Sunday, 26 April 2026

Sunday, 26 April

Burwell Fen - 2 Little Ringed Plover, 4 Greenshank, Wood Sandpiper, 2 Ruff, Cuckoo; also Cuckoo at Adventurer's Fen, Little Owl at Priory Farm (Kevin Wilson)

Dry Drayton - Yellow-billed Magpie of unknown origin briefly in a private garden (Michael Clydesdale)

Maxey Pits - Osprey over (Jake Williams)

Dog-in-a-Doublet - 3 Wood Samdpiper on pool to south of sluice (Mark Hawkes) 

Tanholt North Pit - Wood Sandpiper, Greenshank, Bar-tailed Godwit, Ruff (Chris Jones) 

Berry Fen - Wood Sandpiper briefly, 2 Whimbrel, 2 Garganey, Greenshank, 4 Bittern, Crane (Andrew Tongue)

Hobson's Park - brief snatch of Grasshopper Warbler song this morning (Andrew Dobson)

Swifts reported from Cambridge (David Wege) and Cottenham (Marilyn Peterkin); Beery Fen (Andrew Tongue)

Saturday, 25 April 2026

Saturday, 25 April

Fen Drayton Lakes - PECTORAL SANDPIPER  at north end of Ferry lagoon (Mark Piercy)

Gamlingay - 7 DOTTEREL from here (Andy Clifton)

Soham - Grasshopper Warbler behind the railway station (Andy Hannaford)

Ouse Fen - Garganey (Mark Thomas); 2 Bittern, Cuckoo (Sara Anker); also 3 Hobby reported 

Grafham Water - 2 Black Tern, 2 Greenshank, Whimbrel, 6 Great Northern Diver, Nightingale (Mark Hawkes)

Tanholt - Bar-tailed Godwit, Greenshank (Chris Jones)

Eldernell - Grasshopper Warbler south-west of Lord's Holt (Andrew Gardener) 

Burwell Fen - Greenshank, Wood Sandpiper, 2 Ruff (Kevin Wilson) 

Cambridge Research Park - 2 Bittern over reported 

Hobson's Park - Channel-type Wagtail still (Joe Parham) 

OUse Washes RSPB - Bittern, Cuckoo, 16 Whooper Swan, Spoonbill briefly, Spotted Redshank (Andrew Tongue)

Friday, 24 April 2026

Friday, 24 April

Paxton Pits - PURPLE HERON over north at dusk, 6 Black Tern, 4 Little Gull (Richard Dale);

Denford reservoir - 16 Black Tern, Cuckoo (Andrew Knights)

Great Wilbraham - fem RING OUSEL (Chris Boness)

Grafham Water - Little Gull, GreatNorthern Diver , Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 3 Little Ringed Plover (Simon Gillings) 

Hobson's Park - Channel-type Wagtail still, Yellow Wagtail, 4 Little Ringed Plover (Pete Holt); 2 Wheatear (Joanna) 

Gamlingay - 6 DOTTEREL still, from lower gate path (JP Hook); Tree Pipit over (Mark Thomas); also Wheatear, 2 Raven over (Simon West)

Etton/Maxey Pits - Whimbrel briefly, reported

Nene Washes - Whimbrel, Blue-headed Wagtail between March Farmers and Plover field, 3 Little Gull through (Paul Bolton); 2 Black Tern over Reed Fen, reported

Ferry Meadows - 2 Black Tern on Gunwade Lake, reported 

Tanholt - Bar-tailed Godwit (Chris Jones) 

Ouse Fen - 2 Bittern, Crane, 15 Hobby, 3 Garganey (Chris Boness) 

Cambridge - Wheatear off Fen End Road (Mike Wood) 

Woodwalton Fen - Grasshopper Warbler, Cuckoo, Garden Warbler (John & Sue Wells) 

Thursday, 23 April 2026

Thursday, 23 April

Grafham Water - 3 Great Northern Diver, 5 Sanderling, Greenshank, Dunlin, 3 Whimbrel through (Mark Hawkes); 2 Little Gull, 2 Greenshank (Andrew Tongue)

Tubney Fen - 8 Swift through (Chris Brown)

Burwell Fen - 2 Garganey, 2 Ruff, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Greenshank, Curlew (Richard Dale)

Abington -Swift over (Andy Merryweather)

Cambridge - 4 Swift over Pembroke College (Daniel Osborne) 

Gamlingay - 6 DOTTEREL west of road to Gransden 14:30h. Park on gravel by field gate (Mark Thomas)  

Fen Drayton Lakes - 2 Garganey, 2 Little Gull, 3 Ruff, White Wagtail, Nightingale, Hobby, 3 Common Tern (Dean Harlow)

Ferry Meadows - 2 Green Sandpiper at Ham Mere (Chris Park); Little Gull at Gunwade reported

Tanholt pit - Bar-tailed Godwit, Greenshank (Chris Jones) 

Nene Washes - 2 Whimbrel at March Farmers (Charlie Kitchin); 8 Hobby over Lords Holt, Bar-tailed Godwit, 7 Ruff, Curlew at Eldernell reported. 

Hobsons Park - Channel-type Wagtail, Wheatear, 4 Little Ringed Plover (Joe Parham) 

Wednesday, 22 April 2026

Wednesday, 22 April

Gamlingay - 6 DOTTEREL west of road to Gransden 14:30h. Park on gravel by field gate (Mark Thomas) 

Tubney Fen - 6 Bar-tailed Godwit briefly, pair of Garganey, Grasshopper Warbler, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 4 Little-ringed Plover (Richard Dale)

Nene Washes - BLACK-WINGED STILT at March Farmers Jonathan Taylor); Swifts over Low Wash, Cuckoo at Lord's Holt (Andrew Gardener); Grey Plover, Bar-tailed Godwit at Eldernell (Charlie Kitchin)

Eynesbury - Peregrine over (Andrew Tongue)

Grafham Water - 2 Great Northern Diver, 8 Little Ringed Plover, Yellow Wagtail, 2 Common Sandpiper (Tim Rea)

Long Drove, Cottenham - 6 Green Sandpiper (Marilyn Peterkin) 

Hobsons Park - Channel-type Wagtail (Stuart Jack)  

Tuesday, 21 April 2026

Tuesday, 21 April

Gamlingay - 6 DOTTEREL west of road to Gransden 14:30h. Park on gravel by field gate (Mark Thomas); 3 still present 20:00h (Tim watling)

Etton/Maxey pits - 2 Bar-tailed Godwit over (Hugh Wright)

Swaddywell - Nightingale (Ray Mcdonnell)

Hobson's park - 2 Common Tern through (Gareth Rees)

Hemmingford Grey - Mandarin (Becky Webb) 

Grantchester Meadows - Cuckoo reported  

Fen Drayton Lakes - 2 Swift, Bar-tailed Godwit, Ruff, 4 Common Tern, Nightingale (Gill Parrish) 

Monday, 20 April 2026

Monday, 20 April

Devil's Dyke - RING OUZEL in the Ditch farm area, 13 Wheatear opposite the farm, south-west of the Dyke (Richard Dale)

Long Drove - 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Little Ringed Plover at the north pools (Peter Leonard)

Grafham Water - Sandwich Tern briefly (Colin Addington)

Roswell Pits, Ely - Arctic Tern through reported

Yaxley -  Swift over (Kevin Eldred)

Grafham Water - 5 Swift (Mark Hawkes)