Friday, 30 August 2013

Friday, 30 August

Castor Mill - juv Whinchat (Paul Taylor)

Paxton Pits - 2 Caspian Gull, 14 Yellow-legged Gull, juv Whinchat (Mark Ward)

Dogsthorpe Tip - Caspian Gull (Josh Jones)

Thursday, 29 August 2013

Thursday, 29 August

Milton CP - Osprey, Little Egret, 2 Kingfisher (Jon Heath)

Colne Pits - Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper (Mark Eaton)

Fowlmere - female-type Redstart at car park entrance 08:30h (Richard Palmer)

Tubney Fen - Greenshank (Simon Gillings)

Cambridge - Peregrine on St. George's Church (Chris Went)

Fen Drayton Lakes - 2 Garganey, 3 Yellow-legged Gull, Hobby (Hugh Venables)

Wednesday, 28 August 2013

Wednesday, 28 August

Paxton Pits - no sign of the Red-backed Shrike in the Diddington hedge by 07:45h (Martin Davis); 2 RAVEN over north-west, calling (Jamie Wells)

Ouse Washes RSPB - Osprey still present, also Peregrine, 2 Whinchat (Mike Burdekin)

Grafham Water - juv Little Gull off Mander CP (Peter Cook)

Fen Drayton Lakes - fem Garganey, juv Arctic Tern, Kingfisher (Mike Everett)

Foxton - Wheatear still by barn along Fowlmere Road (Matt Mellor)

Tuesday, 27 August 2013

Tuesday, 27 August

Paxton Pits - juv RED-BACKED SHRIKE favouring the hawthorn hedgerow just south east of the farm building in Diddington and viewable from the footpath. Also juv. Whinchat, Caspian Gull, female-type Mandarin (Jamie Wells). Please park at visitors centre in Little Paxton and walk north along Haul Road, then through Broughton Lodge Farm to arrive at south end of Diddington Pit. Please stick to footpaths and do not enter any working area of the site.

Ouse Washes - Osprey from Grose Hide (Mike Burdekin)

Foxton - Wheatear, 4 Yellow Wagtail along Fowlmere Road (Matt Mellor)

Cambridge - Osprey over Cheney Way/Fen Road  (Michael Wood)

Monday, 26 August

Murrow - WRYNECK in a private garden, but no longer present.

Ouse Fen - 3 Greenshank, Hobby, 16 Yellow Wagtail (Gavin Paterson)

Burwell Fen - 2 Whinchat, 6+ Greenshank, 5+ Green Sandpiper, c.60 Yellow Wagtail (Richard Johnson)

Grafham Water - SANDWICH TERN over east, Greenshank, 6 Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Red-crested Pochard, Hobby (Mark Hawkes)

Paxton Pits - Garganey, 2+ Greenshank (Andrew Tongue); 2 Caspian Gull, Curlew (Jamie Wells)

Devil's Dyke - 2 Whinchat (Ian Dawson)

Fen Drayton Lakes - GREAT WHITE EGRET (Sarah Howlett)

Sunday, 25 August

Ouse Washes RSPB - BLUE-WINGED TEAL, still viewed from Churchmans hide loooking across to Stockdale, 4 Garganey, 57+ Ruff, Spotted Redshank (Brendan Doe); Garganey, Green Sandpiper west of Earith (Mark Eaton)

Paxton Pits - Grey Plover, Little Gull, Ruff, juv islandica-type Black-tailed Godwit (Andrew Tongue)

Cam Washes - GREAT WHITE EGRET, BLACK-NECKED GREBE, Tree Pipit, Black Tern, 4 Garganey, Greenshank, Hobby (David Heath)

Grafham Water - OSPREY  (Mark Brandon)

Fen Drayton - 2 Black Terns (Hugh Venables)

Wicken/Burwell Fens - 3 Greenshank, 3+ Green Sandpiper, 3+ Common Sandpiper, Hobby (Sarah Howlett)

Fowlmere - RAVEN over east (Michael Wood)

Saturday, 24 August

Paxton Pits - Garganey, 7 Green Sandpipers, 12 Greenshank, 4 Yellow Wagtails, 10 Sandwich Terns over Diddington pit (Martin Davis)

Grafham Water - 4 Whimbrel, 6 Arctic Terns, 11 Black Terns (Mark Ward); 2 Little Gulls, Red-crested Pochard, Ruff 5 (Mark Hawkes)

Fowlmere - Redstart, Whimbrel, Green Sandpiper, Greenshank, Turtle Dove (Ade Cooper)

Fen Drayton - Black Tern, Arctic Tern, 2 Ruff, Curlew, Hobby (Hugh Venables)

Tubney Fen - 3 COMMON CRANES in recently harvested fields

Ferry Meadows - Black tern on Gunwade lake (Matt Webb)

Cambridge - Peregrine on St. George's Church (Michael Wood)