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Yellow-browed Warbler
The first of many? Given the huge numbers of Yellow-browed Warblers present in Britain (more than 740, with 320 in Shetland alone) during the last week, it seems almost inevitable that at least one...
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Stanford’s Eastern Dynamic Duo
We are in the midst of a Siberian invasion. The fallout from the arrivals en masse on the east coast – and elsewhere – has clearly penetrated far inland with the county’s second Yellow-browed Warbler...
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Blimey, it’s a blythi !
A Northamptonshire first Confirmation came today that the ‘eastern’ Lesser Whitethroat trapped and ringed at Stanford Reservoir on 12th October was indeed of the race blythi – more commonly known as...
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Siberian Chiffchaffs
It’s still there! After Doug McFarlane had brief views, and managed a long range shot, of a greyish ‘Chiffchaff’ in the willows between the yacht club and the dam at Pitsford last Friday, I decided to...
View ArticleDusky Warbler at Stanford Reservoir
… or is it a Radde’s? Before packing up this morning, the last bird pulled from the nets of the Stanford Ringing Group proved to be a Northamptonshire first but the subsequent circulation of the...
View ArticleBlackcap Central
With nearly two weeks of winter behind us and a blast of cold, Arctic air dramatically influencing our weather conditions, increasing numbers of Blackcaps have been reported in local gardens over the...
View ArticleMarsh Warbler at Stanford
A routine ringing session at Stanford Reservoir this morning produced Northamptonshire’s fourth-ever Marsh Warbler. It was trapped, ringed and released along the rear edge of Blower’s Lodge Bay at...
View ArticleNorthern Willow Warbler at Stanford
Northamptonshire’s fourth-ever Northern Willow Warbler was pulled from the nets of the Stanford Ringing Group, at Stanford Reservoir, this morning. Willow Warbler comprises three subspecies – nominate...
View ArticleStanford nets another Marsh Warbler
With the Stanford Ringing Group going full pelt this autumn, it was odds on that, after the Wryneck trapped and ringed recently, something else high calibre would find its way into the ringers’ nets...
View ArticleDartford Warbler in Blakesley
Northamptonshire’s 5th Dartford Warbler makes landfall … in a garden. It’s been ten years since the last Dartford Warbler appeared in Northants, when a first-winter was discovered in an overgrown field...
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