Friday, 6 November 2026

Friday 6 November

Adventurer's Fen - 22+ Marsh Harrier to roost, also Barn Owl, Bittern, 2 Kingfisher and 'lots of' Bearded Tits (Christoph Zöckler)

Etton/Maxey pits -  2 White-fronted Geese through early morning (Hugh Wright)

Eldernell - Short-eared Owl, 2 Long-eared Owl, Barn Owl, 7 Cattle Egret, 120 Pin-footed Geese over towards Knarr Fen reported 

Grafham Water - Knot at Plummer point, Caspian Gull, 2 Common Scoter from Mander CP (Mark Hawkes)

Thursday, 5 November 2026

Thursday 5 November

Hobson's Park - 3 Water Rail in three different ponds (Joanna Kubica)

Nene Washes - 14 White-fronted Geese over east reported

Peterborough - 3 White-fronted Geese joined the Greylag flock at Prior's Fen, 350 Pink-footed Geese north-west over Northside (Bob Davis)

Wednesday 4 November

Cambridge - Raven over Peterhouse College (Daniel Osborne)

Grafham Water - Grey Plover from Dudney hide (Stewart Short) 

Cambridge, Chesterton - Nuthatch to garden feeder (Will Lockhart) 

Tuesday, 3 November 2026

Tuesday, 3 November

Grafham Water - RED-THROATED DIVER distantly west from Marlow Point c.07:00h. Car parks open 09:00-16:00h (Mark Hawkes)

Nene Park - ad Mediterranean Gull with Black-headed Gulls (Chris Park) 

Monday, 2 November 2026

Monday, 2 November

Grafham Water - SNOW BUNTING over south 07:35h (Mark Hawkes); 2 RED-THROATED DIVER in centre of reservoir (Richard Patient)

Sunday, 1 November

Pymoor - 100 Crane into roost (Brendan Doe)

Longstanton - juv White-fronted Goose (Brendan Doe)

Saturday, 31 October 2026

Saturday 31 October

Little Downham - WAXWING heard

Pymoor - 100+ Crane reported 

Friday, 30 October

Grafham Water - 2 Grey Plover, Spotted Redshank (Nigel Butler)

Ferry Meadows - 3 Cattle Egret (Don Gardener)

Wicken Fen - 2 Bitter, 2 Kingfisher, Barn Owl, 3 Bearded Tit, Stonechat, Whooper Swans into roost (Christoph Zöckler)

Also 150 Fieldfare, 50 Yellowhammer at Honey Hill, Woodcock near Cambridge airport (Christoph Zöckler)

Thursday 29 October

Grafham Water - Knot, Greenshank, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, Raven reported 

Cambridge Research Park, Waterbeach - Bittern, Water Pipit reported 

Tuesday, 27 October 2026

Tuesday 27 October

Grafham Water - Water Pipit (Nigel Butler); also 2 Brambling over at dawn (Mark Hawkes)

Monday, 26 October 2026

Monday 26 October

Grafham water - Water Pipit from Valley Creek hide (Nigel Butler)

Sunday 25 October

 Ouse Washes - 70 Crane near Pymoor bridge, 6 White-fronted Geese, Cattle Egret, Great Egret reported

Saturday, 24 October

Grafham water - Spotted Redshank, Caspian Gull, 2 Grey Plover (Mark Hawkes)

Ouse Washes - 12 Cattle Egret, 6 Whooper Swan, 37 Barnacle Geese, 2 Back-tailed Godwit (Andrew Tongue)

Peterborough - YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER near Railworld still (Ray Bowell) 

Friday, 23 October 2026

Friday, 23 October

Peterborough - YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER near Railworld still

Thursday, 22 October 2026

Thursday 22 October

Barleycraft Lake - eclipse male BAIKAL TEAL (Richard Grimmett, Richard Thomas)

Peterborough - YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER near Railworld still (Hugh Wright) 

Northside, Whittlesey - 350+ Whooper Swan, 200 Lapwing by B1040 (Bob Davis) 

Tuesday, 20 October 2026

Tuesday 20 October

Ouse Washes - 2 GREAT GREY SHRIKE at Pymoor, moving west along the bank (David Hopkins) 

Grafham Water - 2 Grey Plover (Mark Hawkes)

Etton/Maxey Pits - 35 albifrons White-fronted Geese, Rock Pipit (Josh Jones); 11 more south of the pits, a further 21 over (Hugh Wright)

Cambourne - 2 RUDDY SHELDUCK of unknown origin over (James Hanlon) 

Brampton East Pit - fem FERRUGINOUS DUCK (Jamie Wells) 

Waterbeach - juv Arctic Tern south of Bottisham Lock (Jon Heath) 

 

Monday, 19 October 2026

Monday, 19 October

Grantchester Meadows - RICHARD'S PIPIT over (Arjun Gutta)

Stretham - 2 TWITE over northwest (Ian Barton) 

Grafham Water - 2 TWITE north end of dam (Richard Patient) 

Etton/Maxey Pits - Sanderling (Hugh Wright)

Peterborough - YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER near Railworld still (Josh Jones) 

Sunday, 18 October 2026

Sunday 18 October

Ouse Fen - 3 GANNET over 10:12h (Duncan Poyser); a fourth GANNET over south c.14:35h (Jeremy Lindsell)

Cambridge research Park - WOODLARK over 10:25h, 2 Brambling (Jon Heath) 

Grafham Water - Red-breasted Merganser, Arctic Tern, Grey Plover, 2 Rock Pipit. Vis mig including 1000 Redwing, 150 Starling, 9 Fieldfare, 15 Chaffinch, 3 Brambling, 1 Hawfinch, 1 Redpoll, 2 Siskin and a Twite (Richard Patient).

Etton/Maxey Pits - probable LAPLAND BUNTING briefly,f lew north 08:12h. Rock Pipit, juv Sanderling, 3 Mediterranean Gull, also passing over 4 Grey Plover,  9 Whooper Swan, 11 Pink-footed Geese, several Brambling (Hugh Wright) 

Ferry Meadows - HAWFINCH over reported 

 

Saturday 17 October

Farcet Fen - 3 Whooper Swan over (Kevin Eldred)

 

Friday, 16 October 2026

Friday 16 October

Grafham Water - YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER heard & recorded 300 yards north-east of Savage's Creek. Also Greenshank, 4 Grey Plover, 40 Dunlin (Mark Hawkes)