Thursday, 29 February 2024

Wednesday, 28 February

Wicken Fen - 30 Marsh Harrier, 6 ringtail & a male Hen Harrier, 2 Stonechat (Stephen & Pamela Sutton)

Ouse Fen - 2 Crane, 2 Great Egret, Starling murmuration (Marilyn Peterkin); also Peregrine (Richard Allison); Jack Snipe (Richard Thomas)

Tuesday, 27 February 2024

Tuesday, 27 February

Granta Park - 25 WAXWING (Iain Webb)

Monday, 26 February 2024

Monday, 26 February

Cambridge - 30+ WAXWING at Newmarket Road roundabout, opposite  MacDonalds, c.12:45h (Isaac Swift)

Sunday, 25 February 2024

Sunday, 25 February

Peterborough - 5 WAXWING at Cardea still (Charlie Kitchin)

March Farmers - Little Gull at the eastern end (Charlie Kitchin)

Aldreth - male Hen Harrier nearby this afternoon (Simon Stirrup)

Friday, 23 February

Wicken Fen - 30+ Marsh Harrier, 8 ringtail & 2 male Hen Harrier (Stephen Sutton)

Magog Down - 5 Stonechat (Michael Wood)

Wednesday, 21 February 2024

Tuesday, 20 February

Magog Down - 5 Stonechat (Michael Wood)

Tuesday, 20 February 2024

Monday, 19 February

Wicken Fen - 2 male Hen Harrier & Merlin to roost, Stonechat, Great Egret (Simon Stirrup) 

Peterborough, Cardea - 5 WAXWING still present (m.o.)

Granta Park - Woodcock (Gareth Rees)

Sunday, 18 February 2024

Sunday, 18 February

Grafham Water - 150 Black-tailed Godwit through (Mark Hawkes); Red-breasted Mergnser (Richard Patient)

Cambridge - 20+ WAXWING on mistletoe-bearing trees to south of Brooklands Avenue (Sabine Eckert)

Kingfishers Bridge - 2 Great Egret, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, Avocet, 62 Shoveler (Colin Kirtland)

Kneesworth - Woodcock (Gareth Rees)

Saturday, 17 February 2024

Saturday, 17 February

Cardea, Peterborough - 5 WAXWING still (m.o.)

Cambridge - 8 WAXWING along Brooks Road this afternoon (Iain Webb)

Paxton Pits - BRENT GOOSE, Goosander, Mediterranean Gull, 3 Great Egret (Steve Austin)

Thursday, 15 February 2024

Thursday, 15 February

Cardea, Peterborough - 5 WAXWING (Paul Bolton)

Cambridge - 30+ WAXWING at corner of Cavendish Avenue & Baldock Way (Iain Webb)

Little Wilbraham Fen - 1800 Golden Plover, Great Egret (Chris Bowden)

Wednesday, 14 February

Fen Drayton Lakes - Mediterranean Gull (Richard Thomas)

Tuesday, 13 February 2024

Tuesday, 13 February

Hobsons Park - 35+ Siskin (Gareth Rees)

Cottenham - White Stork (Neil Howard)

Sunday, 11 February 2024

Sunday, 11 February

Grafham Water - GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 2 Bewick's Swan, 2 Goosander (Mark Hawkes)

Ouse Fen - 2 Great Egret, 2 Stonechat (Tracey Graves)

Cambridge - WAXWING flock reported form the University Botanic Gardens; 7 WAXWING along Adams Road 12:30h (Chris Rider )

Saturday, 10 February

March - 2 Raven over (Alan Bull)

Ouse Washes - 900+ Whooper Swan at Chain Corner (Rachel Lennard)

Wednesday, 7 February 2024

Wednesday, 7 February

Grafham Water - GREEN-WINGED TEAL at south end of dam, Great Northern Diver (Ron Harold)

Great Chishall - 250+ Corn Bunting along New Road (Steve Cooper)

Aldreth - male Hen Harrier nearby this morning (Simon Stirrup)

Ring's End - Cattle Egret, 157+ Bewick's Swan to the south (Josh Jones)

Cambridge - 76 WAXWING in the Huntingdon Road area (Jon Heath)

Fen Drayton Lakes - Ferruginous Duck-like bird but with a bill pattern suggesting its a hybrid (Richard Thomas)

Tuesday, 6 February 2024

Tuesday, 6 February

Eldernell - 10 Great Egret & a Cattle Egret left the roost this morning, Turnstone, c.1,500 islandica Black-tailed Godwit east of Decoy Wood (Mike Weedon)

Monday, 5 February

Eldernell - 8 Great Egret & a Cattle Egret left the roost this morning (Mike Weedon) 

Smithey Fen - WHITE STORK reported

Sunday, 4 February 2024

Sunday, 4 February

Peterborough Sewage Works - SIBERIAN CHIFFHCAFF tiht Common Chiffchaffs (Chris Jones)

Eldernell - Short-eared Owl, 2 Long-eared Owl, Tawny Owl, 2 Crane, 2 Great Egret, Bar-tailed Godwit with Black-tailed Godwit reported

Cambridge - WAXWING flock along Chesterton Road (Pat Reynolds)

Fen Drayton Lakes - BRENT GOOSE (Richard Bradbury)

Grafham Water - GREEN-WINGED TEAL reported

Saturday, 3 February

Cottenham Long Drove - WHITE STORK on the tip, 2CY GLAUCUS GULL, both birds at Smithey Fen earlier (Brendan Doe)

Sawston - 30+ Siskin, Raven over (Andrew Knights)

Friday, 2 February

Grafham Water - Goldeneye, 2 Mediterranean Gull, Caspian Gull (Mark Hwakes)

Cambridge - WAXWING flock along Chesterton Road (Pat Reynolds)