Wednesday 24 April 2024

Wednesday, 24 April

Etton Pits - Bar-tailed Godwit (Hugh Wright)

Upware - 15 Wheatear, 2 Whinchat, also Garganey, 3 Barnacle Geese on the washes (David Nation)

Kingfishers Bridge - Little Gull, 4 Avocet, 3 Black-tailed Godwit (David Nation)

Tuesday 23 April 2024

Tuesday, 23 April

Grafham Water - 44+ Arctic Tern through by 07:30h (Mark Hawkes)

Westbrook - 7 Arctic Tern through (Mark Thomas)

Dernford Reservoir - Arctic Tern, Whimbrel through, Green Sandpiper (Chris Ruis)

RSPB Hope Farm - Whinchat, Wheatear reported

Hobson's Park - 5 Wheatear reported

Fen Drayton Lakes - 36 Arctic Tern this morning (Jon Heath); 4 Arctic Tern dpearted north-east, Bar-tailed Godwit, Common Sandpiper this afternoon (Mark Ward)

Etton Pits - Arctic Tern through, Turnstone, Bar-tailed Godwit (Hugh Wright); Turtle Dove reported

Grantchester - pair of Garganey on the River Cam (Arjan Dutta)


Monday 22 April 2024

Monday, 22 April

Hobson's Park - Little Ringed Plover (Howard Slatter)

Etton Pits - Bar-tailed Godwit (Hugh Wright)

Ouse Washes, Earith - Bar-tailed Godwit (Rachel Lennard)

Sunday 21 April 2024

Sunday, 21 April

Wicken Fen - Spoonbill from West Mere Hide (Paul Derry); Common Redpoll ringed, also 15 Lesser Redpoll (Mark Peck)

Godmanchester - 2 Cattle Egret by Corpus Christi Farm (Andrew Tongue)

Ouse Washes - 8 Arctic Tern, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit through at Four Balls Farm (Ian Barton)

Thorpe Meadow - Restart briefly (Joe Taylor)

Etton pits - Whimbrel into roost at Martins pit (Jonathan Taylor)

Stapleford - RING OUZEL east of the village, also 14 Yellow Wagtail, Mandarin (Chris Ruis(

Saturday, 20 April

Fen Drayton Lakes -  Sandwich Tern, Bar-tailed  Godwit reported

Ouse Fen - Bittern, Bearded Tit Redpoll, Crane reported

Etton pits - Curlew (Hugh Wright); Little Ringed Plover (Martin Browne)


Friday 19 April 2024

Friday, 19 April

Balsham - male RING OUZEL between Worsted Lodge & Gunners Hill (Stu Elsom)

Grunty Fen - male Hen Harrier over north (David Nation)

Ouse Washes -  Spotted Redhsank, 2 Greenshank at Earith (Jonathan Taylor)

March - RING OUZEL in Silt Road paddock still (Dick Burnham)

Upware - Whinchat, 3 Wheatear (Becky Webb)

Etton pits - 2 Curlew (Hugh Wright)

Nene Washes - pair of Garganey, c.3,000 Black-tailed Godwit (Paul Bolton)

Thursday 18 April 2024

Thursday, 18 April

Nene Washes - RING OUZEL around the March Farmers car park, Grasshopper Warbler, Cuckoo west of Lord's Holt (Paul Bolton)

Cambridge - Ring-necked Parakeet at the Madingley Road Park & Ride (Paul Derry)

Six Mile Bottom/Balsham - RING OUZEL, Short-eared Owl, 5 Wheatear between the villages (Stu Elsom)

Fen Drayton Lakes - Sandwich Tern from Ferry Lagoon viewpoint (Dean Harlow)

Swaddywell - Redstart, although elusive (Paul Bolton)

Impington - 4 Little Ringed Plover, Yellow Wagtail (Nigel Butler)