Wednesday 23 April 2008

Wednesday, 23 April

Grafham Water - Wood Warbler 08:10h, Egyptian Goose (BirdGuides.com); 1st-summer ICELAND GULL in roost from 19:15h, 40+ Arctic Terns, 2 Little Gulls (Jono Leadley, Mark Hawkes).

Fowlmere - Swift over the reedbed 09:10h (Doug Radford)

Ouse Washes - Turtle Dove calling just south of visitor centre (Alex Thomas)

Sutton Gault - probable LESSER YELLOWLEGS flew off 16:45h, 2 Avocet, 4 Garganey (Ben Green); also Greenshank, 70 Black-tailed Godwit, 7 Ruff (Mark Peck)

Ferry Meadows - Arctic Tern on Gunwade Lake 09:00h (Mike Weedon); 200+ Arctic Terns this lunchtime, 165 still present at 13:20h but many departed north-east (Brian Stone); still c.100 Arctic Terns on Gunwade Lake this afternoon, also ad Little Gull (Kevin Du Rose)

Fen Drayton Lakes - 7 Common Terns around Moore Lake, singing Garden Warbler, Swift over Oxholme (Dennis Hall); 2 Hobbies mid-afternoon (Dave Anderson)

Paxton Pits - male Whinchat (Jamie Wells); 79 Arctic Terns, 3 Little Gulls, Whimbrel, Hobby, Grasshopper Warblers, Goldeneye (Martin Davis, Mark Ward)

Wicken Fen - Spotted Redshank on Bakers Fen (Duncan Poyser)

Over Fen - Garganey, 2 Whimbrel (Sarah Kelman)

Ely BF - 2 Ruddy Duck and a probable Argentinian Bluebill (Ben Green)

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