Something different this month! Graham had organised a visit to Stanford Reservoir for us with a guide from one the bird ringers there. A bit of a job keeping up with him (!) but he took us to various places around the reservoir which were good spots for seeing some of the more elusive species. … Read more

Early rain passed over quickly leaving us with bright sunny periods for our visit to Daventry Country Park. Walking firstly over the dam there were the usual suspects to be seen on what little water there was i.e. Coot, Moorhen, Cormorant, Mallard, Gadwell, Tufted Duck, Great Crested Grebe and Black-headed Gull. At the far end … Read more

Our visit to LRWT’s Cossington Meadows reserve started off in bright sunshine as we made our way along by the River Soar where several Migrant Hawker were busy. In drought conditions that was no surprise the pools there were devoid of any water. However, several Pied Wagtail were enjoying the mud there. Not much further … Read more

Our outing to Fermyn Woods, as expected in July, was pretty much birdless, certainly nothing of any note! However a great morning was had spotting all the butterfly and dragon/damselfly. Butterfly wise we set eyes upon Small Skipper, Large White, Small White, Speckled Wood, Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Ringlet, Red Admiral, Painted Lady, Comma and Common … Read more

A big surprise at Sywell Country Park was the lack of water in the reservoir. Apparently, they were running the level down to do some works. Walking along the dam we admired the Grey and Pied Wagtails. The highlight of the morning followed as we spied a juvenile Kestrel stood on a bird box. Further … Read more

Our outing this month was to the Nottingham Wildlife Trust site at Attenborough chosen specifically so as to meet up with former member of the group Tony Cook who now resides in Nottinghamshire. Formalities over we set off in glorious May weather around the Tufted Duck Nature Trail which gave views over the main bodies … Read more

In view of the petrol crisis I thought that this month we would repeat an outing the group last did in August 2008! We caught the X7 up to Great Oxendon and then walked back to Little Bowden via the Brampton Valley Way. Hoping to hear and even better see some of the early warblers … Read more

At last! After the last two months of grey, cold, overcast birding days we had a glorious Spring day of sunshine and warmth for our visit to Summer Leys Nature Reserve in the Nene valley. The birds were in fine voice as we made our around the reserve accompanied much of the way by very … Read more

Just like January, we had a grey, overcast, drizzly morning for our visit to East Carlton Country Park. As we made our way up the park a Song Thrush was happily singing away despite the weather! As we entered the top woods a Nuthatch was spotted flitting about high above us. Nothing of note for … Read more

Our first return visit for 13 years to Brock’s Hill in Oadby coincided with a very grey, miserable morning. A Song Thrush in full voice as we exited the cars gave room for optimism for the morning. Sadly, other than a male Bullfinch sighting, nothing else of note was encountered unless you count the profusion … Read more