A grey old day with intermittent rain failed to dampen our spirits as we made our way around East Carlton Country Park. Every 5 or 10 minutes some eagle eyes spotted a decent bird or two! First off was a flock of about 30 Siskin in the alder trees surrounding the ponds. This was shortly … Read more

A pretty cold, misty day was not very promising as we made our way from the car park down to the Irthlingborough Lakes & Meadows reserve in the Nene valley. The highlight was probably a fly past of a couple of Great White Egret. There was plenty to see on the water including Little Egret, … Read more

A bitterly cold but sunny day saw us at Eyebrook Reservoir. From the car park we strolled along the lane by the reservoir, nothing of note seen on the water; for sure, there was plenty of duck, geese and swan out there but nothing to get excited about. However there were large flocks of Lapwing … Read more

A bright, sunny but very cold day saw us wandering around Barnwell Country Park admiring the picturesque views of the last Autumn tints on the many trees reflected in the water. There were a few birds around – mainly Cormorants, Mallard, Gadwall, Moorhen and Bluetits but we were kept searching and were rewarded for our … Read more

A glorious October day saw us at Melton Country Park where bird life was a bit scarce other than on the water! Here, Little Grebes were in abundance along with the usual suspects of Mute Swan, Cormorant, Grey Heron, Black-headed and Common Gull, Coot, Moorhen, Mallard and Gadwall. The last named looked quite stunning in … Read more

A pretty quiet morning at Ravensthorpe Reservoir. Highlights, if you can call them that, were a Raven passing overhead as we assembled in the car park, a Stock Dove on the overflow channel and a Hobby circling overhead near the fishing lodge. Perhaps he’d spotted the only dragonfly we saw – a Brown Hawker! On … Read more

A typical August day at Thornton Reservoir – i.e. pretty quiet! Little birds were scarce other than a few Goldfinch, House Martin and Swallow. Great Crested Grebe outnumbered anything else on the water although there were also a pair of Little Grebe (pictured above), quite a few Mallard too and just a few Gadwall, Tufted … Read more

One of the few, hot sunny days of the summer so far, saw us at Fermyn Woods Country Park. Bird wise, as expected, Red Kite in abundance but otherwise that was a complete loss but that was a bumper day for damsel /dragonfly and butterfly. 10 species of the former were recorded – Banded Demoiselle, … Read more

After last month’s rained off event, thankfully the complete opposite for our visit to Cossington Meadows – a bright, sunny, warm morning. As expected at this time of year, warblers were difficult to see but in full voice – heard, with an occasional glimpse, were Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Reed, Sedge, Willow and Cetti’s Warbler. A couple … Read more

Sadly our trip to Paxton Pits was called off because of the rain! Bruce White