Thursday, 1 January 2026

Thursday, 1 January

Southey Woods - 3 Crossbill (Jonathan Taylor)

Thorney - 8 Bean Geese with 1400 Pink-footed Geese to the west of the Toll, 4 White-fronted Geese with 950 Pink-footed Geese at the end of the Dyke (Jonathan Taylor)

Dernford Reservoir - Siberian Chiffchaff by railway crossing (JP Hook) 

Kingfishers Bridge - Cattle Egret, Great Egret, 2 Treecreeper (Kevin Wilson)

Wednesday, 31 December 2025

Wednesday, 31 December

March Farmers - 58 Ruff, 120 Pintail with c.5000 Wigeon (Charlie Kitchin)

Holme Fen - 8 Tundra Geese reported over

Ouse Washes - drake GREEN-WINGED TEAL at Pymoor, 2 Bewick's Swan north of Four Balls Farm (Andrew Tongue) 

Thorney Toll - 30 White-fronted Geese with the Pink-footed Goose flock (Mike Weedon); also 13 Tundra Bean Geese (Mark Hawkes)

Wilbraham Fen - ringtail Hen Harrier, 3 Marsh Harrier to roost (James Littlewood)

Fen Drayton Lakes - 7 Goosander, 13 Goldeneye, 2 Glossy Ibis, 7 Great Egret, Cattle Egret (Carlos Davies)

Tuesday, 30 December 2025

Tuesday, 30 December

Fen Drayton Lakes - 2 Glossy Ibis, 6 Pintail (Alan Harris)

Thorney Toll - 12 White-fronted Geese, 6 Tundra bean Geese & Barnacle Goose with the Pink-footed Goose flock just to the north (Mike Weedon)

Cow Lane GPs, Godmanchester - 8 Goosander, Pink-footed Goose (Duerden Cormack) 

Eldernell - 4 Cattle Egret, 15 Little Egret, 7 Great Egret, 2 Long-eared Owl, Short-eared Owl (Charlie Kitchin)

Monday, 29 December 2025

Monday, 29 December

Grafham Water - 3 Bewick Swan (Tim Watling); also Pink-footed Goose (Stewart Short); Common Sandpiper (Andy Frost)

Ouse Washes - 4 Scaup at Fortreys (Andrew Tongue) 

Thorney Toll - BRENT GOOSE & 2 White-fronted Geese with c.3000 Pink-footed Geese just to the north (Charlie Kitchin)

March Farmers - 2 Tundra Bean Geese with 1500 Pink-footed Geese over, 14 albifrons White-fronted Geese in the area (Mike Weedon); 92 Crane to roost, from 101 birds departing Knarr Fen (Charlie Kitchin)

Ditton Meadows - Woodcock (Carlos Davies)

Wicken area - Little Owl at Priory Farm, 2 ringtail Hen Harrier to roost in front of Visitor Centre, 160 Whooper Swan to roost at Burwell Fen (Carlos Davies),

 

 

Sunday, 28 December 2025

Sunday, 28 December

Sutton North Fen - 45 Tundra Bean Geese, 103 albifrons White-fronted Geese, 69 Barnacle Geese. Please note Quarry area is strictly private (Steve Cooper).

Grafham Water - 9 Great Northern Diver (Mark Hawkes) 

Helpston - Slavonian Grebe on Westings Pit moving to Pochard Pit (Hugh Wright)

Eldernell - 7 Great Egret, 17 Little Egret to roost, 2 Long-eared Owl, Short-eared Owl (Charlie Kitchin) 

Wimpole - Hawfinch (Matt Livesey)

Saturday, 27 December 2025

Saturday, 27 December

Fen Drayton Lakes - Glossy Ibis, 6 Goosander, 7 Goldeneye at Ferry Lagoon, with 5 White-fronted Geese & 18 Barnacle Geese across the Ouse (Alan Harris)

Knarr Fen - 2000 Pink-footed Geese but distant, 93 Crane from Dairy Drove (Mike Weedon)

 

Friday, 26 December 2025

Friday, 26 December

Coveney Byall Fen - Glossy Ibis (Jamie Evan)

Knarr Fen - 1000 Pink-footed Geese, 11 Tundra Bean Geese, 10 albifrons white-fronted Geese, Barnacle Goose, 400 Whooper Swan, 15 Bewick's Swan, Black Swan (Mike Weedon)

Orwell - 35 White-fronted Geese with Greylags  reported

Littleport - 600 Pink-footed Geese from Hale Fen Road, north of the town (Hugh Venables)