Sunday, 3 May 2026

Sunday, 3 May

Ouse Fen - 28 Hobby, Wood Sandpiper, Grey Pover, Spotted Redshank (Mark Thomas)

Wicken area - 6 Hobby, 2 Bittern in flight (David Wege)

Burwell Fen - 2 Avocet, Garganey, 3 Little Ringed Plover, Greenshank, 5 Wood Sandpiper (Kevin Wilson) 

Etton - Little Tern briefly at Pig Jaw Pit, also Turnstone, Curlew through (Hugh Wright) 

Hobson's Park - 2 Common Tern through, Peregrine over, 5 Swift (Joanna Kubica)

Saturday, 2 May

Gamlingay - 11 DOTTEREL (Mark Thomas) 

Ferry Meadows - Whinchat (Don Gardener)

Tanholt - Bar-tailed Godwit (Chris Jones); also 2 Yellow Wagtail, Common Sandpiper (Andy Golding)

 

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)