Friday, 1 May 2026

Friday, 1 May

Ouse Washes - PURPLE HERON reported flying north from Four Balls Farm

Gamlingay - 11 DOTTEREL (m.o.) 

Burwell Fen - 7 Wood Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 9 Ruff, 2 Avocet, Cuckoo (Kevin Wilson)

Etton/Maxey Pits - Wood Sandpiper, Ruff on the reserve (Hugh Wright); On Pig-Jaw Pit Bar-tailed Godwit on  (Chris Lines) and Greenshank (Hugh Wright)

Tanholt - Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 Common Sandpiper (Chris Jones)

March Farmers - Garganey, 2 Avocet, Greenshank reported

Smithy Fen - 2 Wood Sandpiper (Marilyn Peterkin) 

Thursday, 30 April 2026

Thursday, 30 April

Gamlingay - 11 DOTTEREL (Mark Thomas) 

Etton - fem RING OUZEL, 5 Black Tern, Little Gull, Greenshank, 4 Ruff, 3 Common Sandpiper  at Pig Jaw pit, also 2 Wood Sandpiper, Ruff at the pits (Hugh Wright)

Hobson's Park - Green Sandpiper, 4 Common Sandpiper (Joanna Kubica) 

Grafham Water - Arctic Tern through, 12 Common Sandpiper, 2 Great Northern Diver (Mark Hawkes)

Nene Washes - 7 Wood Sandpiper, 8 Greenshank reported 

Wednesday, 29 April 2026

Wednesday, 29 April

Dry Drayton - Hobby over (Mike Clydesdale)

Ouse Washes - Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Spotted Redshank at Weleche's Dam (Brendan Doe)

Etton/Maxey Pits - Wood Sandpiper, Black Tern, 3 Greenshank, 3 Ruff, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit briefly, 8 Greenshank briefly (Hugh Wright)

Tanholt - Wood Sandpiper, Bar-tailed Godwit, Avocet briefly (Chris Lines)

Beeby's West pit - Greenshank (Chris Jones)

Gamlingay - 9 DOTTEREL (Mark Thomas) 

Marsh Lane GP - Nightingale (Michale Bending)

Witcham - Barn Owl, Cetti's Warbler (Chris Boness) 

Tuesday, 28 April 2026

Tuesday, 28 April

Fen Drayton Lakes - 3 Garganey, Wood Sandpiper at Ferry Mere (James Hammond)

Tanholt - Wood Sandpiper, Bar-tailed Godwit still (Chris Jones)

Etton/Maxey Pits - 2 Arctic Tern, Bar-tailed Godwit, Wood Sandpiper, Whooper Swan (Hugh Wright); Black Tern, 3 Hobby (Chris Lines)

March Farmers - 3 Greenshank, Whimbrel, 4 Cattle Egret (Charlie Kitchin) 

Monday, 27 April 2026

Monday, 27 April

Etton/Maxey Pits - Wood Sandpiper (Hugh Wright)

Dog-in-a-Doublet - 3 Wood Sandpiper still, reported

Tanholt - Wood Sandpiper, Bar-tailed Godwit, Common Sandpiper (Chris Jones)

Eldernell - RING OUZEL near car park (Andrew Gardener)

Hobson's Park - Channel Wagtail still (Joanna Kubica) 

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); Berry 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)