Monday, 30 June 2008

Monday, 30 June

Nene Washes - SPOONBILL again on High Wash in evening, then flew east (Kevin Durose); Hobby (Max Catterwell)

Sutton Gault - SPOTTED CRAKE calling from counterwash north of causeway 12:30h (Mark Peck)

Fen Drayton - Little Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, Turtle Dove (Mike Everett)

Trumpington, Cambridge - Red Kite over east 10:55h (mike Foley)

Grafham Water - 11 Yellow-legged Gulls, 8+ Common Sandpipers (Mark Hawkes)

Dry Drayton - Barn Owl, Little Owl to south of church 21:40h (Ken & Maggie Hook)

Sunday, 29 June 2008

Sunday, 29 June

Kings Dyke NR - male MONTAGU'S HARRIER over at 07:00h (Phil Parker)

Nene Washes - 19 Little Egrets, Hobby, 2 Black-tailed Godwits (Don Gardener); calling CORNCRAKE 200 yards west of the CP and another 300 yards before Lord's Holt (Peter Beesley)

Ely - Red Kite over 13:30h (Robin Henderson)

Grafham Water - 1st summer Mediterranean Gull in lagoons (Jono Leadley)

Saturday, 28 June

Grafham Water - drake GREEN-WINGED TEAL in lagoons at 15:00h (Colin Addington) still present at 20.55h (Mark Hawkes); Black-tailed Godwit (Colin Addington)

Paxton Pits - Red-crested Pochard, 7 Little Egrets, 3 Hobbies (Jamie Wells)

Diddington - 2 Spotted Flycatchers (Jamie Wells)

Friday, 27 June 2008

Friday, 27 June

Nene Washes - SPOONBILL and 13 Little Egrets near North Bank 500 m west of Dog-in-a-Doublet (Charlie Kitchin); SPOONBILL still present with 15 Little Egrets 16:30h, also CORNCRAKE by low wash drove gate (Jonathan Taylor)

Monks Wood - 6+ Crossbills this afternoon (Rich Broughton)

Thursday, 26 June 2008

Thursday, 26 June

Grafham water - LITTLE TERN at north end of dam 17:10-17:45h (Colin Addington, Mark Hawkes)

Cambridge - 3+ Crossbills west over the railway station 09:50h (Stuart Sharp)

Wicken Fen - Cetti's Warbler, 2 Little Egret, Common Tern, pair of Marsah Harrier; also 3 Buzzard at Burwell (Dave Palmer)

Bar Hill GC - Red Kite over 16:00-16:10h (Mike Clydesdale)

Dry Drayton - Red Kite over 16:25h (Ken Hook)

Wednesday, 25 June

Maxey GP - 10 Green Sandpipers this evening (John Saunders)

Tuesday, 24 June 2008

Tuesday, 24 June

Chatteris - BLACK KITE reported over A142 at 08:50h (per rarebirdalert.com)

Grafham Water - Black Tern (Jono Leadley)

Barnack Hills and Holes - Red Kite 12:30h (John Harding)

Sutton Gault - SPOTTED CRAKE calling intermitently around midnight, one south of the causeway but distant and another north of the causeway (Mark Peck)