Thursday 30 April 2020

Thursday, 30 April

Northstowe - 4 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Yellow Wagtail, Wheatear (Christoph Zöckler); 3 Common Sandpiper (Hugh Venables)

Soham - Whimbrel at Barway Fen, Grasshopper Warbler (Sue Greenway)

Trumpington Meadows - Wheatear, Cuckoo, Cetti's Warbler (Jill Aldred)

Ferry Meadows - Hobby, Common Sandpiper (Don Gardener)

Hare Park - Tawny Owl (Kevin Wilson) 

Wednesday 29 April 2020

Wednesday, 29 April

Soham - Grasshopper Warbler (Andy Hannaford)

Hemingford - 4 Arctic Tern over (Chris Bowden)

River Cam, Kingfisher's Bridge - 4 Bar-tailed Godwit, Common Sandpiper also 2 Cuckoo (David Wege)

Fen Drayton Lakes - 2 Hobby, Cuckoo, Whimbrel, Black-tailed Godwit (Michael Clydesdale)

Ferry Meadows - Arctic Terns through, Whimbrel over, 2 Common Sandpiper (Don Gardener)

Cottenham - Turtle Dove (Josh Carter)

Buckden - Hobby, Greenshank over (Mark Ward)

Tuesday 28 April 2020

Tuesday, 28 April

Wilburton - 2 Turtle Dove (David Nation)

Grafham Water - 200+ House Martin, 25 Swallow, several Swift & Sand Martin (John Roe)

Dernford Reservoir - 73 Arctic Tern, 4 Goosander, 8 Mandarin, 2 Whimbrel, Common Sandpiper, Wheatear (Steve Cooper)

Buckden - 4 Little Ringed Plover, Arctic Tern at north end of Paxton Pits (Mark Ward)

Ferry Meadows - 8 Arctic Tern through (Don Gardener)

Monday, 27 April

Ferry Meadows - Common Sandpiper (Don Gardener)

Wicken area - Wheatear, Stonechat, Grasshopper warbler, Little Owl, Cuckoo (Kevin Wilson)

Buckden - 8 Nightingale (David Woolven)

Sunday 26 April 2020

Sunday, 26 April

Buckden Marina to Paxton Pits - 3 Nightingale, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Cuckoo, Fieldfare (Steve Austin)

Buckden - 2 Whinchat, Wheatear near Stirtloe sewage works, 4 Cuckoo, Short-eared Owl, 6 Nightingale, 7 Cettti's Warbler, 15 Lesser Whitethroat (Mark Ward)

Stretham - Grasshopper Warbler along the Great Ouse (Jamie Evan)

Ely - Firecrest (Duncan Poyser)

Aldreth - Reed Warbler in a private garden (Simon Stirrup)

Saturday 25 April 2020

Saturday, 25 April

Histon - Turtle Dove (David Wege)

Sutton Gault - Turtle Dove (Rob Partridge)

Trumpington Meadows - Wheatear, Cetti's Warbler (Jill Aldred)

Buckden - 3 Nightingale, Cuckoo (David Woolven)

Wicken/Burwell - 5 Wheatear to south-east of Cock-up Bridge, 3 Hobby, Bittern (Kevin Wilson)

Friday 24 April 2020

Friday, 24 April

Eynesbury - Sedge Warbler in a pivate garden (Mark Hawkes)

Chetserton, Cambridge - 3 Yellow Wagtail over (Simon Gillings)

Cambridge - Garden Warbler in a private garden, also Yellow Wagtail over (Jon Hetath)

Fen Drayton Lakes - 2 Whimbrel, 2 Crane over (Philip Bubb); 16 Common Tern (Gill Parrish); 4 Avocet (Michael Clydesdale)

Trumpington Meadows - Wheatear, 3 Cuckoo (Andrew Dobson)

Hemingford - Cuckoo (Chris Bowden)

Thursday 23 April 2020

Thursday, 23 April

DOTTEREL at an undisclosed site (Robert Humphrey)

Landbeach - 2 Fieldfare, 3 Lesser Whitethroat (Robert Humphrey)

Godmanchester - Wheatear, 3 Yellow Wagtail (Jamie Wells)

Fen Drayton Lakes - 3 Black Tern (Dean Harlow); 3 Avocet (Gill Parrish)

Godmanchester NR - Nightingale (Martin Sreeves)

Swifts reported in small numbers across the county in recent days

Wednesday 22 April 2020

Wednesday, 22 April

Ellington - RING OUZEL, Fieldfare, Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Yellow Wagtail (Stu & Jill Elsom)

Cambridge - WHITE-TAILED EAGLE over Bolton's Pit briefly 12:30h (James Cadbury)

Buckden - pair of Grey Wagtail (Mark Ward)

Dry Drayton to Hardwick - 3 Wheatear (Ken & Maggie Hook)

Farcet Fen - RING OUZEL, Grasshopper Warbler, 7 Wheatear, 2 Lesser Whitethroat (Steve Dudley)

Tuesday 21 April 2020

Tuesday, 21 April

Comberton - 3 Wheatear nearby (Ed Gill)

Godmanchester NR - Nightingale (Jamie Wells); Cuckoo (Martin Sreeves)

Buckden - Short-eared Owl (Mark Ward) 

Monday 20 April 2020

Monday, 20 April

DOTTEREL at an undisclosed location (Dick Newell)

Litlington - Whinchat (Geoff Barlow)

Wicken - Bittern, 2 Hobby, Cuckoo (Kevin Wilson)

Paxton Pits - 3 Arctic Tern, a few Swifts (Mark Ward)

Sunday 19 April 2020

Sunday, 19 April

Fen Drayton Lakes - Cuckoo, Bittern, Lesser Whitethroat, 7 Goldeneye, 4 Fieldfare (Gill Parrish); 16 Common Tern (Dave Anderson)

Trumpington Meadows - 2 Goosander over (Jill Aldred)

Cambridge - Osprey over (Rob Pople)

Ellington - RING OUZEL (Stu & Jill Elsom)

Needingworth Pits - pair of Smew (Jeremy Holding)

Comberton - 3 Wheatear nearby (Ed Gill)

Soham - 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Grey Wagtail (Sue Greenway)

Saturday 18 April 2020

Saturday, 18 April

Over - Swift (Andy Jennings)

Comberton - 3 Wheatear nearby (Ed Gill)

Knapwell - 2 Wheatear nearby (Martin Leader)

Fen Drayton Lakes - Little Tern  (Dave Anderson)

4 DOTTEREL at an undisclosd site (Dick Newell)

Friday 17 April 2020

Friday, 17 April

Ouse Fen - Whimbrel, Bar-tailed Godwit (Graham Hirons)

Little Paxton - RING OUZEL on private land nearby (Martin Davis)

Paxton Pits - 5 Wheatear, 2 Grasshopper Warbler, Pink-footed Goose, Little Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, Cuckoo, 2 Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat; also Whinchat reported in Diddington village (Martin Davis)

Devils Dyke - RING OUZEL (Kevin Wilson)

Fen Drayton Lakes - 13 Common Tern (Dave Anderson)

Burwash - Wheatear (Louise Bacon)

Thursday 16 April 2020

Thursday, 16 April

Stapleford - 2 Wheatear (Mike Foley)

Wimpole - c.40 Fieldfare (Richard Palmer)

Comberton - Wheatear (Vince Lea)

Coldhams Common - Wheatear (Carlos Davies)

Fen Drayton Lakes - 2 Avocet, Common Tern, 2 Goldeneye (Dave Anderson); Willow Warbler, Sedge Warbler (Gill Parrish)

Barton - Wheatear, Lesser Whitethroat, Cuckoo (Vince Lea)

Great Wilbraham Common - 3 RING OUZEL (Carl Howard)

Little Wilbraham Fen - 3 Lesser Whitethroat (Carl Howard)

Teversham Fen - Wheatear, Little Ringed Plover (Carl Howard)

Paxton Pits - 2 Wheatear, Mediterranean Gull, Pink-footed Goose, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Nightingale, Garden Warbler (Martin Davis)

Wednesday, 15 April

Litlington clunch pit - male Whinchat (Geoff Barlow)

Ellington - RING OUZEL between the village nd Woolley (Stuart Elsom)

Girton - Lesser Whitethroat (Keith Honnor)

Buckden - Tawny Owl, Short-eared Owl, Raven, 3 Greenshank over,  Cuckoo between the marina and Pumphouse Pit (Mark Ward)

Over - grey harrier species over in the direction of Ouse Fen (Andy Jennings)

Fen Drayton Lakes - Spotted Redshank, Common Tern, Goldeneye (Dave Anderson)

Wednesday 15 April 2020

Tuesday, 14 April

Impington - 2 Wheater, Corn Bunting, Barn Owl (Nigel Butcher)

Monday 13 April 2020

Monday, 13 April

Rampton - 3cy ICELAND GULL just to the norrth (Neil Howard)

Cambourne to Knapwell - Wheatear, 4 Yellow Wagtail (Martin Leader)

Woodhurst - fem Merlin (Duncan McNiven)

Sunday 12 April 2020

Sunday, 12 April

March - HOOPOE over, also Cuckoo (Derek Benton)

Wicken - Cuckoo at Hundred Acra Farm, Wheatear south of New River (Kevin Wilson)

Eynesbury - Black Redstart, 2 Peregrine circling, Yellow Wagtail & House Martins over (Mark Hawkes)

Soham - Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Barn Owl, Egyptian Goose (Sue Greenway); Whitethroat (Chris Barker)

Eaton Ford - Sedge Warbler (Richard Patient)

Alconbury - Grasshopper Warbler (Peter Rowlings)

Devil's Dyke - RING OUZEL, fem Merlin, 3 Wheatear (Richard Dale)

Trumpington Meadows - Whitethroat (Jill Aldred)

Cherry Hinton Lakes - Cetti's Warbler (Dave Barr)

Saturday 11 April 2020

Saturday, 11 April

Soham - 2 Reed Warbler, Grey Wagtail, 2 House Martin, Green Sandpiper, Barn Owl (Sue Greenway)

Grafham Water - Goosander in flight (Jon Roe)

Hemingford Grey - Common Tern over (Mike Everett)

Dogsthorpe Star Pit - Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Grasshopper Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, probable Bearded Tit (David Withrington)

Friday 10 April 2020

Friday, 10 April

Farcet Fen - 5 Wheatear, Reed Warbler, ringtail Hen Harrier, Curlew over (Steve Dudley)

Soham - 2 Whitethroat (Andy Hannaford)

Cottenham Lode - Yellow Wagtail (Josh Carter)

Trumpington Meadows - Sedge Warbler (Andrew Dobson)

Eynesbury - 2 Yellow Wagtail over (Makr Hawkes)

Hare Park - Tawny Owl (Kevin Wilson)

Godmanchester - 4 House Martin over (Martin Sreeves)

Isleham Washes - 26 Avocet (Anthoiny Weston)

Thursday 9 April 2020

Thursday, 9 April

Soham - Reed Warbler, Willow Warbler (Sue Greenway)

Farcet Fen - 3 Yellow Wagtail (Steve Dudley)

Marsh Lane GP - 5 Willow Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Nightingale (Mike Everett)

Lark Rise Farm - Short-eared Owl over (Vince Lea)

Ellington - Hobby over (Stu & Jill Elsom)

Rampton - 50 Corn Bunting, 30 Yellowhammer along great north fen drove (Brendan Doe)

Wednesday 8 April 2020

Wednesday, 8 April

Great Wilbraham - RING OUZEL (Carl Howard)

Teversham - 7+ Tree Pipit, 2 Mandarin over (Carl Howard)

Paxton Pits - Nightingale, Sedge Warbler (Martin Davis)

Kings/Abbots Ripton - RING OUZEL between the villages briefly (Duncan Ritchie)

Soham - Willow Warbler (Sue Greenway)

Orton Waterville - Woodcock over (Howard Butler)

Barton - Yellow Wagtail over (Vince Lea & Louise Bacon)

Burwash Ponds - Woodcock (Vince Lea & Louise Bacon)

Farcet Fen - Whitethroat, Sedge Warbler, 4 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Raven (Steve Dudley)

Tuesday 7 April 2020

Tuesday, 7 April

Barton - RING OUZL on farmland nearby, Swallow & House Martin over, Whitethroat reported (Vince Lea)

Devil's Dyke - male Wheatear, 54 Fieldfare (Richard Dale)

Hardwick - pair of Grey Partridge in a private garden briefly (Ed Gill)

Teversham Fen - White Wagtail (Nigel Lister)

Lode - 2 Yellow Wagtail (Iain Webb)

Cambridge - Redstart, Swallow, Willow Warbler, 60 Fieldfare to the east (Carlos Davies)

Tanholt Pits - Sedge Warbler (David Withrington)

Paxton Pits - Nightingale (Ann Scott)

Monday 6 April 2020

Monday, 6 April

Suton Gault - Sedge Warbler (Rob Partridge)

Alconbury - Raven over (Peter Rowlings)

Eynesbury - House Martin over (Mark Hawkes)

Fen Drayton Lakes - Common Tern, 6 Goldeneye (Philip Bubb)

Barnwell East LNR - Willow Warbler singing (Iain Webb)

Sunday 5 April 2020

Sunday, 5 April

Ouse Fen (from the perimeter) - Red-crested Pochard, Great Egret, Smew (Craig Carney)

March - Ring-necked Parakeet, House Martin over (Derek Benton)

Evesden Wood - fem Hen Harrier nearby (Chris Rider)

Duxford - ringtail Hen Harrier at Coploe Hill (Steve Cooper)

Ellington - 2 Raven over nearby (Stuart & Jill Elsom)

Small numbers of Swallows reported widely in the last couple of days

Saturday, 4 April

Soham - Raven over (Sue Greenaway)

Eynesbury - Psprey over north-west (Mark Hawkes)

Devils Dyke - c.58 Filedfare, 52 Corn Bunting (Richard Dale)

Saturday 4 April 2020

Friday, 3 April

Cambridge - Osprey over (Jon & David Heath)

Thursday 2 April 2020

Thursday, 2 April

Grafham Water - imm. WHITE-TAILED SEA-EAGLE over south-east, departing 09:46 towards St. Neots (Mark Hawkes)

Ferry Meadows - 25 Fieldfare, 8 Redwing, 3+ Ring-necked Parakeet (Don Gardener)

Wednesday 1 April 2020

Wednesday, 1 April

Sutton Gault - 500+ Black-tailed Godwit, Spotted Redshank, Great Egret (Rob Partridge)

Eaton Ford - pair of Smew over (Mark Ward)

Godmanchester - 75 Golden Plover & 20 Fieldfare over (Jamie Wells)

Orwell - Swallow over (Richard Gregory)