Wednesday, 18 June

Longstanton - Turtle Dove, possibly 2 birds, along busway towards Swavesey (Christoph Zöckler)

Tuesday, 17 June

Wicken Fen - BLACK KITE over (Duncan Poyser)

Wicken/Burwell Fens -  9 Green Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover, Garganey, Great Egret, 30 Little Egret, Hobby, Kingfisher, Barn Owl (Christoph Zöckler)

Sunday, 15 June

Etton/Maxey pits - 4 Green Sandpiper (Chris Lines)

Grafham Water - Osprey (Mark Hawkes)

Saturday, 14 June

Etton/Maxey pits - Spotted Redshank (Chris Line)

Ellington - HONEY BUZZARD over south (Tim Rea)

Friday, 13 June

Needingworth pits - Turtle Dove (Harrry Orchard)

Thursday, 12 June

Grafham Water - drake LONG-TAILED DUCK off Dudney (Richard Patient) 

Nene Washes - Short-eared Owl, Green Sandpiper reported

Wednesday, 11 June

Etton/Maxey pits - ad Mediterranean Gull (Hugh Wright)

Reach -  SQUACCO HERON flushed, flying south-west, from the small fishing pond just west of Reach Lode this morning but not relocated https://maps.app.goo.gl/3mLs2wGvobibFff99 (Richard Dale) 

Tubney Fen - Garganey (Richard Dale)

Ouse Fen - White Stork circling, 5 Bittern, 7 Bearded Tit, Peregrine, Hobby (Stuart Elsom) 

Grafham Water - 3 Black-necked Grebe (Mark Hawkes)

Tuesday, 10 June

Etton/Maxey pits - Sanderling, 2CY Mediterranean Gull (Hugh Wright)

Monday, 9 June

Flint Cross - up to 154 Raven at a deer carcass in recent weeks (Steve Cooper)

Sunday, 8 June

Fen Drayton lakes - male RED-BACKED SHRIKE along entrance road (Andrew Dobson)

Graham Water - PURPLE HERON flew north from lagoons this morning (Richard Patient)

Saturday, 7 June

Fen Drayton lakes - male RED-BACKED SHRIKE on gate on right hand side of entrance road briefly (Paul & Jack Brackley); present on the reserve this afternoon (Rachel Lennard)

Friday, 6 June

Fen Drayton Lakes - WHITE-WINGED BLACK TERN (Chris Orders)

Etton/Maxey pits - 2CY Mediterranean Gull (Hugh Wright) 

Wicken area - Bittern, Little Ringed Plover, Great Egret in Burwell area, Cuckoo, Barn Owl at Bakers Fen (Kevin Wilson)

Thursday, 5 June

Fen Drayton Lakes - WHITE-WINGED BLACK TERN (m.o.)

Wednesday, 4 June

Fen Drayton Lakes - WHITE-WINGED BLACK TERN (Simon Freedman)

Etton/Maxey pits - 2CY Mediterranean Gull (Hugh Wright)

Tuesday, 3 June

Ouse Fen - GREAT REED WARBLER reported

Fowlmere - WHITE-WINGED BLACK TERN reported 

Etton/Maxey pits - 2CY Mediterranean Gull (Hugh Wright)

Monday, 2 June

Etton/Maxey pits - Curlew over (Hugh Wright)

Sunday, 1 June

Grafham Water - 4 Sanderling, Little Ringed Plover, Yellow Wagtail, Grey Wagtail (Mark Jackson)

Haddenham - HOOPOE reported

Friday, 30 May

Fen Drayton Lakes - Sanderling, Bittern, Garganey (Mark Hawkes)

Ouse Fen - Bittern (Mark Hawkes)

Wednesday, 28 May

Fen Drayton Lakes -  Turtle Dove, 2 Cuckoo, 15 Cattle Egret, Great Egret (Terry Brown)

Tuesday, 27 May

Grafham Water - Turnstone, 5 Sanderling (Mark Hawkes)

Monday, 26 May

Grafham Water - Turnstone, 5 Ringed Plover (JP Hook); Marsh Tit, 2 Spotted Flycatchers (Mark Hawkes)

Sunday, 25 May

Grafham Water - Opsrey, Turnstone, 4 Sanderling (Mark Hawkes)

Saturday, 24 May

Ouse Fen - GREAT REED WARBLER still (Tom Wilson)

Grafham Water - 8 Arctic Tern from Mander, 4, Sanderling, 4 Little Ringed Plover, Mediterranean Gull (Mark Hawkes)

Thursday, 22 May

Etton/Maxey pits -4 Turnstone (Hugh Wright)

Grafham Water - Sandwich Tern over, 2 Sanderling (Mark Hawkes)

Tuesday, 20 May

Burwell Fen - 11 Hobby in the area, Spoonbill briefly, Great Egret, Garganey, Golden Plover, 2 Little Ringed Plover (Christoph Zöckler)

Ouse Washes - Grey Plover from Stockdales Hide, 9 Whooper Swan (Mark Hawkes)

Monday, 19 May

Grafham Water - KENTISH PLOVER very briefly on the dam this morning, also Grey Plover, 3 Sanderling (Richard Patient)

Ouse Washes - fem RED-FOOTED FALCON reported from Cadbury Hide

Isleham Washes - Bar-tailed Godwit, Common Sandpiper (Paul Whiteman)

Etton/Maxey pits - Turnstone, 2 Avocet (Hugh Wright); Greenshank through 

Sunday, 18 May

Somersham - Raven over (Russell Watkins)

Needingworth - 3 Turtle Dove (Derek Benton)

Saturday, 17 May

Grafham Water - Sanderling (JP Hook)

Ouse Washes - Spoonbill, Grey Plover, Garganey, 3 Caspian Gull (Brendan Doe)

Isleham Washes - 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Little Ringed Plover (Paul Whiteman); Little Gull reported this morning

Friday, 16 May

Fowlmere - fem RED-FOOTED FALCON (m.o.)

Little Downham - HONEY BUZZARD reported over

Godmanchester GPs - Arctic Tern through east (JP Hook)

Burwell Fen - Sanderling (Ian Barton); Spoonbill reported

Hobson's Park - Hobby through, Little Ringed Plover (Gareth Rees)

Etton/maxey pits - Wood Sandpiper (Hugh Wright)

Nene Washes - 2 Spoonbill, Turnstone, Grey Plover (Charles Kitchin)

 

Thursday, 15 May

Nene Washes - Sanderling (Paul Bolton)

Wednesday, 14 May

Ouse Fen - GREAT REED WARBLER (Rich Atkins)

Grafham Water - 2 GLOSSY IBIS through south, 2 Sanderling on dam (Richard Patient)

Needingworth pits - Turtle Dove, Bittern, Cuckoo (Harry Orchard)

Nene Washes - Sanderling (Paul Bolton)

Tuesday, 13 May

Ouse Fen - GREAT REED WARBLER (Andrew Dobson)

Grafham Water - 3 Black Tern, 2 Arctic Tern, Grey Plover, 3 Sanderling, 6 Common Sandpiper, 3 Little Ringed Plover (Dean Harlow)

Etton/Maxey pits - Grey Plover Hugh Wright); Green Sandpiper, 4 Little Ringed Plover, Great Egret (Kevin Eldred)

Nene Washes - Turnstone, Greenshank (Charles Kitchin)

Hobson's Park - 4 Common Sndpiper reported

Monday, 12 May

Grafham Water - Grey Plover at Marlow, 5 Black Tern distantly this morning (Stewart Short); 8 Black Tern, 5 Arctic Tern this evening (Mark Hawkes)

Etton/Maxey pits - Grey Plover, 6 Common Sandpiper (Hugh Wright); Sanderling (Josh Jones)

Sunday, 11 May

Swaffham Prior Fen - male & fem RED-FOOTED FALCON, ranging between tubney Fen & Burwell, 2 Hobby (Simon Gillings)

Saturday, 10 May

Ouse Fen - RED-FOOTED FALCON over cell 5 (JP Hook); Peregrine (Rob Scoffin)

Southey Woods - 2 Spotted Flycatcher (Martin Browne)

Lode - Osprey over Bottisham fen (Simon Gillings)

Friday, 9 May

Ouse Washes - RED-FOOTED FALCON reported hunting with Hobbies 

Bunitisham - RED-FOOTED FALCON in a private garden for 10 minutes late afternoon (Brian Groombridge)

Swaffham Prior Fen - male & fem RED-FOOTED FALCON (Ian Barton, Kathleen Rosewarne). Park at Burwell Fen Split Drove car park and walk to view.

Ouse Fen - TEMMINCK'S STINT on cell 10 (Chris Boness)

Burwell Fen - Spotted Redshank, Bar-tailed Godwit, Wood Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank (Ian Barton)

Etton Maxey pits - 2 Wood Sandpiper briefly, Whimbrel (Hugh Wright) 

Southey Woods - 2 Spotted Flycatcher (Ian Gordon)

Hobson's Park - Common Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover, Water Rail, Barnacle Goose (Pete Holt) 

Little Fen, Earith - 6 Wood Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank (Jeremy Holding)

Isleham Wash - 3 Wood Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper, 2 Little Ringed Plover (Paul Whiteman)

Thursday, 8 May

Ouse Washes - fem RED-FOOTED FALCON between Cadbury & Cottier hides (Jonathan Taylor)

Ouse Fen - 43 Hobby from Sophies pool (Mark Hawkes); 66 Hobby from Eairth end (Simon Gillings); TEMMINCK'S STINT on cell 10 (Mark Thomas)

Wicken area - Great Egret, Garganey, 2 Greenshank, 2 Hobby, Cuckoo at Burwell Fen,  Great Egret, Cuckoo at Baker's Fen (Kevin Wilson)

Etton/Maxey pits - Grey Plover, Wood Sandpiper (HughWright)

Wednesdsay, 7 May

Etton/Maxey pits - Grey Plover, Wood Sandpiper, Greenshank (Hugh Wright)

Great Fen - White Stork of unknown origin north-east of cleared poplar plantation near Holme Lode (Mike Weedon) 

Kingfishers Bridge - Cuckoo, Nightingale, Common Sandpiper, 5 Egyptian Geese (Kevin Wilson) 

Nene Washes - 5 Greenshank at March Farmers, 4 Cattle Egret at Stanground Wash (Charles Kitchin)

Tuesday, 6 May

Hobson's Park - Little Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper (Andrew Dobson); Yellow Wagtail calling (John Meed)

Welches Dam - WRYNECK along footpath to hide (Jonthan Taylor) 

Grafham Water - SPOTTED SANDPIPER at south end of dam, along shorline towards Plummer CP (Mark Hawkes)

Etton/Maxey pits - Grey Plover, Wood Sandpiper, Whimbrel, 2 Greenshank, Common Sandpiper (Hugh Wright); a second Wood Sandpiper (John Rimes); 2 Turtle Dove behind Etton Church (Dick Burnham)

Burwell Fen - Spotted Redshank, Greenshank, Garganey, Hobby reported 

Cambridge - Hobby over city centre (Rob Scoffin)

Monday, 5 May

Ouse Fen - 2 fem RED-FOOTED FALCON, 4 Wood Sandpiper, 5 Red-crested Pochard, Arctic Tern briefly (Sean Minns)

Hobson's Park - possible TEMMINCK'S STINT briefly but not relocated, 3 Peregrine over (Joe Parham)

Grafham Water - SPOTTED SANDPIPER (Andy Bartlett)

Etton/Maxey pits - 2cy male RED-FOOTED FALCON (Chris Orders); 2 Wood Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank, 6 Arctic Tern over (Paul Bolton)

Burwell Fen - 7 Wood Sandpiper, 5 Greenshank (Ian Barton) 

Dernford Reservoir - Hobby (Andrew Knights)

Swifts reported widely today

Sunday, 4 May

Grafham Water - SPOTTED SANDPIPER (birdguides.com); Smew (Richard Ostler)

Ouse Fen - GREAT REED WARBLER (birdguides.com)

Saturday, 3 May

Grafham Water - SPOTTED SANDPIPER at Plummer, later at south end of dam (m.o.); Sanderling (Andy Bartlett)

Ouse Fen - GREAT REED WARBLER still present, fem RED-FOOTED FALON over cell 10, Black Tern over cell 8, White Stork over (Duncan McNiven); Osprey over (James Hanlon)

Ouse Washes - WRYNECK feeding near the houses at visitor centre 08:00h (Mike Burdekin) 

Etton/Maxey pits - TEMMINCK's STINT, Wood Sandpiper, 2 Avocet (Hugh Wright); Black Tern, a second Wood Sandpiper (Mike Weedon)

Chippenham Fen -  QUAIL singing until c05:00h, 4 Grasshopper Warbler trapped this morning (Richard Dale)

Woodwalton Fen - Nightingale (Derek Benton)

Southey Wood - Spotted Flycatcher, Nightingale (Howard Butler)

March Farmers, 4 Wood Sandpiper, 9 Greenshank (Charles Kitchin)

Friday, 2 May

Grafham Water - SPOTTED SANDPIPER north end of dam (Guy Belcher); Whinchat, Wheatear, 3 Little Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper (Dean Harlow)

Ouse Fen - GREAT REED WARBLER (Andy Clements); also 20 Hobby, Bittern (Chris Boness); male and female RED-FOOTED FALCON over cell 5 (Richard Grimmett)

Etton/Maxey pits - 2 Wood Sandpiper, Greenshank (Hugh Wright); 2 Hobby (Chris Lines)

Kingfishers Bridge - Spotted Redshank, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Cuckoo (James Littlewood)

Wicken Fen - 30 Hobby (David Wege)

Southey Wood - 2 Spotted Flycatcher (Paul Bolton)

 

Thursday, 1 May

Grafham Water - ad SPOTTED SANDPIPER at north end of dam; also Smew in lagoons and 2 Sandwich Tern through east (Richard Patient). For dam, park at Marlow and walk south.

Roswell Pits, Ely - Nightingale (David Hammond)

Etton/Maxey pits -  2 Wood Sandpiper, Whimbrel over (Hugh Wright)

Swaadywell - Nightingale (Howard Butler)

Wednesday, 30 April

Hobson's Park - KITTIWAKE briefly (Gareth Rees)

Grafham water - Black Tern through west (Mark Hawkes)

Caxton Gibbet - Greenshank briefly; Wood Sandpiper (JP Hook)

Fen Drayton Lakes - Wood Sandpiper, Garganey, 4 Cuckoo (Dean Harlow)

Etton/Maxey pits - Wood Sandpiper briefly (Hugh Wright); Hobby (Chris Lines)

Southey Wood - Spotted Flycatcher (Mike Weedon)

Soham - 10 Swift over (Chris Barker) 

Cambriudge, Cherston - 2 Swift (Pat Reynolds)

Ouse Washes - Hobby (Cliff Carson); Wood Sandpiper, Garganey, Whmbrel reported

 

 

Tuesday, 29 April

Ouse Fen - GREAT REED WARBLER on perimeter canal near west corner of Crane Fen, 3 Wood Sandpiper on cell 10 (Hugh Venables)

Kingfishers Bridge - Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 Greenshank (Keith Honnor) 

Etton/Maxey pits - Spotted Redshank, 3 Greenshank (Hugh Wright); a second Spotted Redshank (Howard Butler); 3 Little Gull (Josh Jones)

Castor Hanglands - REDSTART (Ian Humphrey) 

Swaddywell - Nightingale (Brian Lawrence)

Isleham Wash - 4 Avocet, Little Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper (Paul Whiteman)

Grafham Water - 2 LITTLE TERN through, 2 Arctic Tern through, 3 Black Tern, 2 Little Gull, Great Northern Diver (Mark Hawkes) 

Burwell Fen - pair of Garganey, 4 Wood Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank, Whimbrel, 5 Ruff, 2 Cuckoo (Kevin Wilson)

Burwell - 3 Swift (Paul Craske)

Monday, 28 April

Ouse Fen - GREAT REED WARBLER (Harry Orchard); at Lockspit Mere, 150m west of viewing mound, this evening (Mark Hawkes)

Burwell Fen - Greenshank, pair of Garganey, Bittern (Andy Hannaford)

Eldernell - 4 Whimbrel to west of Lord's Holt (Andrew Gardener) 

Reach - Cukoo, Kingfisher (Kevin Wilson)

Sunday, 27 April

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

Hobson's Park - Wheatear, Barnacle Goose (Joe Parham); 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Peregrine reported

Etton/Maxey pits - Black Redstart, though elusive (Mike Weedon)

Nene Washes - Greenshank at March Farmers (Charles Kitchin); 2 Greenshank east of March Famers, Wood Sandpiper on Low Wash (Paul Bolton)

Grafham Water - Peregrine, Great Egret over, Nightingale at Lagoons, Great Northern Diver (Mark Hawkes)

 

Saturday, 26 April

Ouse Fen - GREAT REED WARBLER cell 8 (JP Hook)

Grafham Water - Cuckoo (Jon Roe); 2 Great Northern Diver, 6 Swift (Mark Hawkes);12 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Common Sandpiper, 4 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Goldeneye (Carlos Davies)

Etton/Maxey pits - Bar-tailed Godwit (Paul Bolton); Whimbrel through (Hugh Wright) 

Burwell Fen - Wood Sandpiper, 2 Garganey, Merlin through (Richard Dale)

Witcham - Peregrine over (Chris Boness) 

Nene Washes - Spotted Redshank, Spoonbill, 3 Whopper Swan, 9 Ruff (Charles Kitchin)

Fowlmere - WRYNECK photopraphed (Steve Moore-Vale)

Friday, 25 April

Ouse Fen - GREAT REED WARBLER heard at cell 8 (Richard Grimmett)

Dernford Reservoir - Little Gull (Gareth Rees); Black Tern (Matthew Mellor)

Etton pits - 2 Whimbrel briefly (Hugh Wright)

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

Somersham - Raven west of the village (Russell Watkins)

Grafham Water - 2 Great Northern Diver, Little ringed Plovers on dam, Arctic Tern, 2 Whimbrel through (Mark Hawkes)

Thursday, 24 April

Teversham - Hobby (Iain Webb) 

Etton/Maxey pits - Curlew (Hugh Wright); Turtle Dove by footbridge, 2 Cuckoo, 2 Avocet reported 

Hobsons Park - Lesser Whitethroat (Rachel Lowry); Common Sandpiper reported

Grafham Water - Black redstart on water tower roof, White Wagtail; 8 Yellow Wagtail at Mander CPl (Mark Hawkes)

Tubney Fen - Garganey reported 

Wicken Fen - Spoonbill (Roger Cresswell)

Wednesday, 23 April

Hobsons Park - Common Sandpiper reported; Osprey reported over the pool heading north-west 19:45h

Cambridge/Lanbeach - Osprey on a telegraph pole along Mere Way (Kevin Hand)

Ouse Fen - Arctic Tern on cell 10 (Dean Harlow); pair of Garganey, Wood Sandpiper reported

Byron's Pool - Firecrest reported singing nearby

Grafham Water - fem Black Redstart on solar panels below dam (Tim Rea); 4 & 2 Arctic Tern through (Mark Hawkes); SERIN seen twice at north end of dam, flushed at 13:30h and not relocated (No=igel Butler)

West Brook - 2 Arctic Tern through (JP Hook) 

Fletton Lake - Nightingale (Kevin Eldred)

Castor Hanglands - 7 singing Nightingale reported

Swaddywell - Nightingale reported 

Tubney Fen - Wood Sandpiper, 2 Curlew, 6 Little Ringed Plover, 4 Yellow Wagtail, Cuckoo (Richard Dale)

 

 

 

Tuesday, 22 April

Hobson's Park - Common Sandpiper, Ring-necked Parakeet reported

Paxton Pits - 6 Nightingale along the road from Stirtloe (Tony Lowe) 

Byall Fen - White Stork of unknown origin (David Hammond)

Etton pits - Curlew (Hugh Wright)

March Farmers -2 Spoonbill (Stewart Short);  Garganey, 8 Yellow Wagtail reported 

Fletton Lake - Nightingale (Phill Hicks)

Fen Drayton Lakes - 2 Whimbrel, Black-tailed Godwit, Cuckoo (Colin Kirtland)

Monday, 21 April

Kingfishers Bridge - Bittern, Nightingale (Kevin Wilson)

Ouse Washes - DOTTEREL around Stockdale pool, departed 13:00h, 7 Bar-tailed Godwit, Spotted Redshank, Whimbrel, 4 Greenshank, 17 Ruff, Garganey (Ade Cooper)

Ely - Nightingale at end of Kiln Lane reported 

Grafham water - 10 Arctic Tern through 08:04h, 13 Arctic Tern through 15:33h (Mark Hawkes)

Croxton - Arctic Tern through, Whimbrel (Mark Thomas)

Northstowe - 6 Wheatear, 5 Yellow Wagtail on the rugby pitch (JP Hook)

Etton Pits - Caspian Gull, 2 Avocet, Whimbrel, 12 Arctic Tern through (Hugh Wright) 

Nene Washes - Bar-tailed Godwit on Low Wash (Paul Bolton)

Hobson's Park - Yellow Wagtail, 2 Wheatear reported

 

 

Sunday, 20 April

Grafham Water - 2 Great Northeren Diver, Whimbrel north (Mark Hawkes)

Roswell Pits, Ely - Nightingale singing (David Hammond) 

Caxton pit - Whimbrel through, 8 Little Ringed Plover (Richard Thomas)

Etton Maxey Pits - Great Egret (Malcolm Holley) 

Swaddywell Pit - RING OUZEL (Josh Jones)

Coates - Whinchat (Paul Bolton)

Saturday, 19 April

Wicken Fen - Bittern; also Little Ringed Plover, Curlew, Hobby, Cuckoo, 3 Reed Warbler at Burwell Fen (Kevin Wilson); 8 Garganey at Tubney Fen, Yellow Wagtail, Wood Sandpiper, 2 Avocet, Grasshopper Warbler, second Cuckoo (Carlos Davies)

Burwell Fen - RING OUZEL (Rachel Lennard)

Devils Dyke - RING OUZEL, Cuckoo at the Burwell end (Kevin Wilson); also fem Merlin, 2 Curlew (Richard Dale)

March - RING OUZEL in horse field at junction of Elm Road & Longhill Road (Paul Harrington)

Etton pits - Whimbrel briefly, Common Sandpiper, Grasshopper Warbler (Hugh Wright); 3 Little Ringed Plover, second Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, White Wagtail (Howard Butler)

Eastrea/Coates - 2 Whinchat, Wheatear, 40 Corn Bunting at horse paddocks along the footpath between the villages (Andrew Gardener)

Caxton pit - 13 Whimbrel through (Richard Thomas) 

Fen Drayton Lakes - Arctic Tern, Caspian Gull, 5 Garden Warbler (James Hamlon)

Fen Drayton village - Ring-necked Parakeet opposite Three Tuns (Richard Allison)

 

Friday, 18 April

Eastrea/Coates - 2 Whinchat still 300 yards north of horse paddocks along the footpath between the villages (Andrew Gardener); a third Whinchat (Jonathan Taylor)

Etton pits - 2 Avocet, Common Sandpiper (Dominic Wright)

Nene Washes - Hobby, Osprey east at Eldernell, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 3 Garganey, Whimbrel at March Farmers (Jonathan Taylor)

Grafham Water - 10 Yellow Wagtail, 4 Little Ringed Plover (Jon Roe) 

Burwell Fen - male RING OUZEL at cattle pens (Andy Hannaford); 8 Garganey (Christoph Zöckler)

Wicken Fen - 2 Grasshopper Warbler, Garden Warbler, Cuckoo (Christoph Zöckler)

Hobson's Park - Ring necked Parakeet reported; Gadwall (Pete Holt)

Thursday, 17 April

Godmanchester - RING-NECKED DUCK though can be elusive (Mark Hawkes)

Lark Rise Farm, Barton - Wheatear reported

Burwell Fen - 7 Garganey, Wheatear; also Cuckoo at Tubney Fen (Chris Brown)

Eastea/Coates - Whinchat along footpath bewteen the villages (Andew Gardener); a second Whinchat (Mike Weedon)

Ferry Meadows - Grasshopper Warbler (Don Gardener)

Etton pits - Curlew, 3 Dunlin, 2 White Wagtail, Wheatear (Hugh Wright); Green Sandpiper (Martin Browne); Little Gull, Common Sandpiper, a second Green Sandpiper reported

Castor Haglands - Nightingale, pair of Mandarin, 2 Fieldfare (John Rimes)

Eldernell - Whinchat near Lord's Holt (Andrew Gardener) 

Soham Lode - Grasshopper Warbler behind the railway station (Andy Hannaford)

Grafham Water - Whinchat (Jon Roe); 2 White Wagtail, 4 Common Sandpiper, Great Northern Diver (Mark Hawkes)

March - Hobby over (Alan Bull)

Longstanton - Yellow Wagtails (Rachel Lennard)

Northstowe - 4 Wheatear  (Rachel Lennard)

 

Wednesday, 16 April

Fen Drayton Lakes - Swift (Richard Bradbury)

Tuesday, 15 April

March Farmers - 3 Bittern, 5 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Great Egret (John Wells)

Hobson's Park - 2 Arctic Tern, Yellow Wagtail (Gareth Rees)

Etton/Maxey pits - 7 Avocet, Grasshopper Warbler (Hugh Wright)

Ferry Meadows - Black Tern on Gunwade Lake (Don Gardener); Peregrine through, scaring off Black Tern (Kevin Eldred)

Ouse Fen - 5 Black Tern on cell 10 (Graham Tucker) 

Isleham Wash - 3 Little Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 2 Avocet reported

Hope Farm - 2 RING OUZEL reported 

Godmanchester - RING-NECKED DUCK (JP Hook)

Monday, 14 April

Burwell Fen - RING OUZEL (Stewart Feeney)

Houghton - Ring-necked Parakeet (John Wells)

White Fen - fem Merlin (Kevin Wilson)

Earith - 2 pairs of garganey, 8 Yellow Wagtail at pool by bridge (David Sinclair)

Cambridge - 2 Ring-necked Parakeet over Garrett Hostel Lane reported

Etton/Maxey Pits - Green Sandpiper, islandica Black-ailed Godwit, Yellow Wagtails (brian Stone)

Sunday, 13 April

Grafham Water - 2 Great Northern Diver, Lesser Whitethroat (Mark Hawkes)

Fowlmere RSPB - Cuckoo, Lesser Whitethroat, 6+ Cetti's Warbler (Pete Holt) 

Helpston - Grasshopper Warbler, Wheatear nearby (Hugh Wright)

Etton/Maxey pits - Wood Sandpiper, Glossy Ibis (Hugh Wright) 

Eastrea/Coates - RING OUZEL in paddocks along bridleway between the villages (Andrew Gardener)

Eldernell - 7 Crane, Tawny Owl, Yellow Wagtail reported 

Burwell Fen - Grasshopper Warbler, 7 Garganey, 4 Whitethroat, 3 Willow Warbler reported

Ouse Fen - Short-eared Owl (Harry Orchard) 

Great Fen/Holme Fen - 4 Wheatear (Andy Frost)

Saturday, 12 April

Dernford Reservoir - 54+ Little Gull Through, Whimbrel (John Heath)

Hobsons Park - ad Little Gull over the pond (Howard Slatter)

Grafham Water - 26 Little Gull 09:28h, another bird through 10:28h; Cuckoo, Nightingale, 2 Common Tern (Mark Hawkes)

March Farmers - Wheatear (Dominic Wright); 10 Yellow Wagtail (Dick Burnham)

Etton/Maxey pits - Glossy Ibis, Grasshopper Warbler, Greenshank, Little Ringed Plovers (Hugh Wright); Cuckoo (Bob Titman); White Wagtail to the west (Bob Titman)

Rings End - 2 Red-breasted Merganser briefly, Garganey (Paul Bolton) 

Castor Hnglands - 2 Nightingale (Jonathan Taylor)

Stanground Wash NR - RING OUZEL, Wheatear, Whitethroat reported

Friday, 11 April

March Farmers - male RING OUZEL 100 yards west of car park, departed 11:05h (Chris Orders); pair of Garganey reported

Woodwalton Fen - Grasshooper and Sedge Warblers today (Tel Cooper)

Blackbush - 14 Yellow Wagtail, White Wagtail (Kevin Eldred)

Etton/Maxey pits - Glossy Ibis (Hugh Wright) 

Wicken Fen area - Bittern, 2 Great Egret, pair of Garganey at Burwell Fen, Short-eared Owl near Reach Bridge (Kevin Wilson); also 4 Barn Owl, Yellow Wagtail, possible Grasshopper Warbler (James Littlewood)

Grafham Water - Black Tern, Great Northern Diver (Geoff Barlow); 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 2nd Great Northern Diver, 20 Yellow Wagtail (Mark Hawkes)

Paxton Pits - Black Redstart reported

 

Thursday, 10 April

Nene Washes, Rings End - GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 2 Whimbrel, 2 Garganey (Jonathan Taylor)

Burwell Fen - 4 Garganey, Little Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, Great Egret, Barn Owl & a Harris Hawk. Also Little Owl at White Fen (Christoph Zöckler)

Wednesday, 9 April

Fen Drayton Lakes - 12 Cattle Erget (Terry Brown)

Eldernell - Glossy Ibis (Charles Kitchin)

Tuesday, 8 April

Grafham Water - Black Tern, 3 Common Tern, Great Northern Diver off Mander (Richard Patient); also second Great Northern Diver (Mark Hawkes)

Etton Pits -  Curlew through (Hugh Wright)

Ferry Meadows - RING OUZEL on Coney Meadow (Don Gardener) 

Woodwalton fen - Willow Warblers (Tel Cooper)

Marcha Farmers - 2 Spotted Redshank, 12 Ruff, 14 Whooper Swan (Charles Kitchn)

 

Monday, 7 April

Hobson's Park - Reed Warbler singing, Little Ringed Plover, Grey Partridge

March Farmers - Sandwich Tern (Mike Weedon); White Stork reported 

Ouse Fen - Short-Eared Owl (Simon Passey)

Sawston - Willow Warbler (Andrew Knights)

Sunday, 6 April

Grafham Water - Wheatear, 2 Yellow Wagtail along dam (John Dingemans)

Fen Drayton - White Stork of unknown origin north of Swavesey Lake (Guy Manners) 

Etton Pits - male flava & flavissima Yellow Wagtail, Whte Wagtail (Hugh Wright)

Nene washes, Low Wash - Grey Plover, drake Garganey (Paul Bolton) 

Ouse Washes - Knot, Spotted Redshank, 6 Grey Plover, 1000 Black-tailed Godwit, 9 Avocet (Rachel Lennard)

Saturday, 5 April

Wicken Fen - 2 Curlew, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 60 Golden Plover over, Sedge Warbler singing, 100 Fieldfare (Carlos Davies)

Nene Washes - male Garganey, Spotted Redshank, Grey Plover, 2 Yellow Wagtail (Mike Weedon)

Hobsons Park - Little Ringed Plover (Stuart Jack)

Friday, 4 April

Grafham Water - 5 Garganey, Little Gull, Great Northern Diver, Rock Pipit (Mark Hawkes); Yellow Wagtail reported

Dernford Reservoir - 2 Little Gull (Diana Leech)

Ouse Washes - Spoonbill, 400 Black-tailed Godwit, 11 Grey Plover, Pink-footed Goose, 11 Whooper Swan, 4 Ruff (John Wells) 

Nene washes - Grey Plover, Curlew, Garganey, 6 Cattle Egret on Low Wash

Etton Pits - Brent Goose (Paul Bolton) 

March - fem Black Redstart in a private garden (Andy Bayes)

Fen Drayton Lakes - 2 Little Ringed Plover, Bittern, 19 Goldeneye, 8 Cattle Egret (Carlos davies)

Small numbers of Swallow reported across the county

Thursday, 3 April

Wicken Fen - Swallows (Marilyn Peterkin)

Woodwalton Fen - Swallow through (Tel Cooper) 

Ouse Fen - 2 Bittern, 2 Avocet, Greenshank, Short-eared Owl (Colin Kirtland, Owen Marks, Dick Newell)' Glossy Ibis at Fortreys Hall (Rachel Lennard)

Ouse Washes - Spoonbill at Oxlode (Vince Lea); 11 Cattle Egret (Colin Kirtland, Owen Marks, Dick Newell)

Brampton - HAWFINCH briefly (Jamie Wells)

Wednesday, 2 April

Grafham Water - drake Garganey in lagoons (Colin Addington); Yellow Wagtail, Little Ringed Plover on dam (Stewart Short)

Maxey Pits - 2 House Martin, 2 Yellow Wagtail, Peregrine (Chris Lines)

Nene Washes, Low Wash - 2 Grey Plover (Paul Bolton)

 

Tuesday, 1 April

Burwell Lode - 42 Fieldfare (Kevin Wilson)

Grafham Water - 6 Little Gull east past Mander CP, 2 Great Northern Diver, 3 Red-breasted Mergansers off Mander, 10 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Yellow Wagtail (Mark Hawkes); 2 further Red-breasted Mergansers past lagoons (Richard Patient)

Monday, 31 March

 Barnwell East NR, Cambridge - Willow Warbler singing (Ian Webb)

Sunday, 3 March

Isleham Washes - 7 Little Ringed Plover (Paul Whiteman)

Burwell Fen - Little Ringed Plover, Great Egret (Kevin Wilson)

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

Tubney Fen - Little Ringed Plover (Carlos Davies)

Alconbury Weston - WHITE STORK of unknown origin over (Bob Steel)

Saturday, 29 March

Etton village - Willow Warbler singing (Hugh Wright)

Nene Washes -  male Hen Harrier over Low Wash (Dick Burnham); Willow Warbler singing reported at Eldernell

Isleham Washes - 2 Little Ringed Plover reported 

Clopton - 2 Wheatear in the area, Swallow through (Mark Thomas)

Fen Drayton Lakes - drake FERRUGINOUS DUCK (Mark Hawkes); 2 Bittern, 60 Sand Martin, singing warblers included Willow Warbler, 14 Cetti's Warbler, 68 Chiffchaff, 25 Blackcap (Tim Caldicott)

Barleycraft - pair of Red-crested Pochard (Harry Orchard)

Friday, 28 March

Hobson's Park - Barn Owl near DNA path (Joe Parham)

Nene washes, Low Wash - 3 Swallow, male Hen Harrier, 12 Cattle Egret, Little Ringed Plover, Curlew, Whooper Swan (Paul Bolton)

Fen Drayton Lakes - male & female FERRUGINOUS DUCK, 38 Goldeneye, Cetti's Warbler singing, apir Grey Wagtail (Colin Kirtland) 

Ouse Fen - Wheatear reported

Isleham Wash - 9 Little Ringed Plover (Paul Whiteman)

Thursday, 27 March

Teversham - 3 Cattle Egret nearby, just along the Fulbourn Road (Giles Merritt)

Lockspit's Mere - 2 Spoonbill, 2 Crane, Short-eared Owl,  Barn Owl, Bittern (Tracey Graves)

Fullers Hill - Wheatear reported 

Eldernell - 97 Little Egret, 22 Great Egret, 2 Cattle Egret to roost (Charles Kitchin)

Wednesday, 26 March

Grafham Water Osprey ove (Colin Addington)

Burwell Fen - Osprey over 14:50h (Owen Marks)

Cherry Hinton Hall - small flock of Redwing reported

Tuesday, 25 March

Burwell Fen - Crane, 3 Great Egret, 3 Stonechat; also Great Egret on Bakers Fen and 3 Kingfisher along Wicken Lode (Kevin Wilson)

Fen Drayton Lakes - female FERRUGINOUS DUCK reported  

Grafham Water - 11 Little Ringed Plover on the dam (Ray Hooper); also 2 Common Sandpiper (Stewart Short)

Little Shelford - 7 Barnacle Geese nearby (Mike Thompson)

Monday, 24 March

Hobson's park - Sand Martin (Howard Slatter)

Sunday, 23 March

Hobson's Park - possible Cetti's Warbler by skatepark pool this morning (Stuart Jack)

Etton Pits - 8 Green Sandpiper,  Peregrine, 2 Little Ringed Plover through (Andy Frost)

March Farmers/Rings End - Little Gull (Mike Weedon)

Dog-in-a-Doublet - 13 Cattle Egret in sheep field northeast along B1040 (Mike Weedon)

Saturday, 22 March

Honson's Park - Wheatear on the mound 12:30 (Howard Slatter)

Etton/Maxey Pits - 2 Glossy Ibis, male flava Yellow wagtail (Hugh Wright); 2 ad Mediterranean Gull briefly (Mike Weedon)

Ouse Washes - 7 Little Gull at Oxlode (Rachel Lennard); 34 Golden Plover, 200+ Whooper Swan, White-fronted Goose drake Smew (Carlos Davies)

 

Friday, March 21

Hobson's Park - Little Ringed Plover on spit in main lake (Howard Slatter)

March farmers - GREEN-WINGED TEAL at east end (Jonathan Taylor); also male Hen Harrier, Curlew, 2 Avocet (Mike Weedon)

Etton Pits - flava Yellow Wagtail (Hugh Wright)

Grafham Water - 2cy Kittiwake over 15:33h, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 4 Common Scoter (Mark Hawkes); Great Northern Diver (Tim Rea)

Dernford Reservoir - 3 Little Gull (Terry Brown) 

Fen Drayton Lakes - Green Sandpiper, 4 Great Egret, 8 Goldeneye, 50 Shoveler (Terry Brown)

Needingworth - 2 Spoonbill over (Harry Orchard)

Thursday, 20 March

Grafham Water - 2 ad Little Gull off Marlow Point, Great Northern Diver off Mander (Mark Hawkes) 

Etton/Maxey pits - 2 Glossy Ibis (Andrew Wappet); male Hen Harrier reported

Whittelsey - 4 Raven over (Charles Kitchin) 

Ferry Meadows - pair of Garganey (Don Gardener, Paul Bolton)

Ouse Washes, Earith - Spoonbill (Tracey Graves)

Wednesday, 19 March

Etton/Maxey Pits - 2 Glossy Ibis (Hugh Wright)

Great Shelford - Black Redstart still in the allotment area, but favouring the Community Garden (Tony Warne)

Ouse Washes - fem RING-NECKED DUCK from Cadbury Hide, drake Smew at Cottier Hide area (Rachel Lennard)

Tuesday, 19 March

Ouse washes, north of Earith - 2 Spoonbill (Richard Palmer); fem RING-NECKED DUCK, drake Smew from Cadbury Hide (Jonathan Taylor)

Trumpington- Black Redstart at More's Meadow allotments periodically, since Sunday (Tony Warne) 

Wicken Fen - 24 Hen Harrier, ringtail Hen Harrier, Bittern, 3 Great Egret, 200 Feildfare to roost, also male Garganey at Baker's Fen (Christoph Zöckler)

Nene washes - 9 Cattle Egret, 2 Curlew on Low Wash (Paul Bolton)

Ferry Meadows - Osprey over (Don Gardener)

Eldernell roost - 31 Great Egret, 74 Little Egret, 8 Cattle Egret (Charles Kitchin)

Monday, 17 March

Nene Washes - GREEN-WINGED TEAL between Ring's End and March farmers, also 14 Crane (Paul Bolton); 2160 Shoveler, 3000+ Teal (Jonathan Taylor); Grey Plover heard, 17 Crane in to roost (Mike Weedon)

Ouse washes, north of Earith - 2 Spoonbill, 15 Great Egret reported

Upware - 10 Avocet reported

Ouse Fen - 7 Sand Martin, 2 Crane (Paul Whiteman)

Sunday, 16 March

Berry Fen - 20 Sand Martin (Andrew Tongue)

Hobson's Park - 1, possibly 2, Black Redstart briefly, 2 Water Rail (Joanna) 

Burwell Fen - Barn Owl, Kingfisher, 3 Pintail (also one on Bakers Fen), 2 Egyptian Geese (Kevin Wilson)

Wicken Fen - male Hen Harrier reported this evening

Ouse Washes - fem RING-NECKED DUCK north of Cottier Hide (Brendan Doe); 2 Spoonbill reported near Earith

Grafham Water - Little Ringed Plover (James Walsh)

Saturday, 15 March

Ouse Washes - fem RING-NECKED DUCK from Stockdales Hide, drake Smew from Cadbury Hide (Keith Langdon)

Wicken area - fem RING OUZEL, 4 Great Egret, 5 Cattle Egret, 7 singing Cetti's Warbler reported
Trumpington Meadows - 200 Fieldfare (Richard Palmer)

Friday, 14 March

Isleham Washes - Little Ringed Plover, 34 Avocet (Paul Whiteman)

Grafham Water - Little Ringed Plover reported

Somersham - Little Owl (Russell Watkins)

Thursday, 13 March

Grafham Water - fem Red-breasted Merganser (Mark Hawkes)

Wednesday, 12 March

Etton Pits - 3 Little Ringed Plover, 8 Green Sandpiper, 7 Golden Plover, 5 Dunlin (Hugh Wright)

Milton CP - Green Sandpiper on flood by railway (David & Sallie Jones)

Ouse Washes - male Scaup from Cadbury Hide (Terry Brown)

Tuesday, 11 March

Fowlmere - 3 Cranes in fields north of reserve viewable from car park (Richard Palmer) 

Maxey Pits - 3 Green Sandpiper, 2 Whooper Swan, pair of Goosander, Grey Wagtail reported

Sunday, 9 March

Hare Park - 2 Nuthatch (Kevin Wilson)

Ouse Fen - 3 Sand Martin (Harry Orchard)

Eldernell - Curlew through (Andrew Gardener)

Ouse Washes, Earith - Caspian Gull (Rachel Lennard)

Saturday, 8 March

Etton Pits - 3 Black-tailed Godwit (Malcolm Holley)

Thorpe Meadows - Yellow-legged Gull (Joe Taylor)

Fen Daryton Lakes - FERRUGINOUS DUCK reported on Elney Lake again

Waterbeach - 2 Crane over (Shaun Sowden)

Friday, 7 March

Etton Pits - Hawfinch over (Hugh Wright)

Fowlmere - White-fronted Goose (Stuart Fox)

Ouse Fen - Bittern (Harry Orchard)

Thursday, 6 March

Barbraham - Black Redstart (Andrew Knights)

Magog Trust - 500 Golden Plover just south-west of trust land (Mike Foley)

Wednesday, 5 March

Fowlmere - White-fronted Goose (Terry Brown)

Monday, 3 March

Hare Park - Woodcock (Kevin Wilson)

Ouse Washes - Smew from Cottier Hide (Andrew  Dobson)

Fowlmere - SIBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF by River Shep bridge (Geoff Barlow)

Sunday, 2 March

Upware washes - drake Garganey, dark-bellied Brent Goose (David Nation)

Tongue End - 4 Cattle Egret from South Fen Road (Martin Browne)

Eldernell - 6 Crane, 3 Cattle Egret, 5 Great Egret, Long-eared Owl, Short-eared owl, Tawny Owl reported

Fowlmere - White-fronted Goose (Anthony Lowe)

Grafham Water - 2 Great Northern Diuver distantly form Mander CP (Mark Hawkes)

Ouse Washes - White-fronted Goose from Cottier Hide, drake Smew (Andrew Tongue)

Lockspit's Mere - Short-eared Owl, Barn Owl, 2 Great Egret, Egyptian Geese (Tracey Graves)

Saturday, 1 March

Fowlmere - White-fronted Goose with Greylags near reserve entrance (Ade Cooper)

Ouse Washes - Short-eared Owl, 3 Barn Owl (Russell Watkins)

Fen Drayton Lakes - FERRUGINOUS DUCK on Elney late morning (Diana Leech)

Burwell & Bakers Fen - 5 male, 3 female Pintail, Barn Owl, Kingfisher (Kevin Wilson)

Ouse Washes - male Smew from Cottier Hide (Jill Aldred)

Southorpe wood - Hawfinch (Makr Hawkes). Please stick to the footpaths and do not walk on the grass area south of the main wood.

Sunday, 23 February

Tongue End - 3 Cattle Egret by South Fen Road (Martin Browne)

Saturday, 22 February

Hare Park - Raven over (Kevin Wilson)

Beeby's West Pit - Great Northern Diver (Mike Weedon)

Ouse Washes - Spotted Redshank (Brendan Doe)

Friday, 21 February

Beeby's West Pit - Great Northern Diver (Mike Weedon)

Pymoor - 16 Cattle Egret (Chris Boness) 

Burwell Fen - pair of Garganey reported (photographed)

Fen Drayton Lakes - FERRUGINOUS DUCK (Terry Brown)

Tuesday, 18 February

Barnack – from Bridleway to the West of the Walcot Hall Park, c.TF075034, up to 18 Hawfinch still present but mobile (Josh Jones)

Tongue End - 2 Cattle Egret north of River Glen, off South Fen Road (Martin Browne)

Northstowe - Black Redstart at Heron Road reported 

Grafham Water - 2 Great Northern Divers, Pink-footed Goose (Mark Hawkes)

Beeby's West Pit - Great Northern Diver (Mike Weedon)

Monday, 17 February

Grafham Water - probable adult RING-BILLED GULL on boom at fishing lodge 15:30-16:00h (Colin Addington)

Fen Drayton Lakes - FERRUGINOUS DUCK, Bittern, 2 Great Egret (James Hanlon)

Barnack – from Bridleway to the West of the Walcot Hall Park, c.TF075034, up to 9 Hawfinch still present in high trees at 14.15, also 3 Raven (Chris Boness)

Waterbeach - Black Redstart at north-east corner of wildwoods area, but mobile (Chris Brown)

Cambridge - 2 Peregrine (Richard Gregory)

Isleham Washes - 7 Avocet reported

Wicken Fen - ad male & female Hen Harrier to roost, fem Merlin (Chris Boness)

Sunday, 16 February

Hampton - Great Northern Diver on Beeby's West pit (Chris Jones) 

Barnack - 20 HAWFINCH nearby, feeding on Yew trees at southern boundary of Walcott Hall, approx. here (Jonathan Taylor)

St. Ives - drake Smew on lake by park and ride (Stewart Carswell)

Saturday, 15 February

Hampton - Great Northern Diver on Beeby's West pit (Chris Jones)

Friday, 14 February

Hampton - Great Northern Diver on Beeby's West pit (Chris Jones)

Thursday, 13 February

Grunty Fen - Caspian Gull (David Nation)

Hampton - Great Northern Diver on Beeby's West pit (Mike Weedon)

Earith/Colne GPs - Pink-footed Goose, Goldeneye, peregrine (Rachel Lennard)

Wednesday, 12 February

Hampton - Great Northern Diver on Beeby's West pit (Chris Jones)

Sunday, 9 February

Dog-in-a-Doublet - 8 Cattle Egret just north east (Mike Weedon)

Longstanton - White-fronted Goose (Brendan Doe)

Ouse Fen - GLAUCOUS GULL (Gareth Rees)

Saturday, 8 February

Etton/Maexy Pits - 2 White-fronte Geese, 2 Whooper Swan, 2 Pintail briefly (Hugh Wright) 

Bainton Pits - Red-breasted Merganser (Jonathan Taylor)

Cottenham Long Drove - 165 Caspian Gull (Brendan Doe)

Friday, 7 February

Ouse Washes - drake Scaup from Welches Dam hide this morning (Paul Harrington)

Cambourne - Great Egret at Redgrave Lake (as per Louise Bacon)

Ferry Meadows - Great Northern Diver briefly (Don Gardener)

Thursday, 6 February

Etton/Maxey Pits - Red-breasted Merganser briefly, 2 Whooper Swan, 14 Goosander (Hugh Wright)

Hare Park - Tawny Owl (Kevin Wilson)

Tuesday, 4 February

Peakirk - 2 Cattle Egeret adjacent to Sissons Farm livery yard (Paul Bolton)

Peterborough - Black Redstart singing from roo of City Hospital (Kevin Wolstencroft)

Bainton Pits - Red-breasted Merganser (Paul Bolton)

Ouse Fen RSPB - juv GLAUCOUS GULL to roost on cell 10, also 8 Caspian Gull, 2 Crane, 6 Great Egret (Mark Ward)

Monday, 3 February

Peakirk - 2 Glossy Ibis, 2 Cattle Egeret adjacent to Sissons Farm livery yard (Paul Bolton)

Sunday, 2 February

CEGB Reservoir/Teardrop Lake - fem Common Scoter reported; Black Redstart on roofs of Bennington Road nearby (Mike Weedon)

Peterborough -  male Black Redstart on roofs near Tilgate Road (Mike Weedon)

Swavesey - 13 Cattle Egret by busway (Christoph Zöckler)

Hare Park - 122 Linnet, 4 Brambling with finch flock (Kevin Wilson)

Saturday, 1 February

 Etton/Maxey Pits - Red-breasted Merganser, with 16 Goosander, until flying at 07:39 (Hugh Wright)

Friday, 31 January

Swavesey - 11 Cattle Egret in horse field by busway, 7 Cattle Egret along Cow Fen Drove (David & Sallie Jones)

Pymoor - 11 Cattle Egret between Pymmor and the railway bridge (David & Sallie Jones)

Thursday, 30 January

Burwell Fen - Cattle Egret, also 2 Short-eared Owl at Burwell Fen (David Wege)

Ouse Washes RSPB - drake Smew from Cottier Hide (Paul Harrington)

Litlington Sewage Works - Black Redstart (Geoff Barlow)

Wednesday, 29 January

Wicken area - 28 Marsh Harrier to roost, Short-eared Owl, Barn Owl at Burwell Fen, pair of Crane near Tubney Fen, 1200 Lapwing at Swaffham Prior Fen (Christoph Zöckler)

Thorney - 2 TUNDRA BEAN GEESE opposite Poplar Tree Farm still (Paul Bolton)

Tuesday, 29 January

Whittelsey - to the north, along the B1040, opposite Poplar Tree farm, 2 TUNDRA BEAN GEESE with 112 Pink-footed Geese & Whooper Swan reported

Sunday, 26 January

Kingfishers Bridge - TUNDRA BEAN GOOSE with Greylags along entrance road (Steve Cooper)

St. Ives Meadow Lane GPs - 2cy LESSER SCAUP relocated on northern most pit, which is private (Joe Parham). Possibly viewable from footpath along north-eastern shore

Saturday, 25 January

Waterbeach - Black Redstart in Kendale Road area still, Peregrine nearby (Carlos Davies)

Ouse Fen - 6 Bearded Tit (Mark Jackson)

Dog-in-a-Doublet - in the first field to the north, Whooper Swan flock 126 Pink-footed Geese, 2 TUNDRA BEAN GEESE, viewable from entrance to Poplar Tree Farm (Mike Weedon)

Friday, 24 January

Northstowe - Bearded Tit (Hugh Venables)

Wilbraham Fen - White-fronted Goose, Merlin (Jon Heath)

Thursday, 23 January

Fen Drayton Lakes - Black-necked Grebe on Ferry Lagoon (Richard Palmer)

Wednesday, 22 January

Grafham Water - LONG-TAILED DUCK (Stewart Short)

Tuesday, 21 January

Ely - 70 Whooper Swan, 5 Bewick's Swan on field opposite the University Boat Club (Andy Hannaford)

Fen Drayton Lakes - 2 Black-necked Grebe on Ferry Lagoon (Mike Clydesdale)

Monday, 20 January

Ouse Washes RSPB - drake Smew from Rickwood Hide (Jonathan Taylor)

Sunday, 19 January

Burwell Fen - 2 Short-eared Owl, male Merlin (Christoph Zöckler)

Ouse Washes, Earith - Knot (Rachel Lennard)

Swaffham Prior Fen - 2 Crane (Christoph Zöckler)

Wicken Fen - roost count of 24 Marsh Harrier, 2 male Hen Harrier, Merlin, 2 Barn Owl, Bittern (as per Christoph Zöckler)

Waterbeach - Black Redstart at the end of Kendale Road (David & Sallie Jones)

Kingfishers Bridge - 2 Pink-footed Geese with Greylags & 12 more over (David Nation)

Somersham/Chatteris - Woodcock along the old railway line (Russell Watkins)

Singay/Wendy area - Little Owl, Woodcock, 80 Redwing (Gareth Rees)

Eldernell - 2 TUNDRA BEAN GEESE still, south of A605 & viewable from entrance to Eldernell Farm (Mike Weedon)

Dog-in-a-Doublet - 4 Cattle Egrets in fields to the north (Mike Weedon)

Helpston - Hawfinch over (Hugh Wright)

Grafham Water - Brent Goose, 2 Great Northern Diver from Mander CP (Mark Hawkes)

Saturday, 18 January

Fowlmere RSPB - SIBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF near the old cresshut pool (Ade Cooper)

Eldernell - 2 Long-eared Owl, 2 Short-eared Owl; also 2 TUNDRA BEAN GEESE with 120 Pink-footed Geese, east of Coates/south of A605 near Eldernell Farm (Mark Hawkes)

Waterbeach - Black Redstart at the end of Kendale raod (Diana Leech)

Friday, 17 January

Hobson's Park - 3 Redpoll with Goldfinch flock in alders by skate park pond (Howard Saltter)

Ouse Washes - 315 Bewick's Swan (Jonathan Taylor)

Burwell Fen - Short-eared Owl (Finley Croxon)

Earith Washes - Pink-footed Goose, Water Pipit, 65 Pochard, 15 Dunlin (Simon Gillings)

Wednesday, 15 January

Burwell Fen - Short-eared Owl (Christoph Zöckler)

Swaffham Prior Fen - 2 Crane, 100 Golden Plover over (Christoph Zöckler)

Anglesey Abbey - Green Sandpiper (Christoph Zöckler)

White Fen - Little Owl nearby (Christoph Zöckler)

Tuesday, 14 January

Dernford Reservoir - ad & 2CY Mediterranean Gull, 2 Mandarin, fem Goosander (Steve Cooper) 

Eldernell - 34 Crane, 2 Long-eared Owl (Tim Appleton)

Nene Washes - 3899 Whooper Swan, 96 Bewick's Swan (Charles Kitchin)

Thorney Dyke - 2 TUNDRA BEAN GEESE, 85 Pink-footed Geese, 100 Whooper Swan (Tim Appleton)

Waterbeach Barracks - Black Redstart (Rachel Lennard)

Monday, 13 January

Eldernell - 3 Long-eared Owl, 2 Short-eared Owl, 4 Crane over, 5 Cattle Egret over (Chris Boness)

Trumpington Meadows - Black Redstart (Tim Watling)

Sunday 12 January

Tumpington Meadows - fem Black Redstart (Jill Aldred)

Cottenham Long Drove - 1CY GLAUCOUS GULL reported 

Thorpe Meadow - 2CY Mediterranean Gull briefly (Joe Taylor)

Knarr Fen/Thorney Dyke - 2 TUNDRA BEAN GEESE with 75 Pink-footed Geese and a few hundred Whooper Swan (Mike Weedon)

Fowlmere - Tawny Owl, Barn Owl, Woodcock, Water Rail, Cetti's Warbler (Andy Goodey)

Saturday, 11 January

Cottenham Long Drove - Brambling with finch flock, 250 Linnet (Stewart Short)

Burwell Fen - Bittern, Short-eared Owl, 3 Kingfisher, 7 Stonechat (Kevin Wilson); also 150 Corn Bunting to roost, Barn Owl (James Littlewood)

Wilbraham/Teversham Fens - male Hen Harrier & 9 Marsh Harriers to roost, Bearded Tit, Cetti's Warbler and Water Rail all calling (Chris Brown)

Hobson's Park - Redpoll & Siskin in the area, probable Cetti's Warbler along the brook reported

Cambs Research Park - 10 Caspian Gull (Jon Heath, Duerden Cormack)

Cottenham Long Drove - 2 GLAUCOUS GULL, leucistic Great Black-backed Gull (Brendan Doe)

Grafham Water - LONG-TAILED DUCK, 2 Great Northern Diver, Bittern, Red-necked Grebe, 3 Goosander (Mark Hawkes)

Friday, 10 January

Grafham Water - 2 Great Northern Diver, drake LONG-TAILED DUCK (Simon Gillings)

Hare Park - 3 Brambling with finch flock (Kevin Wilson)

Thursday, 9 January

Eldernell - 2 TUNDRA BEAN GEESE with Pink-footed Geese still, also 5 Whooper Swan, Ruff, opposite entrance to Eldernell farm, to south of A605 (Gerv Orton)

Cottenham Long Drove - Raven over, male Merlin through, Great Egret, female Brambling with finch flock (Chris Boness) 

Peterbrough - 22 Chiffchaff at the sewage works, 2 Raven, Peregrine, Cattle Egret, Green Sandpiper and 13 Black-tailed Godwit along the north bank (Howard Butler, Andy Frost)

Wednesday, 8 January

Manea area - Whooper Swan flock, Crane from Days Lode, Great Egert (Kevin Taylor)

CEGB/Teardrop Lake - 2 Barnacle Geese (Mike Weedon)

Tuesday, 7 January

Grafham Water - LONG-TAILED DUCK (Geoff Barlow); Great Northern Diver (Richard Palmer)

Eldernell - 2 TUNDRA BEAN GEESE still, viewed from entrance to Eldernell farm, near A605 (Paul Bolton)

Wicken Fen - 21 Marsh Harrier to roost, 2 Merlin, Bittern, 2 Raven, 5 Water Rail (Christoph Zöckler) 

Swaffham Prior Fen - 2 Peregrine, 2 Crane nearby (Christoph Zöckler) 

Hare Park - 2 Raven over (Kevin Wilson)

Monday, 6 January

Eldernell - 2 TUNDRA BEAN GEESE still, viewed from entrance to Eldernell farm, near A605 (Diana Leech)

Grafham Water - LONG-TAILED DUCK (Stewart Short)

Sunday, 5 January

Roughly half-way between Eldernell and March Farmers, from A605 - 2 TUNDRA BEAN GEESE with c.250 Pink-footed Geese to south of road (Mike Weedon)

Cottenham ong Drove - 3CY GLAUCOUS GULL (JP Hook)

Saturday, 4 January

Grafham Water - 2 Great Northern Diver, Red-necked Grebe from lagoons (Mark Hawkes)

Cottenham Long Drove - 3CY GLAUCOUS GULL briefly (Simon Gillings)

Maxey - 8 White-fronted Geese north-west over cut (Hugh Wright)

Tongue End - 5 Cattle Egret (Vin Fleming)

March Farmers - Spotted Redshank through, Peregrine (Charlie Kitchin)

Earith/Colne GPs - 2 White-fronted Geese (Rachel Lennard)

Friday, 3 January

Cottenham Long Drove - 1st win GLAUCOUS GULL (Jonathan Taylor)

Ouse Fen - LESSER SCAUP cell 10 (JP Hook)

Parsons Drove - 500+ Pink-footed Geese (Stuart Elsom)

Fen Drayton Lakes - 5 Grey Partridge nearby, 5 Great Egret, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Egyptian Geese (Tracey Graves)

Thursday, 2 January

Nene Washes - 15 Cattle Egret & 7 Great Egret to roost, 10 Crane, 100s of Black-tailed Godwit, 1000s of Whooper Swan, 300 Pink-footed Geese (Charlie Kitchin)

Grafham Water - LONG-TAILED DUCK (Simon Gillings); Red-necked Grebe (Paul Cooper); also 2 Great Northern Diver, 2 Black-necked Grebe, Pink-footed Goose, Peregrine (Richard Patient)

Swaffham Bulbeck - fem BLACK REDSTART at Red Tile Farm (Giles Merritt)

Wednesday, 1 January

Grafham Water - LONG-TAILED DUCK, 2 Great northern Diver (Stewart Short, Mark Hawkes)

Ouse Fen - LESSER SCAUP on cell 10 (Richard Thomas)

Cottenham Long Drove - GLAUCOUS GULL (Rachel Lennard)

Ouse Washes - GLAUCOUS GULL, 4 Caspian Gull, 3 Yellow-legged Gull (Mark Ward, Rachel Lennard)

Tuesday, 31 December

Smithy Fen - 2 GLAUCOUS GULL (Ian Ellis) 

Grafham Water - Red-necked Grebe, Great Northern Diver, 2 Bewick's Swan, 2 Stonechat, Common Sandpiper (Mark Hawkes)