Monday, 6 July

Fen Drayton Lakes - 5 Egyptian Geese, Green Sandpiper (Gavin Paterson)

Paxton Pits - Wood Sandpiper, 4 Little Ringed Plovers (Jamie Wells)

Sunday, 5 July

Grafham Water - 2 Greenshank, 3 Common Sandpiper, 6 Little Egret, at least 7 Yellow-legged Gulls (Mark Hawkes)

Cam Washes - 13 Avocet 13, 11 Greenshank, 10 Green Sandpiper, 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Ruff, 5 Little Ringed Plover (Dean Harlow)

Ouse Washes RPSB - 2 Wood Sandpipers and 25 Ruff (per rarebirdalert.com)

Fen Drayton Lakes - 3 Green Sandpipers, 5+ Little Egrets, Hobby (Neil Renwick)

Saturday, 4 July

Paxton Pits - SANDWICH TERN around Pumphouse Pit (occasionally flying over to Diddinton Pit) Little Egret, 6 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Buzzard, Turtle Dove, (Martin Davis, Jamie Wells)

Cam Washes - 6 Wood Sandpiper, 10 Greenshank (David Heath)

Grafham Water - 4 SANDWICH TERN off Plummer CP at 10.10, then flew off over lagoons, Whimbrel flew over north, 3 Oystercatcher, 5 Little Egret, 8+ Avocet (Mark Hawkes); 2Common Sandpipers on dam (Colin Addington)

Buckden GP - 2 Green Sandpipers, Little Egret (Mark Hawkes)

Monks Wood - Long-eared Owl (Roger Hughes)

Devil's Dyke just east of Swaffham Prior - Quail calling from a wheatfield (Claire Spottiswoode)

Fen Drayton Lakes - male Ruff, Greenshank (Richard Patient)

Friday, 3 July

Foxton - Quail calling in a private garden about 24:00h last night (Marcus Kohler)

Great Gransden - Spotted Flycatcher in the churchyard (Chris McCabe)

Ouse Washes - Hobby over reserve near Welches Dam and Quail calling form arable fields just off reserve east of Common Wash (Paul Harrington)

Thursday, 2 July

Grafham Water - ARCTIC SKUA adult still on wall of dam 07:50h, female Common Scoter, Greenshank (Mark Hawkes). The Arctic Skua was humanely put down at 12.20h.


Arctic Skua, Grafham Water, 2nd July © Mark Hawkes (click for larger image). Hand-held shot taken at around 3 foot range. Only the 2nd county record for July.

Fen Drayton Lakes - 3 Green Sandpipers, Hobby, 7 Little Egrets, 4 Egyptian Geese (Gavin Paterson)

Helpston - Spotted Flycatcher (Richard Astle)

Southoe - pair of Little Owls, possibly with young (Martin Sreeves)

Wednesday, 1 July

Grafham Water - 3 Common Scoter off Plummer CP, Greenshank, 14+ Avocets, 2+ Yellow-legged Gulls, 5 Little Egrets, Hobby over (Mark Hawkes); ARCTIC SKUA adult on dam in evening (Ade Cooper)

Fen Drayton Lakes - Marsh Harriers have bred successfully. The first chick fledged on Monday, the second fledged on Wednesday. RSPB volunteers & staff will be on hand at the Holywell Lake car park at weekends to help visitors to see them taking flying lessons (Neil Renwick)

Dry Drayton - BLACK KITE over the village 18:30h heading towards Cambridge (Mike Clydesdale)

Monks Wood - pair of Spotted Flycatchers with two fledged young (Stuart Sharp)

Tuesday, 30 June

Maxey Pits - 2+ Wood Sandpipers, 5 Green Sandpipers, Cuckoo (Chris Lines)

Cam Washes - 3 Black-tailed Godwits, 10 Green Sandpipers, 2 Ruffs, 13 Avocets, 2 Greenshanks, 13 Little Ringed Plovers, Little Egret, Barn Owl (Jonathan & David Heath)