Sunday 31 December 2023

Sunday, 31 December

Great Shelford - 14 WAXWING near the station but flighty (John Hoppett)

St. Ives GPs - drake Smew (Duncan McNiven)

Grafham Water - 2 Bewick's Swan (James Walsh)

Milton CP - fem Goosander on Dickerson's Pit still (John Proctor)

Fen Drayton Lakes - Mediterranean Gull (Richard Thomas)

Saturday 30 December 2023

Saturday, 20 December

Devil's Dyke - 29 Raven near Ditch Farm (Rich Dale)

Great Shelford Statoon - 30 WAXWING (Tony Warne)

Friday 29 December 2023

Friday, 29 December

Fen Drayton Lakes - fem Common Scoter on Ferry Lagoon, Caspian Gull on Ferry Mere (Robin Ward)

Great Shelford - 15+ WAXWING at Mores Meadow 14:40h (Ben Balmford)

Cambridge - 11 WAXWING at Christchurch Street briefly (Jon Heath)

Thursday 28 December 2023

Thursday, 28 December

Cambridge - 12 WAXWING along Parsonage Street until 11:45h (Carlos Davies)

Great Shelford - 20 WAXWING at the station briefly this morning (as per Steve Dutton); 15 WAXWING at Mores Meadow briefly, 14:20h (Andrew Knights)

Longstanton - FERRUGINOUS DUCK (John Hoppett)

Fen Drayton Lakes - Common Scoter on Ferry Lagoon (Carlos Davies)

Cambridge Research Park - 3 Caspian Gull (Jon Heath)

Wednesday, 27 December

Great Shelford - WAXWING near station (Mike Foley)

Manea - 15+ Crane reported just to the west

Tuesday 26 December 2023

Tuesday, 26 December

Longstanton - FERRUGINOUS DUCK (Jeremy Lindsell)

Sunday 24 December 2023

Sunday, 24 December

Cambridge - 9 WAXWING along Adams Road 12:30h (Chris Rider)

Great Shelford station - 6 WAXWING reported

Thorpe Meadows Rowing Lake - 1w Mediterranean Gull (Don Gardener)

Longstanton - FERRUGINOUS DUCK (Lee Gregory)

Saturday 23 December 2023

Saturday, 23 December

Sawtry - 9 WAXWING south over Rowell Way (Mark Hawkes)

Nene Washes - drake AMERICAN WIGEON reported, about half way between March Farmers and Rings End 

Dernford Reservoir - Caspian Gull, 5 Yellow-legged Gull, 13 Corn Bunting; also 30 Lesser Redpoll at Dernford Fen (Steve Cooper)

Friday 22 December 2023

Friday, 22 December

Peterborough Rowing Lake - 1w Mediterranean Gull (Mike Weedon)

Ouse Washes and surrounding farmland - 8964 Whooper Swan, 297 Bewick's Swan this week (Jonathan Taylor)

Maxey - male Smew on Pig Jaw Pit this morning (Chris Lines)

Grafham Water - Caspian Gull, 2 Bewick's Swan, Peregrine (Mark Hawkes)

Thursday, 21 December

Coton - WAXWINGS still present (m.o.)

CEGB reservoir/Teardrop Lake - Great Northen Diver, 1w Mediterranean Gull (Paul Bolton)

Wednesday 20 December 2023

Wednesday, 20 December

Peterborough, CS Bauer CP - 2 WAXWING this morning (m.o.)

Cherry Hinton - 5 WAXWING (Jon Heath) 

Cambridge, Vinery Road - 2 WAXWING briefly (Jon Heath)

Coton - 8 WAXWING (Rich Atkins)

CEGB Reservoir/Teardrop lake - Great Northern Diver

Tuesday, 19 December

Peterborough, CS Bauer CP - 4 WAXWING this morning (m.o.)

CEGB Reservoir/Teardrop lake - Great Northern Diver (Brian Stone)

Monday 18 December 2023

Monday, 18 December

Stretham - 15 WAXWING along Short Road (Rachel Lennard)

Coton - 21 WAXWING near school (Nath Comber)

Peterborough, CS Bauer CP - 3 WAXWING this morning (Chris Jones); up to 5 birds present later in the day (m.o.)

Swavesey - 9 Cattle Egret at Middle Fen (Simon Passey)

CEGB Reservoir/Teardrop lake - Great Northern Diver (Paul Bolton)

Sunday 17 December 2023

Sunday, 17 December

Nene Washes - drake AMERICAN WIGEON c. 2km west of Ring's End, Spotted Redshank (Andrew Tongue)

Upper Cambourne - 5 WAXWING this morning (James Hanlon); 7 birds this afternoon (Brendan Doe)

Grafham Water - 2 Bewick's Swan, Red-crested Pochard, Caspian Gull (Elliot Cornelius) 

CEGB Reservoir/Teardrop lake - Great Northern Diver (Mike Weedon)

Wicken Fen -  2 male, 2 ringtail Hen Harrier to roost, 200+ Whooper Swan to roost at Burwell, Redpoll (Christoph Zöckler)

Saturday 16 December 2023

Saturday, 16 November

Nene Washes - drake AMERICAN WIGEON east of March Farmers (Andrew Tongue)

 Coton - 3 WAXWING on Whitwell Way (Richard Palmer)

Friday 15 December 2023

Friday, 15 December

Coton - 24 WAXWING reported near primary school this morning, 3 remaining at 13:30h (Louise Bacon)

Thursday, 14 December

CEGB Reservoir/Teardrop lake - Great Northern Diver (Josh Jones)

Grafham Water -  Great Northern Diver, 2 Bewick's Swan (Mark Hawkes)

Wednesday 13 December 2023

Wednesday, 14 December

CEGB Reservoir/Teardrop Lake - Great Northern Diver (Don Gardener)

Trumpington Meadows NR - 8 Brent Geese over south (Iain Webb) 

Upper Cambourne - 3 WAXWING headed from Eastgate towards Upper Cambourne (James Hanlon)

Tuesday 12 December 2023

Tuesday, 12 December

Grafham Water - GREEN-WINGED TEAL, Green Sandpiper, 72 Pochard in Velley Creek, 10 Siskin (Ian Dawson)

CEGB Reservoir/Teardrop Lake - Great Northern Diver (Dean Harlow)

Southey Wood - CROSSBILLS at What3words location playful.massaged.sticker, present since yesterday (Paul Bolton)

Monday, 11 December

Stretham - WAXWING (Ian Barton, Rachel Lennard)

Sunday 10 December 2023

Sunday, 10 December

Grafham Water - Great Northern Diver, 2 Bewick's Swan, 4 Goosander, Green Sandpiper (Mark Hawkes); 2 Great Egret, 4 Egyptian Geese, Common Sandpiper (David Nation)

Paxton Pits - Great Northern Diver (David Nation)

CEGB Reservoir/Teardrop lake - Great Northern Diver (Chris Jones)

Stretham - Pink-footed Goose with Greylags (David Nation)

Brampton East - 7 Red-crested Pochard (David Nation)

Saturday, 9 December

CEGB Reservoir/Teardrop lake - Great Northern Diver (Mike Weedon)

Research Park, Waterbeach - 3 Caspian Gull (Jon Heath)

Friday 8 December 2023

Friday, 8 December

Fen Drayton Lakes - Common Scoter, also 5 Cattle Egret near Swavesey busway stop (Jill Aldred)

CEGB Reservoir - Great Northern Diver (Chris Jones)

Wimpole - 4 Mandarin, 2 Raven, 14 Red Kite to roost (Colin Kirtland)

Thursday 7 December 2023

Thursday, 7 December

 Granta Park - 3 Goosander over (Gareth Rees)

Wednesday, 6 December

March Farmers - 160 Ruff, 100 Dunlin, 12 Bewick's Swan with Whooper Swans (Charlie Kitchin)

Fen Drayton Lakes - LONG-TAILED DUCK still (Terry Brown)

Tuesday 5 December 2023

Tuesday, 5 December

Cradge Bank - 4 Cattle Egret (Martin Browne)

Paxton Pits - 3 Goosander (Terry Brown)

Monday 4 December 2023

Sunday, 3 December

Cottenham Long Drove - Czech-ringed Caspian Gull (Brendan Doe)

Sunday 3 December 2023

Saturday, 2 December

Grafham Water - GREEN-WINGED TEAL (Mark Hawkes)

Friday 1 December 2023

Friday, 1 December

Grafham Water - 12 Whooper Swan through west (Nigel Butler)

Burwell Fen - 17 Whooper Swan, 2 Stonechat (Andy Hannaford)

CEGB Reservoir - juv Great Northern Diver, Caspian Gull (Josh Jones)

Tanholt - 3 Caspian Gull, Stonechat, 4 Bewick's Swan over, 2 Whooper Swan briefly (Paul Bolton)

Fen Drayton Lakes - LONG-TAILED DUCK on Ferry Lgoon (Arjun Dutta); Common Scoter (Rachel Lennard)

Burnt Fen - 18 Bewick's Swan, 500 Whooper Swan, 3 Bearded Tit, Brambling, 200 Golden Plover, Great Egret Over, Goosander over (David Nation)

Litlington - WAXWINGS (Andy Symes)

Cambridge - Raven over Ross Street (Edward Imber)