Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 27/08/202610 greenshank, 8 ringed plover, 2 dunlin, 2 com sand and redshank at Stanwick today. Also a new bird for Stanwick in the form of a Nuthatch heard (later filmed by Jon Andrews) so an excellent day #Northantsbirds 040
Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 29/05/2026A new garden species for me today with a beautiful demoiselle in our Irthlingboro garden 030
Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 21/04/20262 barwits on the layby islands at Stanwick this morning. The north easterlies deliver, now we need cloud and rain #northantsbirds 0132
Reposted by Steve FisherGraham Appleton @wadertales.bsky.social · 15/04/2026More Snipe news! Very few Icelandic Snipe winter in England (wadertales.wordpress.com/2016/09/20/s...) This tagged bird left Cornwall at 7pm on 13th April and arrived in Iceland 16 hours later. Info from @tomasgunnarsson.bsky.social & @joseaalves.bsky.social #ornithology 35114
Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 31/03/20266 cattle egret at Stanwick this morning #northantsbirds 030
Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 25/03/2026At last a quality bird at Stanwick this morning. Albino Egyptian goose. Can it get any better? 180
Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 28/02/2026I know goose photos are getting a bit old hat this winter, but when that's all you've got..... 7 white fronts still at Stanwick today and 3 redshank #Northantsbirds 0100
Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 24/02/20267 white fronts and marsh harrier again at Stanwick this morning. Also 4 pintail, 54 pochard (high for here these days) and several 'singing' water rail #Northantsbirds 082
Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 12/02/20263 of the 7 white fronts at Stanwick today. Also c30 redpoll, peregrine and 2 pintail #Northantsbirds 090
Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Another miserable day yesterday. 4 white fronts, 5 oystercatcher and 16 redpoll the best of the birds at Stanwick. The obliging otter again on the brook - this is the what happens when wild animals feel safe! #Northantsbirds 0113
Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 31/01/20264 white fronts on main lake Stanwick again this morning. Also the orange tagged marsh harrier, 9 great egret, 13 goosander, 2 redshank and 2 otter #Northantsbirds 070
Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 30/01/20264 white fronts on the main lake Stanwick this morning in a brief visit. #Northantsbirds 040
Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Excellent few hours at Stanwick this morning. c40 white fronts flew NE, 2 scaup and a 1st w caspian gull #Northantsbirds 0101
Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 26/01/2026First signs of spring today with 4 shelduck E and oystercatcher. Also 2 blackcap, 10 redpoll and 2 redshank at Stanwick #Northantsbirds 080
Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Quiet bird wise at Stanwick today but this made up for it 1121
Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 15/01/20262 marsh harrier, redshank and c25 redpoll in a brief visit to stanwick this morning #northantsbirds 150
Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 12/01/2026Tundra bean again on the main lake at Stanwick for a while this afternoon before flying NE. Also c/c marsh harrier and redshank #Northantsbirds 0100
Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 08/01/202610 white fronts on main lake stanwick at dawn soon flew NE. Didn't see the tundra bean but it could easily have been there. Also 13 goosander and 11 siskin #northantsbirds 0100
Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 06/01/2026The tundra bean and whitefronts gave themselves up spectacularly this afternoon, close to the main path at North Lake, Stanwick. Tundra bean being a new species for the site #Northantsbirds 2232
Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 15/12/2025Marsh harrier hunting the main lake, Stanwick this morning. Also 2 redshank, 4 goosander and good nos of winter thrushes at north lake #Northantsbirds 090
Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Another in my long series of truly awful record shots, the green winged teal at Stanwick this morning #northantsbirds 1100
Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 28/10/2025At long last, lesser scaup on the county list this morning at Ditchford lane gp #northantsbirds 091
Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 09/10/20251 of 15 stone curlew in NE Bulgaria today - exceptionally confiding 070
Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 15/09/2025Just this, this is why I love this little bit of the world #Bulgariabirds 050
Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 28/08/2025Crappy early morning record shot of the glossy ibis SW over the layby pit, Stanwick at 6.30 this morning. It appeared to drop onto the main lake but couldn't find it again #Northantsbirds 090
Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 21/08/2025An improvement at Stanwick this morning with juv med gull, 2 ruff, 4 com sand, ringed pl and green sand. Also swift and hobby and a noticeable increase in warblers and hirundines #Northantsbirds 080
Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 29/07/20258 yl gulls at Stanwick today, also blackwit, 2 com sands, green sand, snipe and a family party of 5+ Egyptian geese #Northantsbirds 040
Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 17/07/20258 lrp on the layby islands this morning constituted the first evidence of any wader passage thro' Stanwick this autumn #Northantsbirds 040
Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 14/07/2025Still no sign of passage at Stanwick this morning but a badger trundling along the shoreline of the main lake was excellent. The mess left by Sundays visitors was staggering. The way people treat the countryside is depressing to say the least 030
Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 01/07/2025A family of grey wags have been knocking around our garden all day today. Regular breeders along the valley these days, often in quite strange places #Northantsbirds 080
Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 27/06/20252 cattle egret at Stanwick this morning and a curlew flew SW #Northantsbirds 040
Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 09/06/2025Impossible to count but the wrens seem to have done well in our garden this year #Northantsbirds 1514
Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 05/06/2025Cattle egret on the main lake at Stanwick this morning but little else. A crossbill over our garden in Irthlingboro' calling yesterday perhaps a sign of things to come #Northantsbirds 070
Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 02/06/2025The whole black headed gull colony on the layby pit at at Stanwick seems to have deserted over the weekend. I wonder what caused that? #Northantsbirds 120
Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 27/05/2025This moulting drake mandarin was sheltering on the brook at Stanwick this afternoon. Otherwise just 4 ringed plover and hepatic cuckoo today #Northantsbirds 060
Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 21/05/2025The hepatic cuckoo again around the layby pit, Stanwick this morning #Northantsbirds 040
Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 19/05/2025A smart, bright brown morph cuckoo around the layby pit, stanwick this morning. Thankfully my reflexes are as good as ever and I managed a couple of clear, crisp photos #Northantsbirds 041
Reposted by Steve FisherMartin George @jannerbirder.bsky.social · 14/05/2025A duck has been caught speeding on traffic cameras in the town of Koeniz in central Switzerland. Local police said the mallard - a wild duck - was snapped on radar images on 13 April clocking in at 52km (32 miles) in a 30km zone. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukSpeeding duck: Switzerland traffic cameras catch flying mallardPolice say the mallard was likely a repeat offender and was caught in the same spot seven years ago. 67017
Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 14/05/2025A bit more of the glossy ibis just before it flew NE this morning. Very glossy #northantsbirds 051
Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 14/05/2025Glossy ibis main lake stanwick currently #northantsbirds 030
Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 13/05/2025Turnstone on the layby islands stanwick this morning #northantsbirds 040
Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 09/05/2025Superb barwit on the main lake stanwick this morning #northantsbirds 070
Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 05/05/2025A whimbrel dropped in for 20 mins at Stanwick this morning and 11 arctic terns flew NE. Also ringed plover and 2 com sand #Northantsbirds 040
Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 03/05/20252 of the 3 greenshank at Stanwick this morning. At last we seem to be getting a few birds #northantsbirds 020
Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 02/05/2025A spoonbill came in to the main lake stanwick low from the SW just before 6AM this morning and stayed for about 40 minutes before returning in the direction it came from #northantsbirds 160
Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 30/04/2025Whimbrel NE over Stanwick this morning #Northantsbirds 081
Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 23/04/202519 arctic terns in total thru' Stanwick today, also hobby and 3 com sands. Is there anything better than inland arctics powering through against a stormy sky in the spring? #Northantsbirds 0100
Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 21/04/2025A nice rusty barwit nearly landed at Stanwick this afternoon. With blackwit, 3 dunlin, com sand, 2 lrp and 4 yellow wags a little improvement #Northantsbirds 170
Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 04/04/2025Another 5 little gulls NE through Stanwick at midday and then 2 from our garden on the edge of Irthlingborough late afternoon. With birds all over the Midlands I wonder how many were moving today. Long may these Easterlies continue #Northantsbirds 080
Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 04/04/20254 Little Gulls NE over the car park at Stanwick this morning hopefully heralds a change in fortune #Northantsbirds 071
