Friday, 30 January 2009

Friday, 30 January

Fen Drayton Lakes - Red Kite over, male Goosander (Dennis Hall)

Grafham water - 2 Yellow-legged Gulls, 5 Goosanders, male Smew, fem Scaup, 6 Red-crested Pochards this morning; 2nd winter GLAUCOUS GULL in roost off Mander CP this afternoon, also 4 Yellow-legged Gulls (Jono Leadley)

Stetchworth - Red Kite over (Andrew Smith)

Pymoor - GREAT WHITE EGRET still present(Jon Warden)

Coveney - ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD 16:15h (David Hopkins)

Thursday, 29 January 2009

Thursday, 29 January

Grafham Water - Smew 12:20h, Red-necked Grebe 13:10h (birdguides.com)

Pymoor - 2 GREAT WHITE EGRETS in the drain on the Little Downham Road 16:00h (Colin Kirtland)

Coveney - ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD 16:15h (birdguides.com)

March Farmers - 5 BEAN GEESE today (Jonathan Taylor)

Wednesday, 28 January 2009

Wednesday, 28 January

Pymoor - 2 GREAT WHITE EGRETS now in drain east of village, just east of Dunkirk (Richard Fowling); before flying to a drain south of Pymoor by 15:30h, then to roost just north of Stevens Hide, as viewed from Pymoor railway bridge on the east side of the washes (Monica & Owen Marks)

Brampton - male Smew at the River Lane its (Richard Palmer)

Coveney - ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD at 15:20h (as per rarebirdalert.com)

Tuesday, 27 January 2009

Tuesday, 27 January

Witcham - 2 White-fonted Geese over south-east this morning (David Hopkins)

Dogsthorpe Tip - ad Mediterranean Gull over (Mike Weedon)

Eldernell - COMMON CRANE 14:00h (birdguides.com)

Monday, 26 January 2009

Monday, 26 January

Coveney - ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD showing well this morning from the layby south of the black barn (Stuart Sharp); also 4 Common Buzzards and, at West Fen, 400+ Whooper Swans (Lee Evans)

Nene Washes - 2 ad COMMON CRANES west of March Farmers 11:20h (Bruce Martin)

Pymoor - GREAT WHITE EGRET again 13:30h (Peter Stockwell); present on the Main Drain south of Pymoor village at TL 505855, 15:10-15:25h (Lee Evans)

Wicken Fen - Short-eared Owl, Barn Owl, Marsh Harrier, 3+ Stonechats, Cetti's Warbler (Gavin Paterson)

Burwell Fen - 2 Short-eared Owls, Barn Owl (Gavin Paterson)

Paxton Pits - redhead Smew, Red-crested Pochard, 2 ad Yellow-legged Gulls (Martin Davis)

Sunday, 25 January 2009

Sunday, 25 January

Brampton - 2 Smew  at River Lane GP this morning (John Lindsell)
Buckden GP - 2 Goosander, 51 Goldeneye(Mark Hawkes)
Grafham Water - 2  Mediterranean Gull (adult off lagoons and 1st-winter off Fishing Lodge), 9 Red-crested Pochard off south end of dam, Smew still in Gaynes creek, female Scaup
3+ Yellow-legged Gull (Mark Hawkes, Mark Ward)
Over - adult GLAUCOUS GULL over (Richard Thomas)
Wimpole Estate - Hawfinch c.14:00h (Johannes Kamp)

Saturday, 24 January 2009

Saturday, 24 January

Grafham Water - 2 GLAUCOUS GULLS (adult and juvenile) in roost from 15:20h, 7 Red-crested Pochards, drk Smew, 3 Yellow-legged Gulls, 6 Goosander (Mark Hawkes); Red-necked Grebe still (Jono Leadley)

Nene Washes - LAPLAND BUNTING between March Farmers and Eldernell opp. trig point, 2 COMMON CRANES, Merlin, Water Pipit (Richard Patient)

Coveney - ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD still (Jim Lawrence)

Pymore - GREAT WHITE EGRET still in drain at Dunkirk (Andy Massey)

Waterbeach Fen - Hen Harrier (Jonathan & David Heath)

Paxton Pits - 2 Smew, Little Egret, 8 Barnacle Geese, Jack Snipe (Jamie Wells)

Wicken Fen - 2 ringtail Hen Harriers to roost, 2 Barn Owl, Marsh Harrier, Curlew over, 3 Short-eared Owls (Andy Massey)