Thursday 30 September 2010

Thursday, 30 September

Peterborough - 2 dark-phase HONEY BUZZARDS over south-east (Ben Fraser)

Grafham Water - GREAT SKUA still mid-morning (Colin Addington); 3 Black Terns this evening (as per RBA)

Fowlmere - Redpoll sp., c.20 Siskins, male Merlin (Doug Radford)

Ferry Meadows - 2 Bramblings over (Don Gardener)

Ouse Washes - 2 Peregrines, 5 Marsh Harriers, 2000+ Lapwings, 20 Golden Plovers, Bittern (Joe Lynn)

Elsworth - 8 Buzzards over (Paul Harding)

Wednesday 29 September 2010

Wednesday, 29 September

Murrow - YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER in private garden (Marie Barton)

Witcham - RING OUZEL (David Hopkins)

Grafham Water - juv GREAT SKUA still (Dean Harlow)

Tuesday 28 September 2010

Tuesday, 28 September

Grafham Water - mobile juv GREAT SKUA still, Grey Plover over (Colin Addington)

Fen Drayton Lakes - RAVEN into corvid roost 19:00h, also 2 Green Sandpipers, 3 Little Egrets, Cetti's Warbler (Mark Peck)

Ferry Meadows - Arctic Tern,  Siskin, 2 Redpoll sp., 3 Redwings (Brian Stone)

Cambridge - 3 Siskins, 2 Redwings over Adams Road (Iain Webb)

Galtton - 6 Red Kites and a Buzzard perched at High Haden this morning (Richard Jones)

Kingfisher's Bridge - 2 Grey Plovers over, Buzzard, 2 Grey Wagtails, Green Sandpiper (Owen Marks et al.)

Ely Beet Pits - Hobby, Green Sandpiper (Stuart Sharp)

Monday, 27 September

Paxton Pits - Lesser Spotted Woodpecker near Kingfisher Hide, 3 Redwings, Spotted Flycatcher (Jim Stevenson)

Sunday 26 September 2010

Sunday, 26 September

Grafham Water - juv. GREAT SKUA, Yellow Wagtail, Sand Martin, 160+ Linnet (Mark Hawkes)

Ouse Washes - juv Little Stint, juv Curlew Sand, 10 Dunlin, Spotted Redshank 3 Common Buzzard (Mark Peck)

Cambridge - Redwing in Fanshawe Road (Richard Patient); Redwing over Richmond Road (Sarah Howlett)

Fen Drayton Lakes - juv GANNET over Ferry Lagoon o8:45h (Richard Thomas)

Ferry Meadows - 145 Pink-footed Geese, 10 Redwings, Siskin (Mike Weedon et al.)

Paxton Pits - juv Little Stint, 2 Greenshanks (Neal Parkin, Martin Davis)

Saturday 25 September 2010

Saturday, 25 September

Various locations - many GANNETS passing through - 9 juveniles over Coldhams Lane, Cambridge (Iain Webb), 6 through Ferry Meadows (Don Gardner, Matt Webb), 2 juveniles over Little Wilbraham Fen (Carl Howard), one juvenile over Orton Mere (Brian Stone) and one over the Nene Washes (Jonathan Taylor, Mike Weedon)

Little Wilbraham Fen - PIED FLYCATCHER around reed-bed (Carl Howard)

Grafham Water - juv. GREAT SKUA, 5 Common Scoter, Greenshank, Red Kite over, juv. Little Gull, Black Tern (Mark Hawkes)

Foul Anchor - 3 GREAT SKUA over (Duncan Poyser); also 18 Pink-footed Geese, Peregrine, c.70 Golden Plovers (Stuart Elsom et al.)

Ouse Washes - Little Stint (Duncan Poyser)

March Farmers - 3 COMMON CRANES (Marie Barton)

Paxton Pits - 2 ARCTIC SKUAS over south-west, Caspian Gull, c.10 Yellow-legged Gulls, Black Tern, 3 Greenshanks (Jamie Wells)

Friday 24 September 2010

Friday, 24 September

Foul Anchor - 3 POMARINE SKUA42 GREAT SKUA (flocks of 9, 11 and 15), 5 ARCTIC SKUA, GANNET, 7 Sandwich Tern, 4 Black Tern, Arctic Tern, 2 Common Tern, 45 Pink footed Geese (Jonathan Taylor)

Ouse Washes - 3 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS from Welches Dam Hide, also Wood Sandpiper, Spotted Redshank (Mike Burdekin, Paul Harrington)

Paxton Pits -  2 juv ARCTIC SKUAS circling high to th south-east 17:25h (Martin Davis)

Haddenham - 2 juv Hobbies over south (Paul Mason)

Grafham Water 3 ARCTIC SKUAS over, 2 juv Little Gull, 6+ Black Tern (Mark Hawkes); 21 Pink-footed Geese reported north over dam (per RBA)

Thursday 23 September 2010

Thursday, 23 September

Nene Washes - CATTLE EGRET on field 12 again until 12:30h, 4 CRANES along Central Drove (Brian Stone)

Huntingdon - 4 possible CRANES west along the River Ouse 19:10h (David Woolven)

Witcham - RED-FOOTED FALCON, likely a juv, over south-west towards Sutton Gault area (David Hopkins)

Grafham Water - c.9 Black Terns, 3 Little Egrets, 2 Common Sandpipers (Mark Hawkes); Whinchat (Colin Addington)

Ferry Meadows - 8 Black Terns on Gunwade Lake 08:30h (Brian Stone)

Isleham Water Meadows - Ruff, 41 Snipe (David Collins)

Paxton Pits - juv Black Tern briefly, 2 Whimbrels, 2 Curlews, 3 Greenshanks, Wheatear, Cetti's Warbler (Martin Davis, Jamie Wells)

Late news from Tuesday, 21 September: St. Ives - NIGHTJAR resting on top of a wheelie bin

Wednesday 22 September 2010

Wednesday, 22 September

Grafham Water - juv WHITE-WINGED BLACK TERN with c.200 Black Terns (Matthew Rodgers)

Farcet - Tree Pipit, Cetti's Warbler at Crown Lakes (Steve Dudley)

Paxton Pits - juv Curlew Sandpiper, 2+ Buzzards (Stuart Elsom, Howard Jolliffe)

Tuesday 21 September 2010

Tuesday, 21 September

Nene Washes - CATTLE EGRET again, on fields 11-13 along the central drove (Jonathan Taylor); also 3 Cranes, Curlew (Steve Dudley)

Snailwell - LAPLAND BUNTING reported from an area with no general access (as per RBA)

Beeby's BP - Black Tern briefly 12:30h (Paul Taylor)

Grafham Water - 3 Black Terns (as per RBA)

Hauxton - 2 Hobbies (Mike Foley)

Farcet - 2 Cetti's Warblers at Crown Lakes this morning (Steve Dudley)

Paxton Pits - juv Little Stint, 2 Greenshanks, 8 Little Egrets, 2 Peregrines, Hobby, 6 Buzzards (Monica & Owen Marks)

Monday 20 September 2010

Monday, 20 September

Nene Washes - CATTLE EGRET on Low Wash again (Jonathan Taylor); Woodcock, Hobby, 2 Marsh Harriers, 3 Barn Owls, 6 Tawny Owls (Steve Dudley)

Milton CP - Cetti's Warbler in north-east corner of Dickerson's Pit, a second bird reported recently at the northern end of Todd's Pit (David & Jonathan Heath)

Sunday 19 September 2010

Sunday, 19 September

Paxton Pits - 2 juv PECTORAL SANDPIPER, 13 Curlew Sandpiper on Diddington Pit (Mark Ward)

Grafham Water - 4 Black Tern at west end of reservoir, Little Egret, 2 Ringed Plover, 2 Greenshank, 4 Common Sandpiper, Cetti's Warbler in lagoons (Mark Hawkes, Colin Addington, David Hollin)

Ouse Washes - Black Tern, 30+ Ruff (Mike Burdekin)

Trumpington - 3 Swifts over (Mike Foley)

Saturday, 18 September

Grafham Water - 3+ Black Tern from Mander car park, Cetti's Warbler singing in lagoons, Little Egret, 2 Ringed Plover, 2 Common Sandpiper (Mark Hawkes)

Paxton Pits - 2 juv PECTORAL SANDPIPER, Green Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank, 2 juv. Curlew Sandpiper on Diddington Pit (Mark Peck, John Linsdell, Tony Hukin); Caspian Gull, 17 Yellow-legged Gull, 2 juv. Curlew Sandpiper, Peregrine, 5 Hobby, 4+ Dunlin, 5 Greenshank (Mark Ward)

Fen Drayton Lakes - Tree Pipit south over late afternoon, 2 Little Egrets, Green Sandpiper, Pintail, 2 Yellow-legged Gulls, 2 Cetti's Warblers, juv Marsh Harrier, 8 Common Buzzards and 10 Hobbies (Richard Patient)

Friday 17 September 2010

Friday, 17 September

Paxton Pits - Whinchat, Greenshank (Mark Brandon)

Fulbourn - Red Kite (David Henderson)

Thursday 16 September 2010

Thursday, 16 September

Peterborough - OSPREY over the town centre 09:20h (Brian Stone)

Ferry Meadows - juv KITTIWAKE, juv Hobby (Chris Park)

Grafham Water - 11+ Black Terns from Mander CP, 3 Common Terns, Greenshank, 2 Common Sandpipers (Mark Hawkes)

Wednesday 15 September 2010

Wednesday, 15 September

Paxton Pits - 3 Little Egrets, 2 Greenshanks, 5 Ringed Plover (Mark Peck)

Grafham Water - 2 GREAT SKUAS from Mander CP 17:45h (as per RBA); c.9 Black Terns off Mander CP, 2 Greenshanks, Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpipers, 3+ Yellow-legged Gulls (Mark Hawkes)

Tuesday 14 September 2010

Tuesday, 14 September

Paxton Pits - PECTORAL SANDPIPER on Diddington Pit 19:35h (Jamie Wells). As always with this site, please park in car park at end of Diddington village (NOT by farm) and walk back to view south-west corner of pit from footpath at south-east corner of village.

Kingfisher's Bridge - CATTLE EGRET 08:40h (Owen Marks). From A1123 take track on opposite side of road from Upware Road, and park in car park before farm (signed on right). Then follow path west past farm to view from viewing mounds/hides. DO NOT park in farm or along other roads.

Cam Washes - CATTLE EGRET 15:00-15:20h at least, with Canada Geese opposite Kingfisher's Bridge (David Elliott)

Monday 13 September 2010

Monday, 13 September

Grafham Water - juv WHITE-WINGED BLACK TERN from Mander CP (Colin Addington)

Cambridge - Osprey low east over Newmarket Road this morning (Andy Massey)

Ferry Meadows - 6 Red-crested Pochards, 2 Grey Wagtails (Brian Stone); a seventh Red-crested Pochard (Don Gardener)

Paxton Pits - Sanderling, 3+ Greenshanks (Jamie Wells)

Ouse Washes - CRANE, 2 Hobbies, Peregrine, 3 Greenshanks, 3 Ruff, 60+ Yellow Wagtails (Mike Burdekin)

Sunday, 12 September

Grafham Water - juv WHITE-WINGED BLACK TERN 5 Black Terns, 5 Greenshanks, 3 Common Sandpipers, 15+ Yellow Wagtails (Mark Hawkes)

Ferry Meadows - fem/juv REDSTART at the top of Coney Meadow (Don Gardener)

Castor Hanglands - fem REDSTART (Mike Weedon)

Aldreth - REDSTART at TL446730 (Jem Holding)

Ouse Washes - juv PECTORAL SANDPIPER from Welches Dam Hide briefly 11:30h. Also 10 Marsh Harriers, 2 Hobbies, 2 Garganey, 100 Ruff, 3 Curlews, Cuckoo (Richard Patient); the one-legged CRANE briefly (Mark Hawkes); CRANE then from Grose Hide until 13:45 at least (Jem Holding);

Paxton Pits - Whinchat, Cetti's Warbler, Hobby (Martin Davis, Jamie Wells)

Saturday 11 September 2010

Saturday, 11 September

Grafham Water - Juv WHITE-WINGED BLACK TERN still, 3 Black Terns (per RBA).

Wimpole Park - HONEY BUZZARD over south 16:30h (Robin Cox)

Fen Drayton Lakes -  probable fem MONTAGU'S HARRIER over south-west 09:10h (Richard Patient)

Paxton Pits - juv Spotted Redshank briefly, Curlew Sandpiper, c.7 Greenshanks, 3 Ruff, juv Peregrine, ad Hobby (Jamie Wells)

Maxey Pits - 1st win Mediterranean Gull (Mike Weedon)

Aldreth - REDSTART, Wheatear, juv Hobby (Paul Mason)

Ouse Fen Road, Over - 4 Wheatears, Marsh Harrier (Graham Askew)

Cow Lane Pits, Godmanchester - 2 Cetti's Warblers, 2 Common Sandpipers (Gareth Ridewood)

Friday 10 September 2010

Friday, 10 September

Grafham Water - juv WHITE-WINGED BLACK TERN still present at 12:00h but mobile and often distant. Best viewed from Hill Farm (TL148 693) or from Mander car park (Mark Hawkes et al.); still present 15:30h (Monica & Owen Marks); also 3 juv Black Terns, 2 Garganey, c.6 Greenshanks, 3 Little Egrets, Hobby over (Mark Hawkes et al.)

Hinxton - Osprey over the Genome Campus 11:20-11:35h (Andrew Knights)

Paxton Pits - Curlew Sandpiper, juv 3+ Greenshanks, 2 juv Ruffs, Hobby (Jamie Wells)

Hinchingbrooke CP - Black Tern (John Lindsell)

Thursday 9 September 2010

Thursday, 9 September

Maxey Pits - Whinchat, 6 Snipe (John Saunders)

Farcet - Cetti's Warbler at Crown Lakes this morning (Steve Dudley)

Aldreth - male Redstart (Paul Mason); still present 17:00h at TL446730 (Mark Peck)

Fen Drayton Lakes - 4 Bar-tailed Godwits over, 2 Common Sandpipers, 2 Hobbies, Buzzard, 2 juv Common Terns (as per Andy Cotton)

Grafham Water -  juv Black Tern, male Goldeneye, 2 Little Egrets, Greenshank (Mark Hawkes)

Woodwalton Fen - 2 Red Kites, 3 Hobbies, 3 Buzzards, 5 Marsh Harriers, Bittern, finch flock containing c.80+ Siskins & 14 Redpolls (Joe Lynn)

Wednesday 8 September 2010

Wednesday, 8 September

Paxton Pits - juv Little Stint, 7+ Greenshanks, 2 Ruff, Egyptian Goose, Spotted Flycatcher, Hobby (Martin Davis)

Fen Drayton Lakes - 3 Whinchats, Spotted Flycatcher, Cetti's Warbler, juv Hobby, Greenshank (Andy Cotton)

Isleham Water Meadows/Washes - 3 Green Sandpipers, Dunlin, Little Egret, Kingfisher (Dave Palmer); 26 Snipe, 17 Yellow Wagtails (David Collins)

Grafham Water -  juv Arctic Tern, 4 Common Tern, juv Little Gull, 3 Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 7 Yellow Wagtails (Owen Marks); 13 Black Terns (Mark Hawkes); RED-NECKED GREBE (Colin Addington)

Nene Washes - 5 Marsh Harriers, 25 Snipe, 250+ Yellow Wagtails, Golden Plover over, Hobby (John Saunders)

Tuesday 7 September 2010

Tuesday, 7 September

Nene Washes, Low Wash - CATTLE EGRET at the east end of Long Drove. Seen to fly west but may still be in the area (Charlie Kitchen); Wood Sandpiper, 47+ Snipe, Hobby, 2 Marsh Harriers, 320+ Yellow Wagtails, 2 Whinchat (Steve Dudley)

Ouse Washes - 4 Spotted Redshanks, 2 Wood Sandpipers, 14 Greenshanks, 70+ Snipe, Hobby, Peregrine, Buzzard, Short-eared Owl (Paul Harrington)

Paxton Pits - juv Curlew Sandpiper briefly, juv Wood Sandpiper, juv Little Stint, 8+ Greenshanks, 2 Red-crested Pochards, Cetti's Warbler, Spotted Flycatcher (Jamie Wells)

Grafham Water - 13 Black Terns, 2 juv Little Gull (Dean Harlow, Mark Hawkes, Mark Ward); 2 Greenshanks (Jamie Wells)

Croydon Hill & village - 3+ Whinchats, Hobby, 4 Lesser Whitethroats, 10 Yellow Wagtails (Darren Oakley-Martin)

Witcham Gravel - CRANE with one leg nearby this evening, also 2 Marsh Harriers (David Hopkins)

Monday 6 September 2010

Monday, 6 September

Grafham Water - 3 male Common Scoter & Black Tern from fishing lodge, juv Little Gull, Garganey, Turnstone, 4 Greenshanks, 7+ Common Terns (Mark Hawkes, Colin Addington); 8 Black Terns in the evening (Colin Addington)

Fen Drayton Lakes - 2 Spotted Redshanks over south 07:40h (Richard Thomas)

Haddenham Fen - c.3300 Lapwings, c.1000 Golden Plovers, 2 Snipe, juv Hobby, juv Marsh Harrier, Buzzard (Paul Mason)

Nene Washes - COMMON CRANE family, Wood Sandpiper, 2 Greenshanks, 3 Ruff, 2 Red Kite, 450+ Yellow Wagtails, 4 Whinchats & a Stonechat over the last few days (Jonathan Taylor)

Sunday 5 September 2010

Sunday, 5 September

Grafham Water - Cetti's Warbler singing in lagoons, 3 Black Tern, Little Gull, Garganey, Ringed Plover, 3+ Greenshank, Turnstone, 5+ Green Sandpiper, 3+ Common Sandpiper, 3 Little Egret (Mark Hawkes)

Fen Drayton Lakes - 2 Black Terns on the Sailing Lake (Neil Renwick)

Leighton Bromswold - Whinchat (Mark Brandon)

North Fen, Somersham - 20+ Yellow Wagtails with a few White Wagtails, Marsh Harrier over lake near what was the rubbish tip on Short Drove, Hobby (James Pipe)

Croydon Hil - Whinchat, 2 Yellow Wagtail (Darren Oakley-Martin)

Top Farm, Croydon - Yellow Wagtail, Wheatear (Darren Oakley-Martin)

Caldecote - 3 Wheatears, 15 Yellow Wagtails (Richard Jones)

Nene Washes - 93+ Yellow Wagtails, Whinchat, 3 Ruff, 3 Snipe, 3 Marsh Harriers, 2 Buzzards (Monica & Owen Marks)

Saturday, 4 September

Ouse Washes - 4 Common Buzzards, 2 Marsh Harrier, Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Ruff, 5 Snipe, 3 Greenshank, 2 Wood Sandpiper, 2 Dunlin, c100 Yellow Wagtail (Monica and Owen Marks)

Grafham Water - Whinchat below north end of dam on fence, Turnstone, Garganey, 4 Greenshank, 6 Green Sandpiper, 2 Dunlin, 25+ Yellow Wagtail (Mark Hawkes); 4 Black Terns  (Colin Addington)

Fen Drayton - LAPLAND BUNTING over south-east (Richard Patient)

Pymoor - WRYNECK caught and ringed in private garden (Tony Martin)

Great Gransden - 2 Turtle Doves (Graham Askew)

Somersham - 20+ Yellow Wagtails, "a few" White Wagtails (James Pipe)

Croyden Hill - 6 Yellow Wagtails, Hobby, Sedge Warbler, 51 Golden Plovers (Darren-Oakley Martin)

Friday 3 September 2010

Friday, 3 September

Kingfisher's Bridge - CATTLE EGRET roosting in a bush at 08:55h before flying off west at 09:45h. Also Little Egret, 4 Green Sandpipers, 11 Snipe, Black-tailed Godwit, Hobby, juv Marsh Harrier, Buzzard (Mark Peck). Present again this evening (James Cadbury, Monica & Owen Marks). From A1123 take track on opposite side of road from Upware Road, and park in car park before farm (signed on right). Then follow path west past farm to view from viewing mounds/hides. DO NOT park in farm or along other roads.

Isleham Water Meadows - Green Sandpiper, 4 Little Egrets, Dunlin, juv Little Ringed Plover, 4 Yellow Wagtails (Dave Palmer)

Thursday 2 September 2010

Thursday, 2 September

Devil's Dyke - Redstart south of A1304, c.TL622611 (Iain Webb)

Grafham Water - Garganey (Richard Palmer); Turnstone, 3 Greenshank, 3 Common Sandpipers, 5+ Green Sandpipers, 2 Little Egrets (Mark Hawkes)

Paxton Pits - 5 Green Sandpipers, 3+ Greenshanks, Common Sandpiper, Egyptian Goose (Jamie Wells)

Cambridge Research Park - Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Snipe (David & Jonathan Heath)

Isleham Water Meadows - pair of Pintail, 3 Green Sandpipers, 3 Little Egrets, Snipe, juv Little Ringed Plover (Ben Green)

Wednesday 1 September 2010

Wednesday, 1 September

Cambridge, Addenbrooke's - a remarkable 3 Hobbies and a Peregrine together over the site c.11:30h (Sarah Howlett)

Cherry Hinton - 3 Buzzards over (Sarah Howlett)

St. Ives - Wheatear at the allotments this morning (Mike Knowles)

Paxton Pits - 6 Greenshanks, Green Sandpiper, 8 Ringed Plovers, Little ringed Plover, Egyptian Goose (Martin Shadbolt, Jamie Wells)

Grantchester - 2 Greenshanks (Mike Foley)