Wednesday 30 August 2017

Wednesday, 30 August

Ferry Meadows - juv Black Tern on Gunwade (Mike Weedon)

Monks Wood - pair of Peregrine (Richard Broughton)

Grafham Water - 2 Greenshank, 4 Green Sandpiper, 30+ Yellow Wagtail (Mark Hawkes)

Burwell Fen - Spotted Redshank, 11 Garganey, 4 Greenshank, 5 Green Sandpiper (Malcolm Ausden)

Mepal -Osprey over towards Grafham (Mike Burdekin)

Coveney Byall fen - WRYNECK  (Mike Burdekin)



Tuesday 29 August 2017

Tuesday, 29 August

Fen Drayton Lakes - WRYNECK in first big hedge on left after turn off along River Drove, TL3590070010. Also Redstart (Richard Thomas)

Paxton Pits - 4 SANDWICH TERN, 3 Raven over east, 4 Greenshank (Jamie Wells)

Monday 28 August 2017

Monday, 28 August

Paxton Pits - Raven, Hobby, 5 Greenshank (Martin Davis/Jamie Wells)

Grafham Water - Osprey (Mike Everett)

Fen Drayton Lakes - 2 Whinchat, 2 Wheatear (Sarah Howlett)

Sunday, 27 August

Grafham Water - 2 Ospreys, 2 Whinchats (Richard Patient); also Greenshank, 9 Green Sandpiper, Spotted Redshank (Colin Kirtland)

Cambridge - HONEY BUZZARD over west 15:00h (Christoph Zöckler)

Saturday, 26 August

Grafham Water - Black Tern (Mark Hawkes); Osprey, 7 Greenshank (Chris Rider)

Isleham - Garganey wish 8 young (Colin Kirtland)

Gog Magog Down - Wheatear (Mike Foley)

Friday 25 August 2017

Friday, 25 August

Grafham Water - juv Turnstone, juv Whinchat this morning, ad WHITE-WINGED BLACK TERN distantly from Mander CP, which shuts at 20:00h (Richard Patient); also juv Mediterranean Gull, juv Black Tern (Mark Ward)

Ellington - Wheatear nearby (Mark Hill)

Thursday 24 August 2017

Thursday, 24 August

Burwell Fen - QUAIL singing, 9 Garganey, 6 Greenshank, 10 Green Sandpiper, 6 Common Sandpiper (Malcolm Ausden)

Wednesday 23 August 2017

Wednesday, 23 August

Tubney Fen - 2 QUAIL singing (Josh Carter)

Burwell Fen - Wood Sandpiper (Josh Carter)

Tuesday 22 August 2017

Tuesday, 22 August

Wicken Fen - 8 Spotted Flycatcher, 3 Green Sandpiper, Water Rail (Josh Carter)

Eldernell - 2 Crane, 2 Raven (Ian Gordon)

Burwell Fen - 12 Green Sandpiper, 3 Greenshank, 3 Hobby (Mark Brandon)

Tubney Fen - 2 QUAIL singing (Andy Hannaford)

Grafham Water - 2 Black Tern, Yellow-legged Gull (Mike Everett); also Greenshank (Mark Hawkes)

Monday 21 August 2017

Monday, 21 August

Paxton Pits - Great White Egret, 5 Greenshank, Turnstone, Wheatear (Ian Dawson)

Burwell Fen - 4 Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, 16 Ruff (Bruce Martin)

Devils Dyke - STONE CURLEW to the south this evening (Kevin Wilson)

Sunday, 20 August

Grafham Water - 2 juv Black Terns, Whinchat, Wheatear (Ian Dawson)

Sutton North Fen - 29 Barnacle Geese, 2 Bar-headed Geese, Hobby, Wheatear, juvenile 'White' Wagtail (Steve Cooper)

Colne Fen GP - 3 Greenshank,  9 Green Sandpipers, adult and 2 juv Hobbies (Steve Cooper)

Cam Washes - male Redstart (Jon & David Heath

Nene Washes - Wheatear, Whinchat, Greenshank, 200+ Yellow Wagtail (Charlie Kitchin)

Eldernell - male Redstart (Andrew Gardener)

Saturday, 19 August

Grafham Water - 2 juv Black Tern off lagoons, juv  Whinchat, Hobby, 3 Greenshank, 6 Green Sandpiper, 20+ Yellow Wagtails (Mark Hawkes)

Friday, 18 August

Burwell Fen - KNOT, Wood Sandpiper, Quail singing, 3 Garganey, 5 Greenshank, 10 Green Sandpiper (Jon & David Heath, Ade Long)

Friday 18 August 2017

Thursday, 17 August

Burwell Fen - 2 Greenshank, 9 Green Sandpiper, Hobby (Andy Hannaford); Wood Sandpiper, 6 Garganey (Brendan Doe)

Tubney Fen - QUAIL calling from three locations on the fen (Andy Hannaford)

Swaffham Prior Fen - QUAIL calling (Chris Brown)

Monday 14 August 2017

Monday, 14 August

Burwell Fen - Garganey, Wood Sandpiper, 15 Green Sandpipers, Greenshank, 8 Ruff , Hobby, Peregrine (Andy Hannaford); Quail singing this evening, 13 Garganey, 24+ Green Sandpiper (Brendan Doe)

Sunday 13 August 2017

Sunday, 13 August

Burwell Fen - 4 Garganey, Wood Sandpiper, 25 Green Sandpipers, 2 Greenshank, 11 Ruff  (Steve Cooper)

Eldernell - 6 Common Cranes, Water Rail, Hobby (David Withrington)

Etton - 2 Ravens flew east over Maxey Road and came down into the new gravel excavations on the west side of Etton (Hugh Lewis-Wright)

Ouse Washes - 15 ad Crane,, 4 Hobby, c.40 Golden Plover (Norman Sills)

Saturday, 12 August

Paxton Pits - GREAT WHITE EGRET, Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Greenshank, 2 Green Sandpipers, 4 Hobbies (Jamie Wells)

Friday 11 August 2017

Friday, 11 August

Needingworth Quarry Lakes - juv PURPLE HERON left its roost at 05:47h, headed towards Berry Fen 05:58h (Richard Thomas)

Eaton Ford - SANDWICH TERN over (Richard Patient)

Haddenham/Aldreth Fens - ringtail Hen Harrier near Claytons Bridge (Paul Mason)

Burwell Fen - 14 Garganey, 6 Greenshank, 10 Green Sandpiper (Brendan Doe)

Thursday 10 August 2017

Thursday, 10 August

Fen Drayton Lakes - Greta White Egret (Luke Wake)

Burwell Fen - 9 Greenshank, 3 Green sandpiper, 29 Little Egret, Hobby (Andy Hannaford)

Ouse Fen - juv PURPLE HERON briefly 20:30h, before going to roost Needingworth Quarry Lakes, on the island at TL365733, most easily viewed from the east side of the lake at TL367734.  Also Great White Egret (Richard Thomas)

Kingfishers Bridge - Great White Egret, CATTLE EGRET which flew south along the Cam at dusk (Kathleen Rosewarne, Ian Barton)

Ouse Washes - groups of 3 and 13 Crane (Mike Burdekin)

Wednesday 9 August 2017

Wednesday, 9 August

Fen Drayton Lakes - Great White Egret (Luke Wake)

Monday, 7 August

Ouse Washes - 3 juv Greenshank, 7 Garganey, 5 Hobby (Jonathan Taylor)

Hare Park - 2 Tawny Owl (Kevin Wilson)

Sunday, 6 August

Great Stukeley - QUAIL singing due east of Owl End (Robin Ward)

Friday 4 August 2017

Thursday, 3 August

Byall Fen Lake - SCAUP (David Hopkins)

Wednesday, 2 August

Burwell Fen - juv Mediterranean Gull, 10 Garganey, 6 Green Sandpiper, 3 Greenshank (Brendan Doe)

Wednesday 2 August 2017

Monday, 31 July

Burwell Fen - 5 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, Whimbrel over (Carl Howard)