Northamptonshire Wildlife Diary

Highlights of the wildlife year around Northamptonshire

Wildlife Diary Highlights of the wildlife year around Northamptonshire January Pitsford Res - Winter ducks and gulls An afternoon at the Dam end of Pitsford Reservoir looking for winter ducks and gulls. Pitsford has one of the largest gull roosts in Northamptonshire and numbers build up in the hour before dusk. February Clifford Hill GP and Nene Barrage - Golden Plover and winter ducks Delapre Abbey - Trees and early flowers March Salcey Forest - Lords and Ladies, Catkins and Roding Woodcock April Barnack - Pasque Flower and Holly Blue Summerleys - Migrant birds Pitsford Reservoir - Migrant birds May Fermyn Wood - Dawn chorus This is an ideal site to enjoy the dawn chorus. Parts of Fermyn Wood do not suffer from traffic noise pollution and there are no major commercial flight paths crossing the east end of the county. Glapthorn Cow Pastures - Dawn chorus Probably the best site in Northamptonshire to enjoy the dawn chorus. Brigstock CP - Butterflies and Dragonflies Summerleys - Birds and Hairy Dragonfly Badby Wood and Fawsley Park Lakes - Birds June Nene near Yarwell – Dragonflies Collyweston – Flowers Salcey Forest - Butterflies July Glapthorn Cow Pastures - Black Hairstreak Fermyn Wood - Butterflies Ashton Wold - Dragonflies August Ashton Wold - Dragonflies September Daventry CP - Migrant birds Short Wood and Southwick Wood - Fungi October Salcey Forest - Fungi Salcey Forest is one of the best sites for fungi in Northamptonshire. A day in late October after wet weather could prduce 100 species. Harlestone Firs - Fungi Harlestone Firs has a wide range of habitats for fungi and an afternoon walk should produce 50+ species. November Blatherwyke - Red Kites, Deer, Hares, winter thrushes December Summerleys - Winter Ducks

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