Monday, 30 January 2023

Monday, 30 January

Cherry Hinton - Black Redstart at Kelsey Crescent this morning (Andrew Dobson); also along Windermere Close (Ed Gill)

Hare Park - Siskin singing (Kevin Wilson)

Eldernell - Long-eared Owl, 2 Short-eared Owl, 2 Barn Owl, male Hen Harrier, 20 Crane, 2 Great Egret over (Tim Watling)

Sunday, 29 January 2023

Sunday, 29 January

Cherry Hinton - Black Redstart still present (Paul Pulham)

Upwell - drake Goosander on 16ft drain south of the village (Chris Boness)

Grafham Water - drake Scaup, Raven over, 2 Siskin (David Nation)

Kingfishers Bridge - Great Egret, 2 Stonechat (Kevin Wilson)

Milton - Merlin, pair of Stonechat by the river (Mike Wood)

Maxey - 7 White-fronted Geese between the cut and south drain (Hugh Wright)

Saturday, 28 January

Eldernell - 2 male Hen Harrier (Ian Gordon)

Friday, 27 January 2023

Friday, 27 January

Hare Park - Tawny Owl, 2 Brambling (Kevin Wilson)

Grafham Water - imm drake Scaup, fem Goosander, Peregrine (Mark Hawkes)

Paxton Pits - 2 drake Smew, redhead Goosander, 3 Red-crested Pochard, drake Scaup (Jamie Wells)

Cherry Hinton - Black Redstart (Jon Heath)

Landbeach - 35 Pink-footed Geese over west (Dick Newell)

Helpston - 7 European White-fronted Geese just north of the village (Mike Weedon)

Wicken Fen - 3 male Hen Harrier, Tree Sparrow (Ed King)

Thursday, 26 January 2023

Thursday, 26 January

Cherry Hinton - Black Redstart near Tenby Close/Fulbourn Old Drift Road junction (Iain Webb)

Nene Washes - 3 Short-eared Owl, 2 Long-eared Owl, 2 Barn Owl, Tawny Owl (Dick Burnham)

Wednesday, 25 January 2023

Wednesday, 25 January

Ouse Washes - 8 White-fronted Geese, 50 Black-tailed Godwit to the north of Earith (Andrew Dobson); also 2 Pink-footed Geese, Spotted Redshank (David Nation)

Sutton North Fen - 56 Barnacle Geese, 102 Whooper Swan (David Nation)

Bainton Pits - fem Scaup (Hugh Wright)

Tuesday, 24 January 2023

Tuesday, 24 January

Ouse Washes - 8 White-fronted Geese, Spotted Redshank north of Earith (Graeme Reed); 600 Whooper Swan at Block Fen; 500 Whooper Swans at Langwood Fen; 950 Whooper Swans Chatteris to Manea (Mark ward)

Manea - 400 Whooper Swan, Peregrine, 3 Stonechat at Bond's Farm (Mark Ward)

Monday, 23 January 2023

Monday, 23 January

Ouse Washes - 8 White-fronted Geese north of Earith (Andrew Dobson)

Helpston - Merlin, 6 Whooper Swan, Barn Owl along Maxey Road north of the village (Hugh Wright)

Nene Washes - 2377 Whooper Swan, 167 Bewick's Swan, 80 Ruff, 7 Great Egret, 41 Crane to roost (Charlie Kitchin)

Sunday, 22 January 2023

Sunday, 22 January

Grafham Water - 2 Scaup, 2 Bewick's Swan, redhead Smew (Mark Hawkes, Colin Addington, David Nation)

Ouse Washes - Bewick's Swan, 820 Whooper Swan Chatteris to Manea; 1225 Whooper Swan, 54 Barnacle Geese, 3 Egyptian Geese, Yellow-legged Gull at Sutton North Fen, 362 Whooper Swan, 2 Stonechat at Chain Corner; 350 Whooper Swan, 5 Bewick's Swan Chatteris to Somersham (Mark Ward)

Saturday, 21 January 2023

Saturday, 21 January

March - 15 Crane over south (Derek Benton)

Ouse Fen - 15 Bearded Tit, 4 Great Egret, 4 Stonechat (Sue Greenway)

Newmarket Heath - 120 Golden Plover (Paul Pulham)

Dernford Reservoir - KUMLIEN'S GULL, 3 ad & 1st win Yellow-legged Gull, 1st win Caspian Gull at roost (Pete Holt); 3 Mediterranean Gull reported.

East side of Ousse Washes - 4 Bewick's Swan, 750 Whooper Swan at Block Fen; 4 Bewick's Swan, 2000 Whooper Swan near Littleport;1100 Whooper Swan at Langwood Fen, Chatteris; 1000 Whooper Swan between Pymoor railway bridge and Wardy Hill (Mark Ward)

Friday, 20 January 2023

Friday, 20 January

Wilburton - Pink-footed Goose with 230 Whooper Swan c.1mile south along Twenty Pence Road (David Nation)

Dernford Reservoir - KUMLIEN'S GULL to roost, ad Yellow-legged Gull (Geoff Barlow)

Thursday, 19 January 2023

Thursday, 19 January

Wicken Fen - Little Owl, Short-eared Owl, 7 Redpoll (Sue Greenway)

Dernford Reservoir - KUMLIEN'S GULL at 15:45h, ad Yellow-legged Gull, juv Mediterranean Gull (Diana Leech)

Tanholt - 1st win Caspian Gull (Paul Bolton)

Nene Washes - 44 Crane at West Fen, Merlin, 36 Ruff, 90 Snipe at March Farmers (Charlie Kitchin)

Newmarket Heath - 100 Golden Plover (Paul Pulham)

Cow Lane GPs - Russain White-fronted Goose, Great Egret, Goosander (Stu & Jill Elsom)

St. Ives Meadow Lane pits - drake Smew (Jon Heath)

Fen Drayton Lakes - Goosander, Bittern (Jon Heath): 21 Great Egret, Peregrine (Ian Dawson)

Wednesday, 18 January

March -  4 Crane over south (Derek Benton)

Fen Drayton Lakes - 5 Great Egret, 2 Tawny Owl (Colin Kirtland)

Tuesday, 17 January 2023

Tuesday, 17 January

Helpston - Merlin, 22 Whopper Swan over, to the north of the village (Hugh Wright)

St. Ives Meadow Lane pits - 2 male & a fem Smew, Cattle Egret over (David Nation)

Needingworth STW - Siberian Chiffchaff (David Nation)

Stretham - Peregrine over, 40 Golden Plover (David Nation) 

Tanholt - 1st win Caspian Gull (Paul Bolton)

Monday, 16 January 2023

Monday, 16 January

 Earith - 2 Water Pipit next to car park still (Andrew Dobson)

Sunday, 15 January 2023

Sunday, 15 January

Dernford Reservoir - ad KUMLIEN'S GULL, ad & 1st winter Mediterranean Gull, 5 ad Yellow Legged Gull, ad & 2nd winter Caspian Gull (Chris Boness)

Needingworth STW - Siberian Chiffchaff, Grey Wagtail (Mark Ward)

Godmanchester STW - Siberian Chiffchaff (Mark Ward)

Chatteris/Somersham - 140 Whooper Swan, 12 Bewick's Swan, 2 Egyptian Geese between the villages (Mark Ward)

Eldernell - 2 Male Hen Harrier, 2 Crane, Peregrine, 3 Long-eared Owl, Short-eared Owl, Tawny Owl, 3 Barn Owl (Hugh Wright)

Friday, 13 January 2023

Friday, 13 January

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

Grafham Water - 2 Scaup, Peregrine (Mark Hawkes)

Dernford Reservoir - ICELAND GULL, ad Mediterranean Gull (Andrew Dobson)

Wednesday, 11 January 2023

Wednesday, 11 January

Bainton pits - Bittern (Bob Titman) 

Kingfishers Bridge - 2 Crane, 2 Great Egret (Andy Merryweather)

Great Abingdon - Brambling in a private garden (Andy Merryweather)

Tuesday, 10 January 2023

Tuesday, 10 January

Earith - Glossy Ibis, 2 Water Pipit in flooded field by car park (David Nation)

Monday, 9 January 2023

Monday, 9 January

Bainton Pits - drake Smew (Will Bowell)

Sixteen Foot Drain - Cattle Egret opposite Padgett's Road (David Nation)

Popham's Eau - 42 Goosander west of black sluice bridge on B1098 (David Nation)

St. Ives Meadow Lane pits - 3 drake & 2 female Smew, Great Egret, 8 Goldeneye (John & Sue Wells); Caspian Gull on sailing lake (Philip Bubb)

Dernford Reservoir - ad KUMLIEN'S GULL, Caspian Gull, Yellow-legged Gull, 13 Mandarin (Brendan Doe)

Sunday, 8 January 2023

Sunday, 8 January

16 Foot Drain - 30 Goosander south of Three Holes (Mark Ward)

Earith Bridge - 10 Water Pipit (Mark Ward)

Chatteris/Somersham 13 Bewick's Swan and 1080 Whooper Swan between the villages (Mark Ward)
 
Grafham Water - 2cy drake Scaup at Dudney Creek (Mark Hawkes) 

A505 Melbourn Junction- ad ICELAND GULL, 2 Caspian Gull, 4 Yellow-legged Gull (Steve Cooper)

St. Ives Meadow Lane pits - 3 drake & 2 female Smew (Rachel Lennard)

Saturday, 7 January

Sutton North Fen - 2 Pink-footed Geese, 51 Barnacle Geese, ad Yellow-legged Gull; 9 Bewick's Swan, 400 Whooper Swan nearby (Mark Ward)

Sutton Gault - Water Pipit over (Mark Ward)

Friday, 6 January

Earith Bridge CP - 7 Water Pipit on flooded grassy area (Dean Harlow)

Burwell Fen - Little Owl in wood poile (Dean Harlow)

Friday, 6 January 2023

Thursday, 5 January

Cambridge Research Park - 2 Caspian Gull (Jon Heath)

St. Ives Meadow Lane pits - 3 male & 2 fem Smew, Goldeneye (Tim Watling); Great Egret (David & Sallie Jones)

Sixteen Foot drain - Cattle Egret at Bedlam Bridge (Andy Bayes)

Friday, 6 January

 Sixteen Foot drain - 20 Goosander between March & Upwell (Andy Bayes)

Wednesday, 4 January 2023

Wednesday, 4 January

St. Ives Meadow Lane pits - 3 drake, 2 fem Smew (Ian Dawson)

Tuesday, 3 January 2023

Tuesday, 3 January

St. Ives pits, Meadow Lane - 3 drake & a fem Smew (Marilyn Peterkin)

Monday, 2 January 2023

Monday, 2 January

Needingworth sewage works - Siberian Chiffchaff, 11 Chiffchaff, Green Sandpiper, Grey Wagtail (Steve & Ade Cooper

Barleycraft - Great Egret, 2 Red-crested Pochard (Steve & Ade Cooper)

Grafham Water - 2 Bewick's Swan, imm drake Scaup, 2 Raven (Mark Hawkes)

Northstowe - 2 Raven, Shelduck, 600+ Lapwing (Christoph Zöckler)

Granta Science Park - 2 Woodcock (Gareth Rees)

St. Ives pits, Meadow Lane - drake & 2 fem Smew (Tim Watling)

Nene Washes - 3 Short-eared Owl, 2 male Hen Harrier, Bittern, 2 Great Egret, 6 Barn Owl, 10 Stonechat, 50 Ruff, 400 Black-tailed Godwit, 80 Whooper Swan, 30 Bewick's Swan (Mark Ward)

Earith - 2nd cy Little Gull through north, 2 Great Egret, 14 Water Pipit, 7 Stonechat, 3 Barn Owl (Steve & Ade Cooper)

Camnbridge Research Park - Siberian Chiffchaff (David Heath)

Sunday, 1 January 2023

Sunday, 1 January

Grafham Water - 2 Bewick's swan, 2 Red-crested Pochard, Raven, imm drake Scaup off Plummer, Goosander, 2 Stonechat (Ian Dawson)

Earith - ringtail Hen Harrier, 9 Water Pipit (Brendan Doe)

Somersham - 44 Bewick's Swan, Pink-footed Goose with Whooper Swans nearby (Brendan Doe)

Ouse Washes - fem Merlin, Peregrine, 2 Stonechat at Welches Dam; 2 Bewick's Swan between reserve & Manea (David Nation); 1710 Lapwing (John Wells)

Eldernell - 4 Crane (David Nation); Hen Harrier (John Wells)

March Farmers - 200 Black-tailed Godwit, 300 Pintail (John Wells)