Thursday 21 May

Etton/Maxey - 3 Sanderling on Pig Jaw Pit (Hugh Wright)

Bedford Purlieus -  Spotted Flycatcher (Phill Hicks)

Wednesday, 20 May

Etton/Maxey - Grasshopper Warbler just west of Pig Jaw Pit, 2 Sanderling on Pig Jaw Pit, Glossy Ibis on the reserve (Josh Jones); PURPLE HERON from south hide on the reserve (Chris Orders)

Beebys East pit - Sanderling (Stephen McAvoy) 

Kingfishers Bridge - Glossy Ibis (Bruce Martin)

Grafham Water - 4 Sanderling on dam (Mark Hawkes) 

 

Tuesday, 19 May

Grafham Water - Sanderling on dam, 3 Great Northern Diver (Mark Hawkes)

Fen Drayton Lakes - Greenshank, Little Ringed Plover, 3 Cuckoo (Terry Brown)

Etton/Maxey - Glossy Ibis, Sanderling on the reserve, 3 Knot through Pig Jaw Pit, PURPLE HERON by the Cut briefly (Hugh Wright); reported later on the reserve but elusive and mobile

Monday, 18 May

 Great Chishill - HONEY BUZZARD departed roost 06:40h (Alan Harris)

Sunday, 17 May

Magog Trust - Quail singing in wheat crop (Mike Foley) 

Etton - Turnstone on Pig Jaw Pit still (Hugh Wright) 

Saturday, 16 May

Etton - 3 Sanderling, Turnstone, 13 Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper (Hugh Wright)

Magog Trust - Quail singing in wheat crop (Mike Foley) 

Somersham GP - Bittern, Little Ringed Plover (Russell Watkins) 

Ouse Fen - FERRUGINOUS DUCK at Lockspit's Mere, also Turtle Dove at Overcote Marina (Carlos Davies) 

Friday, 15 May

Eldernell - Spoonbill over (Andrew Gardener); Spoonbill over again and Redwing reported

Etton - Sanderling, Turnstone, Common Sandpiper, 12 Ringed Plover, Avocet on Pig Jaw Pit (Hugh Wright)

Thursday, 14 May

Etton - 4 Turnstone, 12 Ringed Plover, 6 Avocet, 2 Common Sandpiper at Pig Jaw Pit reported, also Wheatear, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Yellow Wagtail.

Wednesday, 13 May

Grafham Water - 6 Kittiwake (Richard Patient); 8 Arctic Tern through (Richard Patient, Mark Hawkes)

Etton - 2 Sanderling, 8 Avocet, 7 Ringed Plover, 2 Common Sandpiper on Pig Jaw Pit (Hugh Wright) 

Tuesday, 12 May

Fen Drayton Lakes - BLACK-WINGED STILT on Ferry Lagoon (Richard Thomas)

Grafham Water - 3 Turnstone (Nigel Butler); 2 Sanderling (Mark Hawkes)

Monday, 11 May

Grafham Water - Sanderling on dam this morning (Colin Addington); but not this evening. Great Northern Diver (Mark Hawkes) 

Etton - Turnstone on Pig Jaw Pit (Hugh Wright) 

Sunday, 10 May

Paxton Pits - male RED-FOOTED FALCON briefly from Hayden Hide, trying to relocate (JP Hook)

Gamlingay - 13 DOTTEREL from lower gate (Mark Thomas) 

Somersham - 2 Glossy Ibis over north (Russell Watkins) 

Grafham Water - 4 Great Northern Diver, 2 of which departed, 3 Arctic Tern through (Mark Hawkes)  

March Farmers - Knot, 5 Grey Plover (Jonathan taylor)

Etton - Turnstone, 3 Common Samdpiper, 2 Red-crested Pochard, Wheatear (Hugh Wright); also Grey Plover through (Josh Jones)

Saturday, 9 May

Ouse Fen - Osprey reported

Fowlmere - Glossy briefly (Rob Wilson)

Grafham Water - 5 Great Northern Diver, drake Common Scoter, 2 Sanderling (Mark Hawkes)

Ouse Washes - Spoonbill, Whimbrel, 4 drake Garganey (Brendan Doe)

Wicken area - 3 Wood Sandpiper, Greenshank at Burwell Fen, 2 Greenshank, Ruff on Baker's Fen (Chris Brown) 

Fen Drayton Lakes - Tundra Bean Goose (Jeremy Lindsell) 

Friday, 8 May

Ouse Fen - TEMMINCK'S STINT on cell 10 (Andrew Tongue)

Etton - 2 Wood Sandpiper, 3 Avocet, 3 Red-crested Pochard, Goosander (Hugh Wright)

Southey Wood - Spotted Flycatcher, Crossbill, Nightingale (Kerry Harrison) 

Thursday, 7 May

Gamlningay - 5 DOTTEREL 13:40h (Tim Watling)

Burwell Fen - 4 Wood Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank (Andy Hannaford) 

Nene Washes - 4 Whooper Swan, 3 Cattle Egret, 2 Whimbrel over, Curlew, Fieldfare (Charlie Kitchin)

Grafham Water - Wheatear, Cuckoo (John Roe) 

Wednesday, 6 May

Gamlingay - 5 DOTTEREL still (Paul Whiteman)

Cam Washes, Upware - Bar-tailed Godwit (Richard Dale)

Tuesday, 5 May

Gamlingay - 5 DOTTEREL (Duncan McNiven)

Grafham Water - Great Northern Diver (John Roe)

Southey Wood - Spotted Flycatcher (Paul Bolton); also 2 Crossbill, Nightingale (Mike Weedon)

Etton - 3 Red-crested Pochard, Little Ringed Plover, Avocet on Pig Jaw Pit reported 

Monday, 4 May

Caxton Gibbet - ringtail Hen Harrier over north (JP Hook)

Fen Drayton Lakes Grey Plover on Moore Lake (Richard Palmer)

Etton - Sanderling, Tiurnstone, Avocet, 24 Ringed Plover at Pig Jaw Pit, 6 Wood Sandpiper briefly on the reserve (Hugh Wright); Whimbrel on Pig Jaw Pit (Mike Weedon)

Eldernell - Spoonbill over (Charlie Kitchin)

Grafham Water - 6 Great Northern Diver (Matk Hawkes) 

 

 

Sunday, 3 May

Ouse Fen - 28 Hobby, Wood Sandpiper, Grey Pover, Spotted Redshank (Mark Thomas)

Wicken area - 6 Hobby, 2 Bittern in flight (David Wege)

Burwell Fen - 2 Avocet, Garganey, 3 Little Ringed Plover, Greenshank, 5 Wood Sandpiper (Kevin Wilson) 

Etton - Little Tern briefly at Pig Jaw Pit, also Turnstone, Curlew through (Hugh Wright) 

Hobson's Park - 2 Common Tern through, Peregrine over, 5 Swift (Joanna Kubica)

Saturday, 2 May

Gamlingay - 11 DOTTEREL (Mark Thomas) 

Ferry Meadows - Whinchat (Don Gardener)

Tanholt - Bar-tailed Godwit (Chris Jones); also 2 Yellow Wagtail, Common Sandpiper (Andy Golding)

 

Friday, 1 May

Ouse Washes - PURPLE HERON reported flying north from Four Balls Farm

Gamlingay - 11 DOTTEREL (m.o.) 

Burwell Fen - 7 Wood Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 9 Ruff, 2 Avocet, Cuckoo (Kevin Wilson)

Etton/Maxey Pits - Wood Sandpiper, Ruff on the reserve (Hugh Wright); On Pig-Jaw Pit Bar-tailed Godwit on  (Chris Lines) and Greenshank (Hugh Wright)

Tanholt - Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 Common Sandpiper (Chris Jones)

March Farmers - Garganey, 2 Avocet, Greenshank reported

Smithy Fen - 2 Wood Sandpiper (Marilyn Peterkin)