Monday, 31 October 2022

Monday, 31 October

Grafham Water - LONG-TAILED DUCK, Slavonian Grebe, 6 Little Stint, Caspian Gull, Yellow-legged Gull, Great Egret, 2 Stonechat (Ian dawson); 2 Water Pipit (Colin Addington)

Eldernell - male Hen Harrier (Kevin Eldred)

Tanholt - Caspian Gull (Paul Bolton)

Heydon pig fields - Caspian Gull (Patrick Safford)

Nene washes - WHITE-TAILED EAGLE G463 from Isle of Wight release program, flew towards Peterborough (Kevin Eldfred); and roosted south of the city (as per Jon Heath)

Sunday, 30 October 2022

Sunday, 30 October

Grafham Water - LONG-TAILED DUCK, Slavonian Grebe, Common Scoter, 3 Great Egret, Mediterranean Gull, 2 Caspain Gull, 2 Yellow-legged Gull, 6 Little Stint, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Marsh Tit, 2 Stonechat, Rock/Water Pipit over (Mark Hawkes)

Fowlmere - DOTTEREL nearby (Brendan Doe)

Ouse Fen - 6 Glossy Ibis (Rich Atkins)

Eldernell - male Hen Harrier (Ian Gordon)

Saturday, 29 October 2022

Saturday, 29 october

Fowlmere - DOTTEREL nearby c.TL430441 (as per Mark Hawkes)

Ouse Washes - 14 Cattle Egret just north of railway, 13 Great Egret, 18 Ruff, 600 Golden Plover, 30 Barnacle Geese, Spotted Redhsnak through east (Simon Gillings)

Grafham Water - Slavonian Grebe, LONG-TAILED DUCK, 6 Little Stint, 54 Dunlin, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Stonechat, 4 Siskin (Mark Hawkes)

Tubney Fen - 109 Golden Plover over (Kevin Wilson)

Eldernell - male Hen Harrier (Ian Gordon)

Friday, 28 October

Fen Drayton Lakes - Spoonbill, 22 Great Egret (Richard Allison)

Pymoor - 13 Cattle Egret just north of railway bridge (Sue Greenway)

Grafham Water - 3 Little Stint, 82 Dunlin, Great Egret, 4 Siskin (Mark Hawkes)

Friday, 28 October 2022

Thursday, 27 October

Grafham Water - 5 Little Stint, 77 Dunlin, Great Eregt, Siskin (Mark Hawkes); AMERICAN WIGEON (Steve Dutton)

Wednesday, 26 October 2022

Wednesday, 26 October

Earith/Willingham - 5+ Cattle Egret between the villages, nearly opposite entrance to Ouse Fen (Kevin Taylor)

Grafham Water - Salvonian Grebe (Matthew Rodgers); also AMERICAN WIGEON, 6 Little Stint, 50+ Dunlin, Caspian Gull, Great Egret (Mark Hawkes); LONG-TAILED DUCK (Paul Pulham)

Fowlmere RSPB - FIRECREST with mobile Tit flock along the track to reedbed hide (Ade Cooper)

Trumpington - 670 Golden Plover near M11/A10 J11 (Jill Aldred)

Rings End - two groups of 3 Crane over to the west of the village this morning (Mark Ward)



Monday, 24 October 2022

Monday, 24 October

Grafham Water - AMERICAN WIGEON, LONG-TAILED DUCK, 3 Red-crested Pochard, 8 Great Egret, Little Stint, 55 Dunlin, Peregrine (Ron Harold)

Sunday, 23 October 2022

Sunday, 23 October

Sawtry - Grey plover over (Mark Hawkes)

Grafham Water - Common Scoter, 2 Red-crested Pochard, 6 Little Stint, Curlew, Lesser Redpoll (David Nation); also LONG-TAILED DUCK, Goosander, 89 Dunlin, Curlew over, 4 Siskin, 2 Stonechat (Mark Hawkes)

Saturday, 22 October 2022

Saturday, 22 October

Grafham Water - 6 Little Stint, 60 Dunlin, Yellow legged Gull, 3 Stonechat (Derek Benton); AMERICAN WIGEON, 2 Red-crested Pochard, 5 Great Egret (Mark Hawkes); 2 Rock Pipit (Mark Hawkes, Jon Heath); LONG-TAILED DUCK (Jon Heath); Sanderling, Grey Plover, ringtail Hen Harrier (Matthew Rodgers); Common Scoter (Rob Dazley)

Friday, 21 October 2022

Friday, 21 October

Paxton Pits - Osprey over (Mark Brandon)

Grafham Water - AMERICAN WIGEON, LONG-TAILED DUCK, 4 Little Stint, 2 Sanderling, 2 Red-crested Pochard, 3 Stonechat (Mark Hawkes)

Thursday, 20 October 2022

Thursday, 20 October

Ely/Brandon - two big flocks of Whooper Swan (Louise Bacon)

Grafham Water - AMERICAN WIGEON from Dudney Hide, LONG-TAILED DUCK, RED-BREASTED MERGANSER over west, 4 Common Scoter, 135 Dunlin, Greenshank, 2 Red-crested Pochard (Nigel Butler); also 4 Little Stint, 2 Curlew (Mark Hawkes)

Earith/Willingham - 6 Cattle Egret between the villages by the Great Ouse (David Nation)

Cambourne - DARTFORD WARBLER still (Geoff Barlow)

Wednesday, 19 October 2022

Wednesday, 19 October

Witcham - 3 Fieldfare, possible Ring Ouzel near  TL474791 briefly (Chris Boness)

Fen Daryton Lakes - 20 Great Egret, Green Sandpiper (Christoph Zöckler)

Cambourne - large numbers of thrushes over, also 10 Brambling and Siskins (James Hanlon)

Tuesday, 18 October 2022

Tuesday, 18 October

Grafham Water - LONG-TAILED DUCK from Mander CP, 2 Red-crested Pochard (Dean Harlow)

Little Wilbraham Fen - 2 Bearded Tit (Carl Howard)

Dernford Reservoir  - Ruff, male Scaup of unknown origin (Carl Howard)

Monday, 17 October 2022

Monday, 17 October

Dernford Reservoir - PECTORAL SANDPIPER (Simon Gillings)

Grafham Water - LONG-TAILED DUCK from Mander CP 17:15h (John Lindsell, Mark Hawkes); ad Caspian Gull, Great Egret, Redwing (Mark Hawkes)

Ferry Meadows - Cattle Egret, 2 Stonechat (Mike Weedon)

Hobsons Park - Jack Snipe (Rachel Lennard)

Sunday, 16 October 2022

Sunday, 16 October

Grafham Water - AMERICAN WIGEON, Mediterranean Gull, Little Stint, 56 Dunlin, 2 Ruff, Great Egret, Peregrine, 4 Yellow-legged Gull, Redpoll (Mark Hawkes) 

Dernford Reservoir - PECTORAL SANDPIPER, Rock Pipit (Jon Heath); Water Pipit (Ade Cooper)

Saturday, 15 October 2022

Saturday, 15 October

Grafham Water - AMERICN WIGEON, Little Stint, Knot, 58 Dunlin, Raven, 2 Goldeneye, Great Egret, 2 Yellow-legged Gull, Siskin (Mark Hawkes)

Fowlmere - Jack Snipe, Stonechat (Ade Cooper)

Ferry Meadows - Catle Egret, 3 Stonechat (Howard Butler)

Friday, 14 October

Grafham Water - Sanderling, Little Stint, 3 Yellow-legged Gull (Mark Hawkes); AMERICAN WIGEON (Colin Addington)

Thursday, 13 October 2022

Thursday, 13 October

Cambourne - DARTFORD WARBLER showed well this morning, also Marsh Tit (Jon Heath)

Trumpington - 563 Golden Plover nearby (Andrew Dobson)

Grafham Water - Little Stint, Knot, Curlew Sandpiper (Jon Heath)

Wednesday, 12 October 2022

Wednesday, 12 October

Nene Washes - Cattle Egret on Low Wash, Fieldfare (Charlie Kitchin)

Grafham Water - Rock Pipit (Andrew Dobson)

Trumpington - 500 Golden Plover just southwest of A10/M11 roundabout (Richard Palmer)

Tuesday, 11 October 2022

Tuesday, 11 October

Waterbeach - Woodlark over 11:12h (Ian Burfield)

Cambridge - probable Woodlark over 07:35h (Rob Pople)

Grafham Water - Curlew Sandpiper, Little Stint, 36 Dunlin in Valley Creek, 6 Great Egret, Rock Pipit (David Nation) 

Paxton Pits - 3 Spoonbill briefly, 4 Red-crested Pochard, Great Egret, 3 Siskin over (Mark Brandon) 

Ouse Fen - 52 Bearded Tit, Peregrine, 4 Stonechat, 14 Water Rail heard, 6 Cetti's Warbler heard (Mark Ward)

Mare Fen - 6 Cattle Egret (Mark Ward)

Barleycraft Lake - 49 Cattle Egret, 9 Glossy Ibis, 9 Great Egret this evening (Mark Ward)

Etton pits - Cattle Egret, 3 Whooper Swan (Bob Titman)


Monday, 10 October 2022

Monday, 10 October

Cambourne - RING OUZEL (Dean Harlow)

Chippenham - 40 Redwing nearby (Paul Pulham)

Aldreth - 6 Cattle Egret nearby briefly (Simon Stirrup)

Dernford Reservoir - PECTORAL SANDPIPER (Andrew Dobson)

Grafham Water - PECTORAL SANDPIPER, 3 Little Stint, Curlew Sandpiper, 53 Dunlin, Caspian Gull, 3 Yellow-legged Gull (Mark Hawkes); Bittern (Nigel Butler)

Ouse Fen - Great Egret (Tracey Graves)

Paxton Pits - Garganey, Red-crested Pochard, Great Egret, Hobby, 2 Raven, 2 Stonechat (Jamie Wells)

Sunday, 9 October 2022

Sunday, 9 October

Cambourne - DARTFORD WARBLER still in the area this morning, 2 Whinchat, Stonechat (Ed Gill)

Grafham Water - AMERICAN WIGEON, from Dudney hide,  PECTORAL SANDPIPER in Valley Creek, 3 Little Stint, 3 Grey Plover, Curlew Sandpiper, Turnstone, 4 Great Egret, pair of Red-crested Pochard, 6 Ruff, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Peregrine, Rocxk Pipit (Mark Hawkes)

Saturday, 8 October 2022

Saturday, 8 October

Cambourne - DARTFORD WARBLER just east of Whomping Willow Lake; what3words ///inflict.detriment.enthused (James Hanlon)

Grafham Water - AMERICAN WIGEON, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Little Stint, 2 Grey Plover, 5 Great Egret (Mark Hawkes)

Paxton Pits - Osprey over, Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, 3 Red-crested Pochard, Hobby (Jamie Wells)

Friday, 7 October 2022

Friday, 7 October

Grafham Water - AMERICAN WIGEON, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Little Stint, 7 Ruff (Rachel Lennard)

Etton pits - Rock Pipit (Hugh Wright)

Tanholt - 3 Caspian Gull, 3 Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Great Egret (Paul Bolton)

Thursday, 6 October 2022

Thursday, 6 October

Grafham Water - AMERICAN WIGEON, 2 Little Stint from Mander CP (Duncan McNiven); also PECTORAL SANDPIPER, Garganey, 2 Grey Plover, 56 Dunlin, 36 Ringed Plover, 2 Ruff, 5 Yellow-legged Gull, Caspian Gull, 15 Pintail (Mark Hawkes)

Longstanton - Little Stint (John Hoppett)

Dernford reservoir - PECTORAL SANDPIPER, Ruff (Steve Dutton)

Fen Drayton Lakes - 5 Glossy Ibis, 10 Great Egret (Jon Heath)

Ferry Meadows - Osprey over (Paul Taylor)

Wednesday, 5 October

Grafham Water - 2 Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Grey Plover, 56 Dunlin (Mark Hawkes), PECTORAL SANDPIPER, Garganey (Stu Elsom)

Ouse Fen - Merlin, 2 Great Egret (John Wells)

Tuesday, 4 October 2022

Tuesday, 4 October

Grafham Water - AMERICAN WIGEON, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, 2 Little Stint, 2 Grey Plover, 32 Dunlin, 36 Ringed Plover (Mark Hawkes); Garganey (Nigel Butler); Raven over (John Roe)

Monday, 3 October 2022

Monday, 3 October

Grafham Water - AMERICAN WIGEON, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, Little Stint, 2 Great Egret, 5 Yellow-legged Gull (Mark Hawkes); 2 Grey Plover (Colin Addington)

Longstanton - Little Stint (Andrew Dobson)

Sunday, 2 October 2022

Sunday, 2 October

Grafham Water - AMERICAN WIGEON until flushed by dogs on shoreline at 16:55h, PECTORAL SANDPIPER from Mander CP, 3 Curlew Sandpiper, Rock Pipit, 7 Great Egret (Mark Hawkes)

Dernford Reservoir - PECTORAL SANDPIPER still, Brambling (Joe Parham)

Ouse Fen RSPB - several groups of Bearded Tit, including a group of 30+ (David & Sallie Jones)

Etton pits - 2 Yellow-legged Gull, redhead Goosander, Brambling (Hugh Wright)

Chippenham Fen - male Goshawk (Duncan Poyser)

Longstanton - Little Stint (Richard Bradbury)

Nightingale Garden, Cambridge - Brambling (Doug Radford)

Saturday, 1 October 2022

Saturday, 1 October

Grafham Water - PECTORAL SANDPIPER, drake AMERICAN WIGEON near Dudney hide, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, 7 Ruff, Black-tailed Godwit, 84 Dunlin, Greenshank, 2 Great Egret, 15 Pintail (Mark Hawkes)

Brampton - 3 Greenshank, 36 :Little Grebe (Stewart Short)

Maxey-Etton pits - 2 Rock Pipit (Hugh Wright)

Friday, 30 September

Grafham Water - PECTORAL SANDPIPER fom Mander CP (Mark Hawkes)