Wednesday, 24 December 2025

Wednesday, 24 December

Grafham Water - 6 Scaup, Red-breasted Merganser off dam (Richard Patient)

Dernford Reservoir - 16 Pink-footed Geese, 5 White-fronted Geese over north, ad Yellow-legged Gull, Siberian Chiffchaff, 8 Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler, 30 Lesser Redpoll (Steve Cooper)

Prior's Fen - 3 TUNDRA BEAN GEESE, 10 albifrons White-fronted Geese viewed from entrance to Willow Hall Quarry (Mike Weedon)

Knarr Fen - 800 Pink-footed Geese, 77 Crane (Mike Weedon) 

Maxey Pots - male Hen Harrier through (Hugh Wright)

March Farmers - 12 albifrons White-fronted Geese, 186 Pink-footed Geese over (Andrew Tongue)

Tuesday, 23 December 2025

Tuesday, 23 December

Grafham Water - 6 Great Northern Diver, 5 Common Scoter (Richard Patient)

Fen Drayton Lakes - Red-necked Grebe (Paul Whiteman) 

Wicken Fen harrier roost count on 21 December - 19 Marsh harrier, 2 Hen Harrier

Monday, 22 December 2025

Monday, 22 December

Grafham Water - 8 Great Northern Diver (JP Hook)

Nene Washes - 97 Crane reported into Eldernell by 16:00h 

Fen Drayton Lakes - Bittern at Elney Lake (Hugh Venables); later into roost (Mike Cydesdale)

Friday, 19 December 2025

Friday, 19 December

Grafham Water - 9 Great Northern Diver (Richard Patient); 3 Bewick's Swan, Raven, 6 Siskin, Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, Nuthatch (Richard Ostler)

Hare Park - pair of vocal Raven early morning (Kevin Wilson)

Thursday, 18 December 2025

Wednesday, 17 December

Grafham Water - 8 Northern Diver (Richard Patient)

Wicken area - 1500 Lapwing, 800 Golden Plover, Little Owl at Priory Farm (Peter Bircham)

Tuesday, 16 December

Nene Washes - estimated 110 Crane (Charlie Kitchin)

Sunday, 14 December 2025

Sunday, 14 December

Fen Drayton Lakes - Red-necked Grebe On Ferry Logoon (Richard Allison)

Saturday, 13 December 2025

Saturday, 13 December

Eastgate St. James - 2 Glossy Ibis in an Elm tree briefly, just inside the county (Bob Titman)

E;dernell - 12 Great Egret, 18 Little Egret, 12 Cattle Egret to roost (Charlie Kitchin)

Ely - Ring-necked Parakeet over pocket park (David Hammond) 

Wicken area roost - ringtail Hen Harrier, 24 Marsh Harrier, Woodcock, 3 Bearded Tit, possible Merlin (Christoph Zöckler)

Thursday, 11 December 2025

Thursday, 11 December

Soham Mere - 200 Whooper Swan (Andy Hannaford)

Wednesday, 10 December 2025

Wednesday, 10 December

Grafham Water - 4 Great Northern Diver, 3 Bewick's Swan (Stuart Mandy)

Foul Anchor -  RAZORBILL reported flushed from River Nene (unknown obsever)

Tuesday, 9 December

Nene Washes area WeBS count - 2532 Whooper Swan, 20 Bewick's Swan, 3,000 Golden Plover, 5000 Wigeon, 36 Ruff, 33 Cattle Egret, Merlin, Jack Snipe. Also 55 Crane at Knarr Fen.

 

Sunday, 7 December 2025

Sunday, 7 December

Knarr Fen - 200 Whooper Swan, 6 Pink-footed Geese, Great Egret north of Thorney Drove; 160 Whooper Swan, Bewick's Swan, 45 Pink-footed Geese south of Dairy Drove reported

Grafham Water -6 Great Northern Diver, juv fem Scaup, ad Caspian Gull, ad Yellow-legged Gull, 3 Bewick's Swan (Mark Hawkes)

Swaffham Bulbeck - 2 Raven with corvids near church (Giles Merritt)

Saturday, 6 December

Berry Fen - Garganey (Andrew Tongue)

Knarr Fen - 69 Pink-footed Geese, distant 42 Crane (Mike Weedon)

Thorney Dyke - distant pair of Bewick's Swan with Whoopers (Mike Weedon)

Friday, 5 December 2025

Friday, 5 December

Hobson's Park - 2 Raven over (Joanna)

Ouse Washes - Brent Goose, 2 Raven, 8 Cattle Egret, 4 Great Egret, 4 Crane, Peregrine (James Littlewood) 

Eldernell - 11 Great Egret, 7 Cattle Egret, 17 Little Egret to roost, 2 Long-eared Owl (Charlie Kitchin)

Fen Drayton Lakes - Red-necked Grebe, Glossy Ibis, Goosander (Lucas B)

Thursday, 4 December

Fen Drayton Lakes - Red-necked Grebe (Stewart Short)

Over - Firecrest (Steve Cooper, Richard Thomas)

Thursday, 4 December 2025

Wednesday, 3 December

Wicken Fen - 19 Marsh Harrier to roost, 3 Bearded Tit, Barn Owl, Kingfisher, Woodcock (Christoph Zöckler)

Tuesday, 2 December 2025

Tuesday, 2 December

Fen Drayton Lakes - Red-necked Grebe south-east corner of Ferry Lagoon, 16 Goldeneye, Goosander, Caspian Gull, 17 Great Egret, 2 Stonechat (Steve Cooper)