Tuesday 31 August 2021

Tuesday, 31 August

Dernford Reservoir - 2 Egyptian Geese, 2 Common Sandpiper, 15 Wigeon, 2 probable Rock Pipit flushed by dog walker (Carl Howard)

Grafham Water - Osprey, Caspian Gull, 3 Yellow-legged Gull, Wheatear, Hobby (Stu Elsom)

Monday, 30 August

Kingfishers Bridge - Osprey between the site and the Fish & Duck marina (David Nation)

Sunday 29 August 2021

Sunday, 29 August

Smithey Fen - 3 Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 3 Spotted Redshank, 4 Greenshank, Wood Sandpiper, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Peregrine (Ian Ellis, Brendan Doe) 

Northstowe - Greenshank, 2 Little Ringed Plover (Christoph Zöckler)

Bottisham - Osprey over to the north-east (Colin Kirtland)

Kingfishers Bridge - Great White Egret, 2 Greenshank, 5 Green Sandpiper, Hobby, Kingfisher (Kevin Wilson)

Fowlmere - redhead Smew reported (as per Jon Heath)

Ouse Washes - 48 Crane south-west of railway crossing (Norman Sills, Bruce Martin)

Saturday 28 August 2021

Saturday, 28 August

Grunty Fen - 2 Turtle Dove (David Nation)

Friday, 27 August

Litlington - Whinchat (Geoff Barlow)

Grafham - Osprey carrying fish north, just west of the village (Jon Roe)

Grafham Water - 4 Little Gull, Black Tern, Garganey (Mark Hawkes)

Berry Fen - 5 GLOSSY IBIS (Tony Plant)

Kingfishers Bridge - 2 Great White Egret, 2 Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, Kingfisher (Ian Burfield); also Hobby, Common Sandpiper & 2 more Green Sandpiper (Kevin Wilson)

Burwell Fen - 6 Garganey, 30 Little Egret (Norman Ratcliffe); Greenshank, Green Sandpiper (Ian Burfield)

Thursday 26 August 2021

Thursday, 26 August

Over - male RED-BACKED SHRIKE along Fen End Road, in the field opposite Cuckoo Fen campsite (Richard Thomas)

Smithey Fen - 3 Greenshank, 2 Green Sandpiper, Hobby (David Nation)

Upware - Osprey over towards Wicken (Jonathan Taylor)



Wednesday 25 August 2021

Wednesday, 25 August

Grafham Water - 4 Little Gull, Black Tern, 2 Black-necked Grebe (Richard Patient); Osprey (Mark Ward)

Cambridge - GLOSSY IBIS over south (Hugh Venables) 

Berry fen - 5 GLOSSY IBIS (Hugh Venables)

Smithey Fen - 2 Spotted Redshank, Wood Sandpiper (Ian Ellis); juv Mediterranean Gull (Brendan Doe)

Tuesday 24 August 2021

Tuesday, 24 August

Cam Washes - Osprey (Jon & David Heath); later at Kingfishers Bridge (Ian Barton, Kathleen Rosewarne)

Brampton/Buckden - 2 Great White Egret (Stu Elsom)

Burwell Fen - 10 Green Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank (Mat Wilson)

Grafham Water - 9 Little Gull, 2 Black-necked Grebe, Garganey, Whinchat (Richard Patient); 2 juv ARCTIC SKUA over south-west late evening (Colin Addington)

 Berry Fen - 2 Great White Egret (Tracey Graves)

Monday 23 August 2021

Monday, 23 August

Waterbeach - Osprey over north-east 13:00h (Ian Burfield)

Upware - Osprey just to the north 17:15h (Monica & Owen Marks)

Kingfishers Bridge - Great White Egret, 2 Greenshank, 2 Green sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Hobby (Gill Parrish, Don Donald)

Teversham Fen - 2 Whinchat, Stonechat (Stu Elsom)

Etton - pair of Raven (Mike Weedon)

Fn Drayton Lakes - 2 Bittern in flight (Chris Bowden); 5 GLOSSY IBIS (Steve Watts)

Coveney - c.100 Golden Plover (Peter Wilkinson)

Sunday 22 August 2021

Sunday, 22 August

Burwell Fen - 3 Spotted Redshank arrived 15:45h, Wood Sandpiper, 6 Green Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank (Andrew Dobson)

Smithey Fen - Spotted Redshank (Ian & Kathleen Barton); 3 further Spotted Redshank dropped in 15:45h (Ian Ellis)

Teversham Fen - 2 Whinchat still (Pete Holt)

Grafham Water - 2 Black-necked Grebe, Caspian Gull, 6 Yellow-legged Gull, Turnstone, Green Sandpiper, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 50 Yellow Wagtail (Mark Hawkes)

Ellington - Greenshank over (Stu & Jill Elsom)

Saturday, 21 August

 Cambridge Research Park - Osprey (David Heath)

Friday 20 August 2021

Friday, 20 August

Grafham Water - 2 Black-necked Grebe, fem Scoter sp. (Richard Patient)

Burwell Fen - 2 Greenshank, 2 Spotted Redshank, Wood Sandpiper, 7 Green Sandpiper; also Wheatear at Swaffham Prior Fen (Chris Brown)

Kingfishers Bridge - Great White Egret, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Hobby (Kevin Wilson)

Brampton GP - Greenshank, Green Sandpiper (Mark Brandon)

Etton - juv Mediterranean Gull (Mike Weedon)

Thursday, 19 August

Smithey Fen - TEMMINCK'S STINT, 2 Greenshank, 6 Green Sandpiper although viewing very difficult due to vegetation (Brendan Doe)

Newnham - Peregrine (Marcelo Lima)

Teversham Fen - Osprey briefly, 2 Whinchat, Stonechat, Hobby (Jon & David Heath)

Wednesday 18 August 2021

Wednesday, 18 August

Godmanchester - Raven over north (Jamie Wells)

Ellington - Wheatear from Green Lane (Tim Rea)

Wilbraham Common - 2 Turtle Dove, 3 Spotted Flycatcher, Hobby, 30 Lesser Whitethroat (Carl Howard)

Burwell Fen - 3 Greenshank, Spotted Redshank, 5 Green Sandpiper, 2 Wood Sandpiper (Andy Hannaford)

Cottenham - 2 Wheatear along Cottenham Lode (Josh Carter)

Monday 16 August 2021

Monday, 16 August

Burwell Fen - TEMMINCK'S STINT on the small, muddy pool just north of Lodes Way cycle path, just east of the traveller's site. Also Spotted Redshank, Wood Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank, 5 Green Sandpiper, 3 Ruff (Norman Ratcliffe) 

Grafham Water - 2 Black-necked Grebe (Matthew Rodgers)

Sunday, 15 August

Grafham Water - 2 Black-necked Grebe, Turnstone, 5 Green Sandpiper, 7 Common Sandpipper, Yellow-legged Gull, Hobby (Mark Hawkes)

Trumpington Meadows - juv Cuckoo (Jill Aldred)

Kingfishers Bridge - Bittern in flight (Kevin Wilson)

Saturday 14 August 2021

Saturday, 14 August

Grafham Water - Garganey, 2 Black-necked Grebe (Mark Hawkes)

Cambridge Research Park - Caspian Gull (Jon Heath)

Fen Drayton Lakes - 3 Cattle Egret (Steve Cooper)

Woodhurst - pair of Raven over (Duncan McNiven)

Friday 13 August 2021

Friday, 13 August

Ouse Washes - 5 GLOSSY IBIS, 2 Wood Sandpiper, 27 Crane, 2 Great White Egret, 24 Garganey (Jonathan Taylor)

Grafham Water - Garganey, Greenshank, 3 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Goldeneye (Mark Hawkes); also Turnstone, Bittern, 6 further Common Sandpiper and a third Goldeneye (Richard Patient)

Fen Drayton Lakes - Cattle Egret flew east (Richard Allison)

Thursday 12 August 2021

Thursday, 12 August

Etton Pits - Wheatear (Mike Weedon)

Wednesday 11 August 2021

Wednesday, 11 August

Grafham Water -2 Black-necked Grebe off Mander CP (Richard Paient); later off Valley Creek (Colin Addington)

Fowlmere - 3 juv Spotted Flycatcher (Rowena Baxter)

Smithey Fen - 2 Turtle Dove, Wood Sandpiper, 4 Greenshank, 4 Green Sandpiper (Brendan Doe); Water Rail (Rachel Lennard)

Tuesday 10 August 2021

Tuesday, 10 August

Etton Pits - 3 Mediterranean Gull, 5 Green Sandpiper, 4 Common Sandpiper, 3 Little ringed Plover, 3 Ruddy Shelduck (Mike Weedon)

Kingfisher bridge - GLOSSY IBIS nearby (Jamie Evan)

Grafham Water - Osprey, 2 Common Sandpiper from Mander CP (Ron Harold)

Monday 9 August 2021

Monday 9 August

Bassingbourn - Wheatear nearby (Russell Watkins)

Grunty Fen - Whimbrel over towards Haddenham (David Nation)

Ouse Washes - 15 Whimbrel over south, male Merlin (Jonathan Taylor)

Dernford Reservoir - juv Caspian Gull, 10 Mandarin, Common Sandpiper (Steve Cooper)

Sunday, 8 August

Kingfishers Bridge - 7 Green Sandpiper, Comon Sandpiper, 2 young Little Ringed Plover (David Nation)

Grafham Water - 2 Black Tern, Caspian Gull, 6 Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Common Ssndpiper (Stu Elsom)

Eversden/Orwell - Whimbrel over south between the villages (Colin Adams)

Sunday 8 August 2021

Saturday, 7 August

Grafham Water - Turnstone, 2 Common Sandpiper, Caspian Gull, 5 Yellow-legged Gull, ad Mediterranean Gull (Stu Elsom)

Ellington - Hobby over, Garris Hawk still around (Stu Elsom)

Thursday 5 August 2021

Thursday, 5 August

Trumpington Meadows - juv Cuckoo (Ken & Maggie Hook)

Comberton - juv Stonechat on farmland nearby (Vince Lea)

Wednesday 4 August 2021

Wednesday, 4 August

Dry Drayton - probable Black Redstart briefly, Hobby (Rowena Baxter)

Grafham Water -Turnstone (Mark Hawkes)

Smithy Fen - Wood Sandpiper (Ian Ellis)

Cambridge - Oystercatcher over (Dave Barr)

Monday 2 August 2021

Monday, 2 August

Dernford Reservoir - 4 Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Caspian Gull, 3 Mediterranean Gull, 3 Mandarin, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Egyptian Geese (Steve Cooper)

Sunday 1 August 2021

Sunday, 1 August

Dernford Reservoir - juv Mediterranean Gull, Common Sandpiper; also 22 Yellow-legged Gull on arable nearby (Steve Cooper)

Grafham Water - 2 Caspian Gull, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 8 Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Common Sandpiper, Hobby (Stu Elsom)

Ouse Washes - 15 ad Crane opposite Four Balls Farm (Norman Sills)