Wednesday, 6 January

Grafham Water - VELVET SCOTER from dam, 7 Red-crested Pochards (Mark Hawkes); 4 more Red-crested Pochards at Savage's Creek, 4 Whooper Swans between Hill Farm and Savages Creek (Colin Addington)

Prickwillow - PINK-FOOTED GOOSE with Bewick's Swans (David Hopkins)

Fen Drayton Lakes - 5 male and 10 redhead Smews (Dennis Hall, Neil Renwick)

Bottisham Lock - fem Goosander, Water Rail (Adrian Hoyes)

Ferry Meadows - Red-crested Pochard, 4 Goldeneyes, 16 Lesser Redpolls (Matt Webb)

Farcet Fen - 2 Bramblings, 37+ Tree Sparrows (Steve Dudley)

Tuesday, 5 January

Grafham Water - VELVET SCOTER still, juv SHAG, GREAT NORTHERN DIVER, 3 Goosanders, drake Smew (Mike Everett); Red-crested Pochard (Colin Addington)

Fen Drayton Lakes - 14 Smews, 3+ Water Rails calling, 4 Goosanders (Richard Allison)

Wicken Fen - Barn Owl, Little Egret, 2 Water Rails, also a Chaffinch showing at least some features of F.c. africana (David Wege)

Woodwalton Fen - 2 Bitterns at Gordon's Mere early afternoon, 12 Lesser Redpolls (Matt Webb)

Monday, 4 January

Coveney - ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD still (Paul Mason); also in the area fem Merlin, c.200 Whooper Swans, c.6 Bewick's Swans (Stuart Sharp)

Roswell Pits - Bittern, Water Rail, Kingfisher (Stuart Sharp)

Fen Drayton Lakes - 16 Smews (Dennis Hall, Dave Anderson)

Ferry Meadows - 4 Red-crested Pochards, male Goldeneye, Kingfisher, 2 Grey Wagtails (Brian Stone)

Grafham Water - fem Smew in Gaynes Creek (Ray Presley); imm male VELVET SCOTER still, GREAT NORTHERN DIVER (birdguides.com)

Buckden GP - BLACK REDSTART reported along hedge by river (as per rarebirdalert.com)

Ouse Washes, Earith to Welmore - 20,029 Wigeon, 10 Black-tailed Godwits, 49 Snipe, 2 Marsh Harriers, 3 Buzzards, 3 Chiffchaffs, 6 Water Pipits (as per Alex Thomas). The washes are deeply flooded and both the Sutton and Welney Wash roads are underwater.

Oakington - 50+ Corn buntings nearby (Bob Jarman)

Sunday, 3 January

Grafham Water - imm male VELVET SCOTER still (many observers); Greenshank, 2 GREAT NORTHERN DIVERS, Green Sandpiper, 6 Goosander (Mark Hawkes)

Coveney - ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD still (per rarebirdalert)

Ferry Meadows - imm male Scaup (Matt Webb)

Paxton Pits - 2 Bearded Tits still (Mark Hawkes); Bittern over south, Green Sandpiper, Water Rail (Mark Ward)

Cam Washes - 3 Little Egrets, 2 Whooper Swans, Green Sandpiper, Marsh Harrier (Jonathan & David Heath)

Barleycraft GP - Knot (Richard Grimmett); 6 Barnacle Geese (Richard Thomas); Water Pipit, 7 Smew (Mark Ward)

Brownshill Staunch - 2 Greenshank (Dennis Hall, Tony Mallyon)

Roswell Pits, Ely - Bittern on Sailing Pit (Mark Grooms)

Wicken Fen - Bittern showed well from Westmere Hide (Nick & Penny Hillman)

Fen Drayton Lakes - Bittern into roost at Holywell Lake late afternoon, Cetti's Warbler, 3 Water Rails, ad Yellow-legged Gull (Mark Ward); 8 Smews, 200+ Black-tailed Godwits, male and fem Marsh Harriers (Sarah Howlett); male and 2 fem Goosanders on Windsurfing Lake (Nikki Dibb)

Saturday, 2 January

Wicken Fen - 2 Bitterns from Westmere hide, imm. Peregrine (Andrew Knights)

Fen Drayton Lakes - 9 Smew, Little Egret (Richard Allison); 2 Yellow-legged Gulls, Cetti's Warbler (Richard Patient)

Grafham Water - imm male VELVET SCOTER still, Pink-footed Goose, Little Egret (Mark Hawkes)

Paxton Pits - 2 Bearded Tits still on Rudd Lake, 6 Smew, Peregrine, 3 Woodcock (Jamie Wells, Martin Davis)

Cottenham, Long Drove - 2 Caspian Gulls (adult & nr-adult), 2 Yellow-legged Gulls, presumed adult Herring x Lesser Black-backed Gull (Richard Patient)

Friday, 1 January

Witcham/Coveney - ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD still, Long-eared Owl, Hen Harrier, Woodcock (David Hopkins); 2 Water Pipits at The Gravel (Owen Marks)

Grafham Water - imm male VELVET SCOTER still from dam, 4-5 GREAT NORTHERN DIVERS, 3 Common Scoters, 2 Scaup, 2 Red-crested Pochards, 8 Goosanders, 2 Little Egrets (Mark Hawkes, Mark Piercey); Yellow-legged Gull (Richard Patient)

Paxton Pits - 3 Bearded Tits still on Rudd Lake, Smew (Gary Rawlings et al)

Fen Drayton Lakes - 6+ Smew, Peregrine, 250+ Black-tailed Godwits (David & Jonathan Heath); Cetti's Warbler (Stuart Elsom); 2 Goosander (Aubrey Warboys); Little Egret, Yellow-legged Gull, Woodcock (Richard Patient)

Ouse Washes - Water Pipit at Pymoor, Peregrine at Chain Corner (Richard Patient)

Brampton Wood - female Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Richard Patient)

Ferry Meadows - 2 Bewick's Swans flew south (Matt Webb); 25 Lesser Redpolls (Mike Weedon et al)

Nene Washes - 3-4 Short-eared Owls at March Famers (Mike Weedon et al)

Roswell Pits, Ely - Bittern on Sailing Pit (Will Burdett)

Thursday, 31 December

Fen Drayton - 8 Smew, c300 Black-tailed Godwits, Stonechat, Grey Wagtail (Richard Palmer); Ross's Goose with Greylag's at Far Fen Lake, 4 Goosander (David Heath)

Wicken Fen - Marsh Harrier and ringtail Hen Harrier (Gavin Paterson)

Grafham Water - imm male VELVET SCOTER still from dam, 5 GREAT NORTHERN DIVERS, 3 Common Scoters, Scaup, 11 Goosanders, Ruddy Duck, juv Kittiwake, MEDITERRANEAN GULL (Mark Hawkes)

Paxton Pits - 3 Bearded Tit, Little Egret, Pintail, 1/2 Peregrine, 3+ Common Buzzard, Black-tailed Godwit, Marsh Tit (Martin Davis, Jamie Wells)

Coveney - ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD still from road between A142 and Coveney this morning, (Alan Wadsworth and Guy Manners)

Ramsey Forty Foot - female Merlin, 4 Whooper Swans (John Wells)

Late news Wednesday 30th December - Wicken Fen - 2 Bitterns, ringtail Hen Harrier, 3 Marsh Harriers, Black-necked or Slavonian Grebe on Lode from Tower Hide (George Lendrum)