Sunday, 8 December 2013

Saturday, 7 December

Paxton Pits - Scaup, 2 Red-crested Pochards, Ruddy Duck, 5 Smew, 2 Egyptian Geese, 2 Perigrine, c.15 Corn Buntings, Green Sandpiper (Martin Davis)

Fen Drayton - 1st W. Glaucous Gull in Ferry Lagoon (Richard Thomas)

Ouse Washes - Water Pipit, 4 Whooper Swans over (Daniel Osborne)

Grafham Water - Long-tailed duck, Goosander (Donal McCarthy); VELVET SCOTER, Common Scoter (Mark ward)

Burwell Fen - Green Sandpiper, Barn Owl (Tim Dee & Claire Spottiswoode)

Tubney Fen - pre-roost gathering c.5000+ Starlings, all descended to roost in reedbed at back of Tubney Fen pool (Tim Dee & Claire Spottiswoode)

Friday, 6 December 2013

Friday, 6 December

Ferry Meadows - juv ICELAND GULL (as per Chris Park)

Paxton Pits - 5 redhead Smew, Green Sandpiper, Red-crested Pochard, 3 Little Egret (Martin Davis)

Thursday, 5 December 2013

Thursday, 5 December

Great Fen, Rymes reedbed - GREAT GREY SHRIKE again today (Kev Wolstencroft)

Wednesday, 4 December 2013

Wednesday, 4 December

Grafham Water - VELVET SCOTER from fishing lodge but distant, LONG-TAILED DUCK still, 7 Goosander (Mark Hawkes); SLAVONIAN GREBE and Black-necked Grebe (per rarebirdalert.com)

Trundle Mere - GREAT GREY SHRIKE again today, untagged male Hen Harrier (Howard Butler)

Paxton Pits - redhead Smew (Martin Davis)

Ouse Washes - juv ICELAND GULL on roost north-east of Witcham Gravel (David Hopkins)

Tuesday, 3 December 2013

Tuesday, 3 December

Grafham Water - VELVET SCOTER from Mander 15:00h (Colin Addington)

Witcham - 1st win ICELAND GULL on ploughed fields for an hour or so mid-morning (David Hopkins)

Monday, 2 December 2013

Monday, 2 December

Ferry Meadows - 1st year ICELAND GULL at Gunwade (Matt Webb); departed west just before 10:30h (John Saunders)

Witcham - pale 1st win ICELAND GULL following plough before heading north-west (David Hopkins)

Fowlmere - RED-THROATED DIVER on the Mere until 13:22h (Ade Cooper)

Sunday, 1 December 2013

Sunday, 1 December

Paxton Pits - redhead Smew (Andrew Tongue); Red-crested Pochard, Ruddy Duck, 15+ Corn Buntings, Woodcock (Martin Davis)

Eldernell - 13 COMMON CRANES flew in just west of the car park in fields near Lords Holt (John Lindsell and David Hollin)

Milton CP - Red-crested Pochard still present this afternoon on Dickerson's Pit (Jon Heath)

Holme - both GREAT GREY SHRIKES still today, one present by the level crossing (Vic, Pauline & Brian Cozens) and one at Trundle Mere, but distant and difficult (Kevan Wolstencroft)

Grafham Water - Black-necked Grebe, 3 Goosander, 2 Green Sandpipers, Scaup (Gwyn and Audrey Williams)

Bakes Fen, Wicken - Little Owl (Martin O'Leary)

Morborne Hill - pair of Peregrine (Don Gardener)

Castor Hanglands - RAVEN heard, Long-eared Owl, 7 Woodcock (Matt Webb)

Ouse Washes - 1250 Lapwing, 570 Golden Plover, 2 Egyptian Geese (Gavin Paterson)