Tuesday, 30 November 2010

Tuesday, 30 November

Guyhirn - 3 Cranes in flight by the A47 07:25h (Andy Bayes)

Fen Drayton Lakes - male & fem Smew on Swavesey Lake (Dave Anderson); 2 male & 2 redhead Goosander on Drayton Lagoon (Andy Cotton)

Orton BP - 10 Goldeneyes, 10 Red-crested Pochards, 500 Greylag Geese (Brian Stone)

Cambridge - 6 WAXWING in Brimley Road early afternoon, Brambling in a Lovell Road garden (David Heath)

Ouse Washes RSPB - 9 WAXWINGS at the visitor centre (Mike Burdekin)

Woodwalton Fen - 8 Bewick's Swans over north, 10 Marsh Tits, 3 Water Rails, c.200 Siskin, c.100 Lesser Redpolls, 2 Common Crane over east, male & fem Peregrines, Woodcock (Ron Harold)

Kingfishers Bridge - up to 3 WAXWINGS until 13:00h (Bruce Martin et al.)

Maxey Pits - 2 Jack Snipe, 3 Snipe (Chris Lines & Chris Orders)

Monday, 29 November 2010

Monday, 29 November

Woodwalton Fen - COUES'S ARCTIC REDPOLL in the south-west corner (per rarebirdalert.com); Bittern, 4 Woodcock, 2+ Mealy Redpolls with c.100 Lesser Redpolls (Ron Harold)

Fen Drayton Lakes - male & fem Smew, 2 Little Egrets on Swavesey Lake (Richard Allison); male Goosander on Drayton Lagoon, 2+ Bittern sightings (Dennis Hall, Dave Anderson); Peregrine over, fem Marsh Harrier over, 2 WAXWINGS over (Andy Cotton)

Paxton - 8 WAXWINGS in Gordon Road briefly 09:55h (Ian Langdon)

Werrington - 3 WAXWINGS over west c.12:30h (John Saunders)

Orton Waterville - 15 WAXWINGS at junction of Church Drive and Valence Road briefly c.13:00h (Ron & Sheila Clark)

Ouse Fen - Green Sandpiper, Curlew, Snipe, Peregrine (Martin Sreeves)

Godmanchester GPs - Peregrine, Snipe (Martin Sreeves)

Sunday, 28 November 2010

Sunday, 28 November

Fen Drayton Lakes -  imm male LONG-TAILED DUCK on Ferry Lagoon, male and red head Smew on Swavesey Lake, Bittern on Elney Lake (Chris Went)

Cambridge - 6 WAXWING still in Brimley Rd (David Heath)

South Bretton - 2 Waxwing sitting in a tree half way along Thomas Close (Don Gardener)

Orton Brimbles / Mately - 15 Waxwing and 12 more at Ferry Meadows(Matt Webb)

Kingfishers Bridge - WAXWING (Stuart Sharp)

Ely BF - 2 Bitterns, 2 Water Rails, Marsh Harrier (Mark Grooms)

Chippenham Fen - Woodock, Buzzrad, 3 Water Rails, c. 65 Siskins, c.70 Reed Buntings, c.100 Linnets (Colin Kirtland)

Saturday, 27 November

Fen Drayton Lakes -  imm male LONG-TAILED DUCK on Ferry Lagoon, red head Smew on Swavesey Lake, male Goosander on Drayton Lagoon (Richard Allison); Barn Owl, 40+ Black-tailed Godwit on Ferry Lagoon Dunlin (David Heath)

Soham - 2 WAXWING over (Andrew Knights)

Cambridge - 6 WAXWING feeding on white berries in Brimley Rd on the corner of Roland Close (Colin Kirtland)

Woodwalton Fen - Marsh Tit, 3 Bearded Tit, Water Rail (Peter Beesley); Jack Snipe, 4 Bearded Tit, Red KIte, 100+ Siskin, 10-20 Redpoll sp. (Stuart Elsom and Richard Bayldon); COUES'S ARCTIC REDPOLL, 3 Common Crane (per RBA)

Lynch Woods - 50+ WAXWING (Brian Stone)

Southoe - c.90 Lesser Redpolls, c.500 Fieldfares (Mark Brandon)

Ferry Meadows - 2 male Goosanders, 3 Goldeneyes, Woodcock, 2+ Bramblings (Matt Webb)

Friday, 26 November 2010

Friday, 26 November

Fen Drayton Lakes - imm male LONG-TAILED DUCK, redhead Smew on on Swavesey Lake at midday (Jacqui Miller); 4 Goosanders over west (Monica & Owen Marks)

Southoe - 22 Golden Plovers with Lapwings, 2 Coal Tits, 2 Treecreepers, possible Merlin (Martin & Lucy Sreeves)

Bradley Fen - Green Sandpiper, Cetti's Warbler (Brian Stone)

Orton BP - 4 Red-crested Pochards, 4 Goldeneyes, 50 Golden Plovers (Brian Stone)

Thursday, 25 November 2010

Thursday, 25 November

Peterborough - WAXWING calling over Thomas Close, South Bretton 07:45h (Don Gardener)

Broughton - 3 WAXWINGS near the village cemetery (RonHarold)

Wistow - Brambling, Red Kite, 3 Buzzards in the area (Ron Harold)

Fen Drayton Lakes - 3 redhead Smews on Drayton Lagoon at midday (Jacqui Miller); redhead Smew, imm male LONG-TAILED DUCK, Little Egret on Swavesey Lake, Stonechat along entrance track (Andy Cotton)

Late news from Sunday, 21 November: Grafham Water - 9 Goosanders off Mander CP (Alan Bull)

Wednesday, 24 November 2010

Wednesday, 24 November

Fen Drayton Lakes - redhead Smew, imm male LONG-TAILED DUCK on Swavesey Lake still, also redhead Goosander, Brambling (Andy Cotton)

Paxton Pits - Green Sandpiper, Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Little Egrets. Also WATER PIPIT briefly yesterday, 23 November (Martin Davis)

Wicken Fen - fem Hen Harrier in to roost near Tower Hide (Colin Kirtland)

Woodwalton Fen - possible eastern race Chiffchaff,  40 Siskins, Red Kite, 2 Short-eared Owls, Woodcock (Ron Harold)