Monday, 31 August 2009

Monday, 31 August

Ouse Fen - both GREAT WHITE EGRETS still present, 2 Garganeys, Greenshank, c.80 Snipes, 2 Whinchat (Richard Thomas)

Grafham Water - drake Scaup still on lagoon 3+ Green Sandpipers, 2 Common Sandpipers, 4 Little Egrets, 12+ Yellow Wagtails, 3+ Yellow-legged Gulls (Mark Hawkes)

Ferry Meadows - 2 Whimbrels passed south over Gunwade Lake, Restart on Coney Meadow (Matt Webb)

Cam Washes - 11 Little Egrets, 6 Green Sandpipers, Greenshank, Peregrine, Hobby, 2 Buzzards (Gavin Paterson)

Paxton Pits - 3 Whinchats at Pumphouse Pit (Steve May); Whinchat at Great Meadow (Martin Davis); 4 Little Egrets, juv Hobby, 2 Greenshanks, 4 Common Sandpipers, Green Sandpiper, Egyptian Goose, 2 Red-crested Pochards, Marsh Tit (Jamie Wells)

Sunday, 30 August 2009

Sunday, 30 August

Ouse Fen - both GREAT WHITE EGRETS present this morning, 4+ Whinchat, 2 Wheatear, 30-40 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Hobby, 2 Greenshank, Common Sandpiper, Black-tailed Godwit, Ruff (Richard Thomas)

Nene Low Washes - 4 Whinchat, Hobby (Peter Beesley)

Grafham Water - Juvenile SPOTTED CRAKE in lagoons from 7-7.15pm, but not again by dusk. Also 3+ Green Sandpiper, Hobby, 3 Little Egret (Mark Hawkes); drake Scaup (Steve Cooper)

Fen Drayton Lakes - Black Tern this morning, 4 Snipe, Marsh Harrier (Nigel Sprowell); Little Ringed Plover (Dave Anderson)

Paxton Pits - Little Egret, Egyptian Goose, 3 Red-crested Pochard, Peregrine, 3 Dunlin, c300 Sand Martin, 3+ Yellow Wagtail, Wheatear (Jamie Wells); Tree Pipit over village (Mark Ward)

Ferry Meadows - HONEY BUZZARD, Osprey, Redstart (Matt Webb)

Cam Washes - 6 Green Sandpipers, 3 Greenshanks, 4 Turtle Doves (Jonathan & David Heath)

King's Dyke NR - 1st win male Redstart reported (as per Phil Paker)

Saturday, 29 August

Ouse Fen - colour-ringed GREAT WHITE EGRET still present, OSPREY over (Richard Thomas, Richard Grimmett)

Nene Washes - GREAT WHITE EGRET over southern Corncrake pen and appeared to land on pits at 2.30pm (per rarebirdalert.com)

Cam Washes - 3 Greenshank, 5 Green Sandpiper, 35 Snipe, 4 Little Egret, 160 Teal, Swift, 70 Sand Martin, Yellow Wagtail (Gavin Paterson); 8 Turtle Doves (Jonathan & David Heath)

Friday, 28 August 2009

Friday, 28 August

Nene Washes, Central Drove - 3+ Greenshanks, 4 Ruffs, juv Marsh Harrier, 4 Whinchats, Cuckoo, 'plenty' of Yellow wagtails (Brian Stone; Steve Gann)

Grafham Water - 4 Black Terns, 5 Little Egrets, Hobby (Peter Beesley)

Ferry Meadows - male Redstart at Heron Meadow (Paul Taylor)

Paxton Pits - Sanderling, Whinchat (Tony Ploszajski); Turnstone, Greenshank, 2 Green Sandpiper, Yellow Wagtail (Jamie Wells)

Ouse Fen - The colour-ringed GREAT WHITE EGRET still present this evening, Phase 3, also Peregrine, Whimbrel over, 2 Garganeys (Richard Thomas); Wood Sandpiper over with a party of Green Sandpipers (Richard Grimmett)

Thursday, 27 August 2009

Thursday, 27 August

Fen Drayton Lakes - 4 Egyptian Geese, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Cetti's Warbler (Gavin Paterson)

Ferry Meadows - male Redstart at southern end of Heron Meadows again (John Saunders)

Paxton Pits - 3 Whinchats, Wheatear, Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, 5 Common Sandpipers, Little Egret (Dean Harlow)

Nene Washes, Low Wash - Wood Sandpiper, 3 Greenshanks, 7 Ruffs, 3 Whinchats (Charlie Kitchen)

Grafham Water - 5 Black Terns off Mander CP, 9+ Green Sandpipers, eclipse male Garganey, eclipse male SCAUP, fem Ruddy Duck, 2 Common Sandpipers, Little Egret (Mark Hawkes; Jim Guthrie)

Maxey Pits - Wood Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpipers (John Saunders); 8 Green Sandpipers, Little Egret, 2 Grey Wagtails (Leon Smith)

Wednesday, 26 August 2009

Wednesday, 26 August

Grafham Water - Whinchat, below dam early morning, 4 Black Terns, fem Peregrine, Little Egret, 4+ Yellow Wagtails (Mark Hawkes)

Witcham - Wheatear at Grange Farm this morning (David Hopkins)

Ferry Meadows - male Redstart, 5+ Spotted Flycatchers at Ham Bridge end of Heron Meadow (Peter Beesely, Mac Bell); 2+ Green Sandpipers (Brian Stone)

Farcet Fen - Nightingale, Turtle Dove, 2 Spotted Flycatchers (Steve Dudley)

Tuesday, 25 August 2009

Tuesday, 25 August

Grafham Water - 8 Black Terns on jetty by sailing club early morning, Peregrine over west, 4 Little Egrets, 2 Green Sandpipers, 2 Common Sandpipers, 6+ Yellow-legged Gulls, 2 Yellow Wagtails (Mark Hawkes); 2 Ospreys at Savages Creek 18:30h (Colin Addington)

Ferry Meadows - vocal TREE PIPIT, probably 2 birds, south over Coney Meadow this morning, male Redstart at south end of Heron Meadow 17:45h (Brian Stone)

Fen Drayton Lakes - 2 Egyptian Geese, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper (Gavin Paterson)

Little Paxton Wood - Quail flushed in the evening (Martin Shreeves)