Wednesday 31 May 2023

Wednesday, 31 May

Grafham Water - LONG-TAILED DUCK fom Littless Hide (Nigel Butler)

Etton/Maxey pits - Greenshank, Yellow-legged Gull (Josh Jones); Sanderling (Mike Weedon)

Tuesday 30 May 2023

Tuesday, 30 May

Kingfishers Bridge - Black Tern, Cuckoo (Kevin Wilson)

Berry Fen - Spoonbill briefly (Jeremy Lindsell)

Etton/Maxey pits - 2 Sanderling, Common Sandpiper (Josh Jones); Turnstone, a third Sanderling, 2 Goosander, Hobby (Mike Weedon)

Eldernell - Spoonbill, Avocet, Grey Plover, 2 Greenshank, 5 Great Egret east of March Farmers (Charlie Kitchin)


Monday 29 May 2023

Monday, 29 May

Grafham Water - Black Tern, 9 Sanderling, Osprey over (Mark Hawkes); 2 Black Tern (Stewart Short)

Fen Drayton Lakes - Black Tern at Ferry Lagoon (Roger Hardie); 3 Black Tern, 5 Cattle Egret briefly (Christoph Zöckler)

Ouse Washes - Spponbill over at Earith, 3 Cattle Egret just south of Sutton Gault, White Stork from jolly bankers (Ade Cooper); NIGHT HERON in trees north of jolly bankers bridge (Brendan Doe); NIGHT HERON flew towards Chain Corner, 6 Cattle Egret, 2 Great Egret, 42 Little Egret, Bittern, 2 Cuckoo, 3 Garganey, Wood Sandpiper over (Mark Ward)

Paxton Pits - 6 Black Tern (Jamie Wells)


Sunday 28 May 2023

Sunday, 28 May

Grafham Water - Black Tern briefly; 4 Little Tern circled, departing 08:43h (Mark Hawkes); 5 Sanderling through, Common Sandpiper, 2 Hobby (Mark Hawkes, Matthew Rodgers, Richard Patient)

Saturday 27 May 2023

Saturday, 27 May

Grafham Water - GULL-BILLED TERN briefly, headed high north-east; 9 Black Tern (Richard Patient)

Friday, 26 May

Eldernell - ringtail Harrier sp over north, 3 Curlew Sandpipers east of car-park (Charlie Kitchin)

Ferry Meadows - Grasshopper Warbler reported

Tuesday 23 May 2023

Tuesday, 23 May

Grafham Water - Osprey in tree opposite Dudeny hide 18:46h (Mark Hawkes)

Longstanton - Quail singing (Rachel Lennard)

Great Stukeley - Quail singing briefly on east side of Prestley Wood (Robin Ward)

Smithy Fen - Knot, Caspian Gull (Brendan Doe)

Kings Dyke - 4 Crane over (Kevin Eldred)

Monday 22 May 2023

Monday, 22 May

Wicken area - Bittern, 6 Hobby, 3 Grasshopper Warbler (Kevin Wilson)

Wimpole estate - BLACK KITE over (Richard Gregory)

Sunday, 21 May

Cambridge - White Stork over Wolfson College (Tom Worthington)

Saturday 20 May 2023

Saturday, 20 May

West Brook - ad male MONTAGU'S HARRIER over 13:21h (Mark Thomas)

Whittlesey - Spoonbill over (Charlie Kitchin)

Fordham Wood - Cetti's Warbler (Kevin Wilson)

Friday, 19 May

Grafham Water - HONEY BUZZARD in the area for 10min, 3 Sanderling, 2 Little Riunged Plover, Cuckoo (Mark Hawkes)

River Cam Waterbeach to Upware - 2 Hobby, 2 Kingfisher, Cuckoo (Kevin Wilson)

Fen Drayton Lakes - 4 Great Egret, 3 Cattle Egret, Grey Plover, Bittern, Turtle Dove (Alan Harris)

Friday 19 May 2023

Thursday, 18 May

Fen Drayton Lakes - 2 Grey Plover, 4 Great Egret, 3 Cuckoo, Bittern (Tracey Graves); 3 Glossy Ibis reported

West Brook pools - Grey Plover (Mark Thomas)

Etton/Maxey - LITTLE TERN (Jonathan Taylor)

Tuesday 16 May 2023

Tuesday, 16 May

Holme Fen - 2 Crane over (Steve Ouditt)

Wicken area - 4 Hobby, 4 Cuckoo (Kevin Wilson)

Ouse Washes - Hobby, Cuckoo, Yellow Wagtails (Tracey Graves)

Ouse Fen - Turtle Dove (Andrea Zolnhofer)

Monday 15 May 2023

Monday, 15 May

Wicken area - Garganey, Bittern, Greenshank over, 2 Hobby, Cuckoo (Kevin Wilson)

Etton/Maxey pits - Garganey (Hugh Wright)

Westbrook pit - Wood Sandpiper (Rachel Lennard)

Bury Fen - 2 Garganey (Andrew Harrold)

Ouse Fen - PURPLE HERON dropped in north of conveyor belt (Jeremy Lindsell)

Sunday 14 May 2023

Sunday, 14 May

Fen Drayton Lakes - Little Gull, 2 Hobby (Roger Hardie)

Wicken area - 4 Hobby, 2 Cuckoo (Colin Kirtland)

Saturday, 13 May

Maxey/Etton pits - Caspian Gull, Wood Sandpiper briefly, Common Sandpiper, 4 Goosander (Hugh Wright)

Westbrook Pit - TEMMINCK'S STINT (Mark Thomas)

White Stork over A1(M) c.10 miles south of Peterborough (Pete Cook)

Thursday 11 May 2023

Thursday, 11 May

Wicken area - Nightingale, 4 Cuckoo (Paul Pulham)

Lark Rise farm - Long-eared Owl (Tim Scott)

Wednesday 10 May 2023

Wednesday, 10 May

Fen Drayton Lakles - 4 Little Gull, drake Garganey, Great Egret, Cattle Egret, 2 Bittern, Hobby, Turnstone, 2 Common Sandpiper (Steve Cooper)

Hobson's Park - White Stork (Joe Parham) 

Woodwalton Fen - Spoonbill reportd (as per Chris Jones)

Nene Washes - PURPLE HERON still east of March Famers, although elusive, before flying towards Ring's End. Also drake Garganeny (Paul Nobbs); Whinchat reported

Withcam - Hobby over (Chris Boness)

Tuesday 9 May 2023

Tuesday, 9 May

Fowlmere - Cuckoo, Spotted Flycatcher (Ed Gill) 

Wicken area - Bittern, Garganey, 3 Hobby, 3 Cuckoo, Barn Owl (Kevin Wilson)

Monday 8 May 2023

Monday, 8 May

Southey Wood - Spotted Flycatcher (Kevin Eldred)

March Farmers - ad PURPLE HERON through, coming down at Ring's End (Mike Weedon)

Dernford Reservoir - White Stork in the vicinity (Roger Hardie)

Chatteris - Firecrest along old railway line to Somersham (Mark Ward)

Sunday, 7 May

 Ouse Fen - Whinchat (Jeremy Lindsell)

Cambourne - 2 Black Tern at Whomping Willow lake (Johnny Hook)

Castor Hanglands - 2 Spotted Flycatcher 6 Nightingale, Raven over (Steve Zealand)

Orton Mere - Nightingale (Nicola Hart) 

Fowlmere - White Stork over (Doiug Radford) reported earlier from Duxford


Saturday, 6 May

Ferry Meadows - Osprey over (Matt Webb)

Nene Washes - 48 Ruff, 2 Greenshank (Charlie Kitchin)


Friday 5 May 2023

Friday, 5 May

Grafham Water - 4 Arctic Tern, Osprey & Hobby over,  Cuckoo, Avocet (Mark Hawkes); White Stork over, Wheatear (Sue Greenway)

Etton/Maxey Pits - 2 Grey Plover, Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Common Sandpiper, 4 Goosander, fem Scaup, 2 Greenshank (Hugh Wright); 3rd Greenshank (Paul Bolton)

Thursday 4 May 2023

Thursday, 4 May

Ouse Fen - 2 Crane, 2 Hobby, Bittern (Tony Lowe)

Grafham Water - 2 Avocet (Jon Roe)

Maxey/Etton pits - Greenshank, Spotted Redshank Avocet, 2 Turtle Dove (Chris Lines)

Castor Hanglands - fem redstart (as per Mike Weedon) 

Northstowe - 16 Ruff, 14 Ringed Plover, 5 Greenshank, 4 Avocet, Little Ringed Plover, 4 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Wheatear (Hugh Venables)

Roman Road/Mark's Grave - Quail singing (Roger Horton)

Wednesday 3 May 2023

Wednesday, 3 May

Dernford Reservoir - 2 Garganey (Steve Cooper)

Etton/Maxey pits - fem Scaup, 5 Goosander, 2 Wood Sandpiper (Hugh Wright)

March Farmers - GLOSSY IBIS c.1 mile to the east fo the car park, past kissing gate (Dick Burnham); also 2 Spotted Redshank, Greenshank, 2 Garganey, Hobby, Great White Egret (Mike Weedon)


Tuesday 2 May 2023

Tuesday, May 2

Grafham Water - 3 Common Scoter (Mark Hawkes)

Kingfishers Bridge - 2 Little Ringed Plover, Little Gull, Black Tern (Kevin Wilson)

Cow Lane GPs - 7 Arctic Tern, Common Sandpiper, Nightingale, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Yellow Wagtail, Cuckoo (Stu Elsom)

Fen Drayton Lakes - 2 Turtle Dove, 2 Cuckoo, 2 Bittern, 35 Garden Warbler (Tim Caldicott)

Etton - Greenshank (Malcolm Holley)

March Farmers - 2 Spotted Redshank, Greenshank to east of car park (Mike Weedon)

Monday 1 May 2023

Monday, 1 May

Grafham Water - 2 Arctic Tern (Mark Hawkes)

Kingfishers Bridge - Little Gull (Ian Burfield)

Fen Drayton Lakes - 3 Cattle Egret, Raven over, Mandarin (Tim Caldicott)

Lords Holt - Bearded Tit (Andrew Gardener); Grasshopper Warbler (Kevin Eldred)

Etton/Maxey Pits - White Wagtail (Jonathan Taylor)

Nene Washes - 2 Spotted Redshank, 10 Hobby reported east of March Farmers

Tanholt pits - Little Ringed Plover (James Pender)

Sunday, 30 April

Wicken Fen - 2 Merlin, 5 Grasshopper Warbler, Cuckoo, Lesser Redpoll (Mark Ward)

Fen Drayton Lakes - 3 Turnstone, Common Sandpiper, Turtle Dove, Cuckoo, Bittern (Tim Caldicott)

March Farmers - 6 Whimbrel (Charlie Kitchin)

Etton/Maxey Pits - 2 Wheatear (Chris Lines); Scaup (Mike Weedon); Caspian Gull (Mark Hawkes)

Tanholt pits - Spotted Flycatcher (Mark Hawkes)

Connington - 5 wheatear in Rose Court Farm horse paddocks (Kevin Eldred)

March Farmers - 4 Whimbrel, 4 Great Egret (Mike Weedon);