Wednesday, 21 January 2026

Wednesday, 21 January

Nene washes - 1400 Pink-footed Geese reported onto the washes this evening

Tuesday, 20 January

Coates - 24 bewick's Swan to the east, south of A605 (Charlie Kitchin)

Goosetree - 302 Whooper Swan, also 2500 Lapwing in the area (Charlie Kitchin) 

Nene Washes WeBs and area - 2573 Whooper Swan, 56 Bewick's Swan, 460 Black-tailed Godwit, 600 Pintail, 15,000 Lapwing, 14,000 Wigeon, 62 Crane, 236 Pochard, 68 Ruff, 16 Marsh Harrier reported

Monday, 19 January

Thorney Dyke - 2 Bewick's Swan with 57 Whooper Swan nearby (Paul Bolton) 

Monday, 19 January 2026

Sunday, 18 January

Milton CP - drake Scaup (David Harris)

Colne Fen GP - redhead Smew, 2 Great Egret, 5 Siskin (Steve Cooper); also drake FERRUGINOUS DUCK (Mark Ward)

Sutton North Fen - 42 Tundra Bean Geese, 39 White-fronted Geese on arable (Steve Cooper); also 4 Bewick's Swan (Mark Ward)

Earith Washes - 2 Water Pipit (Mark Ward)

Monday, 19 January

Sutton North Fen - 42 Tundra Bean Geese (Mark Ward)

Sunday, 18 January 2026

Saturday, 17 January

Grafham Water - 8 Great Northern Diver, drake Common Scoter, 2 Bewick's Swan, 3 Stonechat (Mark Hawkes)

Friday, 16 January 2026

Friday, 16 January

Grafham Water - 9 Great Northern Diver, imm Scaup, 2 Common Scoter, Caspian Gull, 3 Bewick's Swan, 2 Stonechat (Mark Hawkes) 

Paxton Pits - 2 Red-crested Pochard (Mark Ward)

Fen Drayton Lakes - 2 male Smew (Rachel Lennard)

Eldernell - Hen Harrier, 8 Great Egret, 8 Little Egret to roost (Jonathan Taylor)

Wednesday, 14 January 2026

Wednesday, 14 January

Ferry Meadows - WOODLARK still present with Skylarks though often difficult. Best viewing when the birds are south or the railway line (Paul Bolton, Howard Butler); approx. What3words ///data.firms.risen.

Fen Drayton Lakes - 3 Goosander, 5 Goldeneye, 2 Great Egret, Stonechat (Terry Brown)

Tuesday, 13 January 2026

Tuesday, 14 January

Ferry Meadows - WOODLARK again just north of the CP, difficult viewing (Paul Bolton)

Hare Park - Raven over (Kevin Wilson)

Monday, 12 January 2026

Monday, 12 January

Fen Drayton Lakes - Red-breasted Merganser west end of Ferry Lagoon (Richard Allison)

Ouse Washes - pair of Smew from Cadbury Hide reported 

Milton CP - FERRUGINOUS DUCK, Scaup (Jon Heath)

Sunday, 11 January 2026

Sunday, 11 January

Paxton Pits - FERRUGINOUS DUCK, Goosander on Island Pit, 6 Red-crested Pochard, Caspian Gull on Pumphouse Pit, 2 Tree Sparrows over (Richard Patient) 

Ferry Meadows - WOODLARK reported

Cambridge Research Park - Woodcock (Andrew Tongue)

Saturday, 10 January 2026

Saturday, 10 January

Long Road, Cambridge - Firecrest (Alan Fersht)

Ferry Meadows - WOODLARK with Skylark flock just west of the CP (Will Bowell)

Southy Wood - 6 Crossbills reported

Milton CP - Scaup reported

Fen Drayton Lakes - Red-breasted Merganser, Merlin, Goosander also 2 Smew on St. Ives GPs viewed from the reserve (Joe Parham)

Grafham Water - 8 Great Northern Diver (Richard Ostler)

Cambridge Research Park - 2 White-fronted Geese, Gosander reported

Diddington Pits - drake RING-NECKED DUCK, fem Scaup, redhead Smew, 10 Goldeneye (Duerden Cormack)

Wicken Fen - 21 Marsh Harrier, 2 Bittern, 250 Fieldfare to roost, Barn Owl (Christoph Zöckler)

Hare Park - 3 Tawny Owl hooting (Kevin Wilson)

Eldernell - Water Pipit (Toby Carter)

Friday, 9 January

Long Road, cambridge - singing Firecrest reported

Wednesday, 7 January 2026

Wednesday, 7 January

Grafham Water - Red-breasted Merganser, 3 Great Northern Diver reported 

Milton CP - drake Scaup on Todd's Pit (Jon Heath)

Monday, 5 January 2026

Monday, 5 January

Fordham/Chippenham - DARTFORD WARBLER still present, just north of the fen (Duncan Poyser)

Sunday, 4 January 2026

Sunday, 4 January

Peakirk - viewed from NE of Sissons Farm, the SNOW GOOSE departed Deeping Lakes roost at 08.17h with Whoopers and crossed River Welland SE into Cambs airspace for c.15 seconds before returning to Lincs (Mark Hawkes); another brief sortie into Cambs space at 16:30h (JP Hook)

Grafham Water - Red-breasted Merganser, Common Sandpiper (Andy Frost); Woodcock over at dusk, 7 Great Northern Diver, Peregrine, 9 Pintail (Mark Hawkes)

March Farmers - 33 Ruff (Duncan McNiven)

Dernford Reservoir - YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER, Siberian Chiffchaff, 10 Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler, Stonechat, White-fronted Goose, Water Rail (Steve Cooper)

Saturday, 3 January 2026

Saturday, 3 January

Long Road, Cambridge - vocal Firecrest reported this morning but not relocated

Hobson's Park - Siskin and Redpoll on alders by busway reedbed, 49 Lapwing over (Ollie King) 

Cambridge Research Park - Caspian Gull (Andrew Tongue)

Dernford Reservoir - probable YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER briefly (Richard Palmer)

Grafham Water - 2 Black-necked Grebe off Mander, Red-breasted Merganser, 4 Great Northern Diver, 3 Bewick's Swan, Caspian Gull, Jack Snipe flushed form ditch below dam (Mark Hawkes) 

Witcham - Raven over (Chris Boness)

 

Friday, 2 January 2026

Friday, 2 January

Southey Woods - 6 Crossbill (Eugene Flanz)

Knarr Fen Raod -  Bewick's swan (John Hague)

Maxey - 2 Cattle Egret at Cut (Chris Lines)

Nene Washes - 21 White-fronted Geese, 2500 Pink-footed Geese at March Farmers, 85 Crane moving between Eldernell and Knarr Fen, Cattle Egret (Jonathan Taylor)

Grafham Water - Red-breasted Merganser, drake Common Scoter north end of dam, distant juv Common Scoter Mander CP, Kittiwake west past Plummer CP, 5 Great Northern Diver, 3 Bewick's Swan, Common Sandpiper (Mark Hawkes)

Fen Drayton Lakes - 2 Glossy Ibis, Cattle Egret (Nicola Ann)

Thursday, 1 January 2026

Thursday, 1 January

Southey Woods - 3 Crossbill (Jonathan Taylor)

Thorney - 8 Bean Geese with 1400 Pink-footed Geese to the west of the Toll, 4 White-fronted Geese with 950 Pink-footed Geese at the end of the Dyke (Jonathan Taylor)

Dernford Reservoir - Siberian Chiffchaff by railway crossing (JP Hook) 

Kingfishers Bridge - Cattle Egret, Great Egret, 2 Treecreeper (Kevin Wilson)