Monday, 20 July 2009

Monday, 20 July

Stanground Wash - Garganey (Brian Stone)

Paxton Pits - Egyptian Goose, 22+ Yellow-legged Gulls, 2 Little Egrets, 6 Common Sandpipers (Jamie Wells)

Sunday, 19 July

Paxton Pits - 5 Common Sandpipers, 4 Little Ringed Plovers, Little Egret (Jamie Wells)

Maxey Pits - 16 Green Sandpipers, Common Sandpiper (Mike Weedon)

Fen Drayton Lakes - Bittern, Spotted Flycatcher, male Marsh Harrier reported

Saturday, 18 july

Buckden GP - 5 Little Egrets, Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper (Mark Hawkes)

Cam Washes - 3 Avocets, 3 Ruffs, 13 Green Sandpipers, 6 Greenshanks, 2 Common Sandpipers (David & Jonathan Heath)

Fen Drayton Lakes - 3 Green Sandpipers, 3 Marsh Harriers (James Hanlon)

Paxton Pits - 2 Whimbrels, Greenshank, 4 Common Sandpipers, 25 Yellow-legged Gulls (Martin Davis)

Nene Washes - 2 Common Cranes at TL290997 about 17:00h (Phil Jackson)

Friday, 17 July

Paxton Pits -2 Whimbrel, Greenshank, 31+ Yellow-legged Gulls (Martin Davis)

Maxey Pits - 3 Greenshanks (Mike Weedon)

Friday, 17 July 2009

Thursday, 16 July

Kingston - Crossbill over (Iain Webb)

Grafham Water - Whimbrel over east, 3 Green Sandpipers, 4 Common Sandpipers, Greenshank, 3+ Avocets, 7+ Little Egrets, 5+ Yellow-legged Gulls (Mark Hawkes)

Paxton Pits - 2 Little Egrets, 4 Little Ringed Plovers, Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, 2+ Common Sandpipers, 20+ Yellow-legged Gulls (Jamie Wells); 2 Turtle Doves, 4 Buzzards (Martin Davis)

Southoe Farms - 2 Turtle Doves, Grasshopper Warbler (Martin Sreeves)

Tuesday, 14 July 2009

Tuesday, 14 july

Fen Drayton Lakes - no sign of the White-winged Black Tern by late morning (Andy Cotton); 3+ Green Sandpipers, 5 Little Ringed Plovers, 4 Dunlins (Gavin Paterson)

Elton - 10 Crossbills low over Greenhill heading south (Brian Stone)

Ferry Meadows - Crossbill low west over Ham Lane, near the entrance, 07:50h (Matt Webb)

Monday, 13 July 2009

Monday, 13 July

Fen Drayton Lakes - adult WHITE-WINGED BLACK TERN still present 12:15h (birdguides.com); present on the spit in the northern section of Ferry Lagoon. The best views can be obtained from the riverbank footpath (Jacqui, Andy Cotton); still present 17:45h. Also 2 Green Sandpipers, 3 Little Ringed Plovers (John Hoppett)

Southey Wood - 18 Crossbills along the main ride, TF108027, at 08:00h (Brian Stone)

Brampton Wood - 2 Crossbills over north 09:15h (Dean Harlow)

Hemingford Grey - c.20 Crossbills over south this morning, also Barn Owl, Egyptian Goose (Mike Everett)