Saturday, 12 April 2025

Saturday, 12 April

Hobsons Park - ad Little Gull over the pond (Howard Slatter)

Grafham Water - 26 Little Gull 09:28h, another bird through 10:28h (Mark Hawkes)

March Farmers - Wheatear (Dominic Wright); 10 Yellow Wagtail (Dick Burnham)

Etton/Maxey pits - Glossy Ibis, Grasshopper Warbler, Greenshank, Little Ringed Plovers (Hugh Wright); Cuckoo (Bob Titman); White Wagtail to the west (Bob Titman)

Rings End - 2 Red-breasted Merganser briefly, Garganey (Paul Bolton) 

Castor Hnglands - 2 Nightingale (Jonathan Taylor)

Stanground Wash NR - RING OUZEL, Wheatear, Whitethroat reported

Friday, 11 April 2025

Friday, 11 April

March Farmers - male RING OUZEL 100 yards west of car park, departed 11:05h (Chris Orders); pair of Garganey reported

Woodwalton Fen - Grasshooper and Sedge Warblers today (Tel Cooper)

Blackbush - 14 Yellow Wagtail, White Wagtail (Kevin Eldred)

Etton/Maxey pits - Glossy Ibis (Hugh Wright) 

Wicken Fen area - Bittern, 2 Great Egret, pair of Garganey at Burwell Fen, Short-eared Owl near Reach Bridge (Kevin Wilson)

Grafham Water - Black Tern, Great Northern Diver (Geoff Barlow); 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 2nd Great Northern Diver, 20 Yellow Wagtail (Mark Hawkes)

Paxton Pits - Black Redstart reported


 

Thursday, 10 April 2025

Thursday, 10 April

Nene Washes, Rings End - GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 2 Whimbrel, 2 Garganey (Jonathan Taylor)

Burwell Fen - 4 Garganey, Little Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, Great Egret, Barn Owl & a Harris Hawk. Also Little Owl at White Fen (Christoph Zöckler)

Wednesday, 9 April

Fen Drayton Lakes - 12 Cattle Erget (Terry Brown)

Eldernell - Glossy Ibis (Charles Kitchin)

Tuesday, 8 April 2025

Tuesday, 8 April

Grafham Water - Black Tern, 3 Common Tern, Great Northern Diver off Mander (Richard Patient); also second Great Northern Diver (Mark Hawkes)

Etton Pits -  Curlew through (Hugh Wright)

Ferry Meadows - RING OUZEL on Coney Meadow (Don Gardener) 

Woodwalton fen - Willow Warblers (Tel Cooper)

Marcha Farmers - 2 Spotted Redshank, 12 Ruff, 14 Whooper Swan (Charles Kitchn)

 

Monday, 7 April 2025

Monday, 7 April

Hobson's Park - Reed Warbler singing, Little Ringed Plover, Grey Partridge

March Farmers - Sandwich Tern (Mike Weedon); White Stork reported 

Ouse Fen - Short-Eared Owl (Simon Passey)

Sawston - Willow Warbler (Andrew Knights)

Sunday, 6 April 2025

Sunday, 6 April

Grafham Water - Wheatear, 2 Yellow Wagtail along dam (John Dingemans)

Fen Drayton - White Stork of unknown origin north of Swavesey Lake (Guy Manners) 

Etton Pits - male flava & flavissima Yellow Wagtail, Whte Wagtail (Hugh Wright)

Nene washes, Low Wash - Grey Plover, drake Garganey (Paul Bolton) 

Ouse Washes - Knot, Spotted Redshank, 6 Grey Plover, 1000 Black-tailed Godwit, 9 Avocet (Rachel Lennard)

Saturday, 5 April 2025

Saturday, 5 April

Wicken Fen - 2 Curlew, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 60 Golden Plover over, Sedge Warbler singing, 100 Fieldfare (Carlos Davies)

Nene Washes - male Garganey, Spotted Redshank, Grey Plover, 2 Yellow Wagtail (Mike Weedon)

Hobsons Park - Little Ringed Plover (Stuart Jack)

Friday, 4 April 2025

Friday, 4 April

Grafham Water - 5 Garganey, Little Gull, Great Northern Diver, Rock Pipit (Mark Hawkes); Yellow Wagtail reported

Dernford Reservoir - 2 Little Gull (Diana Leech)

Ouse Washes - Spoonbill, 400 Black-tailed Godwit, 11 Grey Plover, Pink-footed Goose, 11 Whooper Swan, 4 Ruff (John Wells) 

Nene washes - Grey Plover, Curlew, Garganey, 6 Cattle Egret on Low Wash

Etton Pits - Brent Goose (Paul Bolton) 

March - fem Black Redstart in a private garden (Andy Bayes)

Fen Drayton Lakes - 2 Little Ringed Plover, Bittern, 19 Goldeneye, 8 Cattle Egret (Carlos davies)

Small numbers of Swallow reported across the county

Thursday, 3 April 2025

Thursday, 3 April

Wicken Fen - Swallows (Marilyn Peterkin)

Woodwalton Fen - Swallow through (Tel Cooper) 

Ouse Fen - 2 Bittern, 2 Avocet, Greenshank, Short-eared Owl (Colin Kirtland, Owen Marks, Dick Newell)' Glossy Ibis at Fortreys Hall (Rachel Lennard)

Ouse Washes - Spoonbill at Oxlode (Vince Lea); 11 Cattle Egret (Colin Kirtland, Owen Marks, Dick Newell)

Brampton - HAWFINCH briefly (Jamie Wells)

Wednesday, 2 April 2025

Wednesday, 2 April

Grafham Water - drake Garganey in lagoons (Colin Addington); Yellow Wagtail, Little Ringed Plover on dam (Stewart Short)

Maxey Pits - 2 House Martin, 2 Yellow Wagtail, Peregrine (Chris Lines)

Nene Washes, Low Wash - 2 Grey Plover (Paul Bolton)

 

Tuesday, 1 April

Burwell Lode - 42 Fieldfare (Kevin Wilson)

Grafham Water - 6 Little Gull east past Mander CP, 2 Great Northern Diver, 3 Red-breasted Mergansers off Mander, 10 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Yellow Wagtail (Mark Hawkes); 2 further Red-breasted Mergansers past lagoons (Richard Patient)

Monday, 31 March 2025

Monday, 31 March

 Barnwell East NR, Cambridge - Willow Warbler singing (Ian Webb)

Sunday, 30 March 2025

Sunday, 3 March

Isleham Washes - 7 Little Ringed Plover (Paul Whiteman)

Burwell Fen - Little Ringed Plover, Great Egret (Kevin Wilson)

Hobson's Park - Little Ringed Plover (Howard Slatter) 

Tubney Fen - Little Ringed Plover (Carlos Davies)

Alconbury Weston - WHITE STORK of unknown origin over (Bob Steel)

Saturday, 29 March

Etton village - Willow Warbler singing (Hugh Wright)

Nene Washes -  male Hen Harrier over Low Wash (Dick Burnham); Willow Warbler singing reported at Eldernell

Isleham Washes - 2 Little Ringed Plover reported 

Clopton - 2 Wheatear in the area, Swallow through (Mark Thomas)

Fen Drayton Lakes - drake FERRUGINOUS DUCK (Mark Hawkes); 2 Bittern, 60 Sand Martin, singing warblers included Willow Warbler, 14 Cetti's Warbler, 68 Chiffchaff, 25 Blackcap (Tim Caldicott)

Barleycraft - pair of Red-crested Pochard (Harry Orchard)

Friday, 28 March 2025

Friday, 28 March

Hobson's Park - Barn Owl near DNA path (Joe Parham)

Nene washes, Low Wash - 3 Swallow, male Hen Harrier, 12 Cattle Egret, Little Ringed Plover, Curlew, Whooper Swan (Paul Bolton)

Fen Drayton Lakes - male & female FERRUGINOUS DUCK, 38 Goldeneye, Cetti's Warbler singing, apir Grey Wagtail (Colin Kirtland) 

Ouse Fen - Wheatear reported

Isleham Wash - 9 Little Ringed Plover (Paul Whiteman)

Thursday, 27 March 2025

Thursday, 27 March

Teversham - 3 Cattle Egret nearby, just along the Fulbourn Road (Giles Merritt)

Lockspit's Mere - 2 Spoonbill, 2 Crane, Short-eared Owl,  Barn Owl, Bittern (Tracey Graves)

Fullers Hill - Wheatear reported 

Eldernell - 97 Little Egret, 22 Great Egret, 2 Cattle Egret to roost (Charles Kitchin)

Wednesday, 26 March 2025

Wednesday, 26 March

Grafham Water Osprey ove (Colin Addington)

Burwell Fen - Osprey over 14:50h (Owen Marks)

Cherry Hinton Hall - small flock of Redwing reported

Tuesday, 25 March 2025

Tuesday, 25 March

Burwell Fen - Crane, 3 Great Egret, 3 Stonechat; also Great Egret on Bakers Fen and 3 Kingfisher along Wicken Lode (Kevin Wilson)

Fen Drayton Lakes - female FERRUGINOUS DUCK reported  

Grafham Water - 11 Little Ringed Plover on the dam (Ray Hooper); also 2 Common Sandpiper (Stewart Short)

Little Shelford - 7 Barnacle Geese nearby (Mike Thompson)

Monday, 24 March 2025

Monday, 24 March

Hobson's park - Sand Martin (Howard Slatter)

Sunday, 23 March 2025

Sunday, 23 March

Hobson's Park - possible Cetti's Warbler by skatepark pool this morning (Stuart Jack)

Etton Pits - 8 Green Sandpiper,  Peregrine, 2 Little Ringed Plover through (Andy Frost)

March Farmers/Rings End - Little Gull (Mike Weedon)

Dog-in-a-Doublet - 13 Cattle Egret in sheep field northeast along B1040 (Mike Weedon)

Saturday, 22 March 2025

Saturday, 22 March

Honson's Park - Wheatear on the mound 12:30 (Howard Slatter)

Etton/Maxey Pits - 2 Glossy Ibis, male flava Yellow wagtail (Hugh Wright); 2 ad Mediterranean Gull briefly (Mike Weedon)

Ouse Washes - 7 Little Gull at Oxlode (Rachel Lennard); 34 Golden Plover, 200+ Whooper Swan, White-fronted Goose drake Smew (Carlos Davies)

 

Friday, 21 March 2025

Friday, March 21

Hobson's Park - Little Ringed Plover on spit in main lake (Howard Slatter)

March farmers - GREEN-WINGED TEAL at east end (Jonathan Taylor); also male Hen Harrier, Curlew, 2 Avocet (Mike Weedon)

Etton Pits - flava Yellow Wagtail (Hugh Wright)

Grafham Water - 2cy Kittiwake over 15:33h, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 4 Common Scoter (Mark Hawkes); Great Northern Diver (Tim Rea)

Dernford Reservoir - 3 Little Gull (Terry Brown) 

Fen Drayton Lakes - Green Sandpiper, 4 Great Egret, 8 Goldeneye, 50 Shoveler (Terry Brown)

Needingworth - 2 Spoonbill over (Harry Orchard)

Thursday, 20 March

Grafham Water - 2 ad Little Gull off Marlow Point, Great Northern Diver off Mander (Mark Hawkes) 

Etton/Maxey pits - 2 Glossy Ibis (Andrew Wappet); male Hen Harrier reported

Whittelsey - 4 Raven over (Charles Kitchin) 

Ferry Meadows - pair of Garganey (Don Gardener, Paul Bolton)

Ouse Washes, Earith - Spoonbill (Tracey Graves)

Wednesday, 19 March 2025

Wednesday, 19 March

Etton/Maxey Pits - 2 Glossy Ibis (Hugh Wright)

Great Shelford - Black Redstart still in the allotment area, but favouring the Community Garden (Tony Warne)

Ouse Washes - fem RING-NECKED DUCK from Cadbury Hide, drake Smew at Cottier Hide area (Rachel Lennard)

Tuesday, 18 March 2025

Tuesday, 19 March

Ouse washes, north of Earith - 2 Spoonbill (Richard Palmer); fem RING-NECKED DUCK, drake Smew from Cadbury Hide (Jonathan Taylor)

Trumpington- Black Redstart at More's Meadow allotments periodically, since Sunday (Tony Warne) 

Wicken Fen - 24 Hen Harrier, ringtail Hen Harrier, Bittern, 3 Great Egret, 200 Feildfare to roost, also male Garganey at Baker's Fen (Christoph Zöckler)

Nene washes - 9 Cattle Egret, 2 Curlew on Low Wash (Paul Bolton)

Ferry Meadows - Osprey over (Don Gardener)

Eldernell roost - 31 Great Egret, 74 Little Egret, 8 Cattle Egret (Charles Kitchin)

Monday, 17 March 2025

Monday, 17 March

Nene Washes - GREEN-WINGED TEAL between Ring's End and March farmers, also 14 Crane (Paul Bolton); 2160 Shoveler, 3000+ Teal (Jonathan Taylor); Grey Plover heard, 17 Crane in to roost (Mike Weedon)

Ouse washes, north of Earith - 2 Spoonbill, 15 Great Egret reported

Upware - 10 Avocet reported

Ouse Fen - 7 Sand Martin, 2 Crane (Paul Whiteman)

Sunday, 16 March 2025

Sunday, 16 March

Berry Fen - 20 Sand Martin (Andrew Tongue)

Hobson's Park - 1, possibly 2, Black Redstart briefly, 2 Water Rail (Joanna) 

Burwell Fen - Barn Owl, Kingfisher, 3 Pintail (also one on Bakers Fen), 2 Egyptian Geese (Kevin Wilson)

Wicken Fen - male Hen Harrier reported this evening

Ouse Washes - fem RING-NECKED DUCK north of Cottier Hide (Brendan Doe); 2 Spoonbill reported near Earith

Grafham Water - Little Ringed Plover (James Walsh)


Saturday, 15 March 2025

Saturday, 15 March

Ouse Washes - fem RING-NECKED DUCK from Stockdales Hide, drake Smew from Cadbury Hide (Keith Langdon)

Wicken area - fem RING OUZEL, 4 Great Egret, 5 Cattle Egret, 7 singing Cetti's Warbler reported
Trumpington Meadows - 200 Fieldfare (Richard Palmer)

Friday, 14 March

Isleham Washes - Little Ringed Plover, 34 Avocet (Paul Whiteman)

Grafham Water - Little Ringed Plover reported

Somersham - Little Owl (Russell Watkins)

Thursday, 13 March

Grafham Water - fem Red-breasted Merganser (Mark Hawkes)

Wednesday, 12 March 2025

Wednesday, 12 March

Etton Pits - 3 Little Ringed Plover, 8 Green Sandpiper, 7 Golden Plover, 5 Dunlin (Hugh Wright)

Milton CP - Green Sandpiper on flood by railway (David & Sallie Jones)

Ouse Washes - male Scaup from Cadbury Hide (Terry Brown)

Tuesday, 11 March 2025

Tuesday, 11 March

Fowlmere - 3 Cranes in fields north of reserve viewable from car park (Richard Palmer) 

Maxey Pits - 3 Green Sandpiper, 2 Whooper Swan, pair of Goosander, Grey Wagtail reported

Sunday, 9 March 2025

Sunday, 9 March

Hare Park - 2 Nuthatch (Kevin Wilson)

Ouse Fen - 3 Sand Martin (Harry Orchard)

Eldernell - Curlew through (Andrew Gardener)

Ouse Washes, Earith - Caspian Gull (Rachel Lennard)

Saturday, 8 March 2025

Saturday, 8 March

Etton Pits - 3 Black-tailed Godwit (Malcolm Holley)

Thorpe Meadows - Yellow-legged Gull (Joe Taylor)

Fen Daryton Lakes - FERRUGINOUS DUCK reported on Elney Lake again

Waterbeach - 2 Crane over (Shaun Sowden)

Friday, 7 March

Etton Pits - Hawfinch over (Hugh Wright)

Fowlmere - White-fronted Goose (Stuart Fox)

Ouse Fen - Bittern (Harry Orchard)

Friday, 7 March 2025

Thursday, 6 March

Barbraham - Black Redstart (Andrew Knights)

Magog Trust - 500 Golden Plover just south-west of trust land (Mike Foley)

Wednesday, 5 March

Fowlmere - White-fronted Goose (Terry Brown)

Monday, 3 March 2025

Monday, 3 March

Hare Park - Woodcock (Kevin Wilson)

Ouse Washes - Smew from Cottier Hide (Andrew  Dobson)

Fowlmere - SIBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF by River Shep bridge (Geoff Barlow)

Sunday, 2 March 2025

Sunday, 2 March

Upware washes - drake Garganey, dark-bellied Brent Goose (David Nation)

Tongue End - 4 Cattle Egret from South Fen Road (Martin Browne)

Eldernell - 6 Crane, 3 Cattle Egret, 5 Great Egret, Long-eared Owl, Short-eared owl, Tawny Owl reported

Fowlmere - White-fronted Goose (Anthony Lowe)

Grafham Water - 2 Great Northern Diuver distantly form Mander CP (Mark Hawkes)

Ouse Washes - White-fronted Goose from Cottier Hide, drake Smew (Andrew Tongue)

Lockspit's Mere - Short-eared Owl, Barn Owl, 2 Great Egret, Egyptian Geese (Tracey Graves)

Saturday, 1 March 2025

Saturday, 1 March

Fowlmere - White-fronted Goose with Greylags near reserve entrance (Ade Cooper)

Ouse Washes - Short-eared Owl, 3 Barn Owl (Russell Watkins)

Fen Drayton Lakes - FERRUGINOUS DUCK on Elney late morning (Diana Leech)

Burwell & Bakers Fen - 5 male, 3 female Pintail, Barn Owl, Kingfisher (Kevin Wilson)

Ouse Washes - male Smew from Cottier Hide (Jill Aldred)

Southorpe wood - Hawfinch (Makr Hawkes). Please stick to the footpaths and do not walk on the grass area south of the main wood.

Monday, 24 February 2025

Sunday, 23 February

Tongue End - 3 Cattle Egret by South Fen Road (Martin Browne)

Saturday, 22 February 2025

Saturday, 22 February

Hare Park - Raven over (Kevin Wilson)

Beeby's West Pit - Great Northern Diver (Mike Weedon)

Ouse Washes - Spotted Redshank (Brendan Doe)

Friday, 21 February 2025

Friday, 21 February

Beeby's West Pit - Great Northern Diver (Mike Weedon)

Pymoor - 16 Cattle Egret (Chris Boness) 

Burwell Fen - pair of Garganey reported (photographed)

Fen Drayton Lakes - FERRUGINOUS DUCK (Terry Brown)

Tuesday, 18 February 2025

Tuesday, 18 February

Barnack – from Bridleway to the West of the Walcot Hall Park, c.TF075034, up to 18 Hawfinch still present but mobile (Josh Jones)

Tongue End - 2 Cattle Egret north of River Glen, off South Fen Road (Martin Browne)

Northstowe - Black Redstart at Heron Road reported 

Grafham Water - 2 Great Northern Divers, Pink-footed Goose (Mark Hawkes)

Beeby's West Pit - Great Northern Diver (Mike Weedon)

Monday, 17 February 2025

Monday, 17 February

Grafham Water - probable adult RING-BILLED GULL on boom at fishing lodge 15:30-16:00h (Colin Addington)

Fen Drayton Lakes - FERRUGINOUS DUCK, Bittern, 2 Great Egret (James Hanlon)

Barnack – from Bridleway to the West of the Walcot Hall Park, c.TF075034, up to 9 Hawfinch still present in high trees at 14.15, also 3 Raven (Chris Boness)

Waterbeach - Black Redstart at north-east corner of wildwoods area, but mobile (Chris Brown)

Cambridge - 2 Peregrine (Richard Gregory)

Isleham Washes - 7 Avocet reported

Wicken Fen - ad male & female Hen Harrier to roost, fem Merlin (Chris Boness)

Sunday, 16 February

Hampton - Great Northern Diver on Beeby's West pit (Chris Jones) 

Barnack - 20 HAWFINCH nearby, feeding on Yew trees at southern boundary of Walcott Hall, approx. here (Jonathan Taylor)

St. Ives - drake Smew on lake by park and ride (Stewart Carswell)

Saturday, 15 February

Hampton - Great Northern Diver on Beeby's West pit (Chris Jones)

Friday, 14 February

Hampton - Great Northern Diver on Beeby's West pit (Chris Jones)

Thursday, 13 February 2025

Thursday, 13 February

Grunty Fen - Caspian Gull (David Nation)

Hampton - Great Northern Diver on Beeby's West pit (Mike Weedon)

Earith/Colne GPs - Pink-footed Goose, Goldeneye, peregrine (Rachel Lennard)

Wednesday, 12 February 2025

Wednesday, 12 February

Hampton - Great Northern Diver on Beeby's West pit (Chris Jones)

Sunday, 9 February 2025

Sunday, 9 February

Dog-in-a-Doublet - 8 Cattle Egret just north east (Mike Weedon)

Longstanton - White-fronted Goose (Brendan Doe)

Ouse Fen - GLAUCOUS GULL (Gareth Rees)

Saturday, 8 February

Etton/Maexy Pits - 2 White-fronte Geese, 2 Whooper Swan, 2 Pintail briefly (Hugh Wright) 

Bainton Pits - Red-breasted Merganser (Jonathan Taylor)

Cottenham Long Drove - 165 Caspian Gull (Brendan Doe)

Friday, 7 February 2025

Friday, 7 February

Ouse Washes - drake Scaup from Welches Dam hide this morning (Paul Harrington)

Cambourne - Great Egret at Redgrave Lake (as per Louise Bacon)

Ferry Meadows - Great Northern Diver briefly (Don Gardener)

Thursday, 6 February 2025

Thursday, 6 February

Etton/Maxey Pits - Red-breasted Merganser briefly, 2 Whooper Swan, 14 Goosander (Hugh Wright)

Hare Park - Tawny Owl (Kevin Wilson)

Tuesday, 4 February 2025

Tuesday, 4 February

Peakirk - 2 Cattle Egeret adjacent to Sissons Farm livery yard (Paul Bolton)

Peterborough - Black Redstart singing from roo of City Hospital (Kevin Wolstencroft)

Bainton Pits - Red-breasted Merganser (Paul Bolton)

Ouse Fen RSPB - juv GLAUCOUS GULL to roost on cell 10, also 8 Caspian Gull, 2 Crane, 6 Great Egret (Mark Ward)

Monday, 3 February

Peakirk - 2 Glossy Ibis, 2 Cattle Egeret adjacent to Sissons Farm livery yard (Paul Bolton)

Sunday, 2 February 2025

Sunday, 2 February

CEGB Reservoir/Teardrop Lake - fem Common Scoter reported; Black Redstart on roofs of Bennington Road nearby (Mike Weedon)

Peterborough -  male Black Redstart on roofs near Tilgate Road (Mike Weedon)

Swavesey - 13 Cattle Egret by busway (Christoph Zöckler)

Hare Park - 122 Linnet, 4 Brambling with finch flock (Kevin Wilson)


Saturday, 1 February 2025

Saturday, 1 February

 Etton/Maxey Pits - Red-breasted Merganser, with 16 Goosander, until flying at 07:39 (Hugh Wright)

Friday, 31 January

Swavesey - 11 Cattle Egret in horse field by busway, 7 Cattle Egret along Cow Fen Drove (David & Sallie Jones)

Pymoor - 11 Cattle Egret between Pymmor and the railway bridge (David & Sallie Jones)

Thursday, 30 January 2025

Thursday, 30 January

Burwell Fen - Cattle Egret, also 2 Short-eared Owl at Burwell Fen (David Wege)

Ouse Washes RSPB - drake Smew from Cottier Hide (Paul Harrington)

Litlington Sewage Works - Black Redstart (Geoff Barlow)

Wednesday, 29 January 2025

Wednesday, 29 January

Wicken area - 28 Marsh Harrier to roost, Short-eared Owl, Barn Owl at Burwell Fen, pair of Crane near Tubney Fen, 1200 Lapwing at Swaffham Prior Fen (Christoph Zöckler)

Thorney - 2 TUNDRA BEAN GEESE opposite Poplar Tree Farm still (Paul Bolton)

Tuesday, 29 January

Whittelsey - to the north, along the B1040, opposite Poplar Tree farm, 2 TUNDRA BEAN GEESE with 112 Pink-footed Geese & Whooper Swan reported

Monday, 27 January 2025

Sunday, 26 January

Kingfishers Bridge - TUNDRA BEAN GOOSE with Greylags along entrance road (Steve Cooper)

St. Ives Meadow Lane GPs - 2cy LESSER SCAUP relocated on northern most pit, which is private (Joe Parham). Possibly viewable from footpath along north-eastern shore

Saturday, 25 January 2025

Saturday, 25 January

Waterbeach - Black Redstart in Kendale Road area still, Peregrine nearby (Carlos Davies)

Ouse Fen - 6 Bearded Tit (Mark Jackson)

Dog-in-a-Doublet - in the first field to the north, Whooper Swan flock 126 Pink-footed Geese, 2 TUNDRA BEAN GEESE, viewable from entrance to Poplar Tree Farm (Mike Weedon)

Friday, 24 January

Northstowe - Bearded Tit (Hugh Venables)

Wilbraham Fen - White-fronted Goose, Merlin (Jon Heath)

Thursday, 23 January 2025

Thursday, 23 January

Fen Drayton Lakes - Black-necked Grebe on Ferry Lagoon (Richard Palmer)

Wednesday, 22 January

Grafham Water - LONG-TAILED DUCK (Stewart Short)

Tuesday, 21 January 2025

Tuesday, 21 January

Ely - 70 Whooper Swan, 5 Bewick's Swan on field opposite the University Boat Club (Andy Hannaford)

Fen Drayton Lakes - 2 Black-necked Grebe on Ferry Lagoon (Mike Clydesdale)

Monday, 20 January

Ouse Washes RSPB - drake Smew from Rickwood Hide (Jonathan Taylor)

Sunday, 19 January 2025

Sunday, 19 January

Burwell Fen - 2 Short-eared Owl, male Merlin (Christoph Zöckler)

Ouse Washes, Earith - Knot (Rachel Lennard)

Swaffham Prior Fen - 2 Crane (Christoph Zöckler)

Wicken Fen - roost count of 24 Marsh Harrier, 2 male Hen Harrier, Merlin, 2 Barn Owl, Bittern (as per Christoph Zöckler)

Waterbeach - Black Redstart at the end of Kendale Road (David & Sallie Jones)

Kingfishers Bridge - 2 Pink-footed Geese with Greylags & 12 more over (David Nation)

Somersham/Chatteris - Woodcock along the old railway line (Russell Watkins)

Singay/Wendy area - Little Owl, Woodcock, 80 Redwing (Gareth Rees)

Eldernell - 2 TUNDRA BEAN GEESE still, south of A605 & viewable from entrance to Eldernell Farm (Mike Weedon)

Dog-in-a-Doublet - 4 Cattle Egrets in fields to the north (Mike Weedon)

Helpston - Hawfinch over (Hugh Wright)

Grafham Water - Brent Goose, 2 Great Northern Diver from Mander CP (Mark Hawkes)

Saturday, 18 January 2025

Saturday, 18 January

Fowlmere RSPB - SIBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF near the old cresshut pool (Ade Cooper)

Eldernell - 2 Long-eared Owl, 2 Short-eared Owl; also 2 TUNDRA BEAN GEESE with 120 Pink-footed Geese, east of Coates/south of A605 near Eldernell Farm (Mark Hawkes)

Waterbeach - Black Redstart at the end of Kendale raod (Diana Leech)

Friday, 17 January 2025

Friday, 17 January

Hobson's Park - 3 Redpoll with Goldfinch flock in alders by skate park pond (Howard Saltter)

Ouse Washes - 315 Bewick's Swan (Jonathan Taylor)

Burwell Fen - Short-eared Owl (Finley Croxon)

Earith Washes - Pink-footed Goose, Water Pipit, 65 Pochard, 15 Dunlin (Simon Gillings)

Wednesday, 15 January 2025

Wednesday, 15 January

Burwell Fen - Short-eared Owl (Christoph Zöckler)

Swaffham Prior Fen - 2 Crane, 100 Golden Plover over (Christoph Zöckler)

Anglesey Abbey - Green Sandpiper (Christoph Zöckler)

White Fen - Little Owl nearby (Christoph Zöckler)

Tuesday, 14 January 2025

Tuesday, 14 January

Dernford Reservoir - ad & 2CY Mediterranean Gull, 2 Mandarin, fem Goosander (Steve Cooper) 

Eldernell - 34 Crane, 2 Long-eared Owl (Tim Appleton)

Nene Washes - 3899 Whooper Swan, 96 Bewick's Swan (Charles Kitchin)

Thorney Dyke - 2 TUNDRA BEAN GEESE, 85 Pink-footed Geese, 100 Whooper Swan (Tim Appleton)

Waterbeach Barracks - Black Redstart (Rachel Lennard)

Monday, 13 January

Eldernell - 3 Long-eared Owl, 2 Short-eared Owl, 4 Crane over, 5 Cattle Egret over (Chris Boness)

Trumpington Meadows - Black Redstart (Tim Watling)

Sunday, 12 January 2025

Sunday 12 January

Tumpington Meadows - fem Black Redstart (Jill Aldred)

Cottenham Long Drove - 1CY GLAUCOUS GULL reported 

Thorpe Meadow - 2CY Mediterranean Gull briefly (Joe Taylor)

Knarr Fen/Thorney Dyke - 2 TUNDRA BEAN GEESE with 75 Pink-footed Geese and a few hundred Whooper Swan (Mike Weedon)

Fowlmere - Tawny Owl, Barn Owl, Woodcock, Water Rail, Cetti's Warbler (Andy Goodey)

Saturday, 11 January 2025

Saturday, 11 January

Cottenham Long Drove - Brambling with finch flock, 250 Linnet (Stewart Short)

Burwell Fen - Bittern, Short-eared Owl, 3 Kingfisher, 7 Stonechat (Kevin Wilson); also 150 Corn Bunting to roost, Barn Owl (James Littlewood)

Wilbraham/Teversham Fens - male Hen Harrier & 9 Marsh Harriers to roost, Bearded Tit, Cetti's Warbler and Water Rail all calling (Chris Brown)

Hobson's Park - Redpoll & Siskin in the area, probable Cetti's Warbler along the brook reported

Cambs Research Park - 10 Caspian Gull (Jon Heath, Duerden Cormack)

Cottenham Long Drove - 2 GLAUCOUS GULL, leucistic Great Black-backed Gull (Brendan Doe)

Grafham Water - LONG-TAILED DUCK, 2 Great Northern Diver, Bittern, Red-necked Grebe, 3 Goosander (Mark Hawkes)

Friday, 10 January 2025

Friday, 10 January

Grafham Water - 2 Great Northern Diver, drake LONG-TAILED DUCK (Simon Gillings)

Hare Park - 3 Brambling with finch flock (Kevin Wilson)

Thursday, 9 January 2025

Thursday, 9 January

Eldernell - 2 TUNDRA BEAN GEESE with Pink-footed Geese still, also 5 Whooper Swan, Ruff, opposite entrance to Eldernell farm, to south of A605 (Gerv Orton)

Cottenham Long Drove - Raven over, male Merlin through, Great Egret, female Brambling with finch flock (Chris Boness) 

Peterbrough - 22 Chiffchaff at the sewage works, 2 Raven, Peregrine, Cattle Egret, Green Sandpiper and 13 Black-tailed Godwit along the north bank (Howard Butler, Andy Frost)

Wednesday, 8 January 2025

Wednesday, 8 January

Manea area - Whooper Swan flock, Crane from Days Lode, Great Egert (Kevin Taylor)

CEGB/Teardrop Lake - 2 Barnacle Geese (Mike Weedon)

Tuesday, 7 January 2025

Tuesday, 7 January

Grafham Water - LONG-TAILED DUCK (Geoff Barlow); Great Northern Diver (Richard Palmer)

Eldernell - 2 TUNDRA BEAN GEESE still, viewed from entrance to Eldernell farm, near A605 (Paul Bolton)

Wicken Fen - 21 Marsh Harrier to roost, 2 Merlin, Bittern, 2 Raven, 5 Water Rail (Christoph Zöckler) 

Swaffham Prior Fen - 2 Peregrine, 2 Crane nearby (Christoph Zöckler) 

Hare Park - 2 Raven over (Kevin Wilson)

Monday, 6 January 2025

Monday, 6 January

Eldernell - 2 TUNDRA BEAN GEESE still, viewed from entrance to Eldernell farm, near A605 (Diana Leech)

Grafham Water - LONG-TAILED DUCK (Stewart Short)

Sunday, 5 January 2025

Sunday, 5 January

Roughly half-way between Eldernell and March Farmers, from A605 - 2 TUNDRA BEAN GEESE with c.250 Pink-footed Geese to south of road (Mike Weedon)

Cottenham ong Drove - 3CY GLAUCOUS GULL (JP Hook)

Saturday, 4 January 2025

Saturday, 4 January

Grafham Water - 2 Great Northern Diver, Red-necked Grebe from lagoons (Mark Hawkes)

Cottenham Long Drove - 3CY GLAUCOUS GULL briefly (Simon Gillings)

Maxey - 8 White-fronted Geese north-west over cut (Hugh Wright)

Tongue End - 5 Cattle Egret (Vin Fleming)

March Farmers - Spotted Redshank through, Peregrine (Charlie Kitchin)

Earith/Colne GPs - 2 White-fronted Geese (Rachel Lennard)


Friday, 3 January 2025

Friday, 3 January

Cottenham Long Drove - 1st win GLAUCOUS GULL (Jonathan Taylor)

Ouse Fen - LESSER SCAUP cell 10 (JP Hook)

Parsons Drove - 500+ Pink-footed Geese (Stuart Elsom)

Fen Drayton Lakes - 5 Grey Partridge nearby, 5 Great Egret, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Egyptian Geese (Tracey Graves)

Thursday, 2 January

Nene Washes - 15 Cattle Egret & 7 Great Egret to roost, 10 Crane, 100s of Black-tailed Godwit, 1000s of Whooper Swan, 300 Pink-footed Geese (Charlie Kitchin)

Grafham Water - LONG-TAILED DUCK (Simon Gillings); Red-necked Grebe (Paul Cooper); also 2 Great Northern Diver, 2 Black-necked Grebe, Pink-footed Goose, Peregrine (Richard Patient)

Swaffham Bulbeck - fem BLACK REDSTART at Red Tile Farm (Giles Merritt)

Wednesday, 1 January 2025

Wednesday, 1 January

Grafham Water - LONG-TAILED DUCK, 2 Great northern Diver (Stewart Short, Mark Hawkes)

Ouse Fen - LESSER SCAUP on cell 10 (Richard Thomas)

Cottenham Long Drove - GLAUCOUS GULL (Rachel Lennard)

Ouse Washes - GLAUCOUS GULL, 4 Caspian Gull, 3 Yellow-legged Gull (Mark Ward, Rachel Lennard)

Tuesday, 31 December

Smithy Fen - 2 GLAUCOUS GULL (Ian Ellis) 

Grafham Water - Red-necked Grebe, Great Northern Diver, 2 Bewick's Swan, 2 Stonechat, Common Sandpiper (Mark Hawkes)