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  1. redeyedvideo

    Birding in Northants

    John Finlayson I read on Twitter that John Finlayson has died. I never met him personally but I've communicated with him on the pages of BF in the past. I always find it sad when a birder passes away, even more so a local man.
  2. redeyedvideo

    Birding in Northants

    I spent a few hours at Summer Leys yesterday mainly photographing anything that moved. Heres my notable tally; Water Rail Great White Egret Little Egret x 4 Redshank x 2 Little Ringed Plover Hobby x 4 Med Gull
  3. redeyedvideo

    Birding in Northants

    Perhaps they ought to lock them in there for a few days, preferably when it's nice and hot. The local council don't do themselves any favours, the money they must have made from parking when the Honey Buzzard was there a few years back didn't go to replacing the burnt-out hide. I had paid a...
  4. redeyedvideo

    Birding in Northants

    Thanks Mark, still there today but little else in the biting wind apart from Ruff, Shelduck, Little Egrets and a Swallow. I missed the Marsh Harrier.
  5. redeyedvideo

    Birding in Northants

    That's exactly what I was thinking when I planted the phragmites at the western end of the barrage in 1986 though I suspect breeding Bitterns & Marsh Harriers are still some time away. Not a migrant but I actually saw the singing Cetti's at Summerleys today from the Rotary Club hide while...
  6. redeyedvideo

    Birding in Northants

    This must be the most ridiculous SSSI anywhere in the world. Signs warn of fines of up to £20000 for disturbance yet shooting takes place every Tuesday during winter, locals exercise their dogs round the edge and fishermen park their vehicles so as to cause the most disturbance possible. Hot-air...
  7. redeyedvideo

    Birding in Northants

    Now 9 (nine) Avoctets there!
  8. redeyedvideo

    Birding in Northants

    Hi Andrew, how's it going? The lagoons are at the end of the central spit, here's a shot from September 2013 when they were being created.
  9. redeyedvideo

    Birding in Northants

    The Med Gull is still at Summerleys on the island with the Black-headeds if anyone's interested. I saw my first Swallow of the year there too and a Peregrine flew west putting the gulls up. Avocet at CHGP on the new lagoons so things are hotting up in the cold conditions! Here's a shot of this...
  10. redeyedvideo

    Birding in Northants

    Northants Bird Club Photo Competition Results from the recent competition are being posted on the club's site. The Sparrowhawk is stunning, click on image to zoom when open to see the incredible quality. Other categories will be added in due course and previous year's winners are worth a look...
  11. redeyedvideo

    Birding in Northants

    It's good to have an active thread for birding in Northants, keep it up! I went to CHGP yesterday which was very quiet. A Little Egret was in the stream on the other side of the Bedford Road and a fox was wandering around the large roundabout in full view of the motorists. Yellowhammers are...
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