Fen Drayton Lakes - Turtle Dove, 2 Cuckoo, 15 Cattle Egret, Great Egret (Terry Brown)
Friday, 30 May 2025
Tuesday, 27 May 2025
Monday, 26 May
Grafham Water - Turnstone, 5 Ringed Plover (JP Hook); Marsh Tit, 2 Spotted Flycatchers (Mark Hawkes)
Sunday, 25 May 2025
Saturday, 24 May
Ouse Fen - GREAT REED WARBLER still (Tom Wilson)
Grafham Water - 8 Arctic Tern from Mander, 4, Sanderling, 4 Little Ringed Plover, Mediterranean Gull (Mark Hawkes)
Thursday, 22 May 2025
Thursday, 22 May
Etton/Maxey pits -4 Turnstone (Hugh Wright)
Grafham Water - Sandwich Tern over, 2 Sanderling (Mark Hawkes)
Tuesday, 20 May 2025
Tuesday, 20 May
Burwell Fen - 11 Hobby in the area, Spoonbill briefly, Great Egret, Garganey, Golden Plover, 2 Little Ringed Plover (Christoph Zöckler)
Ouse Washes - Grey Plover from Stockdales Hide, 9 Whooper Swan (Mark Hawkes)
Monday, 19 May 2025
Monday, 19 May
Grafham Water - KENTISH PLOVER very briefly on the dam this morning, also Grey Plover, 3 Sanderling (Richard Patient)
Ouse Washes - fem RED-FOOTED FALCON reported from Cadbury Hide
Isleham Washes - Bar-tailed Godwit, Common Sandpiper (Paul Whiteman)
Etton/Maxey pits - Turnstone, 2 Avocet (Hugh Wright); Greenshank through
Saturday, 17 May
Grafham Water - Sanderling (JP Hook)
Ouse Washes - Spoonbill, Grey Plover, Garganey, 3 Caspian Gull (Brendan Doe)
Isleham Washes - 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Little Ringed Plover (Paul Whiteman); Little Gull reported this morning
Friday, 16 May 2025
Friday, 16 May
Fowlmere - fem RED-FOOTED FALCON (m.o.)
Little Downham - HONEY BUZZARD reported over
Godmanchester GPs - Arctic Tern through east (JP Hook)
Burwell Fen - Sanderling (Ian Barton); Spoonbill reported
Hobson's Park - Hobby through, Little Ringed Plover (Gareth Rees)
Etton/maxey pits - Wood Sandpiper (Hugh Wright)
Nene Washes - 2 Spoonbill, Turnstone, Grey Plover (Charles Kitchin)
Thursday, 15 May 2025
Wednesday, 14 May 2025
Wednesday, 14 May
Ouse Fen - GREAT REED WARBLER (Rich Atkins)
Grafham Water - 2 GLOSSY IBIS through south, 2 Sanderling on dam (Richard Patient)
Needingworth pits - Turtle Dove, Bittern, Cuckoo (Harry Orchard)
Nene Washes - Sanderling (Paul Bolton)
Tuesday, 13 May 2025
Tuesday, 13 May
Ouse Fen - GREAT REED WARBLER (Andrew Dobson)
Grafham Water - 3 Black Tern, 2 Arctic Tern, Grey Plover, 3 Sanderling, 6 Common Sandpiper, 3 Little Ringed Plover (Dean Harlow)
Etton/Maxey pits - Grey Plover Hugh Wright); Green Sandpiper, 4 Little Ringed Plover, Great Egret (Kevin Eldred)
Nene Washes - Turnstone, Greenshank (Charles Kitchin)
Hobson's Park - 4 Common Sndpiper reported
Monday, 12 May 2025
Monday, 12 May
Grafham Water - Grey Plover at Marlow, 5 Black Tern distantly this morning (Stewart Short); 8 Black Tern, 5 Arctic Tern this evening (Mark Hawkes)
Etton/Maxey pits - Grey Plover, 6 Common Sandpiper (Hugh Wright); Sanderling (Josh Jones)
Sunday, 11 May 2025
Sunday, 11 May
Swaffham Prior Fen - male & fem RED-FOOTED FALCON, ranging between tubney Fen & Burwell, 2 Hobby (Simon Gillings)
Saturday, 10 May 2025
Saturday, 10 May
Ouse Fen - RED-FOOTED FALCON over cell 5 (JP Hook); Peregrine (Rob Scoffin)
Southey Woods - 2 Spotted Flycatcher (Martin Browne)
Lode - Osprey over Bottisham fen (Simon Gillings)
Friday, 9 May 2025
Friday, 9 May
Ouse Washes - RED-FOOTED FALCON reported hunting with Hobbies
Bunitisham - RED-FOOTED FALCON in a private garden for 10 minutes late afternoon (Brian Groombridge)
Swaffham Prior Fen - male & fem RED-FOOTED FALCON (Ian Barton, Kathleen Rosewarne). Park at Burwell Fen Split Drove car park and walk to view.
Ouse Fen - TEMMINCK'S STINT on cell 10 (Chris Boness)
Burwell Fen - Spotted Redshank, Bar-tailed Godwit, Wood Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank (Ian Barton)
Etton Maxey pits - 2 Wood Sandpiper briefly, Whimbrel (Hugh Wright)
Southey Woods - 2 Spotted Flycatcher (Ian Gordon)
Hobson's Park - Common Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover, Water Rail, Barnacle Goose (Pete Holt)
Little Fen, Earith - 6 Wood Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank (Jeremy Holding)
Isleham Wash - 3 Wood Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper, 2 Little Ringed Plover (Paul Whiteman)
Thursday, 8 May 2025
Thursday, 8 May
Ouse Washes - fem RED-FOOTED FALCON between Cadbury & Cottier hides (Jonathan Taylor)
Ouse Fen - 43 Hobby from Sophies pool (Mark Hawkes); 66 Hobby from Eairth end (Simon Gillings); TEMMINCK'S STINT on cell 10 (Mark Thomas)
Wicken area - Great Egret, Garganey, 2 Greenshank, 2 Hobby, Cuckoo at Burwell Fen, Great Egret, Cuckoo at Baker's Fen (Kevin Wilson)
Etton/Maxey pits - Grey Plover, Wood Sandpiper (HughWright)
Wednesday, 7 May 2025
Wednesdsay, 7 May
Etton/Maxey pits - Grey Plover, Wood Sandpiper, Greenshank (Hugh Wright)
Great Fen - White Stork of unknown origin north-east of cleared poplar plantation near Holme Lode (Mike Weedon)
Kingfishers Bridge - Cuckoo, Nightingale, Common Sandpiper, 5 Egyptian Geese (Kevin Wilson)
Nene Washes - 5 Greenshank at March Farmers, 4 Cattle Egret at Stanground Wash (Charles Kitchin)
Tuesday, 6 May 2025
Tuesday, 6 May
Hobson's Park - Little Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper (Andrew Dobson); Yellow Wagtail calling (John Meed)
Welches Dam - WRYNECK along footpath to hide (Jonthan Taylor)
Grafham Water - SPOTTED SANDPIPER at south end of dam, along shorline towards Plummer CP (Mark Hawkes)
Etton/Maxey pits - Grey Plover, Wood Sandpiper, Whimbrel, 2 Greenshank, Common Sandpiper (Hugh Wright); a second Wood Sandpiper (John Rimes); 2 Turtle Dove behind Etton Church (Dick Burnham)
Burwell Fen - Spotted Redshank, Greenshank, Garganey, Hobby reported
Cambridge - Hobby over city centre (Rob Scoffin)
Monday, 5 May 2025
Monday, 5 May
Ouse Fen - 2 fem RED-FOOTED FALCON, 4 Wood Sandpiper, 5 Red-crested Pochard, Arctic Tern briefly (Sean Minns)
Hobson's Park - possible TEMMINCK'S STINT briefly but not relocated, 3 Peregrine over (Joe Parham)
Grafham Water - SPOTTED SANDPIPER (Andy Bartlett)
Etton/Maxey pits - 2cy male RED-FOOTED FALCON (Chris Orders); 2 Wood Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank, 6 Arctic Tern over (Paul Bolton)
Burwell Fen - 7 Wood Sandpiper, 5 Greenshank (Ian Barton)
Dernford Reservoir - Hobby (Andrew Knights)
Swifts reported widely today
Sunday, 4 May 2025
Sunday, 4 May
Grafham Water - SPOTTED SANDPIPER (birdguides.com); Smew (Richard Ostler)
Ouse Fen - GREAT REED WARBLER (birdguides.com)
Saturday, 3 May 2025
Saturday, 3 May
Grafham Water - SPOTTED SANDPIPER at Plummer, later at south end of dam (m.o.); Sanderling (Andy Bartlett)
Ouse Fen - GREAT REED WARBLER still present, fem RED-FOOTED FALON over cell 10, Black Tern over cell 8, White Stork over (Duncan McNiven); Osprey over (James Hanlon)
Ouse Washes - WRYNECK feeding near the houses at visitor centre 08:00h (Mike Burdekin)
Etton/Maxey pits - TEMMINCK's STINT, Wood Sandpiper, 2 Avocet (Hugh Wright); Black Tern, a second Wood Sandpiper (Mike Weedon)
Chippenham Fen - QUAIL singing until c05:00h, 4 Grasshopper Warbler trapped this morning (Richard Dale)
Woodwalton Fen - Nightingale (Derek Benton)
Southey Wood - Spotted Flycatcher, Nightingale (Howard Butler)
March Farmers, 4 Wood Sandpiper, 9 Greenshank (Charles Kitchin)
Friday, 2 May 2025
Friday, 2 May
Grafham Water - SPOTTED SANDPIPER north end of dam (Guy Belcher); Whinchat, Wheatear, 3 Little Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper (Dean Harlow)
Ouse Fen - GREAT REED WARBLER (Andy Clements); also 20 Hobby, Bittern (Chris Boness); male and female RED-FOOTED FALCON over cell 5 (Richard Grimmett)
Etton/Maxey pits - 2 Wood Sandpiper, Greenshank (Hugh Wright); 2 Hobby (Chris Lines)
Kingfishers Bridge - Spotted Redshank, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Cuckoo (James Littlewood)
Wicken Fen - 30 Hobby (David Wege)
Southey Wood - 2 Spotted Flycatcher (Paul Bolton)
Thursday, 1 May 2025
Thursday, 1 May
Grafham Water - ad SPOTTED SANDPIPER at north end of dam; also Smew in lagoons and 2 Sandwich Tern through east (Richard Patient). For dam, park at Marlow and walk south.
Roswell Pits, Ely - Nightingale (David Hammond)
Etton/Maxey pits - 2 Wood Sandpiper, Whimbrel over (Hugh Wright)
Swaadywell - Nightingale (Howard Butler)