Sunday 31 March 2019

Sunday, 31 March

Ferry Meadows - Pink-footed Goose, Kittiwake (Don Gardener)

Grafham Water - drake Garganey and drake Pintail in Dudney creek (Mark Hawkes)

Paxton Pits - 5 Little Ringed Plover, 6 Green Sandpiper (Jamie Wells); pair of Red-crested Pochard (Martin Davis)

Swallows in small numbers reported widely, Sand Martins increasing

Saturday, 30 March

Grafham Water - Garganey, Rock Pipit (Richard Patient)

Kingfishers Bridge - Great White Egret, Peregrine, Yellow Wagtail (Carlos Davies)

Friday 29 March 2019

Friday, 29 March

Eynesbury - 2 Short-eared Owl near the plant hire depot (Jill Elsom)

Ellington - STONE CURLEW south over calling 22:45h (Stu & Jill Elsom)

Burwell Fen - 2 Short-eared Owl (Martin O'Leary); Raven over (Brendan Doe)

Paxton Pits - Spotted Redshank, 3 Little Ringed Plover, Rock Pipit, Cetti's Warbler (Martin Davis)

Tubney Fen - Wheatear (Nick Langley)

Thursday 28 March 2019

Thursday, 28 March

Peterborough - Short-eared Owl over Thorpe Lea Road area (Ben Fraser)

Grafham Water - pair of Garganey at Gaynes Creek still (Colin Addington); Little Ringed Plover, Black-necked Grebe, Caspian Gull (Ian Dawson)

Orton Mere - Bittern over (as per Chris Park)

Paxton Pits - Jack Snipe, Spotted Redshank, 4 Green Sandpiper, 2 Little Ringed Plover (Martin Davis)

Burwell Fen - 2 Avocet (Andy Hannaford)

Wednesday, 27 March

Ferry Meadows - Kittiwake (Don Gardener)

Tuesday 26 March 2019

Tuesday, 26 March

Paxton Pits - 2 Little Ringed Plover, pair of Scaup, redhead Smew (Martin Davis)

Burwell Fen - 1+ Short-eared Owl, Barn Owl, Water Rail, 100+ Shoveler (Christoph Zöckler)

Grafham Water - a pair of Garganey at Gaynes Cove still (Stewart Short)

Hare Park - Brambling (KevinWilson)

Monday 25 March 2019

Monday, 25 March

Grafham Water - Black-necked Grebe, pair of Garganey, Caspian Gull (Mark Hawkes)

Trumpington Meadows -2 pairs of Mandarin in flight along the river, c.250 Fieldfare (Richard Palmer)

Sunday 24 March 2019

Sunday, 24 March

Berry Fen - Green-winged Teal, 12 Ruff (Robin Ward)

Grafham Water - 5 Black-necked Grebes (Carlos Davies)

Burwell Fen - 2 Curlew, pair Stonechats (Carl Howard)

Folksworth - pair of Raven over (Robert Pluck)

Fowlmere village - 2 Tree Sparrow (Doug Radford)

Saturday, 23 March

Cottenham, Long Drove - Glaucous Gull, Caspian Gull (Brendan Doe)

Berry Fen - Green-winged Teal (Chris Rider)

Grafham Water - 5 Black-necked Grebes (Mark Hill); pair Garganey, pair Red-crested Pochard (Mark Hill)

Ferry Meadows - Kittiwake on Overton still (Ian Gordon)

Friday 22 March 2019

Friday, 22 March

Ferry Meadows - Kittiwake still (Keith Lievesley)

Cottenham, Long Drove - Glaucous Gull (Simon Stirrup)

Teversham Fen - 2 Little Ringed Plover in adjacent flooded field (Rob Law)

Eyensbury - Swallow over (Mark Hawkes)

Pymoor, Ouse Washes - ad Mediterranean Gull, 7 Crane (Brendan Doe)

Thursday 21 March 2019

Thursday, 21 March

Ferry Meadows - Kittiwake still, near the pontoon bridge (Mike Weedon)

Grafham Water - pair of Garganey at Gaynes Cove (Colin Addington)

Foxton - Wheatear along road to Thriplow (Diana Leech)

Wednesday 20 March 2019

Wednesday, 20 March

Grafham Water - Black-necked Grebe (Tony Lowe)

Ferry Meadows - Kittiwake (Bob Titman)

Clopton - Wheatear (Vince Lea)

Foxton - 3 Wheatear, 190 Golden Plover (Marcus Kohler)

Isleham Washes - 34 Avocet (Tony Weston)

Burwell Fen - pair of Garganey, 2 Short-eared Owl, 8 Egyptian Geese (Brendan Doe)

Tuesday 19 March 2019

Tuesday, 19 March

Grafham Water - Black-necked Grebe north of dam tower (Ian Dawson)

Ferry Meadows - Pink-footed Goose (Don Gardener)

Monday 18 March 2019

Monday, 18 March

Grafham Water - Slavonian Grebe from dam 14:30h (Colin Addington)

Sunday 17 March 2019

Sunday, 17 March

Great Fen - male White Wagtail Ladyseat Farm pool, Short-eared Owl at Engine Farm. Short-eared Owl and Green Sand at Great Fen info point along B660 (Steve Dudley)

Ouse Washes - Scaup, 21 Corn Buntings (Brendan Doe)

Earith to Sutton Gault  - 1300 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Avocet, Peregrine (Steve Dudley)

Cottenham, Long Drove - 3rd c.y. Glaucous Gull (Brendan Doe); ad Caspian Gull (Steve Dudley)

Baker's Fen - Short-eared Owl (Norman Ratcliffe)

Saturday, 16 March

Milton - 2nd winter Glaucous Gull in fields by A10, behind Rectory Farm (Richard Johnson)

Cottenham Long Drove - 2nd winter Glaucous Gull, Hooded Crow (Richard Johnson)

Fortrey's Hall - Smew, 2 Water Pipits (Brendan Doe)


Friday, 15 March

Hare Park - 2 Brambling, 2 Nuthatch (Kevin Wilson)

Ferry Meadows - Raven, Hooded Crow, Pink-footed Goose (Matt Webb)

Wednesday 13 March 2019

Wednesday, 13 March

Cottenham, Long Drove - 3rd c.y. Iceland Gull (Brendan Doe)

Grafham Water - 2nd c.y. Caspian Gull (Mark Ward)

Tuesday, 12 March

Cottenham, Long Drove - 3rd c.y. Iceland Gull (Brendan Doe)

Tuesday 12 March 2019

Monday, 11 March

Cambridge Research Park - 3rd c.y. Iceland Gull until 10:15h  (Jon & David Heath)

Cottenham, Long Drove - Hooded Crow still (Jon & David Heath)

Ferry Meadows - Pink-footed Goose with Greylags still (David Johnston)


Monday 11 March 2019

Sunday, 10 March

Whittlesey - 2 White Stork of unknown origin near decoy fishing lakes (as per Steve Blain)

Fowlmere - ad Kittiwake in field opposite RSPB reserve entrance (Ade Cooper)

Ouse Washes - at Fortrey's Hall redhead Smew, Water Pipit, c.1700 Black-tailed Godwit, 180 Pied Wagtail; White Wagtail at Sutton Gault (Brendan Doe); presumed Wigeon x American Wigeon hybrid about halfway between Earith and Chain Corner (Nick Littlewood)

Trumpington Meadows CP - House Martin over (Jill Aldred)

Sunday 10 March 2019

Saturday, 9 March

Ferry Meadows - Pink-footed Goose, 3 Goosander, Water Rail (Don Gardener)

Graham Water - Caspian Gull, 2 Avocet,  Green Sandpiper; Scaup and Dunlin reported (Mark Hawkes)

Ouse Washes - pair of Garganey, Hen Harrier, Caspian Gull (Ade Cooper); Great White Egret at Chain corner (Nick Littlewood)

Cottenhan - Hooded Crow, Iceland Gull, 2 Caspian Gull (Brendan Doe)

Haddenham - 4+ White Wagtail with Pied Wagtails (Simon Stirrup)

Friday 8 March 2019

Friday, 8 March

Ferry Meadows - Cetti's Warbler along Goldie Lane (Howard Butler); Pink-footed Goose, 8 Sand Martin (Matt Webb)

Haddenham Dam Bank/Long Drove - 9 Wheatear (Sheila & Ian Dickerson)

Ouse Washes RSPB - 3 WAXWING at the visitor centre c.13:15h (Paul Harrington)

Ramsey - 2 CATTLE EGRET behind Wells Bridge Motor Homes  14:00h (Richard Allison)

Wimpole - pair of Wood Duck of unknown origin (Christoph Zöckler)

Monks Wood - 5 Woodcock (Richard Broughton)

Thursday 7 March 2019

Thursday, 7 March

Ferry Meadows - 3 Goosander, 6 Sand Martin (Don Gardener)

Tuesday, 5 March

Yaxley - Wheatear  between the village and Holme (Howard Butler)

Monday 4 March 2019

Monday, 4 March

Ferry Meadows - 5 Sand Martin, 3 Goosander (Don Gardener)

Little Shelford - 2 Mandarin over (Ade Cooper)

Hare Park - 2 Nuthatch (Kevin Wilson)

Sunday 3 March 2019

Sunday, 3 March

Ouse Washes - Mediterranean Gull, Peregrine (James Littlewood)

Witcham Gravel - Glaucous Gull (Brendan Doe)

Sutton Gault - Great White Egret (Brendan Doe)

Paxton Pits - Sand Martin (Jamie Wells)

Fordham Wood - Marsh Tit, 2 Siskin, Kingfisher (Kevin Wilson)

Saturday, 2 March

Ortongate Starbucks - 3 Waxwings (c/o Ian Gordon)

Cottenham Long Drove - 2 Iceland Gulls, Hooded Crow still present in the quarry, 7 Corn Buntings (Brendan Doe)

Thorney Toll - Rough-legged Buzzard, Merlin (Mat Wilson)

Grafham Water - 3 Scaup, pr Goosander (Mark Ward)

Chain Corner - Mediterranean Gull, Great White Egret (Nick Littlewood)

Demford Farm Reservoir, Stapleford - Siberian  Chiffchaff (per Birdguides)

Ferry Meadows - Sand Martin (Keith Lievesley)

Friday 1 March 2019

Friday, 1 March

Ferry Meadows - 3+ Sand Martin over Lynch Lake this morning (Matt Webb)