plus 11 White-fronted Geese still by River Nene at nearby Great Doddington
Sunday 22nd January
22 Jan Caspian Gull Boddington Res – first-winter in the gull roost late afternoon
22 Jan Caspian Gull Pitsford Res – adult in the gull roost this afternoon
22 Jan Glaucous Gull Boddington Res – adult from nearby Chacombe in roost late afternoon
22 Jan Short-eared Owl Finedon – six now present near Neville’s Lodge c.SP925712 this afternoon
22 Jan Great White Egret Pitsford Res – two north of the causeway, also Pintail and Green Sandpiper
22 Jan Scaup Earls Barton GP – now two drakes on Mary’s Lake this afternoon
22 Jan Caspian Gull Chacombe – adult in field north of minor road between A361 and Chacombe this afternoon
22 Jan White-fronted Goose Great Doddington – eleven by River Nene this afternoon
22 Jan Glaucous Gull Chacombe – adult in field north of minor road between A361 and Chacombe 14.15
22 Jan Scaup Earls Barton GP – drake still plus 2 females on Mary’s Lake this afternoon
21 Jan Great White Egret Summer Leys LNR – one this morning, also 7 White-fronted Geese
22 Jan Corn Bunting Harrington AF – one by the bunkers this morning before flying toward concrete track
22 Jan Scaup Earls Barton GP – drake still, now on Mary’s Lake 11.50
22 Jan Great White Egret Pitsford Res – one still this morning
Saturday 21st January
21 Jan Mediterranean Gull Pitsford Res – a first-winter in the roost, also 2 Caspian Gulls (adult and first-winter) and fourth calendar year Yellow-legged Gull
21 Jan Long-tailed Duck Stanford Res – still present at 13.00, also adult Caspian Gull, Jack Snipe ans 23 Common Snipe
21 Jan Great White Egret Thrapston GP – one again today
21 Jan Scaup Earls Barton GP – drake still on the large lake east of Mary’s Lake 13.35
21 Jan Waxwing Summer Leys – twelve by the feeding station at 12.10, also 3 Great White Egrets and 11 White-fronted Geese on the main lake
21 Jan Waxwing Summer Leys – seven by the feeding station at 11.00 then flew off, also 2 Great White Egrets
21 Jan Long-tailed Duck Stanford Res – still present this morning
21 Jan Smew Ditchford GP – two (one drake) on the large lake between Irthlingborough and Higham Ferrers to 10.15 then flew toward Stanwick GP
21 Jan Caspian Gull Rushton Landfill – three adults still this morning
Friday 20th January
20 Jan Scaup Earls Barton GP – drake still on the large lake east of Mary’s Lake 15.00
20 Jan Caspian Gull Hollowell Res – adult still at 13.00, also 6 Stonechats
20 Jan Long-tailed Duck Stanford Res – still present this morning, also 51+ Goosanders
20 Jan Great White Egret Ravensthorpe Res – one still this morning, also Green Sandpiper
20 Jan Waxwing Northampton – c20 in the park area behind Woodside Avenue, Boothville, (north of Northampton College) before flying over A43 toward woodland between Holmecross Road and Heather Lane
Thursday 19th January
19 Jan Great White Egret Summer Leys LNR – two this afternoon
19 Jan Scaup Earls Barton GP – drake still on the large lake east of Mary’s Lake this afternoon
19 Jan Whooper Swan Elton – fifteen flew up the River Nene Valley between Elton and Fotheringhay this afternoon
19 Jan Caspian Gull Chacombe – an adult with gull flock in field west of the village at midday, also second-winter Yellow-legged Gull
19 Jan Scaup Stanwick GP – female still on the main lake this afternoon
19 Jan Great White Egret Summer Leys LNR – one still this morning, also Dunlin
Wednesday 18th January 2016
18 Jan Short-eared Owl Finedon – four still near Neville’s Lodge c.SP925712 this afternoon
18 Jan Caspian Gull Hollowell Res – adult still at 15.30
18 Jan Great White Egret Ravensthorpe Res – one still this afternoon
18 Jan Caspian Gull Chacombe – a second-winter with gull flock in field west of the village this afternoon
18 Jan Long-tailed Duck Stanford Res – still present, off the reedbed on the north bank, this afternoon
18 Jan Waxwing Great Billing – six or seven on apples in a private garden in Station Road 13.40
18 Jan Caspian Gull Hollowell Res – adult still, also Barnacle Goose and 3 Stonechats
Tuesday 17th January
17 Jan White-fronted Goose Kislingbury GP – unconfirmed report of a juvenile today
17 Jan Whooper Swan Sywell CP – adult still today, in field on north-east side
17 Jan Caspian Gull Hollowell Res – adult still, also Barnacle Goose and 6+ Stonechats
17 Jan Great White Egret Ravensthorpe Res – three still this afternoon, also Green Sandpiper and 2 Common Snipe
17 Jan White-fronted Goose Great Doddington – eleven by River Nene this morning
17 Jan Scaup Earls Barton GP – drake still on the large lake east of Mary’s Lake
17 Jan Great White Egret Pitsford Res – one still today
17 Jan Great White Egret Summer Leys LNR – one still today
17 Jan Red-crested Pochard Pitsford Res – two in Moulton Grange Bay
Sunday 15th January
15 Jan Caspian Gull Pitsford Res – two (adult and first-winter) in the roost this evening, also first-winter Yellow-legged Gull
15 Jan Great White Egret Pitsford Res – one still today, also Peregrine, 2 Redshanks, Green Sandpiper and Brambling
15 Jan Great White Egret Ravensthorpe Res – one still this afternoon
15 Jan Whooper Swan Sywell CP – adult still this afternoon, also 50+ Golden Plovers and Stionechat
15 Jan Marsh Harrier Stanford Res – male near the dam this afternoon
15 Jan Caspian Gull Rushton Landfill – three adults this afternoon 14.45
15 Jan Scaup Earls Barton GP – drake still on the large lake east of Mary’s Lake 14.30
15 Jan Scaup Stanwick GP – female still on the main lake lake 14.00, also Peregrine and 2 Redshanks
15 Jan Waxwing Kettering – between 25 and 30 in St Mary’s Road NN15 7BL 12.30
15 Jan Hen Harrier Polebrook AF – a ‘ringtail’ at midday
Saturday 14th January
14 Jan Great White Egret Pitsford Res – two still north of the causeway, also 2 Redshanks, 2 Green Sandpipers plus adult Caspian Gull and first-winter Yellow-legged Gull in the roost
14 Jan Caspian Gull Hollowell Res – adult this afternoon, also 3 Stonechats
14 Jan Waxwing Moulton – at least 20 mobile around Boughton Road/Pitsford Road
14 Jan Caspian Gull Stanford Res – adult at 15.00, also Green Sandpiper
14 Jan Short-eared Owl Finedon – four still near Neville’s Lodge c.SP925712 this afternoon
14 Jan Waxwing Kettering – twelve again at School Lane car park 13.30 SP869788
14 Jan Caspian Gull Chacombe – a first-winter in fields by the A361 early afternoon, also 2 Yellow-legged Gulls
14 Jan Great White Egret Ravensthorpe Res – three still today, also 2 Green Sandpipers
14 Jan Long-tailed Duck Stanford Res – still present at 13.40, also ‘redhead’ Smew and 43 Common Snipe
14 Jan Caspian Gull Rushton Landfill – three ( 2 adults and first-winter) in fields around landfill 11.25
14 Jan Smew Ditchford GP – drake still on the large lake between Irthlingborough and Higham Ferrers 11.00
14 Jan Great White Egret Summer Leys LNR – one still on the main lake this morning
14 Jan Scaup Earls Barton GP – drake still on the large lake east of Mary’s Lake this morning
14 Jan Waxwing Kettering – twenty-seven around Sainsburys and Pets at Home, NN16 8JY this morning
Friday 13th January
13 Jan Short-eared Owl Summer Leys LNR – one over field off Hardwater Lane, opposite Summer Leys late afternoon
13 Jan Scaup Earls Barton GP – drake still on the large lake east of Mary’s Lake this afternoon
13 Jan Scaup Stanwick GP – female still on the main lake this afternoon
13 Jan Great White Egret Summer Leys LNR – one still on the main lake this afternoon
13 Jan Waxwing Kettering – approximately twenty now opposite Sainsburys, outside Pets at Home, NN16 8JY 13.15
13 Jan Waxwing Kettering – approximately twenty still at School Lane car park 11.30 SP869788
13 Jan Scaup Earls Barton GP – drake still on the large lake east of Mary’s Lake 11.15
Thursday 12th January
12 Jan Hen Harrier Lutton – a ‘ringtail’ TL110872
12 Jan Great White Egret Pitsford Res – one in Walgrave Bay ths afternoon, also Green Sandpiper
12 Jan Waxwing Kettering – twenty-four at School Lane car park 14.40 SP869788
12 Jan Waxwing Kettering – twenty-two still present on School Lane car park 13.05 SP869788
12 Jan Scaup Earls Barton GP – drake still on the large lake east of Mary’s Lake this morning
12 Jan Jack Snipe Barnes Meadow – two this morning, also 4 Common Snipe
12 Jan Whooper Swan Sywell CP – adult still this morning, in field to east of reservoir, also Stonechat
12 Jan Waxwing Kettering – twenty-two still present on School Lane car park 11.25 SP869788
12 Jan Mediterranean Gull Daventry CP – third-winter at southern end this morning
12 Jan Waxwing Kettering – unspecified number still present on School Lane car park 09.50 SP869788
Wednesday 11th January
11 Jan Smew Ditchford GP – drake on the large lake between Irthlingborough and Higham Ferrers, also 2 Red-crested Pochards on the adjacent fishing lake plus Green Sandpiper and Jack Snipe
11 Jan Great White Egret Summer Leys LNR – one still today
11 Jan Scaup Earls Barton GP – drake still on the large lake east of Mary’s Lake today
11 Jan Waxwing Kettering – twenty-two now present on School Lane car park 12.55 SP869788
11 Jan Great White Egret Ravensthorpe Res – two still at midday, also Green Sandpiper
11 Jan Waxwing Kettering – at least 17 now present on School Lane car park 10.40 SP869788
11 Jan Slavonian Grebe Pitsford Res – still this morning, also 4 White-fronted Geese
11 Jan Waxwing Kettering – twelve on School Lane car park this morning SP869788
Tuesday 10th January
10 Jan Waxwing Bulwick – eight in a private garden
10 Jan Great White Egret Pitsford Res – three today, also Green Sandpiper
10 Jan Slavonian Grebe Pitsford Res – still in Pintail Bay early afternoon
10 Jan White-fronted Goose Great Doddington – twenty-three with Greylags and Canada Geese by River Nene this morning
10 Jan Great White Egret Summer Leys LNR – one still today
10 Jan Scaup Earls Barton GP – drake still on the large lake east of Mary’s Lake this morning
Monday 9th January
09 Jan Great White Egret Summer Leys LNR – one still today
09 Jan Scaup Earls Barton GP – drake still on the large lake behind Mary’s Lake today
09 Jan Caspian Gull Daventry CP – an adult briefly, late morning
Sunday 8th January
08 Jan Whooper Swan Sywell CP – adult still this afternoon,also Stonechat
08 Jan Scaup Earls Barton GP – drake again on the large lake behind Mary’s Lake this afternoon
08 Jan White-fronted Goose Summer Leys LNR – fifteen on main lake with Greylags 14.50
08 Jan Short-eared Owl Finedon – at least one still near Neville’s Lodge c.SP925712 14.50
08 Jan Waxwing Sywell – three in rowan trees by Sywell Aerodrome, opposite XPO Logistics warehouse 14.25
08 Jan Slavonian Grebe Pitsford Res – still, in Pintail Bay, 13.05, also female Red-crested Pochard, Dunlin and Stonechat
08 Jan Great White Egret Ravensthorpe Res – three still 12.40, also Green Sandpiper
08 Jan Great White Egret Pitsford Res – one at the mouth of Holcot Bay 11.10
08 Jan Great White Egret Summer Leys LNR – one still this morning, also 2 Pintails and a Golden Plover
08 Jan Slavonian Grebe Pitsford Res – still, off dam, by the valve tower 10.30
08 Jan Caspian Gull Rushton Landfill – two (adult and first-winter) in field immediately north of the landfill 10.30
08 Jan Cattle Egret Whiston – no sign in field immediately south of Dunkleys Station building SP859617 this morning
Saturday 7th January
07 Jan Red-crested Pochard Stanford Res – drake this afternoon, also Green Sandpiper and 28 Common Snipe
07 Jan Slavonian Grebe Pitsford Res – still off the sailing club this afternoon
07 Jan Cattle Egret Whiston – still in field immediately south of Dunkleys Station building 14.10 SP859617
07 Jan Merlin Braybrooke – one over south this morning
07 Jan Great White Egret Summer Leys LNR – one still on main lake this morning
07 Jan Waxwing Woodford Halse – seven in a garden inAdams Road at junction with Townsend
07 Jan Cattle Egret Whiston – one in field between River Nene and Dunkleys Station building
07 Jan White-fronted Goose Great Doddington – unspecified number with Greylags by River Nene 10.35
07 Jan Jack Snipe Barnes Meadow – two this morning, also 7+ Common Snipe
Friday 6th January
06 Jan Waxwing Woodford Halse – three in rowan tree outside Co-op on Phipps Road NN11 3TW this afternoon
06 Jan Slavonian Grebe Pitsford Res – still off the sailing club this afternoon
06 Jan Whooper Swan Sywell CP – adult still in field north of the north-west corner 15.15
06 Jan Great White Egret Summer Leys LNR – one on Gull Island late morning
Thursday 5th January
05 Jan Great White Egret Thrapston GP – one still
05 Jan Slavonian Grebe Pitsford Res – still present, off the sailing club this afternoon, also adult Caspian Gull and first-winter Yellow-legged Gull in the roost
05 Jan Great White Egret Ravensthorpe Res – three still this afternoon
05 Jan Short-eared Owl Finedon – five near Neville’s Lodge c.SP925712 this afternoon
05 Jan Great White Egret Pitsford Res – two still north of the causeway, also 2 Red-crested Pochards, 3 Green Sandpipers and 4 Common Snipe
05 Jan Bewick’s Swan Pitsford Res – five adults flew south over the dam 09.30
Wednesday 4th January
04 Jan Scaup Stanwick GP – female still on the main lake this afternoon, also adult Caspian Gull
04 Jan White-fronted Goose Pitsford Res – two adults with Greylags in Pintail Bay this afternoon, also Redshank, Green Sandpiper, Common Snipe and first-winter Yellow-legged Gull in the roost
04 Jan Short-eared Owl Finedon – four still near Neville’s Lodge c.SP925712 this afternoon
04 Jan Great White Egret Pitsford Res – one in Scaldwell Bay, also 2+ Pintails and Green Sandpiper
04 Jan White-fronted Goose Great Doddington – twenty-three still by River Nene this afternoon
04 Jan Smew Earls Barton GP – drake on Mary’s Lake 13.30
04 Jan Great White Egret Summer Leys LNR – one at 11.00
04 Jan Scaup Earls Barton GP – a drake on the large lake behind Mary’s Lake this morning
04 Jan Whooper Swan Sywell CP – adult still this morning, in field distantly from dam
Tuesday 3rd January
03 Jan Short-eared Owl Finedon – four still near Neville’s Lodge c.SP925712
03 Jan Slavonian Grebe Pitsford Res – still at 14.45, also Great White Egret north of causeway, plus 3 Pintails, Dunlin, Redshank and 2 Green Sandpipers
03 Jan White-fronted Goose Great Doddington – twenty-three by River Nene 14.30
03 Jan Whooper Swan Sywell CP – adult still 12.30
03 Jan Marsh Harrier Summer Leys LNR – one flew into the reedbed at midday
03 Jan White-fronted Goose Summer Leys LNR – fifteen late morning, also 2 Great White Egrets and Green Sandpiper
03 Jan Long-tailed Duck Stanford Res – still present in the middle of the reservoir 11.20
03 Jan Slavonian Grebe Pitsford Res – again 100 m east of the holly tree 10.30
03 Jan Scaup Stanwick GP – female still on the main lake this morning, also drake Smew
03 Jan Waxwing Daventry – one in a garden on Borough Hill 08.50 to 09.10 then flew off
Monday 2nd January
02 Jan Short-eared Owl Finedon – four still near Neville’s Lodge c.SP925712 showing well, 15.30
02 Jan Scaup Summer Leys – female on the main lake at the end nearest Hardwater Crossing, also Great White Egret there and Pintail on nearby Mary’s Lake
02 Jan Red-crested Pochard Pitsford Res – female in Pintail Bay, also Redshank and 2 Green Sandpipers
02 Jan FOUND Finedon – miscellaneous photographic accessories today at Neville’s Lodge Short-eared Owl site. Please contact to retrieve.
02 Jan Waxwing Roade – fifteen, including one colour-ringed individual, this afternoon
02 Jan Bittern Thrapston GP – one again today, also Great White Egret
02 Jan Scaup Stanwick GP – a female on the main lake this afternoon
02 Jan Smew Stanford Res – ‘redhead’ still present off old hide 14.00
02 Jan Waxwing Roade – fourteen at 13.30
02 Jan Waxwing Roade – ten at 12.30
02 Jan Great White Egret Ravensthorpe Res – three still at 12.10
02 Jan Long-tailed Duck Stanford Res – still present 12.10, also first-winter Scaup
02 Jan White-fronted Goose Clifford Hill GP – twenty-three late morning
02 Jan Short-eared Owl Finedon – four still near Neville’s Lodge c.SP925712 this morning
02 Jan White-fronted Goose Whiston – at least 22 from the footbridge at White Mills Marina SP855617 then flew off late morning
02 Jan Waxwing Roade – eight still at 08.15
Sunday 1st January
01 Jan Great White Egret Thrapston GP – one this afternoon but no sign of Bittern between 14.00 and 15.00
01 Jan Waxwing Roade – eight still at 14.25
01 Jan Great White Egret Ravensthorpe Res – two still at 13.30
01 Jan Waxwing Roade – still at 11.30
01 Jan Great White Egret Summer Leys LNR – one still this morning
01 Jan Waxwing Roade – eight still at 10.45, one by Main Roade Garage on A508, 7 in roadside front garden number 18, almost opposite the garage
01 Jan White-fronted Goose Whiston – no sign of any from the footbridge at White Mills Marina SP855617 to 10.14
01 Jan Waxwing Roade – eight still in roadside rowans in front gardens on A508, almost opposite Road Main Garage this morning
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50+linnets pitsford res today at 12.near first hide
spotted the linnets along waters edge
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Sole waxwing seen yesterday in Badby by allotment, watched for 20 minutes, no more about.
Thanks, Andy
Hi is this the right place to report birds? I’ve only just found you! I live in West Hunsbury, Northampton near the Shelfley lake off Ladybridge Drive. Very excited today as for the first time we have a flock of fieldfares in the Close. We feed a lot of birds in our garden so hopefully they will stick around. But also I walked round the lake this morning and spotted the single heron we have. Then I saw what looked like a black heron. I was a little way away from it so my details might not be quite right and my camera phone is useless. It was a bit smaller than a normal heron, completely black as far as I could see, long bill curved a bit at the end and the tail was quite fanned out. When I got home I looked for it and the only two things which resembled it were a shag and a cormorant. It looked more like the shag tbh but it would be as far away from the coast as you could get! Any thoughts? Many thanks, Sarah PS I will try to get a photo next time I go down if it’s still there.
Sarah, Thanks for the report. It will almost certainly be a Cormorant – they are common in Northants and breed at several localities. Shag is not impossible, though, as there was one on Abington Park Lake a couple of winters ago. If you would like to report sightings then please email me at northantsbirds@ntlworld.com Thanks!
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Mike – could the injured Ruddy Shelduck not be rescued and treated, e.g. by RSPCA?
In theory, yes. Attempts to catch the bird have so far failed.
Thanks, that’s good to hear someone’s trying to help it (:o)
20/01/2017 c20 Waxwing Park area back of Woodside Avenue.( North of Northampton College) Flew off over A43 towards woodland between Holmecross Road and Heather Lane.
I hope this is the right place to send a report in.
Thanks, Colin. Yes, this is a possible method of reporting but it’s better to email via the ‘Contact’ page to: mike@alibone.fsnet.co.uk Cheers. Mike.
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