Sunday, 15 July 2012

Sunday, 15 July

Paxton Pits - Crossbill over Heronry North (Katie Fuller and Ian Dillon); 2 Garganey, 3 Hobbies (Jamie Wells)

Grafham Water - juv. Crossbill at Mander car park (Richard Patient); Knot at north end of dam (per rarebirdalert)

Earith Washes - 30+ Black-tailed Godwit, Curlew, 5+ Greenshank, 2 Ruff (Mark Eaton)

Fen Drayton - Crossbill over Middle Fen (Peter Herkenrath)

Saturday, 14 July

Ouse Washes - PECTORAL SANDPIPER up from Earith Industrial site from the west bank (Steve Cooper); later moved to Ouse Fen (on phase 7) but flew south again towards Over (Richard Thomas)

Cam Washes - 6+ Green Sandpiper, 4 Common Sandpiper, 3 Black-tailed Godwit (David & Jonathan Heath)

Thursday, 12 July 2012

Thursday, 12 July

Thriplow - Quail calling just south-east TL 450465 (Ali Cooper)

Wednesday, 11 July

Fen Drayton Lakes - Nuthatch (Richard Bradury)

Ouse Washes, Earith - 8 Greenshank, c.55 Black-tailed Godwits, Common Sandpiper, Curlew (Mark Eaton)

South Cambs - Short-eared Owl over arable land 18:55h (Gareth Rees)

Wicken Fen - SPOTTED CRAKE calling from eastern end of Harrison's Drove, also Quail calling (Mark Welch)

Tuesday, 10 July 2012

Monday, 9 July

Elsworth - Northern Bobwhite singing nearby (Ian Dillon)

Thriplow - 2 Quail calling south-east of the village (James Hanlon)

Wicken Fen - SPOTTED CRAKE calling from 22:20h (Mike Foley)

Sunday, 8 July 2012

Sunday, 8 July

Ouse Fen - LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER for it's second day (Richard Thomas). Viewable in the evening from footpath 3/4 mile SW of Earith on south side of River Ouse (Mark Hawkes et al.)

Earith Washes - 2 Green Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, c.22 Greenshank, 4 Ruff, 6 Black-tailed Godiwt, 8 Little ERgret, 25 Egyptian Geese (Mark Ward et al.)

Grafham Water - 2 Osprey (Mark Ward)

Paxton Pits - female Garganey on Diddington pit, Knot, Osprey (Martin Davis)

Wicken Fen - SPOTTED CRAKE calling between Harrison's Drove and Burwell Lode again tonight, starting calling at 22h15 (Claire Spottiswoode, Mike Brooke & Ade Long)

Block Fen GPs -  LITTLE TERN, 4 Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper (Rob Partridge)

Saturday, 7 July

Wicken Fen - SPOTTED CRAKE calling from 10pm (David and Jon Heath); 9 Black-tailed Godwits, Greenshank, Hobby (Gavin Patterson)

Paxton Pits - Osprey over New Workings at midday (Jamie Wells)