Saturday, 5 September 2026

Saturday 5 September

Grafham Water - GLOSSY IBIS briefly this morning (Richard Patient); Wood Sandpiper (Mark Hawkes)

Friday, 4 September 2026

Friday 4 September

Fen Drayton Lakes - PECTORAL SANDPIPER from Coucher Hide on Moore Lake (Dave Anderson)

Grafham water - Osprey over north shire at midday (Mark Hawkes) 

Thursday, 3 September 2026

Thursday 3 September

Fen Drayton Lakes - juv PECTORAL SANDPIPER from Coucher Hide on Moore Lake (Richard Thomas)

Grafham Water - Osprey over north shore 18:19h (Mark Hawkes) 

Eldernell - 2 Redstart still (Andrew Gardener)

Milton Airfield - Whinchat (Chris Orders) 

Wednesday, 2 September 2026

Wednesday 2 September

Grafham Water- Wood Sandpiper, 9 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, Greenshank, 4 Ruff, 4 Little Ringed Plover at Gaynes Cove (Stewart Short)

Fen Drayton Lakes - 4 Common Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover, Snipe, 80 Swallow, 75 Shoveller (Terry Brown)

Tuesday, 1 September 2026

Tuesday, 1 September

Grafham Water - Common Sandpiper, Ruff, 7 Dunlin, 22 Ringed Plover, 30 Yellow Wagtail, Yellow-legged Gull at the dam (Tim Rea); Wood Sandpiper, 7 Green Sandpiper at Gaynes Cove (Mark Hawkes)

Eldernell - 2 Redstart, Spotted Flycatcher (Andrew Gardener)

Etton/Maxey pits - juv Mediterranean Gull, juv Yellow-legged Gull, Common Sandpiper (Joe Taylor) 

Paxton Pits - 9 Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 2 Snipe, 155 Lapwing (Terry Brown) 

 

Monday, 31 August 2026

Monday, 31 August

Dernford Reservoir - 2 TEMMINCK'S STINT, Wood Sandpiper, 2 Pink-footed Geese briefly (Richard Palmer) 

Grafham Water - 2 Sanderling briefly, Little Stint, Wood Sandpiper Gaynes Cove, Caspian gull (Mark Hawkes); Wheatear at dam, Cattle Egret over west, Whinchat at hill Farm, juv Spotted redshank, 14 Greenshank, Goldeneye (Andrew Tongue)

Ferry Meadows - fem type Redstart at Coney Meadows scrub (Don Gardener); imm WHITE-TAILED EAGLE over

Etton - Pied Flycatcher at Vergette Meadow, between south drain and stick pit (Hugh Wright) 

Cambridge Research Park - Osprey (Jon Heath); Pied Flycatcher (Lucas Burfield)

Ely Beet Factory - 9 Ringed Plover, 10 Black-tailed Godwits, 21 Snipe, Common Sandpiper, 5 Greenshank, 18 Ruff, 4 Dunlin (Simon Gillings) 

Hare Park - Hobby over (Kevin Wilson)

Fulbourn Fen - 3 Spotted Flycatchers (Kevin Wilson) 

Pymoor - 50 Crane into roost reported 


Sunday, 30 August 2026

Sunday 30 August

Fen Drayton Lakes - Wood Sandpiper, 5 Green Sandpiper, 5 Common Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover on Moore Lake, Bittern over the busway, reported; ad Caspian Gull on Ferry Mere (Richard Allison)

Grafham Water - Osprey over 09:52h (Mark Hawkes); Wood Sandpiper at Plummer (Andrew Tongue); Spotted Redshank at Savages (Stewart Short)

Milton airfield - 2 Whinchat (Matt Webb) 

Etton/Maxey pits - Whinchat in willow saplings on western side (Jonathan Taylor) 

Dernford Reservoir - HONEY BUZZARD over north (Jon Heath)