Sunday 17 February 2008

Sunday, 17th February

Sunday, 17 February

Woodwalton Fen - 2 fem Hen Harrier, Marsh Harrier, Peregrine, 3 Stonechat, Little Owl, c.50 Siskin (Chris Gerrard and Jono Leadley); Bittern in reeds in NW corner & Cetti's Warbler from Gordon's Mere Hide, 2 Marsh Harrier, Barn Owl & Bearded Tits heard twice from North Hide (Duncan McNiven & Debbie Pain); Peregrine, Woodcock, 2 Lesser Redpoll (Stuart & Jill Elsom)

Buckden GP - RED-NECKED GREBE still on first pit early morning (Mark Hawkes)

Fordham Wood - Willow Tit, Nuthatch, 5 Marsh Tits (Andrew Knights)

Coveney/Little Downham - Water Pipit, 4 Little Egrets, Green Sandpiper in the area (David Hopkins)

Grafham Water - 4 Goosander, 3 Barnacle Geese, Pink-footed Goose (Mark Hawkes)

Paxton Pits - 3 Barnacle Geese (Mark Hawkes); White-fronted Goose, Little Egret, 3 redhead Smew, 2 Buzzard, Green Sandpiper (Jamie Wells, Martin Davis); also 13 Snipe 2 Egyptian Geese, 3 Jack Snipe, 2 Green Sandpipers (Mark Ward)

Averseley Wood - HAWFINCH over, 5 pairs of Nuthatch, 7 pairs of Marsh Tit (Rich Broughton)

Needingworth GPs - male and 5 redhead Smew in NW lagoon (Duncan McNiven & Debbie Pain)

Wicken Fen - Little Egret, 6 Redpoll, GREAT GREY SHRIKE, 6+ Marsh Harrier, Woodcock, 2+ Cetti's Warbler, 2 Water Rail, 20 Corn Bunting (David & Jonathan Heath); 3 Hen Harriers (Andy Cotton)

Maxey GP - Turnstone, 2 Ringed Plover, Snipe (John Saunders)

Upware - 2 Short-eared Owls (Toby Austin)

Saturday, 16 February

Grunty Fen - 2 Bramblings feeding with c.30 Chaffinches (David Nation)

Cottenham Long Drove - 1st winter ICELAND GULL Kathleen Rosewarne and Ian Barton); 4+ Brambling with 40+ Yellowhammers and 100+ Chaffinches (Andy Massey)

Woodwalton Fen - Bittern flew into Gordon's Mere 10:00h (M. Harris); ringtail Hen Harrier, 10 Black-tailed Godwits, 2 Barn Owls (Stefan Tinworth)

Paxton Pits - 2 Little Egret, 4 readhead Smew, 8 Shelduck, 2 Pintail, 3 Ringed Plover, Dunlin, Oystercatcher, 2+ Yellow-legged Gull, 3 Buzzard, 7 Siskin over(Jamie Wells)

Paxton Pits - Red-crested Pochard, © Nigel Sprowell



Wicken Fen - GREAT GREY SHRIKE, Hen Harrier, 10+ Marsh Harriers, 2 Barn Owls (David Heath)

Friday, 15 February

Peterborough - up to 15 Siskins regularly at feeders in a private Orton longueville garden (Peter & Jan Farbridge)

Cottenham, Long Drove - 12 Corn Buntings (Nigel & Muriel Sprowell)

Thursday, 14 February

Cambourne - 2 Goosander east over council offices 07:50h (Russell Watkins)

Cottenham, Long Drove - juv ICELAND GULL 11:30 (rarebirdalert.com)

Cambridge, Windsor Road - male Siskin on niger seed in a private garden this morning (Chris Akehurst)

Tuesday, 12 February

Nene Washes - 1746 Black-tailed Godwit, 148 Redshank, 33 Ruff, 10575 Lapwing, 3750 Golden Plover, 2080 Teal, 10487 Wigeon, 1267 Pintail, 1145 Mallard, 384 Shoveler, 642 Bewick's Swans, 291 Whooper Swans (Jonathan Taylor)

Orton BP - Black-necked Grebe, 19 Goldeneye (Brian Stone)

Fowlmere - 4 Water Rail, Snipe, 2 Treecreeper (Nigel & Muriel Sprowell)

Wicken Fen - male Marsh Harrier, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 25+ Yellowhammers and 25+ Reed Buntings on spilled grain at Priory Farm (Dave Palmer)

Maxey GP - 4 Green Sandpipers, 2 Ringed Plovers, 300 Golden Plovers, 2 Snipe (Leon Smith)

Kings Dyke NR - Jack Snipe (Phil Parker)

Ferry Meadows - Oystercatcher (Terry Daunt)

Monday, 11 February

Ouse Washes - GREAT WHITE EGRET near Pymoor, viewed from TL510883 at 11:09h (Richard Allison); 7 White-fronted Geese (Bruce Martin); WILLOW TIT, Grey Plover, 16 Ruff, Water Pipit, 2 Marsh Harriers (rarebirdalert.com); 17378 Wigeon, 1233 Teal, 970 Gadwall, 242 Shoveler, 1068 Pintail, 1342 Mallard, 3328 Tufted Duck, 2987 Pochard, 15 Goldeneye, 3 Little Egret, 1187 Lapwing, 195 Dunlin, 245 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Marsh Harriers, 4 Water Pipits, 17 Stonechat, Chiffchaff (Alex Thomas)

Buckden GP - Red-necked Grebe (Mark Hawkes)

Earith - feeding flock of 196 Mute Swans (Jake Allsop, David Hopkins)

Dogsthorpe Tip - juv GLAUCOUS GULL (Josh Jones)

Woodwalton Fen - Barn Owl, Cetti's Warbler, Buzzard (Brian Stone); 2 male BEARDED TITS from North Hide this afternoon, 2 fem Marsh Harriers (Garth Peacock)

Sunday, 10 February

Grafham Water - Red-crested Pochard in Gaynes Creek, male Scaup in Dudney Creek, Pink-footed Goose, 6 Goosander (Mark Hawkes, Colin Addington, David Hollin)

Buckden GP - Red-necked Grebe, 37 Goldeneye, Water Rail (Mark Hawkes)

Orton BP - Black-necked Grebe, Red-necked Grebe, Red-crested Pochard, Ruddy Duck (Kevan Wolstencroft)

Cambridge, Milton Science Park - ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD over 14:00-14:10h (Zbig Karpowicz)

Dogsthorpe Tip - juv GLAUCOUS GULL, 1st win Caspian Gull (Josh Jones)

Fen Drayton - 2 Little Egrets, pair of Stonechat, fem Marsh Harrier over (Sarah Howlett); male Scaup on Ferry Mere, 76 Goldeneye, 2 Water Rail, 60 Ruff, 31 Black-tailed Godwits, 2 more Little Egrets (Andy Cotton)

Marsh Lane GP - pair of Smew (Mike Everett)

Woodwalton Fen - pair Stonechat, Marsh Harrier, Barn Owl, Kingfisher (Gavin Paterson)

Paxton Pits - 2 male and a redhead Smew, Kingfisher (Gavin Paterson); another 6 redhead Smew, 5 Goosander, 25 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Little Egret, 3 Yellow-legged Gull, 4+ Buzzard, 5 Siskin (Martin Davis, Steve May, Jamie Wells); a third male Smew, 5 red-crested Pochard (Mark Ward)

Ferry Meadows - ad Mediterranean Gull, 9 Woodcock, Brambling (Matt Webb)

Wicken Fen - GREAT GREY SHRIKE, 2 Stonechat, 3 Short-eared Owl, fem Marsh Harrier, Buzzard, 2 ringtail Hen Harriers (Andrew Knights)

Cottenham - male Blackcap (Nigel Butcher)

Saturday, 9 February

Ouse Washes - GREAT WHITE EGRET in the usual drain near Dunkirk (Andy Bayes)

Cottenham, Long Drove - 3 Common Buzzards and Barn Owl (Chris Akhurst)

Whittlesford - 3 Buzzards over station area (Nigel Denham)

Grafham Water - drk Red-crested Pochard still in Gaynes Creek, plus 2 drk Pintail there, drk Scaup from Mander CP, plus Pink-footed Goose still, fem Brambling female at Plummer CP (Mark Hawkes)

Dogsthorpe Tip - juv GLAUCOUS GULL, juv ICELAND GULL, 2 Caspian Gulls, 2 Yellow-legged Gulls (Brian Stone et al.)

Friday, 8 February

Angelsey Abbey - 7+ Siskins in trees near entrance (Chris Akhurst)

Fen Drayton - 4 Common Buzzard flying high over Ferry Lagoon, Godwit flock still present in good numbers (Andy Cotton)

Grafham Water - drk Red-crested Pochard from Plummer CP this afternoon (Colin Addington)

Thursday, 7 February

Ouse Washes - GREAT WHITE EGRET in the usual drain near Dunkirk 09:30h (Mike Everett); and at Pymoor 11:10h (BirdGuides)

Wednesday, 6 February

Ouse Washes - GREAT WHITE EGRET at Pymoor 10:20h (BirdGuides)

Fen Drayton - 3 Little Egrets, Black-tailed Godwit flock still around Ferry Lagoon (Andy Cotton)

Landbeach - Merlin and Buzzard north of the Landbeach-Cottenham Road this afternoon (John Miller)

Peterborough - 12+ Siskins regularly at feeders in a private Orton longueville garden (Peter & Jan Farbridge)

Dogsthorpe Tip - GLAUCOUS GULL, 3+ 'Nordic' Jackdaws (Will Bowell)

Grafham - Male Firecrest, © Garth Peacock



Tuesday, 5 February

Thriplow - WHITE WAGTAIL with Pied Wagtails on roof of the school this morning (Doug Radford)

Ouse Washes - GREAT WHITE EGRET on Main Drain east of Dunkirk again 10:30h (Fred Heath)

Dogsthorpe Tip - juv ICELAND GULL, juv GLAUCOUS GULL, 3+ 'Nordic' Jackdaws this lunchtime (Will Bowell)

Fen Drayton - 5000 Black-tailed Godwits, 2000 Golden Plovers, 1000 Lapwings (Mike Everett)

Woodwalton Fen - Cetti's Warbler (Will Bowell)

Monday, 4 February

Ouse Washes - GREAT WHITE EGRET at Pymoor 13:15h today (BirdGuides.com)

Histon - 10+ Siskins in alders at stables nearby 10:30h (Ken Sheard)

Paxton Pits - pair of Smew, 3 Red-crested Pochard, 2 fem Goosander (Paul Rule)

Sunday, 3 February

Dogsthorpe Tip - juv GLAUCOUS GULL (Raymond Bowell)

Ouse Washes - GREAT WHITE EGRET still around Pymoor/Dunkirk today (per rarebirdalert.com)

Grafham Water - FIRECREST again in SE corner of lagoons, adult Mediterranean Gull, 3 adult Yellow-legged Gull, Pink-footed Goose again at west end, fem Goosander off lagoons (Mark Hawkes)

Sutton Gault/Chain Corner - 3 Scaup, 2 Water Pipits, 2 Stonechats, 43 Corn Buntings (Mark Peck)

Orton BP - pair Red-crested Pochards, Black-necked grebe (Dave Bradley)

Fen Drayton - male Smew, 2 Little Egrets (Dennis Hall)

Saturday, 2 February

Cambridge, probable tristis Chiffchaff, © Pete Holt



Wicken Fen - 2 female Hen Harrier, 2 Short-eared Owl (Saimon Clarke)

Dogsthorpe Tip - Yellow-legged Gull (Peter Beesley); 1st winter GLAUCOUS GULL (Mike Weedon)

Cottenham, Long Drove - 1st winter GLAUCOUS GULL, 8+ Yellow-legged Gulls (Dick Newell et al.)



Tanholt - ad & juv GLAUCOUS GULL this morning (Josh Jones)

Grafham Water - drk Scaup was still in Littless Creek, with 5+ Goosander and a single Pink-footed Goose (Mark Hawkes)

Earith - Turnstone, Grey Plover, Green Sandpiper, 2 Black-tailed Godwits, 3 Ruff (David Griffiths)

Ouse Washes - GREAT WHITE EGRET still around Pymoor/Dunkirk today (per rarebirdalert.com)

Peterborough, CEGB pit - 1st winter GLAUCOUS GULLS, Yellow-legged Gull

Ferry Meadows - adult Mediterranean Gull, 50+ Common Gulls (Matt Webb)

Fen Drayton - 2000 Black-tailed Godwits at Ferry Lagoon (Ian Dillon)

Friday, 1 February

Dogsthorpe Tip - 1st winter GLAUCOUS GULL (Brian Stone)

Grafham Water - ad ICELAND GULL in roost near Savages Creek 16:18h (Colin Addington)

Cottenham Long Drove - ad ICELAND GULL this morning (Simon Stirrup)

Fen Drayton Lakes - 2 redhead Smew on Moore Lake, 2 Little Egrets, Barn Owl (Andy Cotton); c.5000 Black-tailed Godwits (John Le Gassick)

Paxton Pits - male and redhead Smew, male Goosander (John Hoppett)

Monks Wood - male Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Nuthatch, 7 Marsh Tit, 3 Woodcock in north-east block (Rich Broughton)

Orton BP - pair of Red-crested Pochard (Dave Bradley); Black-necked Grebe (Chaz Shaw)

Elton Furze Golf Club - 300 Fieldfares on practice range (Peter Beesley)

Eldernell - Bittern, 7 Tree Sparrows (Charlie Kitchin)

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