Thursday 3 February 2011

Thursday, 3 February

Barton - GREAT GREY SHRIKE in hedges north of Bourn Brook 600 metres east of the telescope dishes 08:45h, but mobile.  (Roger Horton); present at 15:00h (Vic & Pauline Cozens). This is a working farm with very limited parking space, which is at the CRT office area. Please park considerately and do not block access to the office, any roads or fields. Those working at the office will notice poor parking very quickly. The office is the white building with a black door. On the door is a map with notes on finding the areas where the shrike has been seen. CRT office postcode CB23 7AG. It is on the Haslingfield Road; coming off the A603 it is very soon on the right hand side, signed as 'Birds Farm and the CRT'.

Girton - 11 WAXWINGS in Pepys Way briefly, 09:30h (Peter Herkenrath); 16+ WAXWINGS in the area 12:30h (Andy Symes)

Bar Hill - 14 WAXWINGS by Little Meadow (Tony Roberts)

Grafham Water - 4 (3 imm. male & adult male) Scaup, fem Common Scoter (Colin Addington)

Fen Ditton - 2 Little Egrets nearby this morning (Rob Pople)

Longthorpe - 36+ WAXWINGS present opposite entrance to Longthorpe Tower 10:45h & 16:15h (John saunders)

Milton Tip - 2 ad Yellow-legged Gulls (James Hanlon)

Barleycraft/Needingworth Pits - 34 Smew, 250+ Golden Plovers (James Hanlon)

Wicken Fen - 3 Marsh Harriers, Barn Owl, Buzzard (Dave Palmer)

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