Thursday, 15 December 2011

Thursday, 15 December

Burwell Fen - 7 Short-eared Owls (Dave Palmer)

Eldernell - 8 Cranes, c.60 Whooper Swan, c.200 Golden Plover, Kingfisher, c.250 Lapwing, c.200 Fieldfare, probable Green Sandpiper (Don & Andrew Gardener)

Fowlmere - ringtail Hen Harrier (Doug Radford)

Fen Drayton Lakes - ad ICELAND GULL over west 15:50h, also Caspian Gull, 6+ Yellow-legged Gull (Hugh Venables)

Wednesday, 14 December

Cambourne - Merlin, Stonechat (Louise Bacon)

Wednesday, 14 December 2011

Tuesday, 13 December

Little Shelford - FIRECREST still in garden near level crossing on Hauxton Road (Ali Cooper)

Monday, 12 December 2011

Monday, 12 December

Duxford - 3 Little Egrets on the river (Neil Howard)

Paxton Pits - ad ICELAND GULL into roost on Ferry Lagoon 16:05h, 5 Yellow-legged Gull (Richard Thomas)

Burwell Fen - 9 Short-eared Owls (Matt Mellor)

Sunday, 11 December

Fen Drayton Lakes - 2 Short-eared Owls (Sarah Howlett)

Impington - Woodcock over (David Wege)

Paxton Pits - Smew, 3 Red-crested Pochard 35 Golden Plover, Corn Bunting with c.100 Yellowhammer (Martin Davis, Neal Parkin, Gary Rawlings, Jamie Wells)

Sunday, 11 December 2011

Saturday, 10 December

Little Shelford - FIRECREST still in garden near level crossing on Hauxton Road (Ali Cooper)

Paxton Pits - redhead Smew on Sailing Lake, female Ruddy Duck on A1 North (Jamie Wells)

Cambourne - Short-eared Owl between Crow Hill and Whomping Willow lake

Fen Drayton - ICELAND GULL in the gull roost at the East end of Ferry Lagoon (Richard Thomas, Richard Grimmett); LITTLE STINT showing well from Coucher Hide, 2 Smew, Green Sandpiper (Alex Quig)

Cam WAshes - 20 White-fronted Geese in grassy field on Upware side of river, Hen Harrier, Peregrine, Merlin (Jon and David Heath)

Little Wilbraham - Merlin over (Jon and David Heath)

Fowlmere - Hen Harrier flew over the reserve, FIRECREST in dense hawthorn/ivy near Spring Hide at 2.30pm, and then presumably the same bird seen going to roost near the Watercress Hut at (Doug Radford)

Ely Beet Factory - Bittern flew up from the narrow fringe of reeds at the north-western corner (Colin Kirtland)

Friday, 9 December 2011

Friday, 9 December

Fen Drayton Lakes - Little Stint on Moore Lake (Dave Anderson); also redhead Smew, 4 Bewick's Swans over (Nigel Sprowell)