Monday 21 April 2008

Monday, 21 April

Ouse Washes - LESSER YELLOWLEGS at Earith still Park by KLM factory in Earith Ind. Estate, and walk north on raised bank for c.1 mile (per rarebirdalert.com); 3 Greenshank, 4 Ringed Plover, 3 Little Ringed Plover (Alex Thomas, Owen Marks); 3 Whimbrel behond Cottier Hide (Paul Harrington); 4 Greenshank, 2 Ruff, 10 Dunlin 19:00h (Ian Dillon)

Old Hurst, Huntingdon - WRYNECK in private front garden of in morning (per Georgie Godby)

Folksworth - 3 male RING OUZEL along Morborne Road 07:45h but 2 males and a female bird early afternoon, Brambling also (John Saunders)

Nene Washes - 3 COMMON CRANE, Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail at March Farmers (Charlie Kitchin); 2 Garganey, 2 Pintail, 1000+ islandica Black-tailed Godwits, 5 Little Egret at Central Drove (Brian Stone); Wheatear at Eldernell (Max Catterwell); also Whitethroat, Water Pipit, Peregrine, 2 Bar-tailed Godwits (Jonathan Taylor)

Ely, Roswell Pits - RING OUZEL still (Bruce Martin)

Paxton Pits - 1st-summer ICELAND GULL briefly before flying south, Nuthatch, 2 Grey Plover over, Arctic Tern, 4+ Common Terns, ad Little Gull, Grasshopper Warbler, Cuckoo, Whimbrel over, 3 Wheatear, Green Sandpiper, 5 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Yellow-legged Gull, 6 Nightingale, Lesser Whitehroat, Reed Warbler (Martin Davis, Steve May, Mark Ward, Jamie Wells)

Shepreth L-moor - Redstart (Toby Austin)

Grafham Water - Little Gull, Nightingale (Jono Leadley); fem Marsh Harrier and Greenshank over (Colin Addington)

Fen Drayton - ad Little Gull, Yellow Wagtail, Buzzard (Andy Cotton)

Wicken Fen - Hobby, Little Egret, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Marsh Harrier (Dave Palmer)

Brampton - Hobby over (Martin Smith)

Ferry Meadows - Arctic Tern on Gunwade Lake 14:00h (Will Bowell); 40 terns including 3+ Arctic Terns this evening (Brian Stone)

Woodwalton fen - 3 Marsh Harriers, Red Kite, 3 Buzzards, Cuckoo, 2 Grasshopper Warblers, ringtail Hen Harrier (Duncan McNiven)

Yaxley - Red Kite over (Kevin Wicks)

Little Gransden - Peregrine over 10:30h (Graham Askew)

Foxton - Red Kite and Marsh Harrier over (Toby Austin)

Fulbourn - 92 Golden Plovers off the Shelford Road nearby (Mike Foley)

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