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    Birding in Northants

    Yeah, I've not had any luck with Hawfinches so far, still sounds like a good day. James.
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    Birding in Northants

    Hi Captain, sounds like a decent site, I think that there has been some Hawfinches there too recently. James.
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    Birding in Northants

    In the unlikely event that anyone should want to carry on reading my ramblings about my err ramblings then I now have a shiny new blog to peruse. It's the same old spiel as usual but who knows, there may be a diamond amongst the dross. The web address is (I hope) http://...
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    Birding in Northants

    Thanks Mark, I've just bought another Nikon so there's plenty more snapping still to come! James.
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    Birding in Northants

    When I began this thread I was kind of hoping that it might become a forum for people that wanted to exchange views and news about birds and wildlife within the county, it was certainly never my intention to create a blog. Given that fact I think it's about time that I stopped contributing here...
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    Birding in Northants

    It seems as if those darters that I mentioned in my last post were Ruddies and not something more exotic so it's a case of back to the books for me! I was a county traitor again today so nothing new to add at the mo but here's a picture of a Heath Fritillary that I saw today in Essex, it was a...
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    Birding in Northants

    Some of the dragons and a damsel that I could I.D James.
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    Birding in Northants

    Well this month is getting better and better and while I was not remotely tempted by the Bufflehead found yesterday at Clifford Hill I did enjoy a stroll around my local area. The early phase of my wander was a little on the dull side with just a Meadow Brown and a few Ringlets as I walked down...
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    Birding in Northants

    My hot June streak continues as on a short wander around Weldon I added another species to my growing Northants year list. Taking my now almost customary post work walk I decided to head over to the pond in the Woodland Park and see what I could find. Five or six Small Red-eyed Damsels were the...
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    Birding in Northants

    Come on you didn't think that I'd forgotten the stars of the show did you? James.
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    Birding in Northants

    A sure fire, ten picture special and a true humdinger of a nature spotting bonanza centred mainly on Fermyn Woods. With news filtering through and mouth watering pictures appearing of Purple Emperors (not so keen on the close up Thoras mind) being out I had no choice but to give it a bash. So it...
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    Birding in Northants

    A few more pictures from today's wanderings. James.
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    Birding in Northants

    An interesting day with good stuff spread pretty much throughout. Started at the old market site here in Corby where the butterflies were active before 7:30. Well over fifty Marbled Whites were very actively flitting about, I don't think that I saw one of them land. Other species present were...
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    Birding in Northants

    Took a walk around the Laundimer Wood complex this afternoon and had a few nice bits and bobs to report. Several Ravens were heard calling and a day hooting Tawny Owl were the bird highlights. First off for the butterfly team was a White Admiral within a couple of hundred yards of the entrance...
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    Birding in Northants

    Amongst my small circle of friends my impression of being a total idiot is widely recognised as being utterly convincing and completely natural, my impression of knowing what I'm talking about on the other hand is almost unknown. Today I feel as if I played the second role as my search for...
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    Birding in Northants

    An after work excursion over to the patch today where I had hoped to find a few butterflies. Not a total waste of time either as I eventually found a total of six species. Two Speckled Woods served as a welcoming committee and a Small Torty showed soon afterwards. A couple of Small Whites seemed...
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    Birding in Northants

    Another nature spotting excursion today with a walk along the Nene at Oundle and a look at Barnwell CP. I saw Kingfishers again for the third day running, this really is a reliable area for them and I've yet to dip this year. A family of ducklings faced some very real threats from both a pair of...
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    Birding in Northants

    A bit of a strange day really with a lunch time church function (don't ask) limiting my time out to quite a large degree. Keeping in mind those time limitations I kept it local with a walk around several sites in the Weldon area and also took a quick peek at the patch on the way home. The A43...
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    Birding in Northants

    Some more shots from today. James.
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    Birding in Northants

    As I was out watching a comedian last night and given that beer was almost certainly going to be involved I thought it would be prudent to book today off and so I used the opportunity to go nature spotting in the Welland Valley. Walking through the town I passed the boating lake where the...
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    Birding in Northants

    With sunshine likely to be a pretty scarce commodity over the next few days I headed out after work even if the cloud cover looked a bit unpromising. Just a brief walk over to Southwood where I spent most of my time around the pond. A pair of Coots here would require a written description if...
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    Birding in Northants

    County traitor time today with a twitch over to Lincolnshire for the Marsh Fritillaries at Chambers Farm Woods. As I knew we had a fairly late kicking off time I had an hours walk around the Old Village and the neighbouring West Glebe Park. The dawn chorus is past its peak and Wrens and...
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    Birding in Northants

    As soon as I found out that the Black Hairstreaks were showing at Glapthorn Cow Pasture (thank you Twitter) all previous plans for today were duly changed. I hopped on to the X4 and took the short trip over to Lower Benefield from where it was but a short stroll to the reserve along the gated...
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    Birding in Northants

    I headed over to the patch after work where the conditions were much nicer than on last Monday. At least two Kingfishers were very active this afternoon while the Green Woodpecker was very vocal. More and more young birds are appearing and forming noisy parties that are passing mostly unseen...
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    Birding in Northants

    Another post work outing to take advantage of the great weather. Took a trip with a local naturalist to a Forestry Commission wood near Sywell Airfield where we were lucky enough to see about thirty Wood Whites. I didn't even know about the wood never mind the butterflies so I was a little...
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