Wednesday, 31 December 2025

Wednesday, 31 December

March Farmers - 58 Ruff, 120 Pintail with c.5000 Wigeon (Charlie Kitchin)

Holme Fen - 8 Tundra Geese reported over

Ouse Washes - drake GREEN-WINGED TEAL at Pymoor, 2 Bewick's Swan north of Four Balls Farm (Andrew Tongue) 

Thorney Toll - 30 White-fronted Geese with the Pink-footed Goose flock (Mike Weedon); also 13 Tundra Bean Geese (Mark Hawkes)

Wilbraham Fen - ringtail Hen Harrier, 3 Marsh Harrier to roost (James Littlewood)

Fen Drayton Lakes - 7 Goosander, 13 Goldeneye, 2 Glossy Ibis, 7 Great Egret, Cattle Egret (Carlos Davies)

Tuesday, 30 December 2025

Tuesday, 30 December

Fen Drayton Lakes - 2 Glossy Ibis, 6 Pintail (Alan Harris)

Thorney Toll - 12 White-fronted Geese, 6 Tundra bean Geese & Barnacle Goose with the Pink-footed Goose flock just to the north (Mike Weedon)

Cow Lane GPs, Godmanchester - 8 Goosander, Pink-footed Goose (Duerden Cormack) 

Eldernell - 4 Cattle Egret, 15 Little Egret, 7 Great Egret, 2 Long-eared Owl, Short-eared Owl (Charlie Kitchin)

Monday, 29 December 2025

Monday, 29 December

Grafham Water - 3 Bewick Swan (Tim Watling); also Pink-footed Goose (Stewart Short); Common Sandpiper (Andy Frost)

Ouse Washes - 4 Scaup at Fortreys (Andrew Tongue) 

Thorney Toll - BRENT GOOSE & 2 White-fronted Geese with c.3000 Pink-footed Geese just to the north (Charlie Kitchin)

March Farmers - 2 Tundra Bean Geese with 1500 Pink-footed Geese over, 14 albifrons White-fronted Geese in the area (Mike Weedon); 92 Crane to roost, from 101 birds departing Knarr Fen (Charlie Kitchin)

Ditton Meadows - Woodcock (Carlos Davies)

Wicken area - Little Owl at Priory Farm, 2 ringtail Hen Harrier to roost in front of Visitor Centre, 160 Whooper Swan to roost at Burwell Fen (Carlos Davies),

 

 

Sunday, 28 December 2025

Sunday, 28 December

Sutton North Fen - 45 Tundra Bean Geese, 103 albifrons White-fronted Geese, 69 Barnacle Geese. Please note Quarry area is strictly private (Steve Cooper).

Grafham Water - 9 Great Northern Diver (Mark Hawkes) 

Helpston - Slavonian Grebe on Westings Pit moving to Pochard Pit (Hugh Wright)

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

Wimpole - Hawfinch (Matt Livesey)

Saturday, 27 December 2025

Saturday, 27 December

Fen Drayton Lakes - Glossy Ibis, 6 Goosander, 7 Goldeneye at Ferry Lagoon, with 5 White-fronted Geese & 18 Barnacle Geese across the Ouse (Alan Harris)

Knarr Fen - 2000 Pink-footed Geese but distant, 93 Crane from Dairy Drove (Mike Weedon)

 

Friday, 26 December 2025

Friday, 26 December

Coveney Byall Fen - Glossy Ibis (Jamie Evan)

Knarr Fen - 1000 Pink-footed Geese, 11 Tundra Bean Geese, 10 albifrons white-fronted Geese, Barnacle Goose, 400 Whooper Swan, 15 Bewick's Swan, Black Swan (Mike Weedon)

Orwell - 35 White-fronted Geese with Greylags  reported

Littleport - 600 Pink-footed Geese from Hale Fen Road, north of the town (Hugh Venables)

Thursday, 25 December

Eldernell - 81 Crane, 8 White-fronted Geese, Merlin (Duncan McNiven)

Houghten Meadows - White-fronted Goose (Calum Urquhart) 

Wimpole Hall - c.70 Mandarin (JP Hook)

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)