Monday, 22 April 2013

Monday, 22 April

Cambridge - Cuckoo near the Cambridhge Canoe Club, present since Friday 19 April (Nick gates)

Maxey Pits - Grasshopper warbler (Richard Astle); on Sunday 21, April Osprey briefly and Greenshank (Mick Beeson)

Ouse Washes - 3 Garganey, Greenshank, 6 Avocet (Gavin & Alan Paterson)

Devils Dyke - 2 Wheatear, Lesser Whitethroat (Kevin Wilson)

Yaxely - 6 Wheatear, Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper in the Overfall Bridge area (Karen Woods)

Tanholt GP - 4 Little Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper (Brian Stone)

Fen Drayton Lakes - 2 male Garganey, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 4 Avocet, 2 Egyptian Geese (Gavin & Alan Paterson); 8 Cetti's Warbler singing (Colin Kirtland)

Nene Washes - 3 Greenshank, Whimbrel, Green Sandpiper, Cuckoo, 2 Wheatear, Whinchat, Bittern in flight (Charlie Kitchen); SPOONBILL at Eldernell (Mike Weedon); also Whimbrel, 32 Little Egret (Matt Webb)

Whittlesey - 5 Wheatear just east of Partridge Farm Riding Centre (Matt Francis)

Paxton Pits - Pink-footed Goose, Mediterranean Gull, Little Gull, 5 Arctic Tern, 3 Whimbrel, 2 Avocet, 4 Wheatear, Garden Warbler, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 61 Yellow Wagtail (Martin Davis)

Longstowe - 2 Grasshopper Warblers nearby (Vince Lea)

Sunday, 21 April 2013

Sunday, 21 April

Little Wilbraham Fen - Cuckoo (John Walsh)

Ferry Meadows - Redstart, Cuckoo (Don Gardener)

Fen Drayton Lakes - 2 Little Ringed Plover, pair of Garganey, Wheatear (Audrey & Gwyn Williams); Hobby, 6+ White Wagtail, 12+ Yellow Wagtail, 2 Greenshank, 4 Avocet (Sarah Howlett)

Haddon - fem Redstart still

Nene Washes - 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 4 Little Ringed Plover, male Garganey; SPOONBILL at Eldernell (Mike Weedon); also Whimbrel, 2 ad Litle Gull, 30+ Little Egret, c.1000 Black-tailed Godwit (Mark Eaton)

Woodwalton Fen - Cukoo, Grasshopper Warbler (Kevan Wolstencroft)

Cam Washes - Spotted Redshank over, Cuckoo, Tawny Owl (David & Jonathan Heath)

Paxton Pits - 2 Black-necked Grebe on Island Pit and 2 more on Pumphouse Pit (Gary Rawlings); also Little Gull, Mediterranean Gull, Pink-footed Goose, pair of Red-crested Pochard, Whimbrel, Bar-tailed Godwit over, c. 50 Yellow Wagtail including one 'channel' type, White Wagtail (Martin Davis); 8+ Arctic Tern (Mark Ward)

Buckden - 4 Wheatear (Mark Ward)

Grafham Water - 2 Brent Geese over, 2 Whimbrel over (Mark Hawkes)

Saturday, 20 April 2013

Saturday, 20 April

Cambridge Research Park, Waterbeach - Nightingale, Cetti's Warbler (David & Jonathan Heath)

Ouse Washes RSPB - 2 Arctic Tern, Knot, 4 Garganey, 93 Ruff, 2 Greenshank, Cuckoo. Also 4 Avocet, Greenshank at Earith (Brendan Doe)

Grafham Water - 6 White Wagtail (Mark Hawkes); Grasshopper Warbler (Colin Addington); also Firecrest reported (as per rarebirdalert.com)

Fen Drayton Lakes - 2 Greenshank, 2 Common Sandpiper, 4 Avocet, Little Gull, 2+ Arctic Tern, Cuckoo, Grasshopper Warbler (Sarah Howlett); 2 Black-necked Grebe, Slavonian Grebe, pair of Garganey, 2 Wheatear, 7 White Wagtail, Hobby, Garden Warbler ( as per Lizzie Bruce)

Little Wilbraham Fen - Whinchat, Wheatear, Lesser Whitethroat, Sedge Warbler (Andy Symes)

Fleam Dyke NR - Turtle Dove (Steve Hartley)

Nene Washes - Whimbrel, Garganey, 1000 islandica Black-tailed Godwit at March farmers, 32 Little Egret at Eldernell (Charlie Kitchin)

Haddenham/Aldreth - 3 Wheatear along Gravelpit Drove (Paul mason)

Paxton Pits - 2nd c.y. little Gull, 13 Arctic tern over, 12 Nightingale (Mark Ward); Caspian Gull, Mediterranean Gull, 2 Egyptian Geese, 8 Avocet, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2+ Cukoo, 3 Grasshopper Warbler, Reed Warbler (Martin Davis, Jamie Wells)

Ailsworth - 18 Wheatear (Matt Webb)

Castor Hanglands - 4 singing Nightingale (Brian Stone)

Friday, 19 April 2013

Friday, 19 April

Blackbush - 48 Wheatear (Luise)

Long Drove, Haddenhem - 6 Wheatear (Paul Mason); Whinchat (Simon Stirrup)

Isleham Water Meadows - Common Sandpiper, 12 Avocet (Ben Green)

Ouse Washes - 11 Garganey, 17 Avocet, 2 Greenshank, Spotted Redshank, 35 Dunlin, 21 Ruff (Mike Burdekin)

East Barnwell NR, Cambridge - Redstart (Andrew Maddocks)

Fen Drayton Lakes - 3 Egypitan Geese, 3 Common Sandpiper, 6 Arctic Tern, Swift, Cuckoo, Whinchat, 7 White Wagtail, 3 Wheatear

Paxton Pits - WOODLARK. Walk past education centre and take path on right behind trees and pond to view flat area. Also ad KITTIWAKE, 2nd c.y. Little Gull, 15+ Arctic Tern, White Wagtail, Wheatear (Martin Davis); male Lesser Spotted Woodpecker near Education Centre briefly (Steve May et al.)

Morborne - RING OUZEL with 12 Wheatear in a field between the village and Folksworth (Andrew Gardener)

Grafham Water - 'channel' Yellow Wagtail  5 White Wagtail, Sanderling, 2 Wheatear (Mike Everett)

Buckden - Grasshopper warbler, 2nd c.y. Little Gull, 7 Wheatear, 3 Arctic Tern over, Marsh Harrier over, Short-eared Owl (Mark Ward)

Ferry Meadows - 2 Arctic Tern briefly (Mike Weedon)

Thursday, 18 April 2013

Thursday, 18 April

Castor Hanglands - 3 Nightingale singing (Richard Astle)

Berry Fen - imm Little Gull (Mike Everett); 80 islandica Black-tailed Godwit (Mark Ward)

Blackbush - Whinchat, 13 Wheatear, 7 White Wagtail, male Hen Harrier, Short-eared Owl (Steve Dudley)

Caldecote - male Whinchat with 16+ Wheatear (Richard Jones)

Chatteris - pair of Hobby (Gray Smy)

Grafham Water - Sandwich Tern, 29 Arctic Tern (Mark Ward)

Buckden - 6 male Wheatear (Mark Ward)

Eye Tip - 3 Arctic Tern over the roundabout nearby (John Saunders)

Farcet Fen - 2 Wheatear (Steve Dudley)

Paxton Pits - Greenshank, Pink-footed Goose, 2nd c.y. Little Gull, 20 Arctic Tern, 4 White Wagtail (Mark Ward);

Grafham Water - 9 White Wagtail, male 'channel' type Yellow Wagtail, Common Sandpiper (Mark Ward)

Haddenham North Fen - 4 Wheatear (Paul Mason)

Maxey Pits - 2 Wheatear (John Saunders)

Ferry Meadows - 2 Common Sandpiper (Matt Webb); Whimbrel (John Saunders)


Wednesday, 17 April 2013

Wednesday, 17 April

Berry Fen - 30+ White Wagtail (Richard Thomas)

Needingworth Pits - 15+ White Wagtail, Arctic Tern (Mark Eaton)

Ferry Meadows - Common Sandpiper (Peter Hogan)

Fowlmere - 3 Wheatear, Common Sandpiper, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler (Matt Mellor)

Ouse Washes - 2 Avocet, 1000+ Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 80+ Ruff, Peregrine (Mike Burdekin)

Fordham - Brambling singing (David Collins)

Chesterton - 3 WAXWING near the cycle bridge again (Jonathan Heath)

Maxey Pits - Grey Plover over, 5 Little Ringed Plover, Wheatear, 8 White Wagtail (Bob Titman)

Ailsworth - 15 Wheatear still (Don Gardener)

Country Restoration Trust Farm, Barton - 2 RING OUZEL, later seen to fly north along line of M11. Also Wheatear, 3 Whitethroat (Vince Lea)

Blackbush - 5 Wheatear, 4 White Wagtail (Steve Dudley)

Fen Drayton Lakes - Reed Warbler, Sedge Warblers, Whitethroats (Richard Thomas)

Tuesday, 16 April 2013

Tuesday, 16 April

Chesterton - 10 WAXWING by the cycle bridge (Bob Jarman)

Ailsworth - fem RING OUZEL nearby at approx. TL122998, also 17 Wheatear (Matt Webb)

Ferry Meadows - male Redstart near pontoon bridge (Brian Stone); Reed Warbler, 2 Sedge Warbler, Whitethroat, Cuckoo, Peregrine, 2 Wheatear, 28 Willow Warblers (Matt Webb)

Morborne - male Redstart nearby (Andrew Gardener)

Milton CP - fem Redstart (John Hoppett)

Little Wibraham Fen - 4+ Wheatear, Cuckoo, 2 Whitethroat (Andy Symes)

Maxey Pits - 3 Wheatear, flava Yellow Wagtail (Brian Stone)

Castor Mill - male Redstart, Sedge Warbler (Paul Taylor); 3 Wheatear (Howard Butler)

Ouse Fen - 2 RING OUZEL TL372725 08:30h (Richard Thomas)

Buckden Meadow - Swift over (Mark Ward)

Grafham Water - 6 Arctic Tern, Wheatear near Hill Farm, 10 Goldeneye (Mark Ward)

Paxton Pits - 24 Common Tern, 3 White Wagtail, fem Redstart, 2 Swift, 2 Nightingale, 4 Sedge Warbler, Rock Pipit (Martin Davis); 11+ Arctic Tern, Pink-footed Goose (Jamie Wells); also male & fem Redstart reportedby the river viewpoint

Fen Drayton - 2 Arctic Tern (Tony Lowe)

Berry Fen - 5 White Wagtail, Wheatear  (Richard Thomas)

Haddon - male Redstart nearby at TL132926 and another along the bridleway from Haddon (Andrew Gardener)

Fowlmere - Curlew, 2 Sedge Warbler (Richard Palmer); fem Redstart, 4 Wheatear, Cetti's Warbler (James Hanlon); 3 Swift over, 2 Lesser Whitethroat (Ade Cooper)

March sewage works - 10 Yellow Wagtail (Ian Seamark)