Thursday, 14 May 2009

Thursday, 14 May

Whittlesey - 9 DOTTERELS still in onion field to the south-east at 09:30h, c.TL322945 (Malcolm Holley)

Fen Drayton Lakes - 2 TEMMINCK'S STINTS, 7 Dunlins (Dave Anderson); LITLE TERN, 2 Black terns (Dave Anderson, Dennis Hall); 2 Turnstones, Common Sandpiper, 6 Ringed Plovers, 2 Little Ringed Plovers on Ferry Lagoon this morning (Will George); 2 Sanderlings, 2 Greenshanks (Andy Cotton)

Grafham Water - 3 Sanderlings, 2 Dunlins, 2 Yellow Wagtails on the dam 07:30h (Richard Palmer); Black Tern off Mander CP, 2 Common Sandpipers, 2 Little Ringed Plovers on dam (Mark Hawkes)

Paxton Pits - Black Tern, 2 Grey Plovers, 2 Knots, Sanderling, Turnstone, Red-crested Pochard(Mark Hawkes)

Buckden GP - 3 Black Terns over north, 2 Common Sandpipers, Cuckoo (Ian Ellis); Whimbrel (Mark Hawkes)

Nene Washes - 2 Black terns, Whimbrel, Grey Plover, Greenshank, 4 Little Egrets (Charlie Kitchin)

Ely Beet pools - Black Tern (Duncan Poyser)

Bradley Fen Pit - Black Tern, 10 Common Terns, Common Sandpiper, Hobby, Cuckoo (Brian Stone)

Ferry Meadows - 3 Black Terns at Gunwade Lake (Keith Lawton); Greenshank (Paul Taylor)

Wicken Fen - pair Garganeys, 11 Little Egrets, 2 Hobbies, 2 Arctic Terns, Turtle Dove, 2 Cuckoos, 2 Kingfishers, 3 singing Cetti's Warblers, tundrae Ringed Plover (Christoph Zöckler)

Kingfishers Bridge - Black Tern, Hobby (Christoph Zöckler)

Maxey Pits - 3 Sanderlings, Black Tern, 6 Little Ringed Plovers (Chris Lines); 2 Avocets (Bob Titman)

Spaldwick - 2 Turtle Doves (Mark Brandon)

Ouse Fen - Black Tern, Sanderling, Whimbrel over, 2 Wood Sandpipers over (Richard Thomas)

Cam washes - 2 Turnstones, 2 Wood Sandpipers, 3 Greenshanks, 6 Little Ringed Plovers, 4 Avocets, Peregrine (Jonathan & David Heath)

Sutton Gault - Whooper Swan (Mark Peck); Wood Sandpiper, Sanderling (David Hopkins)

Wednesday, 13 May 2009

Wednesday, 13 May

Whittlesey - 10 DOTTERELS still in onion field to the south-east at 09:30h, c.TL322945 (Philip Bubb); still present this evening (Karl Bucknall)

Ferry Meadows - 7 Black Terns at Overton Lake 09:30h (Don Gardener); 2 LITTLE TERNS, Arctic Tern, 3+ Black Terns on Gunwade Lake & 8 Black Terns on Overton Lake (Nicola Orchard)

Fletton Lake - 9 Black Terns (Brian Stone); Hobby (Ben Fraser)

Cam Washes - 2 Wood Sandpipers, 3 Greenshanks, 5 Common Sandpipers, 4 Dunlins, 5 Avocets, Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Little Ringed Plovers, 2 Ringed Plovers this evening (Jonathan & David Heath)

Fen Drayton Lakes - TEMMICK'S STINT on Ferry Lagoon briefly this evening (Gavin Paterson); Sanderling, Bar-tailed Godwit this morning (Richard Thomas); Curlew Sandpiper briefly (Dave Anderson, Andy Cotton); 39 Black Terns & 38 Arctic Terns through by lunchtime (Andy Cotton et al.); also 9 Turnstones briefly, 2 Common Sandpipers, 5 Dunlins, 12 Ringed Plovers, 4 Little Ringed Plovers, fem Ruff (Andy Cotton); Wood Sandpiper briefly 13:45h (Robin Cox); 2 Avocets briefly, Greenshank (Andy Cotton)

Paxton Pits - Black Tern briefly, 2 Grey Plovers, , 2 Knots, Common Sandpiper, Red-crested Pochard (Dean Harlow); 11 Black Terns mid-afternoon, also 2 Turnstones, Sanderling, 16 Ringed Plovers (Martin Davis)

Grafham Water - Arctic Tern, Common Tern, Little Ringed Plover (Mike Knowles); c.25 Black Terns off Plummer CP, 10 Sanderlings on the dam (Colin Addington); 34 Black Terns off Mander CP 15:00h (Iain Webb); total of 56+ Black Terns, 10 Artic Terns over, 3 Common Sandpipers (Mark Hawkes)

Fen Ditton - 2 Hobbies (Iain Webb)

Woodwalton Fen - Fieldfare, Hobby, Marsh Harrier, Grasshopper Warbler, Barn Owl (Iain Webb)

Nene Washes - 124 Ringed Plovers, 40 Dunlins, Sanderling, Grey Plover, 15 Arctic Terns (Jonathan Taylor)

Kingfishers Bridge - 6 Black Terns, Common Sandpiper, 4 Avocets through (David Hopkins); 11 Black Terns through (Duncan Poyser)

Sutton Gault - Wood Sandpiper, 3+ male Garganeys, 2 Greenshanks (David Hopkins)

Tuesday, 12 May 2009

Tuesday, 12 May

Whittlesey - 10 DOTTERELS still to the south-east at c.TL322945 (Brian Stone)

Grafham Water - Sanderling, Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpipers, Oystercatcher, Hobby, 2 Little Ringed Plovers, 10 ad Avocets with 11 chicks (Mark Hawkes)

Ouse Fen - Sanderling (Richard Thomas)

Wicken Fen - 6 Greenshanks, pair of Garganey, 4 Little Egrets, Common Tern (Dave Palmer)

Cambridge - 2 Swifts over Manhattan Drive this morning (Caterhine Andrews)

Cam Washes - 3 Common Sandpipers, Greenshank, 3 Little Ringed Plovers, 7 Avocets, Hobby (Jonathan & David Heath)

Monday, 11 May 2009

Monday, 11 May

Whittlesey - 10 DOTTERELS still to the south-east at c.TL325947 (John Lindsell)

March Farmers - 2 Yellow Wagtails, 3 Little Egrets, 10+ Swifts, Whimbrel, Cuckoo, 3 Common Terns (Marie Barton); male MONTAGU'S HARRIER over west 12:50h, CATTLE EGRET over south-west 13:05h, Grey Plover (Alex Lees)

Buckden GP - 2 Black Terns (John Lindsell)

Paxton Pits - WRYNECK reported along Heron Trail, near the moorings, early this afternoon (as per rarebirdalert.com); 4 Sanderlings, male Red-crested Pochard (Martin Davis)

Ferry Meadows - Black Tern, Red Kite (Paul Taylor)

Elton - Hobby (Brian Stone)

Haddon - Little Owl (Brian Stone)

Hampton NR / Orton BP - male Wheatear, Cuckoo (Brian Stone)

Sunday, 10 May

Whittlesey - 10 DOTTERELS at c.TL325947 (Matt Francis); male Whinchat (Jamie & Rod Wilson)

Paxton Pits - Grasshopper Warbler at Dodder Fen (Dave Hoccom); 3 Hobbies, 5+ Buzzards, 6 Dunlins, 3+ Ringed Plovers (Jamie Wells)

Grafham Water - 10 Avocets with 9 recently hatched young, 2 Little Ringed Plovers, 2 Oystercatchers (Mark Hawkes); 2 Turtle Doves (Martin & Wendy Phillips)

Haddenham area - 7 Wheatears, 3 Buzzards, loads of Yellow Wagtails (David Hopkins)

Kingfishers Bridge - 2 Black Terns (David Hopkins); 2 SANDWICH TERNS, 5+ Turtle Doves (Stuart Sharp)

Cottenham, Long Drove - 3 Buzzards (David Hopkins)

Hatley - 2 Whimbrel over calling (Katie Fuller)

Fen Drayton Lakes - 4 Black Terns still this afternoon, 7 birds reported earlier (Nigel Sprowell); fem Wheatear (David & Jonathan Heath); 2 Arctic Terns over, Common Sandpiper, Cetti's Warbler (Richard Thomas)

Ouse Fen - Tree Pipit, male Garganey and Greenshank, all briefly (Richard Thomas)

Ely Beet Pits - Grasshopper Warbler (Stuart Sharp)

Cam Washes - 2 Dunlins, 2 Common Sandpipers, Avocet, 2 Little Ringed Plovers, Turtle Dove, Cuckoo (David & Jonathan Heath)

Monks Wood - 21 Marsh Tit territories, pair of Woodcock, Tawny Owl, 2 Cuckoos, several Siskins and Lesser Redpolls (Rich Broughton)

Teversham / Wilbraham Fen - 2 Cuckoos, 2 Turtle Doves, Grasshopper Warbler (Chris Brown)

Saturday, 9 May

Nene Washes - 3 CATTLE EGRETS on High Wash south-west of the Dog-in-a-Doublet (Stuart Ball)

Milton CP - HONEY BUZZARD over (David & Jonathan Heath)

Whittlesey - 10 DOTTERELS at c.TL325947 (Matt Francis)

Blackbush Drove - fem Whinchat, Wheatear (Mike Weedon)

March Farmers - male and fem Wheatears, 50+ Ringed Plovers (Mike Weedon)

Cam Washes - Greenshank, 2 Avocets, Dunlin, 2 Black-tailed Godwits (David & Jonathan Heath)

Ouse Washes - 5 Common Terns, 48 Swifts, 15 Dunlins, 2 Black-tailed Godwits, 8 Ringed Plovers, 2 Little Egrets, 4 Barnacle Geese, 2 Oystercatchers, 2 Tree Sparrows (Gavin Paterson)

Great Gransden - Turtle Dove, Lesser Redpoll (Katie Fuller)

Fen Drayton Lakes - 2 male Garganeys, 2 Common Sandpipers, 5 Hobbies, 2+ Ringed Plovers, Dunlin (Neil Renwick)

Wicken Fen - 2 Turtle Doves, 5 Hobbies, 2 Marsh Harriers, 2 Garganeys, 2 Cuckoos, Grasshopper Warbler, 5 Little Egrets, Greenshank (Andrew Knights); 8 Cetti's Warblers, Yellow Wagtail, 48 Swifts, 3 Turtle Doves (Gavin Paterson)

Ferry Meadows - 200+ Swifts, Nightingale singing, Hobby (Matt Webb)

Grafham Water - 2 Turnstones, 6 Sanderlings, Common Sandpiper (Colin Addington)

Friday, 8 May 2009

Friday, 8 May

Nene Washes - 3 CATTLE EGRETS on High Wash south-west of the Dog-in-a-Doublet 08:35h. Viewable from the bank by the first lay-by west of the sluice, but often obscured by long grass (Brian Stone, Richard Astle)

Little Paxton - fem Black Redstart in Hayling Avenue briefly 06:55h (Ian Dawson)

Paxton Pits - Turnstone, Common Sandpiper, 9 Dunlins, 4 Ringed Plovers (Martin Davis)

Diddington - male Whinchat (Dean Harlow)

Grafham Water - 2 Redpolls, Little Ringed Plover, Dunlin at lagoons (Karl Bucknall)

Kings Dyke NR - Grasshopper Warbler (Phil Parker)

Cambridge - fem Wheatear between Addenbrookes and Trumpington (Mike Foley)