BirdTrack mainly looking for Marsh Tit

Spotted Flycatcher in summer.  Brambling, Siskin, Woodcock in winter.

Main patch, Belton House Gardens & Grounds, 56 Species recorded so far in 2024

23/04/24 - Eyebrook Reservoir - 0930 to 1100 w3w

• BTO#142 - 47 sp. Common Tern, Osprey with carp, Swift, Bar-tailed Godwit

11/04/24 - Belton House Gardens - 0930 to 1030 w3w

• BTO#141 - n/a sp. Kingfisher did not count...

04/04/24 - RSPB Frampton Marsh - 0930 to 1130 w3w

• BTO#140 - 57 sp. Little Gull from 360 Hide, Common Tern first for reserve 2024, plus 3  Mediterranean Gull from top car park mound, Great Egret by cows & Lesser Yellowlegs 

02/04/24 - RSPB Frampton Marsh - 0930 to 1130 w3w

• BTO#139 - 56 sp. Garganey ✅ pair, bogey bird at w3w , Little Gull fly catching in front of VC, Spotted Redshank in same location as Garganey, Great Egret by barns

26/03/24 - Belton House Gardens - 0930 to 1130 w3w

• BTO#138 - 36 sp. Raven heard but not seen, mostly heard this morning (top lake still not open to the public due to flooding but we have access)

21/03/24 - Belton House Gardens - 0900 to 1100 w3w

• BTO#137 - 42 sp. Common Buzzard very large dark morph buzzard sp. with 4 common  buzzard so not sure what to say about that! probably a marsh harrier (top lake still not open to the public due to flooding)

20/03/24 - Rufford CP - 0930 to 1100 w3w

• BTO#136 - 1 sp. Hawfinch ✅ female in yew by the car park briefly & a pair over

08/03/24 - Belton House Gardens - 0900 to 1100 w3w

• BTO#135 - 30 sp. Siskin ✅ c20 with c40 Lesser Redpoll feeding on birch (still not open to the public due to flooding)

28/02/24 - Belton House Gardens - 0930 to 1100 w3w

• BTO#134 - 31 sp. Siskin ✅ c10 with c30 Lesser Redpoll at far lake (not open to the public due to flooding)

26/02/24 - Belton House Gardens - 0900 to 1200 w3w

• BTO#133 - 36 sp. Mistle Thrush 5 in sheep field

23/02/24 - Belton House Gardens - 0900 to 1200 w3w

• BTO#132 - 38 sp. Mistle Thrush 3 feeding with Redwing on Yew

16/01/24 - Alma Park Woods - 0800 to 0900 w3w

• BTO#131 - 20 sp. Lesser Redpoll c10 briefly in middle of the woods 

15/01/24 - Belton House Gardens - 1000 to 1200 w3w

• BTO#130 - 28 sp. Green Woodpecker feeding in wooded area under yew 🥶

06/01/24 - Grantham - 0800 w3w

• BTO#129 - 01 sp. Waxwing ✅ 3 at Premier Court

Highlight species is best viewed bird on that walk or target species found and marked with ✅

©Purple Sandpiper Dean Eades

We have started BTO Short Walks using tetrad and transect system, which is a 2 hour max walk to most of the locations we monitor locally for the BTO using BirdTrack, walks are at a slower pace so we can identify all species around us with heard and observed being recorded. 

'times may vary, with very early and late in the evenings, dates may change due to weather and wind direction so check daily' 

We monitor many different species throughout the seasons to which some are common species to keep a check on numbers in specific areas. 

'it's not all about the rare stuff'

Not all our monitoring walks are posted on this site as we wouldn't have time to add them, ALL recorded walks are posted to the BTO while out in the field and sent to relevant companies & county recorders.

'SOME'  of these walks are in private estates, MOD sites and private gardens even farmland where there are no access to the general public, We thought it would be a nice idea to take you on these as always very productive while monitoring. We are only able to take 8 people with us including a guide, so it is important to book asap. These walks are a first and well worth joining to see parts normally strictly private. These will be marked as "Private" all our private walks will be pre-arranged so full access will be accessible. So, keep your eyes out on our Home and this page for these walks as they may be suddenly added with only days' noticeッ

No cameras will be allowed on some of our "Private" walks, we will advise prior to these walks.

(Please book asap as we need to allow access for numbers on our walks in advance)

£20 per person for 2 hours walk

8 max including guide so book asap

Contact Steve click here

Our BTO short walk locations for 2024

Click w3w below for our meeting points.

• Londonthorpe Woods w3w

• Bellmount Tower Woods w3w

• Alma Park Woods w3w

• Barkston Heath w3w

• RSPB Frampton Marsh - main cp w3w

• RSPB Frampton Marsh - top cp w3w

• Frampton, Sea Bank Viewpoint - w3w

• Frampton, Raptor Viewpoint - w3w

• Belton House NT - w3w

• Ancaster w3w

• Old Railway w3w

• Allington w3w

• Marston Sewage Works w3w

• Rutland Water NR w3w

• Eyebrook Reservoir - Stoke Dry cp w3w

Walks above will be visited numerous times throughout the seasons.

• Area 51 👽 'access hear can be a pain so plenty of warning for this one'

More location, off the beaten track will be added throughout the year.

Car Trips - Highlights - New Walks

©Siberian Chiffchaff by Terry Luckhurst and ringed by Alan Ball

116 species recorded within 30km radius

BirdTrack mainly looking for Marsh Tit & Raven

Spotted Flycatcher, Garden Warbler & Wagtail sp. in summer.

Brambling, Siskin, Mealy Redpoll & Woodcock in winter.

• 28/12/23 - Londonthorpe & Bellmount Woods - 10am-12pm w3w

BTO#129 - 24 sp. Raven crippling views x4 dancing over the woods, 7 Red Kite

• 20/12/23 - Londonthorpe - 9am-10am w3w

BTO#128 - 27 sp. Raven heard over the woods

• 15/12/23 - Belton House Gardens - 10am-11am w3w

 BTO#127 - didn't count, just out to feed the Robins 🥶

• 06/12/23 - Belton House Gardens - 9am-11am w3w

 BTO#126 - 21 sp. Nuthatch very cold but a stunning morning walk

• 01/12/23 - Belton House Gardens - 9am-10am w3w

 BTO#125 - didn't count, just out to feed the Robins 🥶

• 28/11/23 - Belton House Gardens - 10am-12pm w3w

 BTO#124 - 26 sp. Woodcock & Raven 3rd Woodcock at this site in 11yrs

• 20/11/23 - Belton House Gardens - 9am-12pm w3w

 BTO#123 - 40 sp. Raven 2 over the woods 

• 17/11/23 - Belton House Gardens - 9am-12pm w3w

 BTO#122 - 42 sp. Goldcrest ✅ 20 site record

• 10/11/23 - Belton House Gardens & Grounds - 10am-1pm w3w

 BTO#121 - 46 sp. Siskin ✅ stonking walk round

• 09/11/23 - Belton House Gardens - 9am-12pm w3w

 BTO#120 - 38 sp. Goldcrest 10+ hard to count with wind

• 30/10/23 - Belton House Gardens - 9am-11am w3w

 BTO#119 - 42 sp. Siskin stonking walk round

• 25/10/23 - Belton House Gardens - 10am-12pm w3w

 BTO#118 - 34 sp. Long-tailed Tit very close views

• 24/10/23 - Allington - 10am-11am w3w

 BTO#117 - 19 sp. Yellowhammer ✅ c20

• 16/10/23 - Belton House Gardens - 10am-11am w3w

 BTO#116 - 38 sp. Goldcrest site record, 13 

• 14/10/23 - Belton House Gardens - 10am-11am w3w

 BTO#115 - 33 sp. Kingfisher first this year over top lake

• 03/10/23 - Londonthorpe & Bellmount Woods - 10am-12pm w3w

 BTO#114 - 21 sp. Marsh Tit ✅ heard but not seen first this year, also possible Black Kite

• 27/09/23 - Londonthorpe & Bellmount Woods - 9am-11am w3w

 BTO#113 - 37 sp. Bullfinch

• 25/09/23 - Belton House Gardens & Grounds - 10am-2pm w3w

 BTO#112 - 35 sp. Goldcrest 8 with 2 groups of 4  with mixed tits

• 21/09/23 - Belton House Grounds - 12pm-2pm w3w

 BTO#111 - 33 sp. Spotted Flycatcher ✅ 8 did try for 9th for site record, no joy

• 18/09/23 - Londonthorpe Woods - 8am-9am w3w

 BTO#110 - Red Kite didn't count just nice to be out

• 11/09/23 - Londonthorpe & Bellmount Woods - 8am-11am w3w

 BTO#109 - 41 sp. Bullfinch ✅ best view so far this year, sorry no pics

• 03/08/23 - Belton House Grounds - 9am-10am w3w

 BTO#108 - 32 sp. Green Woodpecker 2 feeding on ant hills, great to watch

• 25/07/23 - Alma Park Woods - 8am-10am w3w

 BTO#107 - 19 sp. Bullfinch ✅ pair in far right side of woods

• 20/07/23 - Alma Park Woods - 9am-11am w3w

 BTO#106 - 24 sp. Raven 2 over woods, no Bullfinch but try again Tuesday

• 12/07/23 - Belton House Gardens & Grounds - 10am-12pm w3w

 BTO#105 - 31 sp. Grey Heron

• 06/07/23 - Londonthorpe & Bellmount Woods - 8am-10am w3w

 BTO#104 - 32 sp. Red Kite bit of a raptor fest this morning

• 03/07/23 - Londonthorpe & Bellmount Woods - 8am-11am w3w

 BTO#103 - Garden Warbler didn't count today just enjoyed the birds

• 26/06/23 - Belton House Grounds - 10am-12pm w3w

 BTO#102 - Spotted Flycatcher didn't count today just enjoyed the birds

• 26/06/23 - Londonthorpe & Bellmount Woods - 7am-10am w3w

 BTO#101 - 38 sp. Garden Warbler singing male & lots of Spotted Orchids

• 23/06/23 - Belton House Grounds - 10am-11am w3w

 BTO#100 - Spotted Flycatcher didn't count today just enjoyed the birds

• 23/06/23 - Londonthorpe & Bellmount Woods - 7am-9am w3w

 BTO#99 - 26 sp. Garden Warbler ✅ singing male & lots of Spotted Orchids

• 19/06/23 - Belton House Grounds - 10am-12pm w3w

 BTO#98 - Spotted Flycatcher didn't count today just enjoyed the birds

• 08/06/23 - Belton House Gardens & Grounds - 12pm-2pm w3w

 BTO#97 - 43 sp. Spotted Flycatcher ✅ possible nest site

• 08/06/23 - Londonthorpe & Bellmount Woods - 10am-12pm w3w

 BTO#96 - 39 sp. Garden Warbler singing male

• 25/05/23 - Belton House Gardens & Grounds - 10am-12pm w3w

 BTO#95 - 37 sp. Spotted Flycatcher ✅

• 22/05/23 - Belton House Gardens & Grounds - 10am-12pm w3w

 BTO#94 - 36 sp. Little Owl distant on fencing by deer enclosure

• 16/05/23 - Londonthorpe & Bellmount Woods - 9am-12pm w3w

 BTO#93 - 43 sp. Garden Warbler 2 singing males

• 02/05/23 - Londonthorpe & Bellmount Woods - 9am-12pm w3w

 BTO#92 - 30 sp. Raven over woods, heard only

• 25/04/23 - Belton House Gardens & Grounds - 9am-12pm w3w

 BTO#91 - 41 sp. Great Spotted Woodpecker at nest site

• 04/04/23 - Belton House Gardens & Grounds - 9am-12pm w3w

 BTO#90 - 41 sp. Red Kite 6 this morning high over golf course

• 22/03/23 - Belton House Gardens & Grounds - 9am-11am w3w

 BTO#89 - 35 sp. Jackdaw took a piece of flapjack out my hand

• 14/03/23 - Belton House Gardens & Grounds - 9am-11am w3w

 BTO#88 - 40 sp. Red Kite 8 this morning, site record

• 07/03/23 - Belton House Gardens & Grounds - 12pm-1pm w3w

 BTO#87 - 29 sp. Nuthatch lots around

• 07/03/23 - Londonthorpe & Bellmount Woods - 9am-12pm w3w

 BTO#86 - 32 sp. Jay getting closer

• 03/03/23 - Belton House Gardens & Grounds - 9am-12pm w3w

 BTO#85 - 46 sp. Siskin stonking walk round

• 23/02/23 - Belton House Gardens - 9am-11am w3w

 BTO#84 - 36 sp. Siskin snowdrops & daffodils 

• 20/02/23 - Rutland Water NR - 9am-12pm w3w

 BTO#83 - 64 sp. Scaup ✅ Smew ✅ Great Northern Diver

• 15/02/23 - Belton House Gardens - 12pm-1pm w3w

 BTO#82 - 35 sp. Treecreeper good count despite the masses

• 15/02/23 - Marston Sewage Works - 10am-12pm w3w

 BTO#81 - 38 sp. Green Sandpiper feeding around the island

• 12/02/23 - Belton House Gardens - 10am-11pm w3w

 BTO#80 - 42 sp. Treecreeper great count for an hour

• 10/02/23 - Belton House Gardens & Grounds - 9am-12pm w3w

 BTO#79 - 34 sp. Great Spotted Woodpecker ✅ pair showing well

• 09/02/23 - Londonthorpe & Bellmount Woods - 9am-12pm w3w

 BTO#78 - 34 sp. Tawny Owl ✅ 3rd time, same area

• 06/02/23 - Belton House Gardens & Grounds - 12pm-2pm w3w

 BTO#77 - 37 sp. Raven two over & very vocal

• 06/02/23 - Londonthorpe & Bellmount Woods - 9am-12pm w3w

 BTO#76 - 39 sp. Mealy Redpoll & Tawny Owl if id only had my camera

• 03/02/23 - Belton House Gardens & Grounds - 10am-12pm w3w

 BTO#75 - 36 sp. Great Spotted Woodpecker pair in full spring mode

• 02/02/23 - Barkston Heath - 10am-11am w3w

 BTO#74 - 26 sp. Grey Partridge ✅ & Stonechat target sp. obtained

• 30/01/23 - Belton House Gardens & Grounds - 10am-12pm w3w

 BTO#73 - 31 sp. Little Owl viewed briefly from garden over fields on fence post

• 24/01/23 - Belton House Gardens & Grounds - 12pm-2pm w3w

 BTO#72 - 36 sp. Siskin 80+ still also possible Otter

• 24/01/23 - Londonthorpe & Bellmount Woods - 9am-12pm w3w

 BTO#71 - 28 sp. Tawny Owl & Raven crippling views of both this morning

• 19/01/23 - Belton House Gardens & Grounds - 9am-1pm w3w

 BTO#70 - 40 sp. Siskin ✅ 100+ most recorded at this site in 14yrs

• 17/01/23 - Belton House Gardens & Grounds - 10am-1pm w3w

 BTO#69 - 37 sp. Siskin 42 including 12 male, stunning

• 13/01/23 - Allington - 9am-10am w3w

 BTO#68 - 01 sp. Yellowhammer ✅ 200+ most ever seen

• 11/01/23 - Belton House Gardens - 9am-11pm w3w

 BTO#67 - 25 sp. Green Woodpecker quite morning, windy

• 06/01/23 - Marston Sewage Works - 10am-12pm w3w

 BTO#66 - 26 sp. Linnet c80 & c60 two large flocks

• 05/01/23 - Belton House Gardens - 10am-12pm w3w

 BTO#65 - 26 sp. Nuthatch 7 most recorded at this site in 14yrs

• 02/01/23 - Londonthorpe & Bellmount Woods - 9am-11pm w3w

 BTO#64 - 29 sp. Woodcock 2nd Woodcock at this site in 11yrs

©Little Owl Steve Nesbitt

109 species recorded since 4th Jan  BirdTrack

• 13/12/22 - Belton House Gardens & Grounds - 9am-12pm w3w

 #63 - 32 sp. - Raven - Peregrine

• 09/12/22 - Londonthorpe & Bellmount Woods - 9am-11pm w3w

 #62 - 26 sp. - Red Kite

• 14/11/22 - Belton House Gardens - 10am-12pm w3w

 #61 - 30 sp. - Shoveler

• 11/11/22 - Londonthorpe & Bellmount Woods - 10am-12pm w3w

 #60 - 40 sp. - Raven

• 09/11/22 - Londonthorpe & Bellmount Woods - 10am-1pm w3w

 #59 - 41 sp. - Raven - Marsh Tit✅

• 04/11/22 - Londonthorpe & Bellmount Woods - 10am-1pm w3w

 #58 - 49 sp. - Raven

• 02/11/22 - Londonthorpe & Bellmount Woods - 10am-1pm w3w

 #57 - 42 sp. - Raven✅

• 31/10/22 - Londonthorpe & Bellmount Woods - 10am-1pm w3w

 #56 - 42 sp. - Raven - Marsh Tit✅

• 26/10/22 - Londonthorpe & Bellmount Woods - 10am-1pm w3w

 #55 - 44 sp. - Raven✅

• 25/10/22 - Belton House Gardens - 12pm-2pm w3w

 #54 - 28 sp. - Fieldfare

• 25/10/22 - Londonthorpe & Bellmount Woods - 9am-12pm w3w

 #53 - 33 sp. - Mistle Thrush

• 19/10/22 - Belton House Gardens & Grounds - 10am-12pm w3w

 #52 - 34 sp. - Common Snipe

• 18/10/22 - Londonthorpe & Bellmount Woods - 10am-2pm w3w

 #51 - 29 sp. - Bullfinch - Brimstone

• 12/10/22 - Londonthorpe Woods - 9am-12pm w3w

 #50 - 41 sp. - Redwing

• 10/10/22 - Belton House Gardens - 10am-12pm w3w

 #49 - 32 sp. - Mistle Thrush

• 06/10/22 - Belton House Gardens & Grounds - 10am-1pm w3w

 #48 - 39 sp. - Common Sandpiper

• 04/10/22 - Londonthorpe Woods - 10am-12pm w3w

 #47 - 27 sp. - Jay

• 03/10/22 - Belton House Gardens & Grounds - 10am-1pm w3w

 #46 - 37 sp. - Common Sandpiper - Redwing

• 29/09/22 - Belton House Gardens - 10am-12pm w3w 

 #45 - 43 sp. - Kingfisher

• 21/09/22 - Londonthorpe Woods - 11am-12pm w3w

 #44 - 21 sp . - Bullfinch

• 21/09/22 - Alma Park Woods - 10am-11am w3w

 #43 - 23 sp. - Blackcap

• 14/09/22 - Belton House Gardens - 10am-12pm w3w 

 #42 - 32 sp. - Kingfisher

• 08/09/22 - Barkston Heath - 11am-12pm w3w

 #41 - 23 sp. - Northern Wheatear - Whinchat✅

• 02/09/22 - Londonthorpe Woods - 10am-12pm w3w

 #40 - 29 sp. - Common Redstart - Nuthatch✅

• 31/08/22 - Belton House Gardens - 10am-1pm w3w 

 #39 - 32 sp. - Peregrine

• 24/08/22 - Belton House Grounds - 9am-11am w3w 

 #38 - 40 sp. - Kingfisher

• 18/08/22 - Alma Park Woods - 9am-11am w3w

 #37 - 42 sp. - Great Spotted Woodpecker

• 04/08/22 - Bellmount Tower Woods - 9am-11am w3w

 #36 - 32 sp. - Raven✅

• 25/07/22 - Barkston Heath - 10am-1pm w3w

 #35 - 39 sp. - Curlew

• 12/07/22 - RSPB Frampton Marsh - 10am-1pm w3w

 #34 - 49 sp. - Spotted Redshank

• 15/06/22 - Belton House Grounds - 10am-12pm w3w 

 #33 - 42 sp. - Spotted Flycatcher✅

• 05/05/22 - Belton House Gardens - 10am-12pm w3w

 #32 - 38 sp. - Marsh Tit✅

• 20/04/22 - Marston Sewage Works - 10am-1pm w3w

 #31 - 36 sp. - Reed Warbler

• 10/02/22 - Marston Sewage Works - 10am-12pm w3w

 #30 - 30 sp. - Goldcrest

• 07/02/22 - Belton House Gardens - 10am-1pm w3w

 #29 - 43 sp. - Mistle Thrush

• 04/02/22 - Marston Sewage Works - 10am-12pm w3w

 #28 - 29 sp. - Curlew

• 02/02/22 - Belton House Gardens - 10am-12pm w3w

 #27 - 37 sp. - Siskin

• 26/01/22 - Londonthorpe Woods - 10am-12pm w3w

 #26 - 28 sp. - Raven✅

• 24/01/22 - Marston Sewage Works - 10am-1pm w3w

 #25 - 34 sp. - Jack Snipe✅

• 20/01/22 - Alma Park Woods - 10am-12pm w3w

 #24 - 29 sp. - Bullfinch✅

• 18/01/22 - Belton House Gardens - 10am-1pm w3w

 #23 - 22 sp. - Siskin✅

• 12/01/22 - Barkston Heath - 10am-1pm w3w

 #22 - 29 sp. - Grey Partridge✅

• 07/01/22 - Belton House Gardens - 10am-1pm w3w

 #21 - 32 sp. - Green Woodpecker✅

• 04/01/22 - Belton House Gardens - 9am-12pm w3w

 #20 - 28 sp. - Siskin✅

©Redstart f ッ

114 species recorded since 2nd Sep  BirdTrack

• 14/12/21 - Londonthorpe Woods - 9am-10am w3w

    #19 - 32 sp. - Redwing

• 01/12/21 - Barkston Heath w3w

    #18 - 20 sp. - Yellowhammer

• 25/11/21 - Barkston Heath - 7am-9am w3w

    #17 - 34 sp. - Yellowhammer

• 24/11/21 - Belton House Gardens w3w

    #16 - 35 sp. - Little Owl

• 19/11/21 - Belton House Gardens w3w

    #15 - 47 sp. - Siskin

• 16/11/21 - Londonthorpe Woods w3w

    #14 - 33 sp. - Woodcock

• 09/11/21 - Belton House Grounds w3w

    #13 - 31 sp. - Treecreeper

• 05/11/21 - Belton House Grounds w3w

    #12 - 29 sp. - Fieldfare

• 02/11/21 - Belton House Gardens w3w

    #11 - 41 sp. - Common Crossbill

• 01/11/21 - Marston Sewage Works w3w

    #10 - 28 sp. - Marsh Harrier

• 21/10/21 - Belton House Gardens w3w

    #09 - 40 sp. - Siskin

• 11/10/21 - Belton House Gardens w3w

    #08 - 36 sp. - Bullfinch

• 08/10/21 - Belton House Gardens w3w

    #07 - 40 sp. - Kingfisher

• 04/10/21 - Marston Sewage Works w3w

    #06 - 26 sp. - Marsh Harrier

• 23/09/21 - Alma Park Woods w3w

    #05 - 31 sp. - Red Kite

• 20/09/21 - Belton House Gardens w3w

    #04 - 46 sp. - Raven

• 15/09/21 - Londonthorpe Woods w3w

    #03 - 32 sp. - Mistle Thrush

• 08/09/21 - Barkston Heath w3w

    #02 - 28 sp. - Hobby

• 02/09/21 - Alma Park Woods w3w

    #01 - 36 sp. - Marsh Tit

©Common Crossbill  Dean Eades