Friday 26 July 2024

Friday, 26 July

Paxton Pits - 7 Green Sandpiper, Avocet pair with 3 young (Terry Brown)

Wednesday 24 July 2024

Wednesday, 24 July

Somersham - Hobby over (Russell Watkins)

Fen Drayton Lakes - 3 Turle Dove, 2 Cattle Egret (Terry Brown)

Sunday 21 July 2024

Sunday, 21 July

Paxton Pits - 8 Green Sandpiper, 2 Avocet (Terry Brown)

Cottenham, Long Drove - 8 Caspian Gull, 20+ Yellow-legged Gull (Brendan Doe, Steve Cooper)

Ouse Washes - 3 garganey, 18 Ruff, Hobby, 2 Green Sandpiper, 3 Great Egret (James Littlewood)

Saturday 20 July 2024

Saturday, 20 July

Somersham - Quail singing west of village, location here: Somersham Quail (Russell Watkins)

Friday, 19 July

Burwell Fen - Whimbrel, 2 Barn Owl, Great Egret (James Littlewood)

Thursday 18 July 2024

Wednesday, 17 July

Burwell Fen - PURPLE HERON photographed in flight, likely landed near 2nd pool north of Lode bridge

Tuesday, 16 July

Paxton Pits - 6 Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 2 Avocet (Terry Brown)

Monday 15 July 2024

Sunday, 14 July

Sutton North Fen - 60+ Egyptian Geese (David Nation)

Sawston - Peregrine over (Andrew Knights)

Saturday 13 July 2024

Saturday, 13 July

Etton Pits - STONE CURLEW on Rectory Pit (Hugh Wright)

Friday, 12 July

Fen Drayton Lakes - Turtle Dove (Gill Parrish)

Tuesday 9 July 2024

Tuesday, 9 July

Etton Pits - 2 Curlew over (Hugh  Wright)

Monday 8 July 2024

Monday, 8 July

Ouse Fen - NIGHT HERON (Dave Gandy); flew towards Earith, landed in trees near River Ouse. Also 4 Great Egret, Hobby, Cuckoo (Tracey Graves)

Sunday 7 July 2024

Sunday, 7 July

Burwell Fen - Great Egret, Green Sandpiper, rufous female Cuckoo (Kevin Wilson)

Smithy Fen - 2 BLACK-WINGED STILT still (John Dingemans)

Saturday 6 July 2024

Friday, 5 July

Fen Drayton Lakes - LITTLE TERN (Simon Freedman)

Monday 1 July 2024

Monday, 1 July

Maxey Pits - 2 GLOSSY IBIS (Chris Lines)

Smithy Fen - 2 BLACK-WINGED STILT (Brendan Doe)

Ouse Washes - Bar-tailed Godwit (Jonathan Taylor)

Friday 28 June 2024

Friday, 28 June

Smithy Fen - pair of BLACK-WINGED STILT reported this morning; still present 16:00h (Mark Hawkes)

Paxton Pits - 6 Green sandpiper, 4 Avocet (Terry brown)

Ouse Washes - 24 Great Egret nests this year (Jonathan Taylor)

Wednesday 26 June 2024

Tuesday, 25 June

Berry Fen - BLACK-WINGED STILT (Rich Atkins)

Monday 24 June 2024

Sunday, 23 June

Little Wilbraham Fen - Turtle Dove (Martin Welbank)

Heydon area - 76 Raven (Steve Cooper)

Etton Pits - Curlew (Chris Lines)

Saturday, 22 June

Etton Pits - pair of BLACK-WINGED STILT (Hugh Wright)

Ouse Washes - Black Tern on Cadbury pool (Ade Cooper); 60 Great Egret, 70 Little Egret, 22 Cattle Egret, 5 Bittern along the washes (Steve Cooper)

Thursday, 21 June

Wimpole Hall - 2 Spotted Flycatcher (Ed Gill)

Wednesday 19 June 2024

Wednesday, 19 June

Maxey Pits - Short-eared Owl, 6 Red-crested Pochard, Wellow Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Barnacle Geese (Chris Lines)

Toft - Green Sandpiper on Bourn Brook (Ed Gill)


Tuesday 18 June 2024

Tuesday, 18 June

Burwell - 2 Curlew over (Christoph Zöckler)

Maxey Pits - 2 Greenshank, Avocet reported

Monday 17 June 2024

Monday, 17 June

Dernford Reservoir - Hobby (Stephen Dutton)

Burwell Fen -  2 Curlew (Chris Brown)

Eldernell - Glossy Ibis (Charlie Kitchin)

Sunday 16 June 2024

Sunday, 16 June

Lockspits Mere - GREAT REED WARBLER, 2 Hobby, 3 Cuckoo, Bittern, Crane, Barn Owl (Tracey Graves)

Colne Fen GP - FERRUGINOUS DUCK viewed from bridleway at TL388777 (Steve Cooper)

Whittlesey High Wash - Wood Sandpiper, Egyptian Goose (Charlie Kitchin)

Thursday, 13 June

 Castor Hanglands - 3 Crossbill, Siskin reported

Sunday 9 June 2024

Sunday, 9 June

 Fortrey's Hall, Ouse Washes - BLACK-WINGED STILT (Brendan Doe)

Saturday, 8 June

Ouse Fen - GREAT REED WARBLER singing but not showing in the wind, Grasshopper Warbler, Hobby, Cuckoo, Bearded Tit (Nath Comber); also fem Goldeneye (Ade Cooper)

Fortrey's Hall, Ouse Washes - BLACK-WINGED STILT, also 3 Garganey, Black Tern (Brendan Doe)

Friday 7 June 2024

Friday, 7 June

Ouse Fen - GREAT REED WARBLER still showing (Bob Grice)

Impington - Cattle Egret over the village college 09:30h (David Nation)

Monday 3 June 2024

Monday, 3 June

Waterbeach - White Stork over south 11:05-11:10h, no ring apparent (Ian Burfield); Turtle Dove at the Research Park (Martin Coxton)

Wicken Fen - 3 Cuckoo; also 4 Garganey on Bakers Fen (Kevin Wilson)

Sunday 2 June 2024

Sunday, 2 June

Ouse Fen - GREAT REED WARBLER still showing (Andy Clements)

Saturday, 1 June

Ouse Fen - GREAT REED WARBLER still showing well (Jeremy Lindsell)

White Fen - Cuckoo, Cetti's Warbler, 3 Willow Warbler (Kevin Wilson)

Wednesday 29 May 2024

Wednesday, 29 May

Ouse Fen - GREAT REED WARBLER still showing well (Henry Cook)

Tuesday 28 May 2024

Tuesday, 28 May

Ouse Fen - GREAT REED WARBLER still showing well (m.o.)

Molesworth - Spotted Flycatcher (Stewart Short)

Monday 27 May 2024

Monday, 27 May

Ouse Fen - GREAT REED WARBLER still showing well (m.o.); also 3 Bittern, 3 Bearded Tit, Hobby, Cuckoo (Ed Gill)

Fen Drayton Lakes - White Stork over (Henry Cook)

March Farmers - Turnstone, 2 Whimbrel, 3 Grey Plover (Charlie Kitchin)

Sunday, 26 May

Ouse Fen - GREAT REED WARBLER still showing well (m.o.)

Grafham Water - Tawny Owl, 9 Sanderling on the dam (Mark Hawkes)

Etton Pits - Sanderling (Jonathan Taylor)

Sunday 26 May 2024

Saturday, 25 May

Reach area - Hobby, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 5 Corn Bunting (Kevin Wilson)

Saturday 25 May 2024

Friday, 24 May

Wilbraham Fen -  4 Cuckoo, Barn Owl, Cattle Egret over (James Littlewood)

Thursday 23 May 2024

Thursday, 23 May

Ouse Fen -  GREAT REED WARBLER (James Reader)

Fen Drayton Lakes - RED-FOOTED FALCON (Dave Anderson)

Etton Pits - Sanderling (Hugh Wright)

March Farmers - 2 Spoonbill reported over, also Red-crested Pochard, Whooper Swan

Barnack - WRYNECK reported

Wednesday, 22 May

Grafham Water - fem Common Scoter, 11 Sanderling (Nigel Butler)

Ouse Fen -  GREAT REED WARBLER, Great Egret, 3 Bittern, Cuckoo, 6 Water Rail, Bearded Tit (Mark Ward)

Fen Drayton Lakes - RED-FOOTED FALCON, 3 Hobby, 2 Bitter, 4 Cuckoo (Mark Ward)

Paxton Pits - Turnstone (Mark Hawkes)

Etton Pits - 2 Grey Plover, 3 Turnstone (Hugh Wright)

March Farmers -3 Sanderling,, 2 Grey Plover, Whimbrel, 40 Ringed Plover (Charlie Kitchin)

Westbrook - 2 Sanderling (Mark Thomas)

Tuesday 21 May 2024

Tuesday, 21 May

March Farmers - 2 Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Grey plover (Charlie Kitchin)

Fen Drayton Lakes - RED-FOOTED FALCON at Elney (Graham Tucker)

Grafham Water - fem Common Scoter (Mark Hawkes)

Monday 20 May 2024

Monday, 20 May

Ouse Fen RSPB - GREAT REED WARBLER (Tim Watling); BLACK-WINGED STILT on pit east of Earith end CP (Chris Rider)

Fen Drayton Lakes - male RED-FOOTED FALCON reprted over Oxholme this morning, by Elney CP again this evening (Jeremy Lindsell); Bittern (Stuart Fox)

Ditton Park Wood - Spotted Flycathcer, Cuckoo (Chris Brown) 

Warboys - White Stork over (Richard Allison)

Sunday 19 May 2024

Sunday, 19 May

Ouse Fen RSPB - GREAT REED WARBLER (m.o.)

Fen Drayton Lakes - BLACK-WINGED STILT,  departed c. 08:00h (Richard Bradbury); male RED-FOOTED FALCON from Elney CP (Richard Patient)

Coveney Byall Fen - AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER, departed 07:55h (Robert Martin)

Eldernell - Grey Plover, Whimbrel (Charlie Kitchin)

Great Fen - TEMMINCK'S STINT, just north of Holme Lode and immediately before the two houses (Chris Jones)

Wilbraham Fen - Spotted Flycatcher, Hobby, Cuckoo (James Littlewood)

Witcham - 3 Turtle Doves along Bury Lane (Jamie Evan)

Saturday 18 May 2024

Saturday, 18 May

Coveney, Byall Fen - AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER (Alan Boddington)

Ouse Fen RSPB - GREAT REED WARBLER (Alan Boddington); Great Egret, Bittern (Tracey Graves)

Kingfishers Bridge - Avocet with chicks, 2 Cuckoo, Yellow Wagtail. Nearby, another Cuckoo, Hobby (Kevin Wilson)

Eldernell - GOLDEN ORIOLE briefly (Richard Patient)

Babraham - 7 Whimbrel over north (Daniel Field)

Smithy Fen - Quail calling (Rachel Lennard); also Crane briefly (Neil Howard)

Friday 17 May 2024

Friday, 17 May

Ouse Fen - GREAT REED WARBLER on Crane Fen (m.o.) Please watch and listen from the viewing mound on cell 8, do not appraoch the reed edge. Also 2 Bittern, Great Egret, Barn Owl (Tracey graves)

Quy area - 2 Cuckoo, Cetti's Warbler (Kevin Wilson)


Thursday, 16 May

Coveney Byall Fen - AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER (Paul Pulham)

Ouse Fen Gen - GREAT REED WARBLER on Crane Fen (Hannah Bernie). Please watch and listen from the viewing mound on cell 8, do not appraoch the reed edge.

Etton Pits - 3 Sanderling, Grey Plover over, Sandwich Tern over (HughWright)

Brampton Pits West - 2 Sanderling (Mark Hawkes)

Wednesday 15 May 2024

Wednesday, 15 May

Coveney Byall Fen - AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER (m.o.); also Grey Plover (Jonathan Taylor)

Fen Drayton Lakes - 2 Grey Plover (Terry Brown)

Ouse Washes - 2 Sanderling, Grasshopper Warbler (Mark Hawkes)

Tuesday, 14 May

Coveney Byall Fen - AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER (David Hopkins)

March Farmers - 7 Grey Plover, Greenshank, 4 Whooper Swan (Charlie Kitchin)

Sunday 12 May 2024

Sunday, 12 May

Stirtloe - NIGHTJAR brielfy along the Anglian Water access road 21:50h, but not relocated (Stu Elsom)

Etton Pits - 3 Sanderling, 3 Black Tern (Jonathan Taylor)

Southey Wood - Spotted Flycatcher (Mike Weedon)

Ouse Washes, Earith - 2 drake Garganey, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 16 Black-tailed Godwit, Avocet, Common Tern, Bittern (David Nation)

Saturday 11 May 2024

Saturday, 11 May

Fen Drayton Lakes - Grey Plover, Common Sandpiper, 3 Garganey, Mandarin, 3 Cuckoo, 2 Bittern (Carlos Davies) 

Westbrook - Turtle Dove, Cuckoo, Hobby, Kingfisher, Cetti's, Common Tern (Mark Thomas)

Soham - Nightingale (Chris Barker)

Friday 10 May 2024

Friday, 10 May

Fen Drayton Lakes - Spoonbill (Tim Straw); Bittern, Black Tern, Great Egret (Tracey Graves)

Ouse Washes - Spoonbill past Welches Dam 10:05h (Jonathan Taylor)

Kingfishers Bridge - Cuckoo, 2 Avocet, Little Ringed Plover, Bittern (Ian Burfield)

Cam Washes, Upware - Pink-footed Goose, Cuckoo, 2 Great Egret (Ian Burfield)

West Brook - Wood Sandpiper (Mark Thomas) 

Maxey Pits - 6 Arctic Tern (Chris Lines); Little Gull (Josh Jones)

 

Thursday 9 May 2024

Thursday, 9 May

Grafham Water - Grey Plover briefly (Colin Addington)

Etton Pits - Black Tern (Jonathan Taylor)

Wednesday, 8 May

March - Short-eared Owl (Derek Benton)  

Burwell Fen - Wood Sandpiper (Ian Barton)

Wednesday 8 May 2024

Tuesday, 7 May

Etton Pits - Cuckoo, Hobby, 2 Arctic Tern, 14 Common Tern (Brian Stone); 2 further Arctic Tern, 5 Red-crested Pochard reported

Nene Washes - 5 Cattle Egret (Paul Bolton) 

Westbrook - 3 Crane over (Duerden Cormack)

Thriplow - Cuckoo (Richard webber)

Fen Drayton Lakes - Turtle Dove, Cuckoo (John Hayward)

Cambridge Research Park - Wheatear (Jon Heath)

Cam Washes, Upware - Great Egret (Kevin Wilson)

Kingfishers Bridge - Bittern, 2 Avocet, Little Ringed Plover (Kevin Wilson)

White Fen -  Cuckoo (Kevin Wilson)

Monday 6 May 2024

Monday, 6 May

Etton Pits - Whimbrel, 2 Avocet; also 2 Avocet, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Hobby along Green Lane (Chris Lines)

Nene Washes - 6 Cattle Egret, 3 Bar-tailed Godwit, Whimbrel, Caspian Gull (Richard Patient)

 Dernford Reservoir - Black Tern (Andrew Knights)

Madingley Hall - Nuthatch (Ed Gill)

Swifts in low nunbers reported widely today

Sunday 5 May 2024

Sunday, 5 May

Chatteris - 3 Swift over (Kevin Hand)

March Farmers - 2 Whimbrel (Jonathan Taylor)

Etton Pits - Wood Sandpiper, Whimbrel, Grey Plover over (Josh Jones); Caspian Gull (Jonathan Taylor)

Stapleford - Cuckoo (Stephen Sutton)

Impington - 2 Hobby (Nigel Butcher)

Nene Washes - 3 Great Egret, pair of Garganey, 3 Oystercatcher, 2 Whimbrel, Greenshank, 5 Dunlin, Black Tern, 4 Hobby, 2 Cuckoo at March farmers, also 5 Great Egret, 2 Bittern, Whooper Swan, 5 displaying 'limosa' Black-tailed Godwits elesewhere on the washes (Steve Cooper)

Fen Drayton Lakes - Turtle Dove, Bittern, Cuckoo (Nath Comber)

King's Ripton - White Stork over (Micahel Krause)

Saturday 4 May 2024

Saturday, 4 May

Lockspit's Mere - Crane, 3 Bittern, Great Egret, Cuckoo, Garden Warbler (Tracey Graves)

Shepreth L-moor - Cuckoo (Guy Manners)

Cam Washes, Upware - 3 Barnacle Geese, Yellow Wagtail (Kevin Wilson) 

Soham - Cuckoo, 2 Swift (Chris Baker)

Cambridge - Swift over Birdwood Road (Pete Holt)

Fulbourn - Swift over (Colin Kirtland)

Fen Drayton Lakes - 2 Bitter, Cuckoo, Nightingale (John Hayward)

Magog Down - White Stork over (Andrew Knights)

Nene Washes - 2 drake Garganey, 7 Crane, 8 Hobby, 2 Cuckoo, Bittern, 2 Yellow Wagtasil (Joe Taylor); also another drake Garganey, 2 Whimbrel, 3 Hobby & Cuckoo reported

Friday 3 May 2024

Friday, 3 May

Grafham Water - 35 Arctic Tern thtough 14:05h, 16 Arctic Tern through 15:50h, Whimbrel (Mark Hawkes) 

Etton Pits - Greenshank, 2 Arctic Tern (Jonathan Taylor); 31 Arctic Tern through, 6 lingering (Hugh Wright)

Beebys Pit - Arctic Tern, Common Tern (Chris Jones)

Westbrook Pit - Black Tern (Duerden Cormack)

Fen Drayton Lakes - Grey Plover, Black Tern, 2 Arctic Tern, Little Ringed Plover (Terry Brown)

Ouse Washes - Little Tern, 6 Arctic Tern, 2 Common Tern (Mike Burdekin)

Thursday 2 May 2024

Thursday, 2 May

Burwell Fen - drake Garganey, Hobby, 2 Wheatear (Richard Dale)

Ouse Washes - Little Gull, Common Sandpiper from Welches Dam hide (Derek benton)

Wednesday 1 May 2024

Wednesday, 1 May

Dernford Reservoir - Black Tern, Greenshank (Chris Ruis)

Berry Fen - 2 Black Fen (Nicola Ann)

Etton Pits - 3 Black Tern, also 2 Wheatear nearby (Hugh Wright); Short-eared Owl (Paul Bolton); drake Mandarin (Jonathan Taylor)

Nene Washes - 2 ad Mediterranean Gull over (Mike Weedon); in the March Farmers area, 4 Wood Sandpiper, Greenshank, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 10 Ruff, Avocet, Turnstone, Whimbrel( Charlie Kitchin)

Burwell Fen - 2 Cuckoo, 4 Grasshopper Warbler 3 Marsh Harrier (Paul Pulham)

Ouse Fen - Hobby, Cuckoo reported

Ouse Washes - 5 Black Tern from Welches Dam hide (Paul Harrington) 

Fen Drayton Lakes - Grey Plover (Duncan McNiven)


Tuesday 30 April 2024

Tuesday, 30 April

Great Stukeley - White Stork over south-east 10:45h (Robin Ward)

Fen Drayton Lakes - Wood Sandpiper, Nightingale (Jon Heath); also Grasshopper Warbler, Cuckoo, Whinchat reported

Reach - Cuckoo between the Lode and the Village, Yellow Wagtail, Kingfisher (Kevin Wilson)

Etton Pits - 2 Curlew first thing (Hugh Wright); Hobby (Kevin Eldred)

Rings End to March Farmers - Greenshank, Avocet, Barnacle Goose, 26 Black-tailed Godwit (Paul Bolton)

Lockspits Mere - Crane, 2 Bittern (Tracey Graves) 

Fowlmere - 2 Hobby, Cuckoo, Marsh Harrier, Treecreeper (Ed Gill)


Monday 29 April 2024

Monday, 29 April

Harston - 6 WAXWING in a private garden (as per Rachel Lennard)

Fowlmere - 2 Hobby reported

Etton Pits - Hobby, Common Sandpiper (Hugh Wright)

Nene Washes - Sanderling, 50 islandica Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Whooper Swan, Wheatear, Hobby, Peregrine, Swift; in the pevious couple of days, Spotted Redshank, Avocet, Whimbrel, 2 Arctic Tern (Charlie Kitchin)

Peterborough - Bar-tailed Godwit on flood west of Millenium Bridge (Chris Jones)

Fen Drayton Lakes - White Strok over 11:30h (Gill Parrish)

Burwell Fen - Osprey over (Ian Barton)

Sunday 28 April 2024

Sunday, 28 April

Paxton Pits - Whimbrel (Mark Hawkes); VELVET SCOTER reported; but no sign this evening (Mark Hawkes)

Grafham Water - Hobby (Mark Hawkes)

Soham - Swift over the railway station (Andy Hannaford)

Rings End/eastern end March Farmers - Turnstone, 2 wjimbrtel, 30 yellow Wagtail, White Wagtail (Josh Jones)

Eldernell - 3 Little Gull, Curlew, Cuckoo (Paul Bolton)

Ouse Washes - drake Garganey, Swifts, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 11 Ruff, 2 Yellow Wagtail, Peregrine (James Littlewood)

Earith - 5 Grey Plover (Rachel Lennard); 23 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Crane over (David Nation)

Sutton - Whooper Swan nearby (Davoid Nation)

Westbrook - Whimbrel, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Common Sandpiper, Turtle Dove, Swift, 12 yellow Wagtails (Mark Thomas)

Fen Drayton Lakes - White Stork over (Simon Passey); Arctic Tern (Jeremy Lindsell)

Dernford Reservoir - Little Gull, 2 Yellow-legged Gull (Joe Parham)

Saturday, 27 April

Milton, Cambridge -  White Stork over 17:30h (Mike Wood)

Kingfishers Bridge - WAXWING over (Mark Hawkes)

Ouse Washes - Bar-tailed Godwit & 4 Whimbrel over, 2 further Whimbrel (Mark Hawkes)

Grafham Water - 3 Arctic Tern through (Mark Hawkes)

Fen Drayton Lakes - Bar-tailed Godwit over, Arctic Tern, 25 Swift, drake Garganey (Mark Hawkes)

Ouse Fen - drake Garganey (Mark Hawkes)

Friday 26 April 2024

Friday, 26 April

Cambridge - 2 Little Ringed Plovers around Addenbrooke's helipad briefly (Sarah Howlett)

Upware lock - 3 Grey Wagtail, Wheatear nearby (Kevin Wilson)

Hobson's Park - Reed Warbler singing (Joe Parham)

Isleham Wash - drake Garganey, 2 Sedge Warbler reported

Brampton - 2 Crane over (Jamie Wells)

Ouse Washes - Scaup, Mediterranean Gull, 2 Caspian Gull, 20 Great Egret, 30 Ruff, Whimbrel (Jonathan Taylor)

Thursday 25 April 2024

Thursday, 25 April

Dernford Reservoir - drake Garganey (Chris Ruis)

Outwell - LAPLAND BUNTING reported

Grafham Water - Whimbrel (Tim Rea)

Etton Pits - Turnstone, Black-Tailed Godwit (Hugh Wright); Swifts (Chris Lines)

Ferry Meadows - 5 Arctic Tern over (Kevin Eldred)

Wednesday 24 April 2024

Wednesday, 24 April

Etton Pits - Bar-tailed Godwit (Hugh Wright); Turnstone (Paul Bolton)

Upware - 15 Wheatear, 2 Whinchat, also Garganey, 3 Barnacle Geese on the washes (David Nation)

Kingfishers Bridge - Little Gull, 4 Avocet, 3 Black-tailed Godwit (David Nation)

Swaffham Bulbeck Fen - Shirt-eared Owl (David Nation) 

Magog Trust - 2 Wheatear (Mike Foley)

 

Tuesday 23 April 2024

Tuesday, 23 April

Grafham Water - 44+ Arctic Tern through by 07:30h (Mark Hawkes)

Westbrook - 7 Arctic Tern through (Mark Thomas)

Dernford Reservoir - Arctic Tern, Whimbrel through, Green Sandpiper (Chris Ruis)

RSPB Hope Farm - Whinchat, Wheatear reported

Hobson's Park - 5 Wheatear reported

Fen Drayton Lakes - 36 Arctic Tern this morning (Jon Heath); 4 Arctic Tern dpearted north-east, Bar-tailed Godwit, Common Sandpiper this afternoon (Mark Ward)

Etton Pits - Arctic Tern through, Turnstone, Bar-tailed Godwit (Hugh Wright); Turtle Dove reported

Grantchester - pair of Garganey on the River Cam (Arjan Dutta)


Monday 22 April 2024

Monday, 22 April

Hobson's Park - Little Ringed Plover (Howard Slatter)

Etton Pits - Bar-tailed Godwit (Hugh Wright)

Ouse Washes, Earith - Bar-tailed Godwit (Rachel Lennard)

Sunday 21 April 2024

Sunday, 21 April

Wicken Fen - Spoonbill from West Mere Hide (Paul Derry); Common Redpoll ringed, also 15 Lesser Redpoll (Mark Peck)

Godmanchester - 2 Cattle Egret by Corpus Christi Farm (Andrew Tongue)

Ouse Washes - 8 Arctic Tern, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit through at Four Balls Farm (Ian Barton)

Thorpe Meadow - Restart briefly (Joe Taylor)

Etton pits - Whimbrel into roost at Martins pit (Jonathan Taylor)

Stapleford - RING OUZEL east of the village, also 14 Yellow Wagtail, Mandarin (Chris Ruis(

Saturday, 20 April

Fen Drayton Lakes -  Sandwich Tern, Bar-tailed  Godwit reported

Ouse Fen - Bittern, Bearded Tit Redpoll, Crane reported

Etton pits - Curlew (Hugh Wright); Little Ringed Plover (Martin Browne)


Friday 19 April 2024

Friday, 19 April

Balsham - male RING OUZEL between Worsted Lodge & Gunners Hill (Stu Elsom)

Grunty Fen - male Hen Harrier over north (David Nation)

Ouse Washes -  Spotted Redhsank, 2 Greenshank at Earith (Jonathan Taylor)

March - RING OUZEL in Silt Road paddock still (Dick Burnham)

Upware - Whinchat, 3 Wheatear (Becky Webb)

Etton pits - 2 Curlew (Hugh Wright)

Nene Washes - pair of Garganey, c.3,000 Black-tailed Godwit (Paul Bolton)

Thursday 18 April 2024

Thursday, 18 April

Nene Washes - RING OUZEL around the March Farmers car park, Grasshopper Warbler, Cuckoo west of Lord's Holt (Paul Bolton)

Cambridge - Ring-necked Parakeet at the Madingley Road Park & Ride (Paul Derry)

Six Mile Bottom/Balsham - RING OUZEL, Short-eared Owl, 5 Wheatear between the villages (Stu Elsom)

Fen Drayton Lakes - Sandwich Tern from Ferry Lagoon viewpoint (Dean Harlow)

Swaddywell - Redstart, although elusive (Paul Bolton)

Impington - 4 Little Ringed Plover, Yellow Wagtail (Nigel Butler)

Wednesday 17 April 2024

Wednesday, 17 April

March - RING OUZEL in paddock at north end of Silt Road (Derek Benton)

Fowlmere/Thriplow - RING OUZEL on farmland between this villages briefly this morning (Doug Radford)

March Farmers - RING OUZEL reported east of car park 12:30h

Southey Woods - Redstart, heard only (Steve Zealand)

Ouse Washes - Spotted Redshank (Mark Hawkes)

Fen Drayton Lakes - Sandwich Tern through (Terry Brown)

Stapleford - Whinchat, pair of Mandarin nearby (Chris Ruis)

Upware - next to the Cam Washes Whinchat, 7 Wheatear (Jon Heath)

Tuesday 16 April 2024

Tuesday, 16 April

Etton pits - Knot (Jonathan Taylor)

Harrison's Drove - 5 Wheatear, Whinchat (Rachel Lennard)

March - RING OUZEL at Fourwinds campsite (Andy Swainston)

Monday 15 April 2024

Monday, 15 April

Etton pits - Little Tern briefly, departed 06:45h (Hugh Wright)

Hobson's Park - Wheatear, 4 Sand Martin, Swallow, House Martin (Joe Parham)

Ouse Washes - Osprey, 3 Arctic Tern (Jonathan Taylor)

Sunday 14 April 2024

Sunday, 14 April

March - male RING OUZEL in horse paddock at north end of Silt Lane (Paul Harrington)

Wicken area - Spoonbill & Great Egret over south (David Wege)

Grantchester Meadows - BLUETHROAT very briefly 12:00h and no sign since (Arjun Dutta, Joe Parham)

Castor Hanglands - 5 Nightingale, Garden Warbler reported

Hobson's Park - Wheatear, Common Tern reported

Saturday 13 April 2024

Saturday, 13 April

Stretham - BLACK KITE over east (Owen Marks, Ian Barton)

Fen Drayton Lakes - Whinchat (Jeremy Lindsell); Cattle Egret, 5 Grasshopper Warbler, 2 Garden Warbler, 2 Cuckoo, 2 Lesset Whitethroat, 23 Willow Warbler, 22 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, Little Ringed Plover, 2 Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 2 Raven (Joe Parham)

Longstanton - Wheatear (Rachel Lennard)

Northstowe - Yellow Wagtail (Rachel Lennard)

Etton Pits - 2 Greenshank (Hugh Wright); Corn Bunting (Chris Lines)

Wicken area - Bar-tailed Godwit, pair of Garganey, Cuckoo at Burwell Fen, Green Sandpiper flushed from Soham Lode pumping station (Carlos Davies)

 

Friday 12 April 2024

Friday, 12 April

Soham Lode - Sedge Warbler (Andy Hannaford)

Hobson's Park - 2 Sand Martin through, distant ringed plover sp. by farm pool to the south (Gareth Rees); 2 distant plovers late afternoon (Pete Holt)

Barton - Leeser Whitethroat and Whitethroat nearby (Roger Hardie)

Etton pits - Bar-tailed Godwit, Sanderling through (Hugh Wright); Reed Warbler (Paul Bolton); Red-crested Pocahrd, 2 Ringed Plover (Josh Jones)

Eastrea/Coates - RING OUZEL through (Andrew Gardener)

Ferry Meadows - Nightingale singing at corner of Short Meadow nearest Heron Meadow/Gunwade Lake (Don Gardener)

Orton Mere - Nightingale singing (Don Gardener)

Grafham Water - 3 Little Ringed Plover, 4 Swallow reported

Wicken area - pair of Garganey from Charlie's Hide, Bittern in flight, Reed & Sedge Warblers; 6 White Wagtail, 5 Yellow Wagtail at Swaffham Prior Fen (Marilyn Peterkin)

Cambridge - Turtle Dove nearby (Jon Heath)

Lockspit's Mere - 3 Short-eared Owl (Simon Passey)

Thursday 11 April 2024

Thursday, 11 April

Fen Drayton Lakes - 220 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Avocet, 17 Cattle Egret, 6 Goldeneye, Lesser Whitethroat, Reed Warbler, 7 Willow Warbler(Terry Brown)

Kingfishers Bridge - Little Gull (Rachel Lennard)

Ouse washes - Little Gull from Cottier Hide (Henry Cook)

Grafham Water - 4 Yellow Wagtail, Common Sandpiper (Anthony Lowe)

Maxey Pits - Cuckoo, Common Sandpiper (Hugh Wright)

Wednesday 10 April 2024

Wednesday, 10 April

Conington Fen - RING OUZEL (Mark Hawkes)

Sawtry - Hawfinch over (Mark Hawkes)

Fowlmere - Cuckoo (Terry Brown)

Soham Lode - Whitethroat (Andy Hannaford)

Abington - 2 Willow Warbler, Swallow (Andy Merryweather)

Wicken area - SAVI'S WARBLER opposite West Mere Hide path, Bittern, 3 Willow Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, 9 Cetti's Warbler, 5 Garganey reported

Ouse Washes - ad Little Gull from Cottier Hide (Jonathan Taylor)

Tuesday 9 April 2024

Tuesday, 9 April

Eldernell - 20 Swallow, 2 House Martin (Dick Burnham)

Monday 8 April 2024

Monday, 8 April

Cambridge - Firecrest singing along Herschel Road (Richard Gregory)

Ditton Park Wood - Cuckoo, Willow Warbler, Marsh Tit (Chris Brown)

Kingfishers Bridge - Black Tern reported

Eldernell - 1,500 Black-tailed Godwit, pair of Garganey, Spotted Redshank (Steve Ouditt)

Cottenham - Whitethroat, 3 Corn Bunting (Marilyn Peterkin)

Sunday 7 April 2024

Sunday, 7 April

Sutton North Fen - Grey Plover over (David Nation)

Paxton Pits - 20 sand Martin, Willow Warbler, Green Sandpiper, Goldeneye (Stu & Jill Elsom)

Grafham Water - Swallow (Stu & Jill Elsom)

Ellington - 3 House Martin (Stu & Jill Elsom)

Fowlmere - male & fem Redstart in private area, also Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, House Martin (Ade Cooper); Whitethroat between Fowlmere and Newton (Doug Radford)

Fen Drayton Lakes - Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Sand Martin, Cattle Egret reported

Saturday 6 April 2024

Saturday, 6 April

 Swaddywell -  Osprey over (Josh Jones)

Castor Hanglands - Nightingale reported

Maxey - Avocet, White Wagtail by the Cut (Paul Bolton)

Nene Washes - 6 Cattle Egret near entrance to Low Wash (Will Bowell)

Kingfishers Bridge - Black Tern (Rachel Lennard)

Friday 5 April 2024

Friday, 5 April

Burwell Fen - Swallow (Andy Hannaford); Garganey, Wheatear reported

Hobson's Park - 2 Sand Martin, Swallow (Gareth Rees)

Dernford Reservoir - Arctic Tern, Swallow (Roger Hardie)


Thursday 4 April 2024

Thursday, 4 April

Fen Drayton Lakes - Spotted Redshank, Bittern, 4 Willow Warbler (Richard Palmer)

Wednesday 3 April 2024

Wednesday, 3 April

Grafham Water - Little Ringed Plover, Yellow Wagtail (Andrew Dobson)

Etton - 2 Avocet off Green Lane (Hugh Wright)

Ferry Meadows - House Martin (Kevin Gray)

Fen Drayton Lakes - Barnacle goose (Simon Passey)

Tuesday 2 April 2024

Tuesday, 2 April

Grafham Water - Osprey, 4 Little Riunged Plover, Yellow Wagtail, Short-eared Owl through (Ian Dawson)

Wicken  area - Spoonbill, Bittern, 3 Crane, 3 Willow Warbler, Redpoll, 2 Short-eared Owl (Kevin Wilson)

Maxey pits - 4 Avocet (Chirs Lines); Willow Warbler, 2 Little Ringed Plover reported

Lockspit's Mere - Short-eared Owl (Simon Passey)

Monday 1 April 2024

Monday,1 April

Nene Park - Osprey over (Jonathan Taylor)

Maxey/Etton pits - Swallow, Red-crested Pochard (Chris Lines); Short-eared Owl (Bob Titman)


Sunday 31 March 2024

Sunday 31 March

Fen Drayton Lakes - 13 Little Gull, 20 Cattle Egret, 10 Black-tailed Godwit over, Bittern, Willow Warbler, 10 Sand Martin, 2 Swallow (Richard Allison)

Northstowe - 3 Little Gull (Hugh Venables)

Hobsons Park - Little Gull reported 

Brampton West Lakes - Little Gull (Steve Cooper)

Grafham Water - Curlew, Swallow (Mark Hawkes)

Paxton Pits - 16 Goldeneye, Green Sandpiper, Avocet, Sedge Warbler, Willow Warbler, 2 Redpoll  (Terry Brown)

Etton pits - Cattle Egret through, Red-crested Pochard, Curlew over, 4 Little Ringed Plover, 6 Green Sandpiper, 5 Grey Wagtail, 28 Golden Plover over (Jonathan Taylor)

Saturday 30 March 2024

Saturday, 30 March

Ely - White Stork over (Duncan McNiven)

Sutton Gault - 3 albifronsWhite-fronted Geese (Rachel Lennard)

Isleham washes - 50 Avocet, Black-tailed Godwit (Colin Kirtland)

Grafham Water - Osprey (Mark Hawkes); Yellow Wagtail (Geoff Barlow)

Etton pits - pair of Avocet (Hugh Wright); Glossy Ibis (Mike Weedon)

Southey Wood - 6 Crossbill (Chris Lines)

Fen Drayton area - 30 Cattle Egret (Carlos Davies)

Wicken Fen - 3 Garganey (Carlos Davies)

Ouse Washes - Yellow Wagtails near Coveney, Garganey at Witcham, Pink-footed Goose at Oxlode (Brendan Doe)

Friday 29 March 2024

Friday, 29 March

Grafham Water -  2 Osprey on the shoreline (Mark Hawkes)

Peterborough - 6 WAXWING at Cardea (Jake Williams)

Thursday 28 March 2024

Wednesday, 27 March

Impington - 2 Avocet, 2 Little Ringed Plover on flood at eastern edge of village by bend in Milton Road (Nigel Butcher)

Tuesday 26 March 2024

Tuesday, 26 March

Houghton/Wyton - White Stork (John Wells)

Grafham Water - 3 Black-necked Grebe from fishing lodge, pair of Common Scoter off dam (Mark Hawkes)

Peterborough - Opsrey reported over the station

Monday 25 March 2024

Monday, 25 March

St. Neots - 2 WAXWING at Wintringham (Nathan Long) 

Smithy Fen - 4 Little Ringed Plover (Marilyn Peterkin)

Teversham Fen - Little Ringed Plover (Chris Brown)

Milton - Caspian Gull and the Park & Ride (James Hanlon)

Sunday 24 March 2024

Sunday, 24 March

Isleham Washes - drake Garganey, 55 Avocet (Mark Hawkes)

Ouse Fen - 2 Short-eared Owl from Earith car park (Mark Hawkes)

Ely - Pink-footed Goose reported nearby 

Saturday, 23 March

Fen Drayton Lakes - 12 Sand Martin, 4 Cattle Egret, 52 Black-tailed Godwit (Carlos Davies)

Friday 22 March 2024

Friday, 22 March

Swaffham Prior Fen - 5 Wheatear (Ian Barton)

Prickwillow - Swallow (Mark Peck)

Fowlmere RSPB - Willow Warbler, 19 Chiffchaff, Peregrine through, 11 Raven nearby, 5 Jack Snipe in area with no public access (Ade Cooper)

Lockspit's Mere - 4 Bittern, 2 Great Egret (Tracey Graves)

Foxton - Wheatear south of Fowlmere Road (Guy Manners)

Cheveley Park - 12 WAXWING in a private garden briefly (Richard Jones)

Northstowe - male Wheatear near the college (Rachel Lennard)

Thursday 21 March 2024

Thursday, 21 March

Dernford Reservoir - Wheatear just to the east, 80+ Golden Plover over (Chris Ruis)

Northstowe - 3 Cattle Egret around Halcyon Mere (Jon Heath)

Wednesday 20 March 2024

Wednesday, 20 March

Bedford Purlieus - 30 Brambling (Adie Coe)

Maxey - Avocet at Green Lane flood and at Silt Pit (Chris Lines)

Graham Water - 3 Crane through (Mark Hawkes)

Tuesday 19 March 2024

Tuesday, 19 March

Dernford Reservoir - Kittiwake, Short-eared Owl, 2 Mandarin (Chris Ruis)

Nene Washes - Merlin, Little Gull, 10 Crane, 35 Whooper Swan, Green Sandpiper, Tawny Owl reported

Monday 18 March 2024

Monday, 18 March

Ferry Meadows - Osprey over north (Howard Butler) 

Grafham Water - 4 Little Ringed Plover, sand Martin (Anthony Lowe)

Sunday, 17 March

Maxey - Avocet, Little Ringed Plover on flood at Green Lane (Hugh Wright); Goosander, Sand Martin reported at Pig-jaw pit 

Cardea - 5 WAXWING briefly (Mike Weedon)

Cambridge, Francis Crick Avenue - Black Redstart (Johnny Hook)

Wicken Fen - 2 Hen Harrier, 12+ Marsh Harrier, Crane, Tawny Owl (Nigel Butcher)

Fen Drayton Lakes - 17 Cattle Egret on north side of river (Simon Passey)

Pymoor - 10 Cattle Egret just to the south (James Hanlon)

Saturday 16 March 2024

Saturday, March 16

Dernford Reservoir - Kittiwake (Roger Hardie)

Maxey - Avocet between the cut and Green Lane, Great Egret on the pits (Hugh Wright)

Monday 11 March 2024

Monday, 11 March

Trumpington Meadows - Brent Goose over north, Cetti's Warbler (Iain Webb) 

Teversham Fen - 5 Brent Geese (Jon Heath)

Cambridge - 35 WAXWING (Jon Heath)

Sunday 10 March 2024

Sunday, 10 March

Dernford Reservoir - 2 Little Gull (Chris Ruis)

Grafham water - Firecrest, Caspian Gull, 2 Yellow-legged Gull (Mark Hawkes)

Saturday 9 March 2024

Friday, 8 March

Cambridge - 20 WAXWING on mistletoe off Huntingdon Road (Simon Passey)

Isleham Washes - 18 Avocet reported

Thursday 7 March 2024

Thursday, 7 March

Ouse Washes - drake Scaup from Stockdale's hide (Mark Ward)

Wednesday 6 March 2024

Wednesday, 6 March

Grafham Water - 5 Common Scoter (Colin Addington)

Sunday 3 March 2024

Sunday, 3 March

Ouse Fen - Starling murmuration, 2 Crane, 2 Short-eared Owl; Bittern, Water Rail, Cetti's Warbler vocal (Marilyn Peterkin)

Paxton Pits - Kittiwake, 3 Great Egret, 3 Raven over (Jamie Wells)

Saturday, 2 March

Grafham Water - a county earliest record of Little Ringed Plover (Mark Hawkes)

Great Chishall - 530 Corn Bunting; also ICELAND GULL, 2 Caspian Gull (Steve Cooper)

Dernford reservoir - Siberian Chiffchaff along the stream although elusive, Raven, Stonechat (Steve Cooper)

Ouse Fen RSPB - 2 Crane, Short-eared Owl (Nath Comber); Siskin (Rich Atkins)

Waterbeach - White Stork )Daniel Osborne)

Peterborough - 6 WAXWING at Cardea (Mike Weedon)

Friday 1 March 2024

Friday, 1 March

Grafham Water - Brent Goose off Church Lane 16:05h (Mark Hawkes)

Peterborough - 6 WAXWING at Cardea (m.o.)

Thurday, 29 February

Granta Park - 26 WAXWING (Gareth Rees)

Thursday 29 February 2024

Wednesday, 28 February

Wicken Fen - 30 Marsh Harrier, 6 ringtail & a male Hen Harrier, 2 Stonechat (Stephen & Pamela Sutton)

Ouse Fen - 2 Crane, 2 Great Egret, Starling murmuration (Marilyn Peterkin); also Peregrine (Richard Allison); Jack Snipe (Richard Thomas)

Tuesday 27 February 2024

Tuesday, 27 February

Granta Park - 25 WAXWING (Iain Webb)

Monday 26 February 2024

Monday, 26 February

Cambridge - 30+ WAXWING at Newmarket Road roundabout, opposite  MacDonalds, c.12:45h (Isaac Swift)

Sunday 25 February 2024

Sunday, 25 February

Peterborough - 5 WAXWING at Cardea still (Charlie Kitchin)

March Farmers - Little Gull at the eastern end (Charlie Kitchin)

Aldreth - male Hen Harrier nearby this afternoon (Simon Stirrup)

Friday, 23 February

Wicken Fen - 30+ Marsh Harrier, 8 ringtail & 2 male Hen Harrier (Stephen Sutton)

Magog Down - 5 Stonechat (Michael Wood)

Wednesday 21 February 2024

Tuesday, 20 February

Magog Down - 5 Stonechat (Michael Wood)

Tuesday 20 February 2024

Monday, 19 February

Wicken Fen - 2 male Hen Harrier & Merlin to roost, Stonechat, Great Egret (Simon Stirrup) 

Peterborough, Cardea - 5 WAXWING still present (m.o.)

Granta Park - Woodcock (Gareth Rees)

Sunday 18 February 2024

Sunday, 18 February

Grafham Water - 150 Black-tailed Godwit through (Mark Hawkes); Red-breasted Mergnser (Richard Patient)

Cambridge - 20+ WAXWING on mistletoe-bearing trees to south of Brooklands Avenue (Sabine Eckert)

Kingfishers Bridge - 2 Great Egret, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, Avocet, 62 Shoveler (Colin Kirtland)

Kneesworth - Woodcock (Gareth Rees)

Saturday 17 February 2024

Saturday, 17 February

Cardea, Peterborough - 5 WAXWING still (m.o.)

Cambridge - 8 WAXWING along Brooks Road this afternoon (Iain Webb)

Paxton Pits - BRENT GOOSE, Goosander, Mediterranean Gull, 3 Great Egret (Steve Austin)

Thursday 15 February 2024

Thursday, 15 February

Cardea, Peterborough - 5 WAXWING (Paul Bolton)

Cambridge - 30+ WAXWING at corner of Cavendish Avenue & Baldock Way (Iain Webb)

Little Wilbraham Fen - 1800 Golden Plover, Great Egret (Chris Bowden)

Wednesday, 14 February

Fen Drayton Lakes - Mediterranean Gull (Richard Thomas)

Tuesday 13 February 2024

Tuesday, 13 February

Hobsons Park - 35+ Siskin (Gareth Rees)

Cottenham - White Stork (Neil Howard)

Sunday 11 February 2024

Sunday, 11 February

Grafham Water - GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 2 Bewick's Swan, 2 Goosander (Mark Hawkes)

Ouse Fen - 2 Great Egret, 2 Stonechat (Tracey Graves)

Cambridge - WAXWING flock reported form the University Botanic Gardens; 7 WAXWING along Adams Road 12:30h (Chris Rider )

Saturday, 10 February

March - 2 Raven over (Alan Bull)

Ouse Washes - 900+ Whooper Swan at Chain Corner (Rachel Lennard)

Wednesday 7 February 2024

Wednesday, 7 February

Grafham Water - GREEN-WINGED TEAL at south end of dam, Great Northern Diver (Ron Harold)

Great Chishall - 250+ Corn Bunting along New Road (Steve Cooper)

Aldreth - male Hen Harrier nearby this morning (Simon Stirrup)

Ring's End - Cattle Egret, 157+ Bewick's Swan to the south (Josh Jones)

Cambridge - 76 WAXWING in the Huntingdon Road area (Jon Heath)

Fen Drayton Lakes - Ferruginous Duck-like bird but with a bill pattern suggesting its a hybrid (Richard Thomas)

Tuesday 6 February 2024

Tuesday, 6 February

Eldernell - 10 Great Egret & a Cattle Egret left the roost this morning, Turnstone, c.1,500 islandica Black-tailed Godwit east of Decoy Wood (Mike Weedon)

Monday, 5 February

Eldernell - 8 Great Egret & a Cattle Egret left the roost this morning (Mike Weedon) 

Smithey Fen - WHITE STORK reported

Sunday 4 February 2024

Sunday, 4 February

Peterborough Sewage Works - SIBERIAN CHIFFHCAFF tiht Common Chiffchaffs (Chris Jones)

Eldernell - Short-eared Owl, 2 Long-eared Owl, Tawny Owl, 2 Crane, 2 Great Egret, Bar-tailed Godwit with Black-tailed Godwit reported

Cambridge - WAXWING flock along Chesterton Road (Pat Reynolds)

Fen Drayton Lakes - BRENT GOOSE (Richard Bradbury)

Grafham Water - GREEN-WINGED TEAL reported

Saturday, 3 February

Cottenham Long Drove - WHITE STORK on the tip, 2CY GLAUCUS GULL, both birds at Smithey Fen earlier (Brendan Doe)

Sawston - 30+ Siskin, Raven over (Andrew Knights)

Friday, 2 February

Grafham Water - Goldeneye, 2 Mediterranean Gull, Caspian Gull (Mark Hwakes)

Cambridge - WAXWING flock along Chesterton Road (Pat Reynolds)

Wednesday 31 January 2024

Wednesday, 31 January

Ouse Washes, Earith - ad Mediterranean Gull (Rachel Lennard)

Ring's End - 100+ Bewick's Swan, 600+ Whooper Swan nearby at Hobb's Lot bridge (Mark Ward)

Tuesday 30 January 2024

Tuesday, 30 January

Dernford Reservoir - 2cy ICELAND GULL, 3 Yellow-legged Gull, Caspian Gull, 3 Goosander;  SIBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF along the stream (Steve Cooper)

St. Ives  - 2 WAXWING reported at the train station this morning 

Cambridge - c.30 WAXWING over Chesterton Road c.09:40h (Chris Brown); 40+ WAXWING along Newmarket Road at lunchtime (James Littlewood)

Monday, 29 January

St. Ives, Meadow Lane GP - Brent Goose, Common Scoter (Paul Inness)

Sunday 28 January 2024

Sunday, 28 January

Cambridge - WHITE STORK over Jesus Green this morning (Jeremy Lindsell); the Cambridge Waxwing flock of c.40 birds flew from mistletoe-bearing trees on Seymour Street towards Cherry Hinton 15:17h, but not relocated (Pete Holt)

Cottenham, Long Drove - GLAUCOUS GULL in field off the drove (Stewart Short)

Bedford Pulieus - small numbers of Brambling still (Paul Bolton)


Saturday 27 January 2024

Friday, 26 January

Cambridge Research Park - GLAUCOUS GULL, Caspian Gull (Duerden Cormack)

Fen Drayton Lakes - FERRUBINOUS DUCK (Joe Parham)

St. Ives - 2 Smew (Joe Parham)

Monday 22 January 2024

Monday, 22 January

Grafham Water - GREEN-WINGED TEAL at Gaynes C0ve (Colin Addington); Great Northern Diver 15:30h (Diana Leech)

Bedford Purlieus - 30+ Brambling (Paul Bolton)

Smithey Fen - GLAUCOUS GULL reported, flew north 16:25h,  also 250 Whopper Swan


Sunday 21 January 2024

Sunday, 21 January

Cambridge - c.30 WAXWING at the Trumpington Road/Brooklands Avenue junction 10:45h (Andrew Knights)

Cottenham, Long Drove - 2cy GLAUCOUS GULL opposite landfill (Stewart Short)

Cambridge Research Park - GLAUCOUS GULL, ICELAND GULL (Jon Heath)

Bedford Purlieus - 64 Brambling (Jonathan Taylor)

Southey Woods - c.18 Crossbill, 140 Siskin (Jonathan Taylor)

Wicken Fen - male & 3 ringtail Hen Harrier to roost, Little Owl (John Hoppett)

Saturday, 20 January

Wicken Fen - fem Merlin along Wicken Lode (Carlos Davies)

Kingfisher's Bridge - ringtail Hen Harrier through (Carlos Davies)

Camnbridge North Station - Lesser Redpoll flock with at least 3 Mealy Redpoll (Andrew Madocks, Jon Heath)

Grafham Water - 2 Bewick's Swan, Caspian Gull, Yellow-legged Gull (Mark Hawkes)

Friday 19 January 2024

Friday, 19 January

Southey Woods - 18 Crossbill, 140 Siskin (Jonathan Taylor) 

March Farmers - several hundred Whooper Swan to the east (Ian Gordon)

Ouse Fen - 3 Russian White Fron ted Geese still on the Over side (Richard Palmer)

Granta Park - 2 Woodcock (Gareth Rees)

Ouse Washes - 100+ Black-tailed Godwit (Rachel Lennard)

Witchford - male Hen Harrier reported nearby

 


Thursday 18 January 2024

Thursday, 18 January

Fen Drayton Lakes - Spotted Redshank, 264 Pintail (Henry Cook)

Wednesday 17 January 2024

Wednesday, 17 January

Ferry meadows CP - Siskin flock (Ray Mcdonnell); Pintail (Ian Gordon)

Hobson's Park - 10+ Siskin reported

Tuesday 16 January 2024

Tuesday, 16 January

St. Ives - 2 drake and a female Smew (Diana Leech)

Sutton North Fen - 2 Turnstone (Jonathan Taylor)

Ouse Washes, Fortey's Hall - 1st win drake Scaup (Jonathan Taylor)

Byall Fen Drove - 107 Bewick's Swan (Jonathan Taylor)

Cottenham Long Drove - ICELAND GULL (Jonathan Taylor)

Grafham Water - GREEN-WINGED TEAL, Turnstone, ad Mediterranean Gull to roost (Jonathan Taylor)

Monday 15 January 2024

Monday, 15 January

St. Ives - 2 drake and a redhead Smew (Nath Coomber)

Grafham Water - GREEN-WINGED TEAL (Colin Addington)

Maxey - Short-eared Owl between south drain and Grebe Pit (Hugh Wright)

Hobson's Park - Short-eared Owl 16:15h (Ed Gill)

Cottenham ladfill - GLAUCOUS GULL (Stewart Short)

Sunday 14 January 2024

Sunday, 14 January

Great Shelford station - 46 WAXWING until 09:30 at least (Tim Watling)

Grafham Water - Turnstone, Great Northern Diver, 2 Bewick's Swan, Caspian Gull (Mark Hawkes)

Swavesey - 9 Cattle Egret in a field at the far end of Middle Fen Drove (Nikki Dibb)

Barleycraft GP - 3 White-fronted Geese reported

Etton pits - Green Sandpiper (Bob Titman)

Cambridge Research park - GLAUCOUS GULL, ICELAND GULL, Mealy Redpoll (Jon Heath)

Landbeach tip - 1st win GLAUCOUS GULL, 2nd win ICELAND GULL, 3 Caspian Gull (Jonathan Scragg)

Saturday 13 January 2024

Saturday, 13 January

Cambridge Research Park - 3cy ICELAND GULL, which flew to fields between Cottenham & Landbeach, where it was too distant to locate (Jon Heath)

Grafham Water - GREEN-WINGED TEAL (Mark Gurney)

St. Ives - pair of Smew (Stewart Carswell)

Swavesey - Little Owl (Simon Passey)

Ouse Fen - 2 White-fronted Goose, Great Egret, Cattle Egret (Rich Atkins)

Friday 12 January 2024

Friday, 12 January

Soham - Ring-necked Parakeet (Andy Hannaford)

Paxton Pits - Pink-footed Goose with Greylags from Diddington CP (Stu Elsom)

Thursday 11 January 2024

Thursday, 11 January

Cambridge - WAXWINGS along Tillyard Way (Bill Mansfield)

Great Shelford - WAXWINGS reported this morning

Ferry Meadows CP - 60+ flock of Siskin & Lesser Redpoll (Paul Bolton)

Burwell Fen - 4 Short-eared Owl (Paul Pulham)

Teverhsam & Little Wilbraham Fens - Great Egret, Short-eared Owl, Stonechat, Peregrine, 30 Corn Bunting (Colin Kirtland)

Granta Park - 4 Woodcock (Gareth Rees)

Wednesday 10 January 2024

Wednesday, 10 January

Hobson's Park - Short-eared Owl c.16:15h (Andrew Dobson)

Magog Downs - Short-eared Owl (Mike Foley)

St. Ives - 4 drake and a redhead Smew on the pits (Andrew Sheerin)

Manea - Swans nearby included 50+ Bewick's Swan (Rachel Lennard)

Maxey - Short-eared Owl between the Cut and South Drain (Hugh Wright)

Tuesday, 9 January

Hobson's Park - Short-eared Owl (Joe Parham)

Granta Park - 3 Woodcock present (Gareth Rees)

Monday 8 January 2024

Monday, 8 January

Berry Fen - GREEN-WINGED TEAL on flood to the east, near the edge of Earith (Andrew Sherrin)

Mepal - 2CY GLAUCOUS GULL through along the washes 15:45h (Jonathan Taylor)

CEGB Reservoir - 4 White-fronted Geese (Kevin Eldred)

Eldernell - Short-eared Owl, Long-eared Owl, Tawny Owl (Kevin Eldred)

Peterborough Rowing Lake - 1st win Mediterranean Gull still (Mike Weedon)

Sunday 7 January 2024

Sunday, 7 January

Cottenham Long Drove - 6 Caspian Gull (Brendan Doe)

CEGB Reservoir - 4 European White-fronted Geese (Mike Weedon)

Peterborough Rowing Lake - Mediterranean Gull at east end (Josh Jones)

Cambridge - 4 WAXWING along Napier Street, 30 WAXWING at Cherry Hinton Road/Greystoke Road junction this morning (David & Sallie Jones); 40 WAXWING near 37 Greystoke Road c.15:00h (Pat Reynolds); WAXWING at the Science Park (Jon Heath)

St. Ives pits - Smew (David & Sallie Jones)

Ouse Fen - 2 Great Egret (Tracey Garves) 

Grafham Water - 2 Mediterranean Gull in the roost, 3 Goosander, Great Northern Diver, 2 Bewick's Swan (Mark Hawkes)

Saturday, 6 January

Ditton Meadows -  3+ Woodcock flew off at dawn (Carlos Davies)

Milton CP - fen Goosander (Carlos Davies)

Wicken area - 2 Short-eared Owl, Merlin, 3 Hen harrier, Woodcock, 8 Whooper Swan over, 300 Golden Plover over (Carlos Davies)

Peterboriough, Millenium Bridge - Glossy Ibis nearby (Mike Weedon) 

Ouse Fen RSPB - 2CY Glaucous gull (Richard Thomas)

Friday 5 January 2024

Friday, 5 January

Sawston - 21 WAXWING (Ann Beeby)

Grafham Water - 3 Mediterranean Gull (Mark Hawkes, Richard Patient); 2 Bewick's Swan (Mark Hawkes) 

Eldernell - 4 Short-eared Owl, 2 Long-eared Owl, Tany Owl (Dick Burnham)

Sothey Woods - 2 Crossbill (Paul Bolton)

Thursday 4 January 2024

Thursday, 4 January

Great Shelford station - 32 WAXWING 08:45h (Dean Harlow)

Fen Drayton Lakes - 11 Cattle Egret, 3 Great Egret (Tracey Graves)

Ouse Fen RSPB - Bearded Tit (Rachel Lennard)

Anglesey Abbey - 7 Lesser Redpoll (Stu Elsom) 

March Farmers - Grey Plover through (Paul Bolton)

Eldernell - 2 Long-eared Owl, 2 Short-eared Owl, Tawny Owl reported


Wednesday 3 January 2024

Wednesday, 3 January

Great Shelford - 34 WAXWING near the station (Gareth Rees)

St. Ives - drake Smew (Rich Atkins) 

Peterborough Rowing Lake - Mediterranean Gull (Mike Weedon)

Tuesday 2 January 2024

Tuesday, 2 January

Great Shelford - 11 WAXWING (Andrew Dobson)

Cambridge Resaerch Park - 2CY GLAUCOUS GULL (Brendan Doe)

Grafham Water - Great Northern Diver, 2 Bewick's Swan, Mediterranean Gull, Caspian Gull (Mark Hawkes)

Milton CP - fem Goosander (John Proctor)

Monday 1 January 2024

Monday, 1 January

Nene Washes - drake AMERICAN WIGEON at Ring's End section (Jonathan Taylor)

Great Shelford - 26 WAXWING nearby 08:50h (Richard Palmer)

Ouse Fen - 2 Great Egret, Bearded Reedlings, 3 Stonechat (Tracey Graves)

Burwell Fen - 2 Little Owl, 2 Crane (Ed Gill)

Great Wilbraham Common - vocal Raven over (Carl Howard)

Manea - 12 Crane nearby (Rachel Lennard)