Wednesday, 16 December 2020

Wednesday, 16 December

Earith - 3 GLOSSY IBIS c.10:00h (Neil Howard)

Tuesday, 15 December 2020

Tuesday, 15 December

Aldreth - DUSKY WARBLER showing exceptionally well in the sunshine at Aldreth at midday in the willows by the bridge at The Boot (Duncan McNiven)

Trumpington Street, Cambridge - Peregrine (Colin Kirtland)

Fen Drayton Lakes - 3 GLOSSY IBIS, 2 Great Egret; 2 Green Sandpiper at Springhill (Dave Anderson)

Earith - 3 GLOSSY IBIS 12:50h (Roger Hardie); departed 15:55h (Duncan McNiven)

Wimpole Hall - Tundra Bean Goose, 2 White-fronted Geese (James Hanlon); Raven, Nuthatch (Steve Dutton)

Monday, 14 December 2020

Monday, 14 December

Aldreth - DUSKY WARBLER still (Sue Greenway)

Earith - 3 GLOSSY IBIS (Sue Greenway)

Teversham Fen - 2 Raven, Mediterranean Gull over (Carl Howard)

Sunday, 13 December 2020

Sunday, 13 December

Aldreth - DUSKY WARBLER showing fairly frequently on and off between 10-11 this morning, around the pond and in the ditches at the start of 'The Boot', most of the time low down in the nettles and brambles. Calling regularly (Jamie Wells); Great Egret to east of causeway (Simon Gillings)

Colne Fen - Great Egret, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper (Steve Cooper)

Sutton Gault - Great Egret (Steve Cooper)

Earith - 3 GLOSSY IBIS still (Steve Cooper)

Willingham - 4 Cattle Egret (Steve Cooper)

Fen Drayton Lakes - Great Egret, Goldeneye; also 2 Raven at the busway near Longstanton (Christoph Zöckler)

Grafham Water - 4 Great Northern Diver, 2 Great Egret, 191 Goldeneye (Mark Hawkes, Richard Patient, Chris Shurlock)



Saturday, 12 December 2020

Saturday, 12 December

Aldreth - DUSKY WARBLER, though extremely elusive. Not quite at The Boot this morning - it's literally just out of the village, in the area around the first bridge (Richard Patient)

Earith sluice - 3 GLOSSY IBIS by the bridge (Mark Hawkes)

Sutton - 8 White-fronted Geese just to the south-west (Mark Hawkes)

Willingham - 4 Cattle Egret at West Fen (Stu Elsom, Richard Bayldon)

Pidley - WHITE STORK of unknown origin on the golf course, viewable from public footpath from Fen Road (John Wright)

Wimpole Hall - Tundra Bean Goose, 2 White-fronted Geese, 2 Raven, 6 Mandarin (Ade Cooper)

Friday, 11 December 2020

Friday, 11 December

Aldreth - DUSKY WARBLER reported.

Wimpole Hall - Tundra Bean Goose, 2 White-fronted Geese, 2 Barnacle Geese with Greylag Goose flock 09:00h; also Peregrine, Raven, 10 Mandarin (Richard Palmer)

Burwell Fen - male and ringtail Hen Harrier (Diana Leech)

River Cam - Firecrest by path along the river between Horningsea & Waterbeach (Christoph Zöckler)

Thursday, 10 December

Grafham Water - 3 Great White Egret, c.400 Cormorant. Nearby, 2 Brambling, Merlin (Carlos Davies)

Wimpole Hall - Tundra Bean Goose, 2 White-fronted Geese, 2 Barnacle Geese, Egyptian Goose (Andrew Dobson)