Wednesday 31 August 2022

Wednesday, 31 August

Grafham Water - Tree Pipit over west, Knot, Sanderling, Ruff, 21 Dunlin, Wheatear, 40 Yellow Wagtail (Mark Hawkes); juv TEMMINCK'S STINT (Richard Patient); 8 Yellow-legged Gull, 3 Caspian Gull, Little Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper (Stu Elsom et al.)

Stourbridge Common - WRYNECK briefly but not relcated (Simon Gillings); 3 Whinchat, Hobby, Lesser Whitethroat nearby at Ditton Meadows (Jon Heath)

Shropshires Reservoir - 10 Common Sandpiper, 3 Grrenshank, 2 Green Sandpiper; also 4 ad & 4 juv Turtle Dove recently (David Nation)

Ely/Soham - 88 Buzzard from layby on A142 at TL567768 again today (Andy Hannaford)

Tuesday 30 August 2022

Tuesday, 30 August

Grafham Water - 2 Caspian Gull, 15 Dunlin, Great Egret, 4 Little Ringed Plover, Goldeneye (Mark Hawkes); Knot, Sanderling, Osprey (Richard Patient)

Ely/Soham - 80+ Buzzard from layby on A142 at TL567768 again today, many on the ground in fields on south-west side of road (Sue Greenway)

Monday 29 August 2022

Monday, 29 August

Grafham Water - Osprey, Spotted Redshank, Curlew Sandpiper, Sanderling, 25 Ringed Plover, Curlew, 13 Greenshank, 13 Dunlin, 3 Great Egret, Garganey, Peregrine, 3 Wheatear, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, Whinchat (Mark Hawkes)

Shropshires Reservoir - 9 Green Sandpiper, 4 Greeshank, 5 Common Sandpiper, 2 Garganey (David Nation)

Ely/Soham - 56 Buzzard, 2 Red Kite, Marsh Harrier, Kestrel in field south of A142  at TL565768Q (Mat Wilson)

Peakirk - Redstart, Wheatear (Jonathan Taylor)

Franks Pit - Grey Plover over (Hugh Wright)

Swaddywell - 3 Whinchat, Wheatear (Mike Weedon)

Sunday 28 August 2022

Sunday, 28 August

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

Barletcraft - 21 Cattle Egret, 6 Great Egret, 9 Glossy Ibis to roost; also Barn Owl, Hobby, Kingfisher, 2 Yellow Wagtail (Louise Bacon, Vince Lea)

Swaddywell - 2 Whinchat (Mike Weedon)

Saturday, 27 August

Grafham Water - Curlew, Common Sandpiper (Jon Roe); 6 Black Tern, Whimbrel, 12 Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, Great Egret (Mark Hawkes)

Paxton - Redstart, 2 Spotted Flycatchers at Boughtion Lodge Farm, Bittern at the pits (Jamie Wells)

Swaddywell - fem redstart (Josh Jones)

Great Fen - Whinchat (Andy Frost)

Friday 26 August 2022

Friday, 26 August

Grafham Water - Black Tern, Whimbrel, Great Egret, Black-tailed Godwit (Mark Hawkes)

Thursday 25 August 2022

Thursday, 25 August

Grafham Water - 6 Black Tern, 12 Common Sandpiper briefly, 2 Greenshank, 33 Ringed Plover, 4 Caspian Gull, 4 Great Egret, Ruff (Mark Hawkes); 2 Sanderling (Stewart Short)

Frank's Pit, Helpston - Osprey (Bob Titman)

Ferry Meadows - Whinchat (Matt Webb)

Paxton Pits - 4 Black Tern, also Whinchat at Boughton Lodge Farm (Jamie Wells)

Wednesday 24 August 2022

Wednesday, 24 August

Stourbridge Common - Pied Flycatcher on eastern edge of the common just south of the railway footbridge (Andrew Dobson)

Castor Hanglands - Redstart (Jonathan Taylor)

Grafham Water - 2 Black Tern, Ruff, Black-tailed Godwit, Green Sandpiper (Stewart Short); 2 Caspian Gull, Little Ringed Plover, 3 Greenshank, 3 Common Sandpipe, 2 Great Egret (Mark Hawkes)

Tuesday 23 August 2022

Tuesday, 23 August

Grafham Water - Black Tern, 5 Greenshank, Ruff, Common Sandpiper, Great Egret, Caspian Gull (Mark Hawkes)

Tanholt - 7 Caspian Gull, 15 Yellow-legged Gull, Little Ringed Plover, 2 Common Sandpiper (Josh Jones)

Stourbridge Common - Pied Flycatcher in willows by railway line TL47255987 (Simon Gillings)

Dernford reservoir - 3 Greenshank, Little Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, Black-tailed Godwit (Terry Brown) 

Fen Drayton Lakes - 2 Glossy Ibis (Terry Brown)

Monday 22 August 2022

Monday, 22 August

Chippenham Fen - Tree Pipit, 2 Raven (Simon Stirrup)

Kingfishers Bridge - 12 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Ruff, 3 Common Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank (Ian Burfield)

Grafham Water - Osprey,  Little Ringed Plover, 4 Great Egret, 20 Yellow-legged Gull (Ian Dawson); also Black Tern, 5 Caspian Gull, 5 Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper (Mark Hawkes)

Great Shelford - Raven over (James Littlewood)

Frank's Pit, Helpston - Osprey (Chris Lines)


Sunday 21 August 2022

Sunday, 21 August

Grafham Water - Black Tern, Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Green Sandpiper, 6 Common Sandpiper, 2 Caspian Gull, Ruff, 5 Greenshank, 2 Great Egret (Mark Hawkes)

Castor Hanglands - Tree Pipit, Redstart, 5 Spotted Flycatcher (Jonathan Taylor)

Kingfishers Bridge - Wood Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 2 Golden Plover, 3 Greenshank, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Ruff (Kevin Wilson)

Ailsworth - juv Whinchat, Nightingale (Matt Webb)

Saturday, 20 August

Grafham Water - juv Black Tern, 2 Greenshank, 8 Common Sandpiper, Great Egret, Pink-footed Goose with Greylags (Mark Hawkes); Common Scoter briefly, flew east (Stewart Short)

Franks Pit, Helpston - Osprey, Bittern, 9 Green sandpiper, Turtle Dove over (Mike Weedon)

Tanholt - 10 Caspian Gull, 12 Yellow-legged Gull (Josh Jones)