Sunday, 31 May 2009

Sunday, 31 May

Wicken Fen - SQUACCO HERON at 19:30h (birdguides.com)

Paxton Pits - 2 BLACK-NECKED GREBE on Pumphouse Pit, elsewhere Wood Sandpiper, Little Egret, Red-crested Pochard, 3 Dunlin, 6 Ringed Plover, Buzzard, 2 Hobby (Jamie Wells); Red Kite SE over (Martin Davis); 2 Yellow-legged Gulls, Little Ringed Plover (Mark hawkes)

Saturday, 30 May 2009

Saturday, 30 May

Grafham Water - 6+ Black Tern off Mander CP, Ringed Plover and Little Ringed Plover in Lagoons (Mark Hawkes)

Paxton Pits - 3 Dunlin, 11 Ringed Plover, 2 Little Egrets, 3 Hobbies, 2 Buzzards, 4+ Cuckoo's, 2 Turtle Doves, 3 drake Pochard, 2 drake Wigeon and a pair of Shoveler (Jamie Wells)

Friday, 29 May 2009

Friday, 29 May

Wicken Fen - SQUACCO HERON on Baker's Fen 08:20h (birdguides.com); still present 12:00h although often hidden in the reeds directly in front of the hide. Little Egret count up to 19 (Paul Rule)

Thursday, 28 May

Wicken Fen - SQUACCO HERON, 3 Barn Owls, 4 Hobbies, 5 Turtle Doves, 4+ roding Woodcocks, 3+ reeling Grasshopper Warblers, 4 Cetti's Warblers (Christoph Zöckler)

Wednesday, 27 May 2009

Wednesday, 27 May

Wicken Fen - 10+ Little Egrets, male Marsh Harrier, Grasshopper Warbler (Jonathan Hook); SQUACCO HERON on Bakers Fen 16:45h (birdguides.com)

Tuesday, 26 May

Wicken Fen - SQAUCCO HERON again in evening on Bakers Fen (per Mark Hawkes)

Maxey Pits - pair of Red-crested Pochards, Hobby, Dunlin, 4 Redshanks, 25+ Swifts (Chris Lines)

Witcham - Red Kite over (David Hopkins)

Monday, 25 May 2009

Monday, 25 May

Wicken Fen - SQUACCO HERON on Bakers Fen at 09:00h. also Greenshank, Barn Owl, Hobby, Marsh Harrier and 8+ Little Egrets (Mark Hawkes)

March Farmers - male BLUE-HEADED WAGTAIL, 2 Turnstones, 50+ Ringed Plovers, c.15 Dunlin, Little Owl, Turtle Dove, Whooper Swan (Mike Weedon)

Fen Drayton Lakes - 6+Hobbies, 5 Cuckoos, Avocet, 2 Dunlins, 6 Oystercatchers, Turtle Dove, Ringed Plover, Little Ringed Plover (Neil Renwick)

King's Delph - QUAIL calling (Phil Parker)