Sunday, 24 May 2009

Thursday, 21 May

Ouse Washes - ad SPOONBILL still present feeding in front of Stockdales hide (Alex Thomas); also pair of Marsh Harriers, Hobby, pair of Garganey, 3+ Arctic Terns (Mike Knowles)

Fen Drayton Lakes - TEMMINCK'S STINT on Ferry Lagoon (per rarebirdalert.com)

Wednesday, 20 May 2009

Wednesday, 20 May

Wardy Hill - 3 Crossbills over at 07:30h (birdguides.com)

Castor Hanglands - 4 Nightingales, Cuckoo this morning (Richard Astle)

Huntingdon - Red Kite over Hinchingbrooke Business park this morning (Kevin Harris)

Fen Drayton Lakes - pair of Wood Duck on Ferry Lagoon (Richard Thomas)

Buckden GP - male Garganey, Greenshank, Hobby (Mark Hawkes)

Stetchworth - Red Kite over (Andrew Smith)

Paxton Pits - juv Peregrine, 2 Cuckoos (Martin Shreeves)

Tuesday, 19 May 2009

Tuesday, 19 May

Ouse Washes - ad SPOONBILL still present (various observers)

Paxton Pits - Turnstone, 2 Common Sandpipers, Little Egret, Red Kite over south, 3 Buzzards, 2+ Hobbies, Yellow-legged Gull (Jamie Wells)

Buckden GP - male Garganey, Greenshank, Little Egret (David Bale)

Cambridge - Spotted Flycatcher in Manhattan Drive (Catherine Andrews)

Monday, 18 May 2009

Monday, 18 May

Ouse Washes - 2 ad SPOONBILLS still at 13:30h, between Stevens Hide and the railway. Also 2 male Garganeys, 2 Hobbies, Dunlin, 24+ Black-tailed Godwits, 6 + Avocets, 5+ Little Egrets, 4 Barnacle Geese, 2 Marsh Harriers (Mark Hawkes)

Ferry Meadows - sum plumage Black-necked Grebe on Overton Lake near Roman Point this morning (Matt Webb)

Sunday, 17 May 2009

Sunday, 17 May

Ouse Washes - SPOONBILL from Stockdales Hide at 12.45 (Dean Harlow); 2 SPOONBILLS near Railway Bridge (Christoph Zöckler)

Fen Drayton - Ruff, Arctic Tern (Richard Thomas); Wood Sandpiper, 3 Hobbies, 3 Turtle Doves (Neil Renwick)

Abbots Ripton - 2 Red Kite (Nick York)

Grunty Fen - Red Kite, 2 Turtle Doves, Little Egret, pair of Barn Owls (David Nation)

Easton - Barn Owl, Grey Partridge nearby (Mark Brandon)

Dogsthorpe Star Pit - Nightingale singing (Chris Knox)

Saturday, 16 May 2009

Saturday, 16 May

St Ives GPs - HONEY BUZZARD heading east towards Fen Drayton (Alan Bull)
Paxton Pits - Black Tern and Greenshank on Pumphouse pit, 3 Turnstone and Dunlin on Diddington pit (Mark Hawkes)
Grafham Water - Avocets still have 9-10 chicks in lagoons, Turtle Dove (Mark Hawkes); Whimbrel (Colin Addington)
Ouse Washes RSPB - 2 Curlew Sandpipers, 2 drk Garganey, 2 Little Ringed Plovers Rickwood Hide, Spotted Redshank from Stockdales Hide, Greenshank, drake Pintail, c25 Black-tailed Godwits, 8+ Dunlin, 10 Ringed Plover, Hobby, 2 Barnacle Geese, several Avocets & Little Egret (Mark Hawkes)

Fen Drayton - Black Tern over Ferry Lagoon, Hobby, Turtle Dove (David Heath); Wood Sandpiper, 4 Dunlins, Greenshank, Ruff, Yellow-legged Gull, Arctic Tern, Yellow Wagtail, Little Egret (Richard Patient)

March Farmers - Sanderling, Grey Plover, Whimbrel, Greenshank, c35 Dunlin, c45 Ringed Plover, 6 Little Egret (Mike Weedon)

Whittlesey - 2 DOTTERELS still in onion field to the south-east TL322945 (Mike Weedon)

Buckden GP - Garganey and Greenshank (John Lindsell)

Friday, 15 May 2009

Friday, 15 May

Peterborough - GANNET over the city centre 15:05h (Ken Earnshaw)

A1 St. Neots - 4 CRANES flew NE over towards Little Paxton at 17:45hr (Mark Hawkes)

Helspton - Wheatear between the village and Maxey (Richard Astle)

Ferry Meadows - Black Tern on Gunwade Lake (Brian Stone)

Fen Drayton Lakes - 2 TEMMINCK'S STINTS 11:45h, 2 Knots, 37 Arctic Terns over, 2 singing Cetti's Warblers, 2 Turtle Doves, Hobby (Dave Anderson); Sanderling, 3 Greenshanks, 3 Whimbrels over (Richard Thomas)

Ely Beet Pits - Arctic Tern (Stuart Sharp)

Maxey Pits - TEMMINCK'S STINT (Will Bowell); also 5 tundrae Ringed Plover (Mike Weedon)

Grafham Water - 3 Whimbrel at south end of dam 12:55h, 14 Black Terns from Plummer CP 13:38h (Colin Addington)

Orton BP - 2 Black Terns, Hobby, Buzzard (Brian Stone)

Ouse Washes - 2 Wood Sandpipers, 2 Spotted Redshanks, 2 Greenshanks, 40+ Ringed Plovers, 22 Dunlins (David Hopkins)

Cam washes - Wood Sandpiper, 3 Greenshanks, 2 Little Ringed Plovers, Oystercatcher, 4 Avocets, Black-tailed Godwit, Marsh Harrier (Hugh Venables)