Wednesday 31 March 2010

Wednesday, 31 March

Ferry Meadows - 2 SANDWICH TERNS over Gunwade before flying north towards Milton (Brian Stone); Red Kite, c.30 Swallows (Matt Webb)

Wicken Fen - FIRECREST by the mooring at the junction of Wicken Lode and Monks Lode from the public right of way side of Wicken Lode (Vince Lea)

Tuesday 30 March 2010

Tuesday, 30 March

Cambrige - probable ALPINE SWIFT reported from Coldhams Lane around the cement works (as per Carl Hutchinson)

Witcham - male RING OUSEL flew towards Wardy Hill from Wardy Hill Drove. Parking at TL477818, walk along Hale Fen Lane towards Lane Farm. Also ad Peregrine, Merlin (David Hopkins)

Berry/Bury Fen - 2 Turnstones (Mark Peck)

Nene Washes - 2 Avocets, Grey plover, Little Ringed Plover, 2 White Wagtails (Jonathan Taylor); 2 male & a fem Garganey along central Drove (John Saunders)

Madingley - 3 Buzzards (Mike Clydesdale)

Dry Drayton - Swallow (Mike Clydesdale)

Isleham Water Meadows - FIRECREST, 16 Avocets (Ben Green)

Monday 29 March 2010

Monday, 29 March

Dogsthorpe tip - ad Caspian Gull, 2 Yellow-legged Gulls (Josh Jones)

Cambridge - Red Kite over north 12:30h, also Swallow (Jonathan Heath)

Willingham - Red Kite over south 15:00h (Jaqui Miller)

Ferry Meadows - Yellow Wagtail, 2 Red Kites (Paul Taylor); Egyptian Goose, 3 Swallows (Mike Weedon)

King's Dyke NR - Brambling (Brian Stone)

Sunday 28 March 2010

Sunday, 28 March

Cambridge - Woodcock in Fanshaw Road (Richard Patient)

Over - pair of RAVEN flew past heading towards Fen Drayton (Jeremy Lindsell)

Grafham Water - Marsh Harrier, 14 Avocet, Cetti's Warbler, 3 GREAT NORTHERN DIVER (Mark Hawkes)

Woodhurst - 2 Red Kite, 4 Common Buzzard, 16 tree sparrows (Duncan McNiven)

Histon - Red Kite (David Nation)

Fen Drayton - 3+ Willow Warblers (Neil Renwick)

Ferry Meadows - 1+ Willow Warblers (Don Gardener)

March Farmers - Curlew, CRANE, 3 Little Egrets, 2 Barn Owls, 4 Marsh Harriers (Mike Weedon)

Nene washes, Central Drove - 3 Little Egrets, 2 Water Pipits, 6 Marsh Harriers, 10 Black-tailed Godwits (Joh Saunders)

Haddenham - CRANE between Hog Hill and Wilburton (Paul Mason)

Castor Hanglands - 2 Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers, Mandarin (Mike Weedon)

Paxton Pits - 2 Yellow Wagtails, 2 Litle Ringed Plovers (Martin Davis); Red Kite over, 3 Red-crested Pochards (Jamie Wells, Jim Stevenson)

Oakington airfield - Red Kite nearby (David Chandler)

Saturday, 27 March

Coveney - ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD still (Tim Caldicott)

Milton country park - Willow Warbler, 9 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 2 Lesser Redpoll (Jonathan Heath)

Grafham Water - 4 GREAT NORTHERN DIVERS, Cetti's Warbler singing in lagoons, 13 Avocet, 12+ Chiffchaff, 2 Redpoll (Mark Hawkes)

Wicken Fen - 3 Hen Harriers, 6+ Marsh Harrier, Barn Owl, 4+ Woodcocks, 2 Water Rails (David Heath); male Garganey on Baker's Fen, 2 Little Egrets, 5 Cetti's Warblers, 6 Chiffchaffs (Ken, Maggie and Richard Hook)

Coveney/Witcham - male RING OUZEL flew west along hedge just south of village, Peregrine (Stuart Elsom)

Ferry Meadows - Yellow Wagtail over, Willow Warbler, Swallow (Matt Webb)

Nene Washes - 2 CRANES, 3 Water Pipits, Curlew over east, male White Wagtail, c.100 Whooper Swans (Mike Weedon)

Whittlesey - Red Kite over (Max Catterwell)

Bretton, Peterborough - Brambling (Don Gardener)

Friday 26 March 2010

Friday, 26 March

Cambridge - male Wood Duck on the Cam still at Riverside this mornng (John Walsh)

Castor Hanglands - male Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Osprey over (Richard Astle)

Kingfisher's Bridge - 16 Avocets, 2 Marsh Harriers, 7 Whooper Swans (John Thake)

Peterborough, Milton Park - RAVEN (Mick Beeson)

Ferry Meadows - 2 Egyptian Geese (Don Gardener)

Milton Pits - Swallow (Colin Kirtland)

Fulbourn - Swallow (Iain Webb)

Thursday 25 March 2010

Thursday, 25 March

Croxton - RAVEN over the A428 between the village and Eltisley 07:30h (Jonathan Hook)

March Farmers - 2 Avocets (Mike Weedon)

Maxey Pits - Jack Snipe, male Wheatear (John Saunders)

Fen Drayton Lakes - Willow Warbler singing, Cetti's warbler singing (Neil Renwick)

Farcet Fen - OSPREY over 13:50h (Steve Dudley)

Hemingford Grey - Swallow, Willow Warbler (Mike Everett)

Eldernell - imm Peregrine, 8 Marsh Harriers (Steve Gann)

Wednesday 24 March 2010

Wednesday, 24 March

Coveney - ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD in the area again this afternoon (David Hopkins)

Sutton Gault - 2 GREAT WHITE EGRETS over north-east along the washes 18:15h (Mark Peck)

Eldernell - BLACK REDSTART in the evening (Joe Lynn)

Maxey Pits - 2 Little Ringed Plovers, 2 Wheatears, c.350 Golden Plovers (John Saunders)

Isleham Water Meadows - 15 Redshanks, 4 Avocets, Little Ringed Plover, 4 Sand Martins (Dave Palmer)

Trumpington - male & fem Wheatears (Mike Foley)

Aldreth - fem Wheatear along Dambank Drove (Paul Mason)

Wimpole Hall - 6+ Treecreepers, Yellow Wagtail, 5+ Marsh Tits, Buzzard (Andrew Clarke)

Monks Wood - 2 Crossbills, Woodcock, 10+ Nuthatches, 32 Marsh Tits (Rich Broughton)

Tubney Fen - 2 Little Ringed Plovers (Gareth Sandham)

Fen Drayton Lakes - fem Wheatear (Mike Knowles)

Cam Washes - 6 Little Egrets, 6 Marsh Harriers, 2 Buzzards, 2 Green Sandpipers, male Wheatear, Barn Owl (Jonathan & David Heath, Colin Kirtland)

Houghton Hill Farm - Wheatear

Tuesday 23 March 2010

Tuesday, 23 March

Fowlmere - 5 Wheatears at the airfield this morning (Doug Radford)

Fen Drayton Lakes - 2 Wheatears in farmland adjacent to the entrance track from Swavesey (Neil Renwick)

Trumpington - Wheatear (Mike Foley)

Cambridge - Swallow over Addenbrooke's West Forvie site (Sarah Howlett)

Monday 22 March 2010

Monday, 22 March

Fen Drayton Lakes - fem Wheatear on the main entrance track 11:15h (Dennis Hall); a second male Wheatear present by 11:50h (Nigel Sprowell)

Maxey Pits - male Wheatear, 5 Little Ringed Plovers, Green Sandpiper, 366 Golden Plovers (Mike Weedon)

Hinxton - Peregrine nearby (Sarah Howlett)

Cambridge, University Botanic Gardens - Little Egret over (Sarah Howlett)

Sunday 21 March 2010

Sunday, 21 March

Paxton Pits - 4 Little Ringed Plover, 5 Ringed plover, 4 Smew, Red-crested Pochard, 3 Little Egret, FIRECREST early morning, singing in Wray House Garden area again,Cetti's Warbler (Martin Davis)

Castor Mill - WAXWING (Matt Webb)

Aldreth - Red Kite over (Simon Stirrup)

Barrington - FIRECREST singing briefly also 6 displaying Buzzards, 2 Little Owl, Little Egret (Stephen Cooper)

Ouse Washes - 5 Avocets from the north landed just S of Pymore Railway Bridge (Owen Marks)

Nene Washes - 4 Little Egret, Merlin, c200 Golden Plover, White Wagtail (Mike Weedon)

Coldham's Common, Cambridge - 3 Common Buzzard, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap (Joe Taylor)

Maxey Pits - male Wheatear, 2 Little Ringed Plovers (Mike Weedon); 6 Green Sandpipers, fem Wheatear (Chris Lines)

Castor Hanglands - 2 Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers (Mike Weedon)

Tanholt Pits - 2 Wheatears, 2 Green Sandpipers (Dave Chambers)

Cambridge - 3 Little Egrets in a willow tree by Fen Causeway (Tim Knight)

Milton CP - Cetti's Warbler, Woodcock, 3 Buzzards (Sarah Howlett)

Nene Washes, Central Drove - 4 Little Egrets, Merlin, White Wagtail, c.200 Golden Plovers (Mike Weedon)

Eynesbury Pocket Park - Swallow (Richard Bashford)

Fowlmere - Barn Owl (Paul Bentinck)

Chiffchaffs and Sand Martins reported from many sites

Saturday, 20 March

Paxton - FIRECREST singing at Wray House Garden, 13 Sand Martin, 3 Smew, 3 Red-creasted Pochard, 4 Chiffchaffs, Little Egret, Barn Owl, Common Buzzard, Woodcock, (Martin Davis, Jamie Wells); Swallow (Stuart Elsom)

Grafham Water - 2 GREAT NORTHERN DIVERS, 8+ Avocets (Mark Hawkes)

Kingfishers Bridge - 8 Avocets (John Thake)

Chiffchaffs reported from many sites.

Friday 19 March 2010

Friday, 19 March

Moonshine Gap - male Wheatear (Richard Jones)

Maxey Pits - 2 Little Ringed Plovers, Green Sandpiper, 85 Golden Plovers (Mike Weedon)

Peterborough - Sand Martin at Town Bridge (Brian Stone)

Cambridge - Peregrine over Nuttings Road (Ian Webb)

Ouse Fen - 5 Sand Martins (Jeremy Lindsell)

Thursday 18 March 2010

Thursday, 18 March

Eaton Ford - 3 Goosanders, 3+ Kingfishers at the Mill this morning (Richard Bashford)

Needingworth GPs - 9 Smews, 4 Goldeneyes (Mark Eaton)

Kingfishers Bridge - 4 Avocets, Ruff (John Thake)

Isleham Water Meadows - 5 Avocets, 12 Redshanks, 2 Oystercatchers (Dave Palmer)

Maxey Pits - 3 Avocets (Ivan Cumberpatch)

Peterborough - 2 Sand Martins over Town Bridge this morning (Ben Fraser); 3 Sand Martins at 15:20h (Richard Astle); Peregrine over Laxton square & the cathedral (Dick Seamons); Red kite, Buzzard, Peregrine over Stanley Park (Ben Fraser)

Ely BF - Sand Martin over settling beds (Monica & Owen Marks)

Paxton Pits - 3 Little Ringed Plovers (Martin Davis)

Fowlmere - probable Firecrest heard by start of track to reed bed hide (Mike Foley)

Ferry Meadows - 5 Sand Martins this morning (Matt Webb)

Wednesday 17 March 2010

Wednesday, 17 March

Cambridge - 4 WAXWINGS present in Panton Street c.08:30-08:50h when scared off by a male Sparrowhawk (John Hayward); Little Egret by Fen Causeway 17:30h (John Miller)

Peterborough - Red Kite over town centre 09:23h (Brian Stone)

Bar Hill - Chiffchaff (Maggie Hook)

Fen Drayton Lakes - Chiffchaff, 3 Cetti's Warblers, c.200 Golden Plovers (Andy Cotton)

Ouse Washes - male Garganey, 7 Little Egrets, 450 Black-tailed Godwits, 55 Ruffs, Water Pipit (Owen Marks)

Fowlmere - Sand Martin, Firecrest reported by the path along the stream this evening (as per Doug Radford)

Tuesday 16 March 2010

Tuesday, 16 March

Cambridge - 4 WAXWING still present in Panton Street (many observers)

Ouse Fen - fem Marsh Harrier & Buzzard (Brian Groombridge)

Six Mile Bottom - 7 Buzzards, juv Peregrine (Dave Palmer)

Wilbraham Fen - 4 Marsh Harriers (David Heath)

Monday 15 March 2010

Monday, 15 March

Sutton Gault - Red Kite over, Cetti's Warbler calling (Paul Mason)

Bar Hill - Red Kite north-west over the Golf Course (Mike Clydesdale)

Cambridge - 4 WAXWINGS still present in Panton Street 12:20h (Garth Peacock)

Ouse Washes - 2 PINK-FOOTED GEESE, 2 WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, 27 Ruffs, 50 Black-tailed Godwits, 33 Dunlins, 4 Curlews, 13 Water Pipits (Alex Thomas)

Sunday 14 March 2010

Sunday, 14 March

Morborne Hill - c16 Common Buzzard, c8 Red Kite (Brian Stone)

Grafham Water - 2 GREAT NORTHERN DIVER, BLACK-NECKED GREBE, Scaup, Cetti's Warbler, 6 Avocet, c20 Lesser Redpoll, 3 Goosander, 67 Goldeneye (Mark Hawkes, Colin Addington, David Hollin)

Hartford GP - drk Red-crested Pochard (Malcolm Anderson)

Paxton Pits - TWITE, though extremely mobile, also 13 Smew, 5 Red-crested Pochard, 2 Goosander, pr Shelduck, Bar tailed Godwit, 6 Green Sandpiper, Red Kite, 5 Common Buzzard, 2 Water Rail, Marsh Tit, Yellow legged gull (Martin Davis)

Cambridge - 4 WAXWING still present in Panton St. (Hugh Venables)

March Farmers - Spotted Redshank, Curlew, 127 Redshanks, Short-eared Owl, 2 Barn Owls, Little Owl Marsh Harrier (Mike Weedon)

Cam Washes - 2+ Crossbills over calling (Kathleen Rosewarne, Ian Barton)

Ouse Washes - male Garganey, Turnstone, 10 Little Egrets, Curlew between Earith & Chain Corner (Neal Gates); male Garganey at Sutton Gault (Andy Cotton);

Fen Drayton Lakes - pair of Peregrines, 150+ Black-tailed Godwits, 5+ Cettis' Warblers early morning (Sarah Howlett)

Needingworth GPs - 7 Smews (Neal Gates)

Saturday, 13 March

Bedford Purlieus - FIRECREST, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker both within 400 m of main entrance (Jonathan Taylor)

Fen Drayton - 25 Common buzzards, Barn owl (c/o Andy Cotton)

Pymoor - ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD east of Ouse Washes, heading north (Ben Green)

Grafham Water - 20+ Common Buzzard, Red Kite, 3+ GREAT NORTHERN DIVER, Scaup, Yellow-legged Gull, 3 Goosander (Mark Hawkes)

Little Raveley overlooking Wennington Wood - 2 Red Kite, Peregrine (Duncan Ritchie)

Sutton Gault - male Garganey (Simon Stirrup)

Cambridge - 4 WAXWINGS near the Panton Arms (Rob Scoffin); 3 Peregrine, 3 Common Buzzard from Coldham's Common (Joe Taylor)

Wicken Fen - 3 Marsh Harriers, ringtail Hen Harrier, 14+ Common Buzzards (Andrew Knights)

Tetworth - 21 Common Buzzard, Red Kite, Peregrine (Stuart Elsom)

Eau Fen - 6 Whooper Swans (Tim Dee, Claire Spottiswoode)

Witcham - GREAT WHITE EGRET over 16:45h, Grey Plover over calling (David Hopkins)

Cam Washes - Water Pipit, 10 Buzzards, 6+ Marsh Harriers, Peregrine (David & Jonathan Heath)

Friday 12 March 2010

Friday, 12 March

Cambridge - 4 WAXWINGS in Panton Street near the Panton Arms this morning (Mick Whitehouse)

Kingfishers Bridge - male 7 fem Marsh Harrier, 6 Oystercatchers (John Thake)

Cam Washes, Upware - male Garganey, male Hen Harrier, Merlin, 3 Dunlins (Kathleen Rosewarne, Ian barton)

Thursday 11 March 2010

Thursday, 11 March

Peterborough - Red Kite over the city centre (Dick Seamons)

Grunty Fen - Woodcock 12:00h (David Nation)

Ouse Washes - male Garganey, 2 Egyptian Geese, 30 Snipe, fem Merlin, Little Egret over, Barn Owl (Owen Marks)

Wednesday 10 March 2010

Wednesday, 10 March

Barleycraft Pits - Long-eared Owl 11:00h (Brian Groombridge)

Aldreth - 2 Bramblings nearby with 50+ Chaffinches (Paul Mason)

Waterbeach Fen - Green Sandpiper, 2 Little Egrets (Colin Kirtland)

Cam Washes - 12 Shelduck, 275 Wigeon, 126 Teal, 126 Gadwall, 4 Pintail, male Garganey, fem Hen Harrier, 2 Oystercatcher, 3 Avocet, 21 Redshank and 4 Snipe (Colin Kirtland)

Little Wilbraham Fen - Cetti's Warbler (Bob Jarman)

Paxton Pits - 9 Smews, Green Sandpiper, 2 Red-crested Pochards, 3 Buzzards (Martin Davis)

Tuesday, 9 March

Isleham Water Meadows - 2 Oystercatchers, 12 Snipe, 2 Redshank (Dave Palmer)

Paxton Pits - 5 Smew on Heronry South, also Curlew reported (Martin Davis)

Monday 8 March 2010

Monday, 8 March

Fen Drayton Lakes - 3 Goosanders, c.85 Black-tailed Godwits, 4 Oystercatchers (Andy Cotton); Jack Snipe, Stonechat (Paul Hinds)

Paxton Pits - Green Sandpiper, 4 Oystercatcher, 9 Smews, 2 Red-crested Pochards, 3 Buzzards (Martin Davis)

Nene Washes - 3 COMMON CRANES, 3 Marsh Harriers, 2 Buzzards (Jonathan & David Heath)

Ferry Meadows - Red Kite, Peregrine, 3 Buzzards, 3 Marsh Harriers , Jack Snipe, Bittern, Cetti's Warbler, 25+ Redpolls, 45 Corn Buntings, Long-eared Owl calling (Ron Harold)

Sunday 7 March 2010

Sunday, 7 March

Earith - drake Garganey briefly on the wash opposite Westview Marina (Graham Hirons)

Ely BF - 2 redhead Smew, Marsh Harrier, Water Rail and a Common Buzzard (Stuart Sharp)

Stuntney - RAVEN to the north 13:27h (Duncan Poyser)

Paxton Pits - 4+ Common Buzzard, 2 Red Kites, 9 Smew (Martin Davies, Jamie Wells)

Wicken Fen - 2 male & 2 ringtail Hen Harriers, 2 Marsh Harriers, 2 Barn Owls, Woodcock, 2+ Cetti's Warblers singing, 20+ Snipe (Christoph Zockler); male Garganey (Felix Randow)

Grafham Water - 4 GREAT NORTHERN DIVERS, 4 Avocets (Mark Hawkes); BLACK-NECKED GREBE (Mark Piercey; Lockhart Horsburgh)

Farcet Fen - 2 Merlins, 2 Peregrines, 18 Golden Plovers (Steve Dudley)

Ouse Washes - male Garganey, male Pintail, 3 Egyptian Geese (Monica & Owen Marks)

Berry Fen - Water Pipit, c.160 Black-tailed Godwits, 10+ Ruffs, Pink-footed Goose, 40+ Redshanks, 20+ Dunlins, 2 Oystercatchers (Mark Eaton)

Cam Washes - Pink-footed Goose, 4 Marsh Harriers, 2 Barn Owls, 2 Little Egrets, 20 Redshanks, Dunlin, 21 Shelducks (David & Jonathan Heath)

Woodwalton Fen - 130 Golden Plovers, c.20 Redpolls including 4+ Mealy, Firecrest, 2 Marsh Harriers, 2 Barn Owls, Merlin, 80 Corn Buntings, Water Pipit, Bittern (Richard Patient); Peregrine (Stuart Elsom, Richard Bayldon)

Wistox/Raveley/Upwood - 9 Red Kites, 17 Buzzards (Stuart Elsom, Richard Bayldon)

Nene Washes - GREAT WHITE EGRET over west, 2 COMMON CRANES, Merlin, 2 Peregrines, 5+ Common Buzzards, 7 Marsh Harriers, 2 Short-eared Owls, Barn Owl, Little Owl, Little Egret, 70+ Ruffs, 50+ Dunlins, 100+ Snipes (Steve Cooper)

Barleycraft GPs - 29 Smews, 11 Goldeneyes, Woodcock (Steve Cooper)

Clopton - Short-eared Owl (Dave Buckingham)

Kneesworth - 30 Golden Plovers, Jack Snipe, 2 Buzzards (Gareth Rees)

Saturday, 6 March

Grafham Water - c500 Black-tailed Godwit in the lagoons (Simon Davies) 3+ Avocet, GREAT NORTHERN DIVER (Mark Hawkes)

Wilbraham Fen - 8 Common Buzzard, Peregrine (David & Jonathan Heath)

Berry Fen - 72 Black-tailed Godwits, 23 Redshank, 2 Ringed Plover, 1 Pink-footed Goose and c.300 Wigeon (Mark Eaton)

Nene Washes - 3 COMMON CRANES, Merlin, 2 Common Buzzards, 6+ Marsh Harriers, 2000+ Black-tailed Godwits, 70+ Ruffs, 30+ Dunlins, c.1000 Golden Plovers (Mike Weedon)

Ely BF - Bittern, Marsh Harrier, Bearded Tits calling (Colin Kirtland)

Friday 5 March 2010

Friday, 5 March

Peterborough - COMMON CRANE west over Town Centre 09:34h (Brian Stone); 5 Buzzards north over South Bretton (Don Gardener); 2 Buzzards over Westwood (Tony Parker)

King's Dyke NR - 2 Peregrines (Phil Parker)

Ferry Meadows - 2 Buzzards (Don Gardener)

Monks Wood - Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Great Spotted Woodpeckers, 2 Nuthacthes, 3 Treecreepers, Buzzard (Mark Peck)

Paxton Pits - at Pumphouse Pit 12 Smews, Green Sandpiper, 3 Buzzards, Chiffchaff singing (Mark Peck); 5 Smews on Heronry South, also 5 Red-crested Pochards (Martin Davis)

Fowlmere - Mealy Redpoll, Red Kite, Buzzard, Little Owl (James Hanlon)

Farcet Fen - 2 BLACK-NECKED GREBES, view from Bedford's Bridge only, 5+ Red Kites, male Stonechat (Steve Dudley)

Thursday 4 March 2010

Thursday, 4 March

Maxey Pits - COMMON CRANE briefly before flying west (John Saunders)

Fen Drayton Lakes - 2 Ruff, 13 Ringed Plovers (Jacqui Miller)

South Cambs - 2 Firecrests in a private garden (Steve Cooper)

Foxton - 3 Egyptian Geese (Steve Cooper)

Fowlmere - Mealy Redpoll, Brambling recently (Steve Cooper)

Wicken Fen - 3 Hen Harriers, Marsh Harrier (Peter Bircham)

Monks Wood - Lesser Spotted Woodpecker drumming (Richard Broughton)

Wednesday 3 March 2010

Wednesday, 3 March

Maxey Pits - 3 Green Sandpipers, 9 Ringed Plovers (John Saunders)

Bury Fen - Pink-footed Goose, 2 Oystercatchers, 3 Pintails (Mark Eaton)

Grafham Water - 3 GREAT NORTHERN DIVERS from Mander CP, BLACK-NECKED GREBE from lagoons (Dean Harlow)

Monks Wood - Red Kite, 4 Treecreepers, Nuthatch (Roger Hughes); 8 Woodcock,14 Marsh Tits (Rich Broughton)

Little Shelford - 2 Little Egrets on flood next to the River Cam (Toby Austin)

Kingfishers Bridge - 3 WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, Marsh Harrier (John Thake)

Tuesday, 2 March

Monks Wood - Lesser Spotted Woodpecker drumming, Woodcock, Red Kite, Buzzard (Richard Broughton)

Paxton Pits - 3 male & 13 fem Smews, 80 Goldeneyes, fem SCAUP, 3 Red-crested Pochards, Little Egret, 2 Oystercatchers, 3 Ringed Plovers (Colin Kirtland); also Pintail, 8 Buzzards, possible Water Pipit (Martin Davis)

Tuesday 2 March 2010

Monday, 1 March

Nene Washes - 3 TAIGA BEAN GEESE still present this morning at c. TF24600 (Brian Stone)

Maxey Pits - 2 Green Sandpipers, 2 Oystercatchers, 6 Ringed Plovers (Chris Lines)

Southey Wood - Tawny Owl, 2 Woodcocks (Stuart Ball)

Grafham Water - RED-NECKED GREBE, BLACK-NECKED GREBE, 2 BRENT GEESE over east, 7 Avocets (Colin Addington)