Wednesday, 31 October

Ellington - GREAT GREY SHRIKE n hedgerow east of Grafham Road though elusive. Take footpath from Green Lane, Ellington, down to field then east along field edge to valley bottom and stream/farm track. Bird near pylon but very mobile. Farmer has asked visitors to keep to footpaths (Tim Rea)

Mare Fen - 7 CATTLE EGRET (Bill Simmonds)

Fen Drayton Lakes - 2 Great White Egret, Black-necked Grebe (Bill Simmonds)

Ouse Washes - 41 cranes including 5 juveniles west of the rail crossing; with others known to be elsewhere in the Fens, the Fens total is now about 52 (Norman Sills)

Burwell Fen - Short-eared Owl, Barn Owl, Bearded Tit, Green Sandpiper (CVhristoph Zöckler)

Farcet Fen - Brambling, ad Mediterranean Gull, 450+ Golden Plover (Steve Dudley)

Tuesday, 30 October

Ellington - GREAT GREY SHRIKE n hedgerow East of Grafham Road. Take footpath from Green Lane, Ellington, down to field then east along field edge to valley bottom and stream/farm track. Bird near pylon but very mobile. Farmer has asked visitors to keep to footpaths (Tim Rea)

Grafham Water - 2 Common Scoter; drake close in east of church hill and female type near Plummer; c.15 Whooper Swans, c.30 Goldeneye (Mark Ward)

Fulbourn - Peregrine over New Shardlows Farm (Kevin Wilson)

Fen Drayton Lakes - Black-necked Grebe on Ferry Mere (Chris Rider)

Monday, 29 October

March - 20 Crane, 100 Whooper Swan nearby, viewed from the Ely train (Rod Newbery)

Over - 7 CATTLE EGRET at end of Overcote/Chain Road in field past pumping station (Garth Peacock); 8 birds present later (Duncan McNiven)

Fen Drayton Lakes - Black-necked Grebe (John Hoppett)

Ferry Meadows - Rock Pipit, Brambling and Goosander over (Matt Webb)

Grafham Water - fem Scaup, 15 Whooper Swan over (Ade Cooper)

Paxton Pits - Great White Egret, 4 Green Sandpiper (Ade Cooper)

Fowlmere - fem Merlin, male Bearded Tit (Ade Cooper)

Sunday, 28 October

Hare Park - 4 Brambling (Kevin Wilson)

Fen Drayton Lakes - Black-necked Grebe on Ferry Lagoon, Great White Egret, CATTLE EGRET on Swavesey Lake (Barbara North); nearby, 5+ Cattle Egret on Mare Fen still (Pete Holt)

Ouse Washes - 20+ Crane (Julian Wheel)

Burwell Fen - 3+ Short-eared Owl (Norman Ratcliffe)

Ferry Meadows - 4 Whooper Swan, Goosander over, Red-crested Pochard (Matt Webb)

Thriplow - Nuthatch in a private garden (Gary Thornton)

Saturday, 27 October

Cambridge - Woodcock along the Histon Road (Kevin Hand)

Ferry Meadows - 4 Whooper Swan, ad Mediterranean Gull, Peregrine (Don Gardener)

Grafham Water - 9 Whooper Swan, 2 Raven, 2 Green Sandpiper, 4+ Yellow-legged Gull (Mark Hawkes)

Foul Anchor - 40 GREAT SKUA, 2 juv POMARINE SKUA, juv ARCTIC SKUA, 5 KITTIWAKE (Jonathan Talyor, Richard Patient)

Ferry Meadows - Black-necked Grebe, 3 Great White Egret; also 7 CATTLE EGRET nearby at Mare Fen (Richard Patient)

Hare Park - 2 Brambling (Kevin Wilson)

Cam Washes - 5 Bewick's Swan over (Carl Howard)

Friday, 26 October

Grafham Water - Great White Egret in Dudney Creek, 8 ad Whooper Swan (Mark Hawkes)

Ferry Meadows - Great White Egret, ad win Mediterranean Gull (Don Gardener)

Cam Washes - c.40 Bewick's Swan over, 2 Tawny Owl calling (Jon & David Heath)

Thursday, 25 October

Mare Fen - 7 CATTLE EGRET this morning in small field with cows close to the pumping station at TL3609070860 (Andy Jennings)

Devil's Dyke - 820 Fieldfares, 2 Redpoll sp., Siskin over Devil's Dyke this morning, also Peregrine, Merlin (Richard Dale)

Farcet Fen - ad Mediterranean Gull at Crowtree Farm (Steve Dudley)

Benwick - PALLID HARRIER reported 16:40h (as per rarebirdalert.com)

Ouse Washes - 37 Crane, with 6+ on the Nene Washes too (Jonathan Taylor)

Fen Drayton Lakes - Bittern, 6 Goosander briefly (Ian Dawson))

Paxton Pits - 3 Great White Egret (Ian Dawson))

Grafham Water - 8 Whooper Swan (Tim Mason)

Wednesday, 24 October

Mare Fen - 8 CATTLE EGRET this morning with lots of brown cows in the field close to the pumping station at TL3609070860; best viewed from the footpath that runs along the River Great Ouse (Richard Thomas); at least 5 still present this afternoon (Bill Simmonds)

Paxton Pits - 4 Great White Egret, 6 Green Sandpiper (Ian Dawson)

Nene Washes - 2 Crane at March Farmers, 2 Crane, ringtail Hen Harrier, 1000+ Lapwing, 200+ Golden Plover at Eldernell (Ian Gordon)

Stilton - 40+ Red Kite in the area (Richard Broughton)

Tuesday, 23 October

Fen Drayton Lakes - 3 Red-crested Pochard (Gill Parrish)

Monday, 22 October

Middle Fen Drove - 7 CATTLE EGRET (Tim Mason)

Paxton Pits - 4 Great White Egret, 4 Green Sandpiper (Ian Dawson)

Burwell Fen  - 5 Short-eared owl (Paul Pateman)

Sunday, 21 October

Middle Fen - 7 CATTLE EGRET NE of Swavesey Lake with cattle (Diana Leech)

Grafham Water -  8 Whooper Swans in Littless creek, Stonechat, 2 Common Sandpipers, 3 Green Sandpipers (Mark Hawkes et al.)

Paxton Pits - 6 Great White Egret (Ian Dawson)

Eldernell - Hen Harrier, Peregrine (Steve Dudley)

Hare Park - 2 Brambling (Kevin Wilson)

Great Fen - 2 Raven (Andy Frost)

Saturday, 20 October

Middle Fen - 6 CATTLE EGRETS between Swavesey and Overcote (Tony Plant)


Grafham Water - 3 Brambling over, Rock Pipit (Richard Patient)


Reach - Redstart in horse paddocks adjacent to Reach Wood, on south side of village (Richard Dale)


Burwell Fen - 4 Short-eared Owl (Bob Grice)

Friday, 19 October

Ferry Meadows - 12 Whooper Swan over (Mike Weedon); Brambling over (Don Gardener)

Sheep's Green, Cambridge - probable YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER calling in trees just off Fen Causeway c.13:45h but not seen or relocated (Nick Littlewood)

Grafham Water - Rock Pipit on dam (Mark Brandon)

New Shardlows Farm, Fulbourn - Brambling (Kevin Wilson)

Fowlmere - 3 Brambling feeding on Sorbus berries behind St Mary's Church this morning.

(Doug Radford)

Thursday, 18 October

Grafham Water - 6 Whooper Swan this morning (Colin Addington)

Woodwalton Fen - Great White Egret, Barn Owl (Andy Frost)

Wednesday, 17 October

Dunkirk - YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER mist-netted in a private garden this morning but not seen since (Tony Martin)

Cottenham Long Drove - HOODED CROW still (Jon Heath)

Grafham Water - Rock Pipit, Mandarin, Whinchat, 10 Siskin (Richard Patient)

Ferry Meadows - Rock Pipit (Mike Weedon); 2 Brambling (Matt Webb)

Fen Drayton Lakes - Black Tern (Duncan McNiven)

Tuesday, 16 October

Ferry Meadows - Great White Egret (David Withrington); CATTLE EGRET (Don Gardener)

Paxton Pits - 5 Great White Egret, 5 Green Sandpiper (Ian Dawson)

Ouse Washes - 31 ad and 5 juv Crane just west of railway crossing (Norman Sills)

Monday, 15 October

Burwell Fen - Short-eared Owl, 30 Golden Plover over (Andy Hannaford)

Sunday, 14 October

Ouse Washes - 5 CATTLE EGRET briefly from Welches dam hide 16:20h (James Littlewood)


Nene Washes - Spotted Redshank, 3 Greenshank (Charlie Kitchin)

Saturday, 13 October

Cottenham, Long Drove - HOODED CROW in field opposite active tip (Jon & David Heath)

Fen Drayton lakes - 2 CATTLE EGRET, Great White Egret, juv Black Tern, Goldeneye (Hugh Venables); a third CATTLE EGRET (Julian Wheel)

Grafham Water - Whinchat (Richard Patient)

Paxton Pits - 4 Great White Egret, 10+ Green Sandpiper (Jamie Wells)

Ferry Meadows - Brambling (Don Gardener et al.)

Sutton West Fen - male Merlin (Rob Partridge)

Friday, 12 October

Cottenham, Long Drove - HOODED CROW in field opposite active tip (Brendan Doe)

Dog-in-a-Doublet - Great White Egret along the River Ouse 08:20 (Hugh Wright)

Ferry Meadows - Great White Egret over 08:55h (Don Gardener)

Northstowe - Baltic-type  Lesser Black-backed Gull (Hugh Venables)

Thursday, 11 October

Cottenham, Long Drove - HOODED CROW in field to the west (Mark Peck)


Paxton Pits - 4 Great White Egret, 5 Green Sandpiper (Ian Dawson)

Wednesday, 10 October

Godmanchester GP - Great White Egret, Green Sandpiper, 2 Water Rail (Peter Beckenham)

Eaton Ford - Woodlark over (Richard Bashford)

Cottenham Long Drove - HOODED CROW at 10:00 and 11:45 but not relocated at 13:00h (Shaun Sowden)

Eldenell - 2 juv GANNET over (Andy Frost)

Tuesday, 10 October

Cambridge - Peregrine along the Madingley Road (Robin Cox)


Grafham Water - MANX SHEARWATER from Mander CP (Colin Addington); still present but distant and mobile 18:10h, also 2 Whooper Swan still (Mark Hawkes)


Hemingford Grey - 7 Siskin in a private garden briefly (Mike Everett)


Mare Fen - 3 CATTLE EGRET 16:30h (Duncan McNiven)

Monday, 8 October

Grafham Water - 4 Rock Pipit, 2 Whooper Swan (Ian Dawson)

Northstowe - Goosander, Caspian Gull, 5 Yellow-legged Gull (Hugh Venables)

Sunday, 7 October

Paxton Pits - 6 Great White Egret, Caspian Gull, Rock Pipit, Jack Snipe, 2 Curlew, Raven, 3 Cetti's Warbler, Brambling over (Jamie Wells)

Grafham Water - 2 Whooper Swan, 4 Rock Pipit, 13 Siskin (Richard Patient)

Nene Washes - Little Stint, Greenshank, Short-eared Owl, 15 Tree Sparrow, White Stork of unknown origin (Charlie Kitchin)

Etton Pits - 60 Fieldfare over (Jonathan Taylor)

Waterbeach Long Drove - 40 Fieldfare, Peregrine (Carl Howard)

Dimmock's Cote - 13 Pink-footed Geese over north (Carl Howard)

Fish and Duck marina - Garganey on pond just to the south (Carl Howard)

Knapwell - 4 Raven (Christoph Zöckler)

Sutton Gault - 2 Fieldfare over, Brambling (Rob Partridge)

Hare Park - 2 Tawny Owl, 2 Brambling (Kevin Wilson)

Small numbers of Redwing reported widely across the county over the last two days

Saturday, 6 October

Grafham Water - 3 male and a female  Common Scoter, 2 Whooper Swan from Mander, 2 Rock Pipit (Richard Patient)

Colne Fen - 3 male and a female Common Scoter this evening (Nick Littlewood)

Paxton Pits - 7 Great White Egret (Martin Davis); 2 Caspian Gull (Jamie Wells)

Fen Drayton Lakes - Great White Egret (Richard Thomas)

Friday, 5 October

Ouse Fen - 3 Woodlark over (Jeremy Lindsell)

Paxton Pits - 6 Great White Egret, 7+ Green Sandpiper (Jamie Wells)

FenDrayton Lakes - 2 CATTLE EGRET, 2 Great White Egret, 3+ Cetti's Warbler (Ian Burfield)

Northstowe - RING OUZEL in hedge beyond Linden site, near the lake; Goosander , 4 Yellow-legged Gull on the lake (Hugh Venables)

Eldernell - 53+ Whooper Swan (Barbara North)

Kingfishers Bridge - 3 Whooper Swan (Colin Kirtland)

Thursday, 4 October

Dog-in-a-Doublet - White Stork of unknown origin in the area still (David Withrington)

Paxton Pits - 6 Great White Egret (Richard Palmer)

Ferry Meadows - 2 Whopper Swan, 3 Mandarin (Matt Webb, Don Gardener)

Grafham Water - 2 Whooper Swan (Richard Palmer)

Northstowe - Goosander (Hugh Venables)

Wicken Fen - male Hen Harrier over Sedge Fen (Christoph Zöckler)

Wednesday, 3 October

Eldernell - 3 Crane over, 17 Whooper Swan over, c.200 Golden Plover (Mike Weedon)

Grafham Water - 2 Whooper Swan (Colin Addington)

Wimblington - Alexandrine Parakeet (Jonathan Taylor)

Redwing reported from Ferry Meadows and Eaton Ford

Tuesday, 2 October

Paxton Pits - 5 Great White Egret (Ian Dawson)

Trumpington - 630 Golden Plover (Steve Cooper)

Stapleford - 1 cy Mediterranean Gull (Steve Cooper)

Monday, 1 October

Grafham Water - 2 Whooper Swan from Dudney Hide (Mark Hill)

Wicken Fen - 2 Redwing (Peter Bircham)

Paxton Pits - 7 Great White Egret (Ian Dawson)