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Steve Fisher

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Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
A new garden species for me today with a beautiful demoiselle in our Irthlingboro garden
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Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
2 barwits on the layby islands at Stanwick this morning. The north easterlies deliver, now we need cloud and rain #northantsbirds
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Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
6 cattle egret at Stanwick this morning #northantsbirds
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Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
At last a quality bird at Stanwick this morning. Albino Egyptian goose. Can it get any better?
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Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
I 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
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Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
7 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
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Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
3 of the 7 white fronts at Stanwick today. Also c30 redpoll, peregrine and 2 pintail #Northantsbirds
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Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Another 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
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Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
4 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
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Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
4 white fronts on the main lake Stanwick this morning in a brief visit. #Northantsbirds
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Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Excellent few hours at Stanwick this morning. c40 white fronts flew NE, 2 scaup and a 1st w caspian gull #Northantsbirds
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Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
First signs of spring today with 4 shelduck E and oystercatcher. Also 2 blackcap, 10 redpoll and 2 redshank at Stanwick #Northantsbirds
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Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Quiet bird wise at Stanwick today but this made up for it
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Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
2 marsh harrier, redshank and c25 redpoll in a brief visit to stanwick this morning #northantsbirds
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Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Tundra bean again on the main lake at Stanwick for a while this afternoon before flying NE. Also c/c marsh harrier and redshank #Northantsbirds
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Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
The 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
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Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Marsh harrier hunting the main lake, Stanwick this morning. Also 2 redshank, 4 goosander and good nos of winter thrushes at north lake #Northantsbirds
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Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Another in my long series of truly awful record shots, the green winged teal at Stanwick this morning #northantsbirds
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Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
At long last, lesser scaup on the county list this morning at Ditchford lane gp #northantsbirds
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Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
1 of 15 stone curlew in NE Bulgaria today - exceptionally confiding
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Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Just this, this is why I love this little bit of the world #Bulgariabirds
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Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Crappy 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
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Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
An 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
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Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
8 yl gulls at Stanwick today, also blackwit, 2 com sands, green sand, snipe and a family party of 5+ Egyptian geese #Northantsbirds
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Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
A 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
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Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
2 cattle egret at Stanwick this morning and a curlew flew SW #Northantsbirds
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Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Impossible to count but the wrens seem to have done well in our garden this year #Northantsbirds
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Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Cattle 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
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Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
This moulting drake mandarin was sheltering on the brook at Stanwick this afternoon. Otherwise just 4 ringed plover and hepatic cuckoo today #Northantsbirds
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Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
The hepatic cuckoo again around the layby pit, Stanwick this morning #Northantsbirds
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Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
A 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
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Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
A bit more of the glossy ibis just before it flew NE this morning. Very glossy #northantsbirds
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Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Glossy ibis main lake stanwick currently #northantsbirds
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Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Turnstone on the layby islands stanwick this morning #northantsbirds
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Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Superb barwit on the main lake stanwick this morning #northantsbirds
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Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
A whimbrel dropped in for 20 mins at Stanwick this morning and 11 arctic terns flew NE. Also ringed plover and 2 com sand #Northantsbirds
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Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
2 of the 3 greenshank at Stanwick this morning. At last we seem to be getting a few birds #northantsbirds
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Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
A 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
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Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Whimbrel NE over Stanwick this morning #Northantsbirds
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Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
19 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
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Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Another 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
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Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Nice Angle Shades in the garden this morning
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Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
The 4 cattle egret leaving the main lake egret roost at Stanwick this morning. Always the last of the 3 species to leave the roost #Northantsbirds
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Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
2 flighty avocets dropped in at Stanwick this morning, also 2 cattle egret, 5 redshank, 7 goosander and sand martin #Northantsbirds
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Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Still a bit stagnant at Stanwick this morning, 2 cattle egret thro', 4 redshank, 8 goosander and redpoll (quite scarce here this winter) #Northantsbirds
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Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
2 cattle egret, 3 redshank, 7 goosander and barn owl Stanwick this morning. Been a really poor winter here but spring is coming so fingers crossed #Northantsbirds
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Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
C/c marsh harrier Stanwick again early morning today, also 7 goosander and 3 redshank #Northantsbirds
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Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
3 cattle egret still N lake Stanwick, 3 redshank on main lake and a confiding and curious otter on the layby pit this morning
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Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Curlew flying around over Stanwick several times this afternoon #Northantsbirds
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Steve Fisher @stanwicktramp.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Best at Stanwick early morning 2 cattle egret, 3 redshank, 15 goosander and 2 otters on the main lake #Northantsbirds
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