Sunday 28 February 2021

Sunday, 28 February

Foxton - 3cy KUMLIEN'S GULL along Newton Road, pair of Raven (Steve Cooper)

Ouse Fen - male Merlin, Shag, Great White Egret (Christopher Hughes)

Earith - 3 GLOSSY IBIS, 6 Water Pipit, Knot, 8 Great White Egret, 51 Dunlin, Ringed Plover (Brendan Doe)

Swaffham Prior Fen - 14 Whopper Swan and a ffurther 25 into roost on Burwell Fen (Christoph Zöckler)

Bottisham Lode - Little Owl, Tawny Owls (Christoph Zöckler)

Saturday 27 February 2021

Saturday, 27 February

Earith - 3 GLOSSY IBIS (Tracey Graves); 9 Great White Egret to south of Chain Corner, Knot, 320 Black-tailed Godwit, 50 Dunlin, 53 Pintail, 4 Water Pipit (Brendan Doe)

Fen Drayton Lakes - Water Pipit, 1000 Black-tailed Godwit, 50 Ruff, 2 Great White Egret (Hugh Venables); Sand Martin (Jeremy Lindsell)

Paxton Pits - 12 Smew, 4 Raven, Short-eared Owl, Great White Egret, Cetti's Warblers (Jamie Wells)

Friday 26 February 2021

Friday, 26 February

Soham - Cetti's Warbler along Spencer's Drove (Sue Greenway)

Fowlmere - 9 Barnacle Geese from reserve entrance track, 2 Nuthatch in village (Richard Palmer)

Fen Drayton Lakes - Avocet, 900 Black-tailed Godwit, Great White Egret (Christoph Zöckler)

Priory Farm - 2 Little Owl (Paul Craske)

Earith - Knot, 37 Black-tailed Godwit, 21 Dunlin, 5 Great White Egret, Water Pipit, 400 Whooper Swan towards Chain Corner (Brendan Doe); This morning 3 GLOSSY IBIS, 3 Crane and 6 more over north, 2 Cattle Egret. Hen Harrier & Barn Owl at Oxlode (Stu Elsom)

Ouse Washes - Shag on tidal river jst north of Chain Corner, Scaup at Sutton Gault and another to the south of Welches Dam (Jonathan Taylor)

Wicken area - 4+ Cattle Egret near Guinea Hall farm, viewed from the footpath near the footbridge to the east of St Edmund's Fen (Christopher Hughes); 18 Whooper Swan at Burwell Fen (Andy Clements)

Thursday 25 February 2021

Thursday, 25 February

Ouse Washes, Oxlode - 2 Grey Plover, Spotted Redshank reported

Fen Drayton Lakes - 2 Great White Egret, 1000 Black-tailed Godwit (Richard Allison)

Earith - 3 GLOSSY IBIS, Knot (Brendan Doe)

Dernford Reservoir - pair of Goosander (David Nation)

CEGB Reservoir, Peterborough - RED-THROATED DIVER (Mike Weedon)

Wednesday 24 February 2021

Wednesday, 24 February

Kingfishers Bridge - 3 Great White Egret (David & Sallie Jones)

Hobson's Park - Pink-footed Goose with Greylags still (Andrew Dobson)

Fen Drayton Lakes - 500 Black-tailed Godwit, Great White Egret, 30 Pintail (Gill Parrish); Bittern (Christopher Hughes); KUMLIEN'S GULL 50 min after leaving Dernford Res (Richard Thomas); Spotted Redshank, 50 Ruff and at least 1000 Black-tailed Godwit at dusk (Hugh Venables)

Dernford Reservoir - KUMLIEN'S GULL briefly before heading to Fen Drayton, 4 Goosander (Brendan Doe)

Mare Fen - 3 Sand Martin (Richard Thomas)

Tuesday 23 February 2021

Tuesday, 23 February

Fen Drayton Lakes - 1000 Black-tailed Godwit, Great White Egret also Cattle Egret south of Elney (Richard Allison)

March - 7 Goosander, 13 Whooper Swan along the Old Nene east of the town (Derek Benton)

Welches Dam - 2 ad Mediterranean Gull (Jonathan Taylor) 

Ferry Meadows - 3 Avocet, 2 Sand Martin (Don Gardener) 

Hare Park - 9 Brambling (Kevin Wilson)

Burwell Lode - Bittern, 12 Cetti's Warbler (Kevin Wilson)

Berry Fen - Garganey (Richard Thomas)

Orwell - 3 Crane over towards Wimpole (Richard Gregory)

Harston - Cattle Egret nearby (Stu Elsom)

Monday 22 February 2021

Monday, 22 February

Fen Drayton Lakes - fem Smew (Simon Gillings)

Burwell Fen - 11 Pintail (Andy Hannaford)

Grafham Water - 2 Red-beasted Merganser,  8 Whooper Swan briefly, 3 Common Sandpiper, fem Scaup, Avocet (Stewart Short)

Ouse Washes - 16 Grey Plover over (Jonathan Taylor)

Sunday 21 February 2021

Sunday, 21 February

Grafham Eater - 2 Red-breasted Merganser, 2 fem Scaup, Knot, 2 Great Northern Diver, 2 ad Bewick's Swan, Goosander, Raven over, 2 Common Sandpiper (Mark Hawkes)

Cottenham - 2 Bewick's Swan, 215 Whooper Swan, Merlin, 3 Great White Egret, Stonechat (Ian Ellis)

Earith - Shag on the river still, 2km north (Jonathan Taylor)

Wicken Fen - male & fem Hen Harrier (John Hoppett)

Colne Fen - 2 Tundra Bean Geese, 6 Barnacle Geese, ad Mediterranean Gull, Common Sandpiper (Steve Cooper)

Saturday 20 February 2021

Saturday, 20 February

Grafham Water - pair of Gooosander, pair of Bewick's Swan, 6 Siskin (Tim Rea); Great Northern Diver, a third Goosander (Mark Hawkes)

Fen Drayton Lakes - 59 Ruff, Spotted Redshank, 205 Pintail, 13 White-fronted Geese, Garganey, 550 Black-tailed Godwit, Great White Egret (Hugh Venables)

Friday 19 February 2021

Friday, 19 February

Teversham Fen - 60 Gadwall, Stonechat, 200 Lapwing & 150 more at Wilbraham Fen (Carl Howard)

Fen Drayton Lakes - 530 Black-tailed Godwit, Bar-tailed Godwit, 30 Ruff, 3 Great Egret (Christoph Zöckler)

Grafham Water - pair of Goosander (Mark Hawkes); pair Red-breasted Merganser, fem Scaup (Ian Dillon)

Ferry Meadows - Great Northern Diver (Paul Bolton)

Hobson's Park - Pink-footed Goose (Rachel Lennard)

Abbotsley - male Merlin to south of the village (Audrey & Gwyn Williams)

Thursday 18 February 2021

Thursday, 18 February

Ferry Meadows - pair of Goosander, Great Northern Diver (Don Gardener); Great White Egret over (Mike Weedon)

Wendy/Shingay - Cattle Egret between the villages (Richard Gregory)

Northstowe - male Hen Harrier (Hugh Venables)

Fen Drayton Lakes - 202 Black-tailed Godwit, Great White Egret over (Richard Allison); 11 Russian White-fronted Geese (Rahcel Lennard)

Cambourne - fem Hen Harrier (Stuart Cossey)

Wednesday 17 February 2021

Wednesday, 17 February

Ferry Meadows - fem Smew, pair of Goosander, Great Northern Diver (Don Gardener)

Earith - Shag & Great White Egret near sluice GLOSSY IBIS over (John Hoppett)

Barleycraft - 2 Tundra Bean Geese (Richard Thomas)

Ouse Washes - FERRUGINOUS DUCK, Scaup near Pymoor railaway bridge (David Nation); 2 Great White Egret, 150 Whooper Swan at Chain Corner; 6 Cattle Egret between Four Balls Farm and B1411, 37 Barnacle Geese over (Stuart Elsom)

Northstowe - Red-crested Pochard, 2 Grey Wagtail, 130 Goldene Plover (Stuart Elsom)

Longstanton - Jack Snipe, Stonechat (Stuart Elsom)


Tuesday 16 February 2021

Tuesday, 16 February

Ouse Washes, Earith - Shag by the sluice, 5 Great White Egret, 9 Water Pipit; 3 GLOSSY IBIS to roost this evening (Brendan Doe); 2 Great White Egret, Spotted Redshank with c.1000 Black-tailed Godwits on the wash (Simon Gillings); also Bar-tailed Godwit, Grey Plover on Berry fen this afternoon (Richard Thomas)

Fen Drayton - 7 Siberian White-fronted Geese on field opposite recreation ground (Gill Parrish)

River Welland, near Crowland - RED-THROATED DIVER strayed into the county briefly c.16:45h (Jonathan Taylor)

Buckden - Great White Egret (Stu Elsom)

Cow Lane - ad Caspian Gull, Great White Egret, 3 Goosander, 4 Pintail, Water Rail (Stu Elsom)

Hobson's Park - Pink-footed Goose still (Nigel Lister) 

Wimpole - 2 Barnacle Geese (Rachel Lennard)

Hare Park - 2 Tawny Owl (Kevin Wilson)

Monday 15 February 2021

Monday, 15 February

Paxton Pits - pair of Smew, Peregrine (Gwyn & Audrey Williams)

Hobson's Park - fem Goosander, Pink-footed Goose, Stonechat (Ali Cooper); 64+ Snipe visible, also 3 Barnacle Geese across the Addenbrooke's Road (Pete Holt)

Wicken area - Hen Harrier, Little Owl (Paul Craske)

Fen Drayton Lakes - Smew (Rachel Lennard)

Ouse Washes -at  Earith, 3 GLOSSY IBIS, Knot, Spotted Redshank, 38 Ruff, 220 Black-tailed Godwit, 65 Dunlin, 16 Redshank, 2 Water Pipit; at Sutton Gault Scaup and 3 Scaup south of Welches Dam, FERRUGINOUS DUCK still near railway viaduct (Brendan Doe)

Cow Lane - Great White Egret, 4 Pintail, Water Rail (Stu & Jill Elsom)

Ellingotn - 3 Brambling in a private garden (Stu & Jill Elsom)

Sunday 14 February 2021

Sunday, 14 February

Ferry Meadows - fem Smew, 4 Pintail, Ring-necked Parakeets (Don Gardener)

Grafham Water - 2 fem Scaup, 2 Bewick's Swan, 3 Great Northern Diver, Caspian Gull, Yellow-legged Gull, 248 Goldeneye, 696 Great-crested Grebe, Knot (Mark Hawkes)

Hobson's Park - Pink-footed Goose, 3 Barnacle Geese (Andrew Dobson)

Cottenham - 368 Whooper Swan, Bewick's Swan, 2 Great Egert, Green Sandpiper, 65 Stock Dove, 3 Stonechat (Ian Ellis)

Saturday 13 February 2021

Saturday, 13 February

Ouse Washes, Earith - 3 GLOSSY IBIS, Knot, 3 Crane over, 5+ Water Pipit, 109 Dunlin, 80 Whooper Swan, 18 Pintail (Brendan Doe); also Jack Snipe (David Nation)

Hobson's Park - Pink-footed Goose, 2 Golden Plover briefly (Carlos Davies); 3 Barnacle Geese (Andrew Dobson)

Fen Drayton Lakes - Garganey, 4 Smew, 13 White-fronted Geese, 2 Great WhiteEgret, 230 Pintail, 280+ Shoveller (Hugh Venables)

Dernford Reservoir - pair of Goosander (Guy Manners)

Ferry Meadows - fem Smew (Paul Bolton)

Wimpole - Tundra Bean Goose, White-fronted Goose, Barnacle Goose (Brook Perrins)

Friday, 12 February

Biomedical campus, Cambridge - Ring-necked Parakeet over (Andy Jennings)

Ouse Washes - 4 Crane, Peregrine, 6 Tree Sparrows, 2 Stonechat (Stu Elsom)

Cow Lane - 2 Great White Egret, 7 Pintail, Stonechat (Stu Elsom)

Somersham - pair of Little Owl (Russell Watkins)

Grafham Water - 3 Great Northern Diver, 2 ad Bewick's Swan,  Common Sandpiper, 2 Goosaner (Mark Hawkes); Knot (Colin Addington)

Pike & Eel flood - ad Mediterranean Gull, Iceland Gull (Richard Thomas)

Etton Pits - Red-necked Grebe (Jonathan Taylor)

Thursday 11 February 2021

Thursday, 11 February

Hare Park - 12 Brambling (Kevin Wilson)

Chippenham Park - 5 Egyptian Geese, Nuthatch (Kevin Wilson)

Grafham Water - 2 Bewick's Swan, Great Northern Diver, 3 Goosander, 2 Lesser Redpoll, Yellow-legged Gull (Mark Hawkes)

Pike & Eel, Needingworth floods - Bar-tailed Godwit, 3 Caspian Gull, 30 Ruff, 30 Dunlin (Richard Thomas) 

Fen Drayton Lakes - ICELAND GULL briefly (Richard Thomas)

Eairth - Turnstone, 2 Knot, 2 Water Pipit, 6 Bewick's Swan (Brendan Doe)

Cam Washes - 4 Goosander, Peregrine (Jon Heath)

Hobson's Park - 3 Barnacle Geese (Nigel Lister)

Byron's Pool - fem Goosander (Nigel Lister)

Wednesday 10 February 2021

Wednesday, 10 February

Byron's Pool - fem Goosander (Jill Aldred)

Little Wilbraham Fen - White Wagtail, Water Rail (Carl Howard)

Teversham Fen reedbed - Water Rail, 2 Stonechat (Carl Howard)

Coveney - 30 Bewick's Swan (David Nation)

Fen Drayton - 160 Black-tailed Godwit, Great Egret by flooded River Ouse nearby (Christoph Zöckler)

Dernford Reservoir - Pink-footed Goose, male Goosander, 43 Wigeon (Richard Palmer)

Cam Washes, Upware - ringtail Hen Harrier, 29 Snipe, 285 Teal (Monica & Owen Marks)

Wicken area - Hen Harrier over Baker's Fen, 1000 Wigeon from Harrison's Drove, Little Owl (Paul Craske)

Tuesday 9 February 2021

Tuesday, 9 February

Somersham Pocket Park -  2 Great White Egret (James Pipe)

Monday, January 8

Grafham Water - pair of Goosander (Jhn Roe)

Cambridge Science Park - 50+ Redpoll (Jon Heath)

Hare Park - 8 Brambling, 2 Nuthatch (Kevin Wilson)

Fen Drayton Lakes - Great Egret, 13+ Goldeneye (Christoph Zöckler)

Sunday 7 February 2021

Sunday, 7 February

Grafham Water - 2 ad Bewick's Swan, 2 Great Northern Diver, 665 Great-crested Grebe (Mark Hawkes)

Cambridge Science Park - 45+ Redpoll (John Heath)

Saturday, 6 February

Aldreth - 4 Crane briefly (Simon Stirrup)

Friday 5 February 2021

Friday, 5 February

Fen Drayton Lakes - Black-necked Grebe on Drtayton Pit, Spotted Redshank on floods north of river (Richard Allison)

Somersham - Great White Egret (Russell Watkins)

Dernford Reservoir - 3 Brent Geese, Pink-footed Goose (Andrew Dobson)

Sutton - possible group of 14 Great White Egret reported towards Willingham

Thursday, 4 February

Priory Farm, Wicken - Little Owl (Paul Craske)

Wednesday 3 February 2021

Wednesday, 3 February

Somersham pocket park - Great White Egret (James Pipe)

Grafham Water - 2 Bewick's Swan, 4 Red-crested Pochard (Andrew Sharpe)

Tuesday 2 February 2021

Tuesday, 2 February

Dernford Reservoir - juv KITTIWAKE, Pink-footed Goose, male Goosander (Dan Field, as per Marcus Kohler)

Monday 1 February 2021

Monday, 1 February

Upwell - 4 Goosander nearby (Andy Bayes)

Hare Park - 8 Brambling, 2 Nuthatch (Kevin Wilson)

Fenstanton - Cattle Egret TL 327688 (Richard Allison)

Cow Lane - Brent Goose over (Stu & Jill Elsom)

Paxton Pits - fem Scaup, 7 Smew, Great White Egret, 2 Red-crested Pochard (Mark Brandon)

Wicken & Burwell Fens - 6 Water Rail, 3 Barn Owl, ringtail Hen Harrier, 4 Cetti's Warbler (Christoph Zöckler)