Thursday, 30 September 2010

Thursday, 30 September

Peterborough - 2 dark-phase HONEY BUZZARDS over south-east (Ben Fraser)

Grafham Water - GREAT SKUA still mid-morning (Colin Addington); 3 Black Terns this evening (as per RBA)

Fowlmere - Redpoll sp., c.20 Siskins, male Merlin (Doug Radford)

Ferry Meadows - 2 Bramblings over (Don Gardener)

Ouse Washes - 2 Peregrines, 5 Marsh Harriers, 2000+ Lapwings, 20 Golden Plovers, Bittern (Joe Lynn)

Elsworth - 8 Buzzards over (Paul Harding)

Wednesday, 29 September 2010

Wednesday, 29 September

Murrow - YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER in private garden (Marie Barton)

Witcham - RING OUZEL (David Hopkins)

Grafham Water - juv GREAT SKUA still (Dean Harlow)

Tuesday, 28 September 2010

Tuesday, 28 September

Grafham Water - mobile juv GREAT SKUA still, Grey Plover over (Colin Addington)

Fen Drayton Lakes - RAVEN into corvid roost 19:00h, also 2 Green Sandpipers, 3 Little Egrets, Cetti's Warbler (Mark Peck)

Ferry Meadows - Arctic Tern,  Siskin, 2 Redpoll sp., 3 Redwings (Brian Stone)

Cambridge - 3 Siskins, 2 Redwings over Adams Road (Iain Webb)

Galtton - 6 Red Kites and a Buzzard perched at High Haden this morning (Richard Jones)

Kingfisher's Bridge - 2 Grey Plovers over, Buzzard, 2 Grey Wagtails, Green Sandpiper (Owen Marks et al.)

Ely Beet Pits - Hobby, Green Sandpiper (Stuart Sharp)

Monday, 27 September

Paxton Pits - Lesser Spotted Woodpecker near Kingfisher Hide, 3 Redwings, Spotted Flycatcher (Jim Stevenson)

Sunday, 26 September 2010

Sunday, 26 September

Grafham Water - juv. GREAT SKUA, Yellow Wagtail, Sand Martin, 160+ Linnet (Mark Hawkes)

Ouse Washes - juv Little Stint, juv Curlew Sand, 10 Dunlin, Spotted Redshank 3 Common Buzzard (Mark Peck)

Cambridge - Redwing in Fanshawe Road (Richard Patient); Redwing over Richmond Road (Sarah Howlett)

Fen Drayton Lakes - juv GANNET over Ferry Lagoon o8:45h (Richard Thomas)

Ferry Meadows - 145 Pink-footed Geese, 10 Redwings, Siskin (Mike Weedon et al.)

Paxton Pits - juv Little Stint, 2 Greenshanks (Neal Parkin, Martin Davis)

Saturday, 25 September 2010

Saturday, 25 September

Various locations - many GANNETS passing through - 9 juveniles over Coldhams Lane, Cambridge (Iain Webb), 6 through Ferry Meadows (Don Gardner, Matt Webb), 2 juveniles over Little Wilbraham Fen (Carl Howard), one juvenile over Orton Mere (Brian Stone) and one over the Nene Washes (Jonathan Taylor, Mike Weedon)

Little Wilbraham Fen - PIED FLYCATCHER around reed-bed (Carl Howard)

Grafham Water - juv. GREAT SKUA, 5 Common Scoter, Greenshank, Red Kite over, juv. Little Gull, Black Tern (Mark Hawkes)

Foul Anchor - 3 GREAT SKUA over (Duncan Poyser); also 18 Pink-footed Geese, Peregrine, c.70 Golden Plovers (Stuart Elsom et al.)

Ouse Washes - Little Stint (Duncan Poyser)

March Farmers - 3 COMMON CRANES (Marie Barton)

Paxton Pits - 2 ARCTIC SKUAS over south-west, Caspian Gull, c.10 Yellow-legged Gulls, Black Tern, 3 Greenshanks (Jamie Wells)

Friday, 24 September 2010

Friday, 24 September

Foul Anchor - 3 POMARINE SKUA42 GREAT SKUA (flocks of 9, 11 and 15), 5 ARCTIC SKUA, GANNET, 7 Sandwich Tern, 4 Black Tern, Arctic Tern, 2 Common Tern, 45 Pink footed Geese (Jonathan Taylor)

Ouse Washes - 3 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS from Welches Dam Hide, also Wood Sandpiper, Spotted Redshank (Mike Burdekin, Paul Harrington)

Paxton Pits -  2 juv ARCTIC SKUAS circling high to th south-east 17:25h (Martin Davis)

Haddenham - 2 juv Hobbies over south (Paul Mason)

Grafham Water 3 ARCTIC SKUAS over, 2 juv Little Gull, 6+ Black Tern (Mark Hawkes); 21 Pink-footed Geese reported north over dam (per RBA)