What was About Jan-April 2006

Sunday, 9 April

Woodwalton Fen -Grasshopper Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Hen Harrier, 3 Marsh Harriers, Buzzard (Mike Weedon); GREEN-WINGED TEAL 15:30h (Katie Fuller, Darren Oakley-Martin)

Paxton Pits - 1st sum Little Gull, m Brambling, 2 Buzzards, 4 Little Ringed Plovers, 6+ White Wagtails, c.10 Yellow Wagtails (Martin Davis, Jamie Wells, Ray Presley)

Haddenham Fen - 5 Wheatears, 50+ Linnets, pair Grey Partridges (Paul Mason)

Mettle Hill / Bassingbourn - 800 Golden Plover(Ian Dodd)

Saturday, 8 April

Woodwalton Fen - GREEN-WINGED TEAL (Kevan Wolstencroft)

Fowlmere - male Redstart (Rob Jones); Common Buzzard (Doug Radford)

Grafham Water - BLUE-HEADED WAGTAIL, GREAT NORTHERN DIVER, c.10 Yellow Wagtails, 2+ White Wagtail, Wheatear, RED-THROATED DIVER, 300+ Sand Martins, Nuthatch (Mark Hawkes, Colin Addington)

Paxton Pits - m Brambling, 5 Buzzards, fem Marsh Harrier over, Little Egret, Curlew, 2 Green Sandpipers, 2 Merlins over, 4+ Little Ringed Plovers (Martin Davis, Jamie Wells); male Wheatear (Mark Hawkes)

Wicken Fen - Peregrine, Marsh Harrier, 3 Cetti's Warblers (Monica and Owen Marks)

Ouse Washes - 2 Water Pipits from Grose Hide, 5 Bramblings at Visitor Centre (Ian barton)

Fen Drayton - Cetti's Warbler, 4 Sedge warblers, 8 Blackcaps, 9 Chiffchaffs, 11 Willow Warblers (Bruce Martin)

Devil's Dyke (between B1102 and A14) - 3 Wheatears, Fieldfare and 3 Grey Partridges (Ken and Maggie Hook)

Friday, 7 April

Wicken Fen - male AMERICAN WIGEON (John Oates); OSPREY over north-west mid-morning, 23 Black-tailed Godwits (BirdGuides)

Marsh Lane GP - Nightingale singing c.07:00h (Mike Everett)

Wimpole Estate - RING OUZEL over east to south of the Chinese Bridge, also Brambling, House Martin, 7+ Blackcaps singing (Derek Gruar)

Grafham Water - BLUE-HEADED WAGTAIL (BirdGuides)

Wilburton - Firecrest (Jake Allsop)

Monks Wood - pair of Crossbills probably breeding in a private and secure part of the wood (Rich Broughton)

Also Buzzard over Stretham (Owen Marks); House Martin over Thriplow (Doug Radford)

Thursday, 6 April

Wicken Fen - male AMERICAN WIGEON on Baker's Fen this afternoon, also ad Peregrine (JOhn Oates); RING OUZEL flew towards the Mere from just south of Trevelyan's Hide, 2 Short-eared Owls, male Hen Harrier, 2 Tawny Owls, 2 Cetti's Warblers (Mark Hawkes)

Needingworth/Barleycraft GPs - male AMERICAN WIGEON on the silting pool, 13 Barnacle Geese which flew west at 07:15h, 97 Black-tailed Godwits, 6 Ruff, 2 Swallows (Philip Bubb); Red Kite over, 6 Yellow Wagtails, 2 Wheatears (Mike Everett)

Grafham Water - BLUE-HEADED WAGTAIL, Great Northern Diver, Red-throated Diver, 3+ White Wagtails, c.10 Yellow Wagtails (Mark Hawkes)

Sutton Gault to Jolly bankers Bridge - male Merlin over north, Barn Owl, 12 Black-tailed Godwits 09:30-12:30h (Monica and Owen marks)

Milton Park, Peterborough - extensive searching has revealed no sign of the Ring Ouzel by 10:30h (Bill Williamson, Mike Weedon)

Wednesday, 5 April

Wicken Fen - male AMERICAN WIGEON on Baker's Fen until 17:10h at least (JOhn Oates)

Farcet Fen - male RING OUZEL at Froghall Bridge at the southern end of Conquest Drove this evening, 2nd sum Mediterranean Gull, 2 Jack Snipe, f Peregrine, ad male Merlin, Red Kite over, 8 Swallows, 3 Yellow Wagtails (Steve Dudley)

Milton Park, Peterborough - RING OUZEL at north end of paddocks near Ferry House in south-west corner of the park (Bill Williamson)

Grafham Water - BLUE-HEADED WAGTAIL at north end of dam this morning (Colin Addington); still present this evening, also 7 male Yellow Wagtails, 2 White Wagtails, Grey Wagtail, 35 Pied Wagtails, Great Northern Diver, 2 Buzzards (Mark Hawkes)

Fen Drayton - male GOSHAWK over 11:20h, Buzzard over south, Purple Swamphen along the River Ouse (Monica and Owen Marks); Barn Owl early evening, 70 Goldeneyes, 6 Ruddy Duck (Dave Anderson)

Ouse Washes - sum BLACK-NECKED GREBE on western side of flooded washes c.500 yards north of Jolly Bankers Bridge late morning, possibly viewable from Chain Corner. Also 2 Swallows (David Griffiths)

Fowlmere - Marsh Harrier over north 16:20h (Doug Radford)

Cambourne - fem Wheatear at Crow Hill this lunchtime (Jono Leadley)

Shepreth - 5 Swallows, also Brambling singing along the river Shep at Fowlmere (Audrey Williams)

Tuesday, 4 April

Wicken Fen - 2nd sum Mediterranean Gull on Baker's Fen this afternoon (John Oates)

Farcet Fen - Whimbrel over north-east 15:40h, 2 Yellow Wagtails (Steve Dudley)

Teversham - Short-eared Owl, Marsh Harrier near A14 junction 35 (Saimon Clark)

Great Fen - 2+ roding Woodcocks, 2 Marsh Harriers, 2 Swallows (Chris Gerrard, Jono Leadley)

Grafham Water - Whitethroat at lagoons, 7 Willow Warblers, 3 Blackcaps (Jono Leadley)

Milton CP - 4 House Martins and 2 Swallows amongst the Sand Martins (Chris Akhurst)

Ferry Meadows - Common Tern, White Wagtail, 10 Swallows (Peter Beesley)

Nene Washes RSPB - 4 Avocets, 400 islandica Black-tailed Godwits (Jonathan Taylor)

Upper Caldecot - 10 Siskins 10:00h (Clive Sinclair)

Paxton Pits - 2 Buzzards, tame male Red-crested Pochard, lots of Chiffchaffs, Willow Warblers and Blackcaps, also 3 White-fronted Geese reported (Martin Davis)

Monday, 3 April

Paxton Pits - 2 Mediterranean Gulls, Water Pipit, 1st sum Little Gull, Common Tern, Little Egret (Martin Davis et al.); 3+ White Wagtails, 3+ Yellow Wagtails (Mark Hawkes); Red Kite south over Little Paxton 10:05h (Martin Davis)

Swaffham Prior Fen - 8 Wheatears, 2 White Wagtails, 2 Yellow Wagtails, Bewick's Swan, 2 Egyptian Geese (John Oates)

Grafham Water - Whitethroat, Great-Northern Diver, Red-throated Diver, Swallow, Yellow Wagtail, 2 Willow Warblers (Mark Hawkes)

Fowlmere - 2 Swallows with Sand Martins from the Reedbed Hide, 50+ Bramblings in to roost (Jim Lawrence, Jonathan & David heath)

Cambourne - 5 Wheatears on Crow Hill 13:30h (Jono leadley)

Haddenham - Firecrest, Sedge Warbler (Ian Dickerson)

Milton CP - Swallow, 10 Blackcaps, 11 Chiffchaffs, 3 Willow Warblers this morning (Jonathan Heath)

Fen Drayton - 300+ Golden Plovers, 5 Black-tailed Godwits, 12 Ruddy Duck (Dave Anderson)

Lode - 2 Little Egrets over north this evening (John Oates)

Croxton, St. Neots - 2 Buzzards circling over the A428 at midday (Dave Anderson)

Grunty fen - Wheatear (Ian Dickerson)

Sunday, 2 April

Needingworth Pits - male Wheatear, Sand Martin, Swallow, Chiffchaff and Willow Warbler singing, c.150 Black-tailed Godwits, 4 Ruff, Greenshank (Jem Holding); drk AMERICAN WIGEON, 2 male White Wagtails, 4 Yellow Wagtails, male Wheatear (Josh Jones)

Trumpington - 4 Wheatears on fields between Addenbrookes Hospital and Trumpington (Mike Foley)

Grafham Water - GREAT NORTHERN DIVER from dam, White Wagtail on dam (Mark Hawkes)

Paxton Pits - Water Pipit, 2 Scandinavian Rock Pipits, Knot, 5 Wheatears, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Swallows, Yellow Wagtail, 2 White Wagtails, 4 Little Ringed Plovers, male Red-crested Pochard, male Brambling, Buzzard, Green Sandpiper (Martin Davis/JH/Paul Lippett/Cressida Mansfield/Gary Rawlings); Little Gull, Knot, Buzzard, 2 Willow Warblers, Blackcap at Diddington Pit (Ken and Richard Hook)

Fen Drayton - Red-necked Grebe 1 on Drayton pit, 500+ Sand Martins, House Martin, 7 Swallows, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, 4 Ruddy Duck and 300+ Golden Plover to the east of the Swavesey access track (Richard Allison); Barn Owl, 2 Yellow-legged Gulls, Wheatear (Mike Everett); Cetti's Warbler at Elney Lake (Richard Patient)

St. Ives Gravel Pits - 2 Red-crested Pochards (Richard Patient)

Cambourne - 2 Jack Snipe, 6 Common Snipe and 19 Corn Buntings (Jim Lawrence)

Fowlmere - fem FIRECREST (Ade Cooper); 157 Brambling (Steve Cooper)

Ferry Meadows - 2 Common Terns early afternoon (Josh Jones)

Saturday, 1 April

Milton CP - 2 Willow Warblers, 10 Chiffchaffs, 2 Grey Wagtails, 3 Blackcaps, 2 Sand Martins (Jonathan Heath)

Star Pit - first winter ICELAND GULL (Howard Butler)

Paxton Pits - 2nd summer Little Gull, 2 Yellow Wagtails, Willow Warbler, Blackcap (Mark Hawkes, Julian Hughes, Neil Parkin)

Grafham Water - GREAT NORTHERN DIVER from Plummer CP, RED-THROATED DIVER, 2 SCAUP in Dudney creek (Mark Hawkes); 2 Yellow Wagtails, White Wagtail, 30 Sand Martins, Little Ringed Plover (Jim Lawrence); 2 Swallows, Grey Wagtail, Yeloow-legged Gull (Stuart Elsom)

Ferry Meadows - Common Tern, Swallow, House Martin (Mike Weedon)

Trumpington - 6 Wheatears on fields between Addenbrookes Hospital and Trumpington (Mike Foley)

Friday, 31 March

Ouse Washes RSPB - m Yellow Wagtail, ad m Peregrine, c.250 islandica Black-tailed Godwits, 30 Ruff, 6 Bramblings (Mark Ward)

Cambridge - House Martin near the Leys School 08:10h (Sarah Howlett)

Somersham - 2 House Martins over the allotments (Stuart Brown)

Monks Wood - 3 Hawfinches at the southern edge of the wood but flighty, also singing Redwing and Chiffchaff (Rich Broughton)

Grafham Water - Red-throated Diver, c.50 Sand Martins (Jono Leadley)

Thursday, 30 March

Queen Adelaide Pools - a small crake species in flight briefly (as per RBA/BirdGuides)

Paxton Pits - male Brambling at feeding station, Willow Warbler by Hayden Hide, c.100 Sand Martins over (Martin Davis, Jamie Wells); imm Little Gull, Avocet, Osprey over north, c.20 Sand Martins this afternoon (Jim lawrence); 1+ Little Egret, Curlew (Mark Hawkes)

Ouse Washes RSPB - 7 Bramblings coming to feed, 3 Water Pipits from Grose Hide (Ian Barton)

Grafham Water - Red-throated Diver, Swallow, c.100 Sand Martins, 3 Chiffchaffs, 2 Goosander (Jono Leadley)

Longstanton - Green Sandpiper (Max Catterwell)

Farcet Fen - male Merlin at southern end of Willow Hall Lane (Brian Stone)

Cambridge - Peregrine near Milton Road this lunchtime (David Heath)

Wednesday, 29 March

Cambourne - f BLACK REDSTART in the Wildlife Trust office garden still this morning, Wheatear at lunchtime (Jono Leadley); f BLACK REDSTART still present 18:30h (Louise Bacon)

Nene Washes - Avocet, Mediterranean Gull, 2 Little Ringed Plovers, 2 Peregrines, Merlin, Buzzard (Jonathan Taylor)

Grafham Water - 2 Kittiwakes off Mander CP this morning, 2 Goosanders, c.10 Sand Martins (Jono Leadley)

Ouse Washes RSPB - 2 Water Pipits, Little Egret, male Marsh Harrier and Chiffchaff at Grose Hide (Ian Barton)

Farcet Fen - 2 male Wheatears, male Merlin, male Brambling, singing Chiffchaff this morning, 11 Wheatears and at least 114 Corn Buntings this evening (Steve Dudley)

Haddenham Fen - 7 male Wheatears this morning (Jake Allsop, Paul Mason)

Cambridge, Trumpington - 3 male and 2 fem Wheatears this afternoon (Howard Slater)

Serpentine BP - 3 male Wheatears (Brian Stone)

Peterborough - 3 Wheatears at Drain Road, Newborough and another at Borough Fen this morning (Tony Parker)

Conington - male Wheatear at the airfield this morning, another at Moonshine Gap this evening (Richard Jones)

Paxton Pits - ad Kittiwake, Little Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, c.60 Sand Martins, Swallow, male Brambling at visitor centre, Willow Warbler, also reported Lesser Spotted Woodpecker from near Hayden Hide and Red Kite over (Martin Davis)

Fen Drayton - 500+ Sand Martins, Red-necked Grebe, 60 Goldeneyes, 9 Ruddy Ducks, Barn Owl (Dave Anderson); 2 singing Willow Warblers, Chiffchaff, c.100 Golden Plovers (Jim Guthrie)

Ferry Meadows - ad Kittiwake (Matt Webb); Willow Warbler near pontoon bridge and a Swallow with 15 Sand Martins this afternoon (Paul Taylor)

Monks Wood - male Lesser Spotted Woodpecker drumming east of centre of wood, 2 Hawfinches in south of wood, Buzzard, Chiffchaff, Nuthatch, 15 Marsh Tits, 8 Redwings (Rich Broughton)

Longstanton/Willingham - Buzzard over the old rail crossing between the villages this morning (Neil Barker)

Cambridge - Chiffchaff singing at the University Botanic Gardens 08:15 (Sarah Howlett)

Grimeshaw Wood - singing Chiffchaff and Nuthatch (Mike Weedon)

Whittlesford - male Brambling (Peter Bircham)

Tuesday, 28 March

Cambourne - f BLACK REDSTART in the Wildlife Trust office garden, 4 Jack Snipe at Lake 4 (Jono Leadley)

CEGB Reservoir/Teardrop Lake - 3rd c.y. ICELAND GULL still this evening (Mike Weedon, Kevin Du Rose)

Grafham Water - m Scaup, 3 Ruddy Duck this morning (Jono Leadley); 16+ ad Kittiwakes off dam early evening, also juv Red-throated Diver, f Goosander (Mark Hawkes); 3rd c.y. Caspian Gull on the boom 19:00h, 2 Goosanders (Jono leadley)

Cambridge, Fanshawe Road - 11 ad Kittiwakes over southeast 19:20h (Richard Patient)

Chippenham Fen - m Marsh Harrier, Water Rail, Chiffchaff (Chris Monk et al.)

Toft - 2 male and 2 fem Wheatears on the golf course 08:30h, Buzzard over (Clive Sinclair)

Peterborough - 3 Wheatears at Bakewell Road this morning (George Walthew)

Paxton Pits - Green Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover, 6 Chiffchaffs, 4 Swallows, c.210 Sand Martins (Martin Davis)

Buckden Village - 20+ Sand Martins, 2 Swallows (David Bale)

Fen Drayton - 450+ Sand Martins, a single Swallow (Richard Allison)

Ouse Washes RSPB - 4 Bramblings to feed, Blackcap singing at the car park (Ian barton)

Fowlmere - 3+ Bramblings singing near pump outfall 07:40h (Doug Radford)

Milton CP - 4 singing Chiffchaffs, 6+ Sand Martins through (Mike Foley)

Monday, 27 March

Cambridge - 1st win ICELAND GULL heading west low over Coldham's Common c.09:00h, 3 Chiffchaffs singing (Joe Taylor)

Ouse Washes RSPB - SLAVONIAN GREBE from Cottier Hide (Bruce Martin et al.); 3 Water Pipits near Stockdales Hide, 2 Little Egrets over, 3 Bramblings at visitor centre (Mark Ward et al.); Wheatear (Owen Marks); 2800 Black-tailed Godwits, Goosander (Bruce Martin et al.)

Fen Drayton - 200+ Sand Martins, 1+ Swallow, Red-necked Grebe, 500+ Golden Plovers (Dave Anderson); House Martin also (Mike Everett)

Grafham Water - 70+ Sand Martins, ad fem Scaup, Little Egret (Mark Hawkes); RED-THROATED DIVER 15:55h (Colin Addington); 2 Goosander, Yellow-legged Gull also (Jono Leadley)

Monks Wood - m Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Hawfinches, 3 Woodcocks, singing Chiffchaff (Derek Gruar, Jacqueline Weir)

Ferry Meadows - c.50 Sand Martins this evening (Kevan Wolstencroft)

Paxton Pits - 10 Sand Martins past visitor centre 11:15h (Mark Ward); ad sum Mediterranean Gull, Green Sandpiper, 23 Sand Martins through this evening (Jamie Wells)

Late news for Sunday, 19 March: Grafham Water - m Stonechat (Simon Kidd)

Sunday, 26 March

Paxton Pits - fem SCAUP on A1 north pit (Martin Davis); 2 Little Ringed Plovers also (Julian Hughes et al.)

Needingworth, Barleycraft Pits - AMERICAN WIGEON, redhead Smew (Jem Holding)

Grafham Water - juv GREAT NORTHERN DIVER, Little Ringed Plover on dam, Little Egret in Gaynes creek, ad m Scaup in lagoons (Mark Piercey, Mark Hawkes); Sand Martin, 2nd summer Yellow-legged Gull (Jono Leadley); 3 Goosander and a Swallow (Simon Kidd)

Milton CP - Water Rail, Woodcock, 6 Siskins and 3 Chiffchaffs (Jonathan Heath)

Woodwlaton fen - 2 m Marsh Harriers (Duncan McNiven)

Babraham - Red Kite, Buzzarfd (Iain Webb)

Saturday, 25 March

Grafham Water - 8 Kittiwakes (Colin Addington); RED-THROATED DIVER (Mark Hawkes)

Paxton Pits - 2 Little Ringed Plovers, 2 Kittiwakes (Martin Davis)

Fen Drayton - 2 Oystercatcher, 5 Ruddy Duck, 600 Golden Plover next to Swavesey access track along with 2 Grey Partridge (Richard Allison)

Haddenham Fens - Peregrine, White Wagtail, 2 Green Sandpiper (Paul Mason)

Oakington - Common Buzzard over Cambride Road (B. Pettit)

Paxton Pits - 1+ Sand Martins over Diddington pit (Mark Brandon)

Ferry Meadows - Red Kite, White Wagtail, Swallow (Don Gardener)

Nene Washes - 5,500 Golden Plover, 5 Dunlin, 4 Marsh Harrier (Katie Fuller, Darren-Oakley Martin)

Friday, 24 March

Fen Drayton - Bittern on Holywell Pit 18:20h (Dave Anderson)

Monks Wood - 2 Hawfinches, 17+ pairs of Marsh Tits today (Rich Broughton)

Grafham Water - f Scaup and f Smew in lagoons, 3 Goosanders, 2 Yellow-legged Gulls off Mander CP (Mark Hawkes)

Thursday, 23 March

Maxey GP - 2 Little Ringed Plovers this morning (Brian Stone, Mike Weedon); one remaining this evening (Josh Jones)

Monks Wood - Hawfinch, 2 Crossbills, 4 Buzzards, 2 Woodcock today (Rich Broughton)

Paxton - 5 Smew and a Jack Snipe around the lakes by the footpath running between Pumphouse Pit and Buckden Marina (Martin Smith)

Woodwalton Fen - Bittern in flight briefly, pair Pintail and Kingfisher on Gordon's Mere, but neither Green-winged Teal nor Garganey seen (Peter Beesley)

Girton - m Brambling (Mike Crosby)

Grunty Fen - Hen Harrier (BirdGuides)

Upware - 3 Marsh Harriers today (Jake Allsop)

Longstanton - one Green Sandpiper still present (Max Catterwell)

Wednesday, 22 March

Barleycraft Pits - AMERICAN WIGEON until 10:30 (Ian Barton)

Woodwalton Fen - GREEN-WINGED TEAL 10:39h and 14:45h (BirdGuides)

Grafham Water - juv GREAT NORTHERN DIVER, 2 f Scaup (Colin Addington); Smew in lagoons, 2nd win Mediterranean Gull & 2nd sum Yellow-legged Gull in to roost (Jono Leadley)

Farcet fen - Wheatear, 2 Merlin, Brambling, Siskin, Little Owl, Barn Owl, 65 Corn Buntings, 45+ Tree Sparrows this morning. 114 Whopper Swans over north and 720+ Fieldfares this afternoon (Steve Dudley)

Monks Wood - Hawfinch, 2 Crossbills, 4 Buzzards today, also a Barn Owl last night (Rich Broughton)

Fortey Hall - ringtail Hen Harrier over the washes nearby this evening (Ian Barton)

Whittlesford - 2 m Bramblings this morning (Peter Bircham)

Milton CP - 6+ Siskins by north-east corner of Dickersons Pit this lunchtime (David Heath)

Tuesday, 21 March

Woodwalton Fen - pair of Garganey, Red Kite, Buzzard, 60+ Siskins, 3 Lesser Redpolls, but no sign of Green-winged Teal 11:00-15:00h. Goshawk reported on board near entrance, but no observer's name (Stuart Elsom); 37 Pintails through this morning (Derek Gruar)

Grafham Water - GREAT NORTHERN DIVER & RED-THROATED DIVER near the water tower, 8 Oystercatchers at the dam (Mark Hawkes); f Scaup, f Smew, m Pintail in lagoons (Colin Addington); 2 m Scaup in Savages Creek this morning (Bob Scott)

Paxton Pits - Long-eared Owl, 2 m Red-crested Pochards (Ray Roche)

Monks Wood - Hawfinch in a private area, m Lesser Spotted Woodpecker in north-west corner, 2 Woodcocks, Red Kite (Rich Broughton)

Longstanton - 2 Green Sandpipers (Max Catterwell)

Alconbury - Woodcock over the A1 c.TL190742 08:20h (Katie Fuller, Darren-Oakley Martin)

Fen Drayton - Barn Owl by Holywell Pit early evening (Dave Anderson)

Monday, 20 March

Woodwalton Fen - GREEN-WINGED TEAL & 2 Garganey still present (Mark Hawkes)

CEGB Reservoir - second-winter ICELAND GULL 17:15h (Chaz Shaw)

Grafham water - 2 Common Scoters from the dam 17:45h (Colin Addington)

Paxton Pits - m Merlin, 3 Long-eared Owls, Green Sandpiper, c.18 Ringed Plovers, c.50 Dunlin, 19 Pintails (Martin Davis)

Monks Wood - 5 Hawfinch, Tawny Owl, Buzzard, 4 Woodcock (Derek Gruar)

Ferry Meadows - Barn Owl over Heron Meadow 18:41h (Don Gardener)

Cambridge - aberrant Dunnock with pure white primaries and distinct white throat patch c.500 metres downstream of Baits bite Lock this afternoon (Mark Hawkes)

Sunday, 19 March

Grafham Water - GREAT NORTHERN DIVER, RED-THROATED DIVER off Church Lane (MarkPiercey); SCAUP, redhead Smew (Jono Leadley) 2 Yellow-legged Gulls (Stuart Elsom) Red-necked Grebe was reported by RBA again

Woodwalton Fen - GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 2 Garganey on Gordons Mere, Bittern, Marsh Harrier, 50 Siskins, 1 Mealy and 5 Lesser Redpolls (Richard Patient); 2 Hen Harriers, 2 Woodcock, Tawny Owl, Barn Owl, Buzzard (Duncan McNiven)

CEGB Reservoir - second-winter ICELAND GULL (Katie Fuller, Darren Oakley-Martin)

Ferry Meadows - Jack Snipe from smaller Ian Presst hide this evening (Matt Webb); Barn Owl (Don Gardener)

Little Gransden - Red Kite over (Graham Askew)

Saturday, 18 March

Eye Tip - 2nd win ICELAND GULL viewable from Willow Hall Lane (Josh Jones)

CEGB Reservoir - 2nd win ICELAND GULL and 1st win Caspian Gull into roost this evening (Will Bowell et al.); also ad sum Mediterranean Gull, Woodcock (Mark Ward)

Swaffham Prior Fen - Mealy Redpoll, 2 Lesser Redpolls and a Brambling feeding on stubble with 150 Chaffinches and 40 Linnets at c.TL548673, juv Bewick's Swan with Mute Swans still at TL542696 and 2 Egyptian Geese at TL567643 (John Oates)

Grafham Water - GREAT NORTHERN DIVER off Plummer CP (Mark Hawkes); RED-THROATED DIVER off dam (Colin Addington); Red-necked Grebe reported off Mander CP (RBA)

Paxton Pits - Grey Plover over, 4 Siskin, 2 Green Sandpiper, imm fem Peregrine, Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Buzzard (Martin Davis)

Friday, 17 March

Grafham Water - female SCAUP, redhead Smew on lagoons (Nigel Willits)

Newton - just north of the village, 4 Buzzards over east in quick succession c.12:45h (Marcus Kohler)

Fordham - Little Egret (BirdGuides)

Little Paxton - 2 Siskins over the village (Martin Davis, Jamie Wells)

Helpston - Red Kite over 13:00h (Richard Astle)

Ferry Meadows - 2 Buzzards over Bluebell Wood (Terry Daunt)

Serpentine BPs - from March 14 onwards, up to 9 Jack Snipe, 5 Short-eared Owls and 600+ Golden Plovers (Michal Maniakowski & Michal Jasinski)

Thursday, 16 March

CEGB Reservoir/Tear Drop Lake - 2nd win ICELAND GULL, ad Mediterranean Gull (Michal Maniakowski & Michal Jasinski)

Grafham Water - GREAT NORTHERN DIVER off Marlow, 4 SCAUP in Savages Creek, Woodcock this morning (Robin Cox)

Little Paxton - Lesser Spotted Woodpecker in trees along Mill Lane beside allotments before flying towards the River Ouse (Mark Brandon);

Abbotsley - Little Owl by the Golf Club this evening (Martin Davis, Jamie Wells)

Landbeach - 3+ Yellow-legged Gulls, 1st win Caspian Gull (Dick Newell)

Dogsthorep, Star Pit - 2nd win Caspian Gull, 1st win Yellow-legged Gull (Will Bowell)

Wednesday, 15 March

Dogsthorpe Tip - 1st win ICELAND GULL this afternoon until 17:50 (Josh Jones)

CEGB Reservoir - 2nd win ICELAND GULL (Mike Weedon)

Ferry Meadows - Whimbrel over Gunwade Lake this morning (Matt Webb)

Monks Wood - m Hawfinch just west of the main crossroads in the middle of the wood, also 8 Crossbills, 7 Nuthatches, Buzzard (Rich Broughton)

Wicken Fen - 2 Cetti's Warblers singing between Upware Lock and Tower Hide this evening (Marcus Kohler); 2 Little Egrets, Dunlin (John Oates)

Paxton Pits - Long-eared Owl, 61 Dunlin, 211 Golden Plovers, 12 Pintail (Martin Davis); 2nd win Yellow-legged Gull, ad sum Mediterranean Gull in the roost this evening (Mark Hawkes, Martin Davis); Peregrine, 3 Buzzards, 5+ Goosanders, c.20 Siskins (Joe Taylor)

Grafham Water - f SCAUP & f Red-crested Pochard in lagoons, GREAT NORTHERN DIVER off Church Lane, RED-THROATED DIVER off Mander CP (Jono Leadley); 3 SCAUP in Savages Creek & 4 at Hill Farm, 10 White-fronted Geese over north 14:45h (Colin Addington)

Fowlmere - 60+ Siskins, 2 Bramblings, 2 Water Rails, 4 Kingfishers (Marcus Kohler)

Swaffham Prior Fen - juv Bewick's Swan with Mute Swans still, 1000+ Golden Plovers (John Oates)

Castor Hanglands - Hawfinch (Derek Gruar)

Tuesday, 14 March

Eye Tip - ICELAND GULL seen distantly from Willow Hall Lane 12:30h (Brian Stone)

Paxton Pits - 2 Knot, Ruff, 2 Yellow-legged Gulls, 15 Pintail (Martin Davis)

Monks Wood - 8 Crossbills today (Rich Broughton)

Cambourne Business Park Lakes - Green Sandpiper 07:30h (Russell Watkins)

Sawtry - Red Kite over the A1 north of the village 08:15h (Darren Oakley-Martin, Katie Fuller)

Flint Cross - 300+ Golden Plovers just south of the village 12:30h (Jack Harrison)

Monday, 13 March

Eye Tip - ICELAND GULL seen from Willow Hall Lane (Peter Farbridge)

Monks Wood - 5 Woodcock, 3+ Crossbills. The oldest Marsh Tit at the site was found dead recently, at an age of 6 years and 10 months (Rich Broughton)

Grafham Water - 3+ ad Mediterranean Gulls in roost off Sailing Club, juv GREAT NORTHERN DIVER, juv RED-THROATED DIVER, 1st win Caspian Gull, 3rd win Yellow-legged Gull, Goosander (Mark Hawkes, Colin Addington)

Fen Drayton - Bittern to roost at Holywell Lake 17:10h (Christian Boness)

Needworth GPs - 4 redhead Smew, 15+ Goldneyes (Christian Boness)

Sunday, 12 March

Needworth/Barleycraft GPs - m AMERICAN WIGEON still present (Alan Clewes, Andy Clifton)

Ouse Washes - Peregrine, ringtail Hen Harrier, 400-500 Black-tailed Godwits, Bar-headed Goose, Barnacle Goose, 2 Pinkfeet, and a dark Buzzard sp. (David Griffiths)

Grafham Water - juv GREAT NORTHERN DIVER, juv RED-THROATED DIVER, 5 SCAUP, fem Red-crested Pochard, fem Smew, Little Egret, 4 Mandarin, 6 Siskin, (Mark Hawkes, Jono Leadley, Colin Addington); 3 Buzzards (David & Ray Roche)

Dogsthorpe Star Pit - 1st winter ICELAND GULL (Peter Herkenrath et al.); Red Kite nearby (Chris Monk)

Paxton Pits - 2 Long-eared Owls, 8 Shelducks, 123 Goldeneye, 47 Dunlin, 11 Ringed Plovers, Goosander, 2 Water Rails and 4 male Red-crested Pochards, c.10 Siskins (Julian Hughes/Martin Davis/Steve May/Neal Parkin/Gary Rawlings/Jamie Wells); 4 Smew on small lake to north of Paxton, across access road from Island Pit and new workings, 150+ Corn Buntings nearby (David & Ray Roche)

Saturday, 11 March

Grafham Water - juv GREAT NORTHERN DIVER, juv RED-THROATED DIVER both still from Church Lane (Mark Hawkes); 12 Whooper Swans over east, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker in Savages Wood (Colin Addington); 2nd win Caspian Gull from Mander, 2 male Mandarins at Littless (David Bale)

Cambourne - 2 WAXWINGS at the bridleway crossing across School Lane, between Great & Lower Cambourne (Jonathan Hook)

Milton - 2nd win Caspian Gull (Peter Herkenrath)

Friday, 10 March

Grafham Water - pair of COMMON SCOTER from the dam, Little Egret, Red-crested Pochard, Aythya hybrid from Mander CP (Colin Addington, Mark Hawkes)

Monks Wood - Hawfinch, Red Kite, 2 pairs of Buzzards, Woodcock, c.23 pairs Marsh Tits (Rich Broughton)

Lode - eastern Jackdaw by the allotments/playing-field this morning (John Oates)

Thursday, 9 March

Godmanchester - OSPREY over the A14 nearby this morning, heading towards the Offords/Buckden (Mike Everett); possibly the same bird west over Haddenham (Paul Mason)

Grafham Water - juv GREAT NORTHERN DIVER 11:30h (BirdGuides); Red-crested Pochard, 2 Goosanders (Robin Cox)

Paxton Pits - 1st win KITTIWAKE until 16:40h, Bittern and 2 Water Rail on Washout Pit, 16 White-fronted Geese on Sailing Lake, also Green Sandpiper, 381 Golden Plovers (Martin Davis)

Nene Washes RSPB - 10 KNOT, 240 Whooper Swans, 260 Bewick's Swans, Merlin (Jonathan Taylor)

Godmanchester - Chiffchaffs at the sewage works and fishery on Cow Lane 15:00h (Ken Hook)

Willow Hall Drove - Little Egret between Thorney and Eye this morning (Chris Monk)

Wednesday, 8 March

Monks Wood - Hawfinch singing and 100+ Redwings in chorus (Rich Brougton)

Grafham Water - juv GREAT NORTHERN DIVER off Marlow CP, juv RED-THROATED DIVER, f SCAUP & f Red-crested Pochard off Mander CP, 4 SCAUP in Savage's Creek, 4th win Yellow-legged Gull off dam, 3 Goosanders (Mark Hawkes)

Serpentine BPs - Lesser Spotted Woodpecker calling from a tit flock, 2 Woodcock (Michal Maniakowski & Michal Jasinski)

Tuesday, 7 March

Paxton Pits - Green Sandpiper, 5 Pintails, 27 Dunlin. Last night, 2 Long-eared Owls still present and 2 Little Owls along the public footpath from Diddington (Martin Davis)

Serpentine BP - 3 Short-eared Owls, 50+ Golden Plover, 3 Siskin (Michal Maniakowski & Michal Jasinski)

Grafham Water - f Red-crested Pochard, m "Lesser Scaup" style hybrid duck, probably Scaup x Tufted Duck (Mark Hawkes)

Cambridge, Trumpington - c.150 Golden Plover in flight 08:30h (Peter Bircham)

From Saturday, 4 March: Grafham Water - SAND MARTIN (Doug Berrill)

Monday, 6 March

Grafham Water - a single m SCAUP in Littless Creek this afternoon, juv GREAT NORTHERN DIVER off Marlow CP, 4th win Yellow-legged Gull by dam, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker reported (Mark Hawkes)

Serpentine BP - 6 Short-eared Owls, Buzzard, 3 Siskin (Michal Maniakowski & Michal Jasinski)

Fen Drayton - Bittern on Holywell, also 2 Jack Snipe, Woodcock, Water Rail (Mark Eaton)

Castor Hanglands - 6 Hawfinches, 5 Woodcock 06:50h (Derek Gruar)

Monks Wood - m Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, 5+ Siskin, 2 Hawfinches, Buzzard (Rich Broughton)

Fen Drayton - redhead Smew on Swavesey Lake (Richard Allison)

Sunday, 5 March

Grafham Water - 5 SCAUP in Littless Creek this afternoon, 3 Mandarins, GREAT NORTHERN DIVER (Jono Leadley)

Fen Drayton - RED-NECKED GREBE, redhead Smew, 25 Ruddy Duck, Stonechat (Mark Eaton); 2 Bittern into roost (Dave Anderson)

Needingworth / Barleycraft - AMERICAN WIGEON, RED-NECKED GREBE (Dave Anderson)

Milton - ICELAND GULL at Butt Lane c.13:50h (David Heath); flying over Dick Newell's House 15:40h

Paxton Pits - 16 White-fronted Geese on Sailing Lake, Long-eared Owl, 3 male Red-crested Pochards, 9 Smew, 9 Goosander, m Peregrine, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper (Julian Hughes, Martin Davis, Jamie Wells, Ian Dickie, Neal Parkin, Gary Rawlings, Paul Lippett)

Saturday, 4 March

Milton - 1st win ICELAND GULL in field opposite entrance to the tip 14:00h (Shaun Jarvis)

Paxton Pits - 3 Long-eared Owls, Barn Owl, Little Owl, 3 Woodcocks (Gary Rawlings, Martin Davis, Jamie Wells)

Ouse Washes - ad Mediterranean Gull in roost from Churchmans Hide, ringtail Hen Harrier, 2 Water Pipits, Little Egret, 2 Barn Owls, Tawny Owl, Short-eared Owl (Mark Hawkes, Duncan Poyser, Jono Leadley, Richard Cox); drk LESSER SCAUP 1/4 mile south of Common Wash Hide, 5 Brambling, 3+ Lesser Redpolls (Ian Barton)

Needingworth - AMERICAN WIGEON, 5 Smew (Jem Holding)

Woodwalton Fen - Red Kite, pair of Peregrines, 120 Corn Buntings, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, 100 Siskins, 20 Lesser Redpolls, Mealy Redpoll, 3 Hen Harriers and a Barn Owl (Richard Patient)

Caxton / Bourn - Stonechat on a post by the side of the road between the villages (Philip Hobson)

Cambridge - 20+ Siskin at the back of Clare College (James Hanlon)

Friday, 3 March

Milton Tip - ICELAND GULL, 3 1st win Yellow-legged Gulls (Dick Newell)

Hatley St George - White-fronted Geese still present (Robin Cox)

Maxey Pits - 11 Goosanders, 110 Fieldfares (Richard Astle)

Monks Wood - 2 Hawfinches, 3+ Crossbills, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Buzzard, 2 Woodcocks (Rich Broughton)

Grafham water - RED-THROATED DIVER off Mander CP, GREAT NORTHERN DIVER off Marlow CP, f Red-crested Pochard, 3 Goosanders, c.20 Siskins, 3 Buzzards, Chiffchaff this afternoon (Mark Hawkes); also Little Egret, 5 Goosander, pair of Ruddy Ducks this morning (Jono Leadley)

Serpentine BP - 2 Jack Snipe, 3 Short-eared Owls (Michal Maniakowski & Michal Jasinski)

Thursday, 2 March

Milton Tip - Caspian Gull (BirdGuides)

Cottenham, Long Drove - Caspian Gull (BirdGuides)

Wicken Fen - GREAT GREY SHRIKE, Short-eared Owl, Barn Owl, Merlin this afternoon (Robin Cox)

Monks Wood - 2 Hawfinches in a private area again today (Rich Broughton)

Serpentine BP - Hen Harrier (Michal Maniakowski & Michal Jasinski)

Paxton Pits - 6 White-fronted Geese, Barn Owl (Martin Davis)

Grafham Water - redhead Smew at lagoons 09:00h (David Bale)

Woodwalton Fen - 5 Mealy and 3 Lesser Redpolls, 60 Fieldfares, 15 Redwings (Peter Beesley)

Cambridge - 10+ Redwings, tolerant of people and giving very close views in St. Matthews Piece, York Street (John Walsh)

Great Chishill - 2 Buzzards soaring (Jack Harrison)

Wednesday, 1 March

Wandlebury - SAND MARTIN over the A1307 nearby, heading north-west towards Cambridge (Iain Webb)

Needingworth - AMERICAN WIGEON back at the pits after a spell on the east side of the River Great Ouse washes, 3+ Chiffchaffs at the sewage works, c.1000 Golden Plover on Ouse Fen (Bruce & Gwen Martin)

Milton Tip - 1st win ICELAND GULL present this afternoon (Dick Newell)

Serpentine BP - 5 Jack Snipe (of an estimated 14+ at the site), Buzzard, 300 Golden Plover, 3 pairs Ringed Plover (Michal Maniakowski & Michal Jasinski)

Woodwalton Fen - Bittern at Gordon's Mere 16:20h (Luise Addison)

Grafham Water - Little Egret at Gaynes Creek 14:30h (David Bale)

Tuesday, 28 February

Milton Tip - 1st win ICELAND GULL 13:55h, also 2 Caspian Gulls, Yellow-legged Gull, eastern Jackdaw (Dick Newell & Jim Lawrence)

Cottenham, Long Drove - 1st win ICELAND GULL 11:30-11:45h at least (John Oates)

Barleycraft/Needingworth GPs - AMERICAN WIGEON (BirdGuides)

Ouse Washes RSPB - 38 White-fronted Geese behind Stephen's Hide (Ian Barton)

Serpentine BP - 3 Jack Snipe, Short-eared Owl, 300 Golden Plover (Michal Maniakowski & Michal Jasinski)

Monday, 27 February

Milton/Landbeach - 1st win ICELAND GULL, 2 Yellow-legged Gulls, 2 Caspian Gulls (Dick Newell)

Ouse Washes RSPB - LESSER SCAUP about half a mile south of Common Wash Hide, m & f Hen Harrier, f Marsh Harrier (Ian Barton); 38 White-fronted Geese behind Stephen's Hide (James Cadbury)

Grafham Water - GREAT NORTHERN & RED-THROATED DIVERS, Little Egret, pair Goosanders, 2 Yellow-legged Gulls (Mark Hawkes)

Woodwalton Fen - Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, ringtail Hen Harrier, Red Kite, 2 Woodcock, c.40 Siskin (Derek Gruar)

Serpentine BP - 4 Biuzzrads, imm Hen Harrier, 5+ Jack Snipe, 2 Short-eared Owls, 700 Golden Plover (Michal Maniakowski & Michal Jasinski)

Hatley St George - 35 White-fronted Geese still present by the pool this lunchtime, 2 Little Owls calling nearby (Darren Oakley-Martin, Katie Fuller)

Monks Wood - 8 Crossbills at south edge of the wood this morning, 2 pairs of Siskins, singing m Hawfinch in private area, 2 Woodcock, Buzzard, Grey Wagtail (Rich Broughton)

Connington Fen / Airfield road - 2 Red Kites, 2 Buzzards, 2 Bramblings (Chris Garvey)

Barleycraft/Needingworth GPs - 10+ redhead Smew (Jonathan & David Heath)

Sunday, 26 February

Friday, 24 February

Ferry Meadows - HAWFINCH between Lynch Wood and Gunwade Lake (Don Gardener)

Milton - 1st win ICELAND GULL this afternoon (Dick Newell); this bird now believed to be that seen on 21 February (Richard Fowling)

Hatley St George - 36 White-fronted Geese present but quite flighty this afternoon, 15:30h (Ian Paterson)

Serpentine BP - 7+ Jack Snipe (Michal Maniakowski, Michal Jasinski, Daniel Piec)

Monks Wood - Hawfinch in private area of the wood again today (Rich Broughton)

Wicken Fen - ad Peregrine by Baker's Pool this afternoon (John Oates)

Thursday, 23 February

Eaton Ford - 2 pairs of Goosander on the River Ouse today (Richard Bashford)

Wednesday, 22 February

Barleycraft/Needingworth GPs - m AMERICAN WIGEON 15:30h, 2 redhead Smew, 9 Goldeneyes (Monica & Owen Marks)

Needingworth SF - 5 Chiffchaffs, Grey Wagtail (Monica & Owen Marks)

Grafham Water - GREAT NORTHERN & RED-THROATED DIVERS present today (Colin Addington); ad Mediterranean Gull in roost off Church Lane (Mark Hawkes)

Dogsthorpe, Star Pit - ad Mediterranean Gull this afternoon (Josh Jones)

Ouse Washes RSPB - 21 White-fronted Geese from Stephen's Hide, 2 Water Pipits from Grose Hide (Ian Barton); Yellow Wagtail from Rickwood Hide 14:00h (Phil Benstead)

Hatley St George - 35 White-fronted Geese feeding in grass west of the pond close to the road this afternoon (Bruce & Gwen Martin)

Monks Wood - 30+ Siskins, 2 Woodcock, an estimated 70+ Marsh Tits in the wood (Rich Broughton)

Serpentine BP - Short-eared Owl, Woodcock c.300 Golden Plovers (Michal Maniakowski, Michal Jasinski, Daniel Piec)

Orton BP - f Smew, Jack Snipe, 8 Goldeneyes (Michal Maniakowski, Michal Jasinski, Daniel Piec)

Tuesday, 21 February

Milton Tip - probable 2nd c.y. ICELAND GULL in difficult conditions this afternoon (Richard Fowling)

Grafham Water - 1st win white-winged gull species in roost off sailing club briefly, not relocated (Colin Addington)

Hatley St George - 30+ White-fronted Geese in field next to pond on south side of road this morning (Mark Eaton); 36 White-fronted Geese counted on the lake (John Oates)

Dogsthorpe, Star Pit - 1st win Caspian Gull this morning, seen over the tip this afternoon (Josh Jones & Will Bowell)

Serpentine BP - 2 Buzzards, Jack Snipe, Woodcock (Michal Maniakowski and Daniel Piec)

Wicken Fen - 2 Marsh Harriers, ad m and ringtail Hen Harriers (Nigel Willits)

Paxton Pits - Bittern roosting in reeds on Washout Pit, pair Goosander, 3 Kingfishers, 30+ Goldeneyes (Christian Boness)

Woodwalton Fen - ringtail Hen Harrier over setaside opposite western side of reserve c.TL226856, f Marsh Harrier, Siskin (Katie Fuller)

Wimpole - 8 Buzzards, also 4 Siskins at Cobbs Wood (Kevin Harris)

Monday, 20 February

Barleycraft/Needingworth GPs - m AMERICAN WIGEON 13:00h (BirdGuides)

Ouse Washes RSPB - LESSER SCAUP sitting on logs between Rickwood and Welches Dam Hides this morning (Ian Barton)

Hatley St George - 35 White-fronted Geese feeding on grassland west of the Hatley Ponds this lunchtime (Mark Ward); still present this afternoon (Jim Lawrence, Mark Hawkes, Mark Thomas)

Maxey Cut - 3 Little Egrets over 10:20h (Garry Heath)

St. Ives - Redpoll on a niger feeder in a private garden (Robin Jones)

Serpentine BP - Buzzard, Barn Owl, 2 Sparrowhawks (Brian Stone)

Paxton Pits - pair Mandarin, 2 m Red-crested Pochards, Smew, Buzzard over (Jamie Wells)

Monks Wood - Red Kite over south-east 12:25h (Rich Broughton)

Croxton St. Neots - 2 Buzzards circling 10:45h (Dave Anderson)

Sutton Gault - WAXWING briefly, 10:20h (Mark Peck)

Paxton Pits - 11 White-fronted Geese on Heronry South, 2 Smew on Heronry North, Barnacle Goose on Diddington Pit (Paul Rule), male Red-crested Pochard, 4 Ringed Plover (Bob Scott); Bittern seen flying around Washout Pit

Grafham Water - RED-NECKED GREBE, GREAT NORTHERN DIVER, RED-THROATED DIVER, 2nd winter Caspian Gull, 2nd-winter Yellow-legged Gull, Little Egret (Mark Hawkes, Jono Leadley)

Wimpole - Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Nuthatch, Tree Creeper, Marsh Tit, Buzzard in Cobbs Wood (Robin Cox)

Ouse Washes - 8 Brambling, 3 Lesser Redpolls, Hen Harrier, 30+ Tree Sparrow (Stuart Elsom)

Woodwalton Fen - Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, 60 Siskins, Mealy Redpoll, 10 Lesser Redpolls and a Short-eared Owl (Richard Patient)

Needingworth - 4 pairs of Red-crested Pochard, 24 Smew (Richard Patient)

Friday, 17 February

Wicken Fen - 5 Little Egret, 5,250 Golden Plover (Bob Scott)

Barleycraft/Needingworth GPs - m AMERICAN WIGEON 13:00h (BirdGuides); m Whinchat (Brian Groombridge)

Monks Wood - 2+ Crossbills, m Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Woodcock, 4 Nuthatch, also 3 Hawfinches in a private area (Rich Broughton)

Paxton Pits - some of the White-fronted Geese on Heronry South still this morning (Jim & Doreen Mackman); Bittern showed well in flight on Washout Pit c.13:15h, also pair Goosanders, 6 Smew, 2 f Pintails, Barnacle Goose, c.250 Golden Plovers (Jamie Wells)

Thursday, 16 February

Barleycraft/Needingworth GPs - m AMERICAN WIGEON, 13 Smew, 5 Red-crested Pochards (Ian Barton)

Ouse Washes - LESSER SCAUP from Rickwood Hide, m Marsh Harrier, ringtail Hen Harrier, 3rd c.y. Yellow-legged Gull in roost, 10 Bramblings (Ian Barton)

Wicken Fen - GREAT GREY SHRIKE c.200m behind new Tower Hide, 2 m & 3 f Hen Harriers, Barn Owl

Monks Wood - m Lesser Spotted Woodpecker showing well in the north-east corner today (Derek Gruar)

Chittering - m Merlin over the A10 nearby, 09:00h (Zbigniew Karpowicz )

Paxton Pits - 12 White-fronted Geese and a pair of Mandarins on Heronry South (Jamie Wells, Jim & Doreen Mackman); Bittern showing on Washout Pit this afternoon (BirdGuides)

Swaffham Prior Fen - c.4500 Golden Plovers (John Oates)

Serpentine BP - 5697 Golden Plovers, Ringed Plover (Michal Maniakowski & Daniel Piec)

Wednesday, 15 February

Ouse Washes - LESSER SCAUP (Ian Barton)

Wicken Fen - GREAT GREY SHRIKE (Dee Butler)

Fen Drayton - RED-NECKED GREBE (BirdGuides)

Milton CP - Little Egret on islands in Dickerson's Pit, 4 Siskins, 3 Chiffchaffs (Jonathan Heath)

Ickleton - Little Egret on the Wellcome Trust Wetlands Reserve before flying towards the Genome Campus (BirdGuides)

Paxton Pits - 9 White-fronted Geese on Heronry South, 6 Smew, Buzzard over, 3 Siskins, Marsh Tit by Haydon Hide (Jamie Wells)

Lode - 2 Merlins around the allotments/playing field (John Oates)

Cambourne - Brambling with Chaffinches this lunchtime (Louise Bacon)

Tuesday, 14 February

Barleycraft/Needingworth GPs - m AMERICAN WIGEON (BirdGuides)

Ouse Washes - LESSER SCAUP still, south of trees to south of Common Wash Hide, 21 White-fronted Geese on arable behind Stephen's Hide (Ian Barton)

Wicken Fen - GREAT GREY SHRIKE along Harrison's Drove (John Oates)

Milton CP - Little Egret on Dickerson's Pit 13:00h (Stuart Jack)

St. Neots - Lesser Spotted Woodpecker in a private garden this morning (Bob Scott)

Monday, 13 February

Barleycraft/Needingworth GPs - m AMERICAN WIGEON from viewpoint by the Pike and Eel, 4 Smew, 2 Little Owls calling, 3 Siskins (Mike Everett)

Wicken Fen - GREAT GREY SHRIKE, Little Egret, Cetti's Warbler, f Marsh Harrier (John Oates)

Fen Drayton - RED-NECKED GREBE, 30+ Ruddy Ducks, Buzzard over (John Oates)

Grafham Water - GREAT NORTHERN DIVER south end of dam 14:00h, RED-THROATED DIVER off Mander CP 16:30h, 12 Goosanders by boom at Mander CP, 2 drake Red-crested Pochards from dam (Mark Hawkes); redhead Smew in lagoons (Colin Addington)

Nene Washes - 1600 Bewick's Swans, c.200 Whooper Swans, 4500 Golden Plovers, 6000 Lapwings, 2 Peregrines, Merlin, m Hen Harrier, 3 Marsh Harriers, 2 Buzzards, 14 Stonechats (Jonathan Taylor)

Paxton Pits - Bittern at south end of Washout Pit, redhead Smew on Heronry North (Mark Hawkes)

Ouse Washes - 21 European White-fronted Geese, Grey Plover, 2+ Peregrines (Ian Barton)

Sunday, 12 February

Doddington - 4 Tree Sparrows in private garden (Colin Head)

Barleycraft/Needingworth GPs - m AMERICAN WIGEON flew from riverbank onto pit, 2 Pink-footed Geese (Katie Fuller); Bar-headed Goose, c.30 Siskin (Mark Ward)

Cambridge - WAXWING with Starlings on King's Hedges Road nr corner of St Kilda's Avenue (Zbigniew Karpowicz)

Milton - adult and 2nd winter Yellow-legged Gull, 4+ Siskin (Peter Herkenrath)

Grafham Water - GREAT NORTHERN DIVER still off dam (Jono Leadley)

Wicken Fen - GREAT GREY SHRIKE along Harrisons Drove, Short-eared Owl, Green Sandpiper, 4+ Stonechat (Mark Hawkes)

Woodwalton - ringtail Hen Harrier, 12+ Lesser Redpoll, Tawny Owl (Mark Eaton)

Paxton Pits - 2 Common Buzzard, Bittern on Washout Pit, Woodcock, Water Rail (Martin Davis, Jamie Wells)

Stilton - Red Kite flying low over the north of Stilton heading westwards (Paul Biggins)

Friday, 10 February

Barleycraft/Needingworth GPs - m AMERICAN WIGEON present 16:00h (Mike Foley)

Ouse Washes - LESSER SCAUP, 200 Black-tailed Godwits, 50 Ruff, 3 Curlew, 2 ad Peregrines, Barn Owl (Ian Barton); Cetti's Warbler (Colin Kirtland)

Paxton Pits - 10 White-fronted Geese viewable from the visitors centre until flushed and flew east towards Heronry South, Water Pipit on Diddington Pit, which is private (Martin Davis)

St Ives GPs - Bittern this morning (BirdGuides)

Grafham Water - GREAT NORTHERN and RED-THROATED DIVERS from Church Lane this evening, 2 m Red-crested Pochards in Gaynes Creek Mark Hawkes); 2 Yellow-legged Gulls (BirdGuides)

Milton CP - 6 Siskins, 5 Bullfinches, Kingfisher (David Heath)

Thursday, 9 February

Barleycraft/Needingworth GPs - AMERICAN WIGEON (Bruce Martin); still present 16:30h, also Peregrine reported (Mark Hawkes); redhead Smew, c.60 Black-tailed Godwits (Mike Everett)

Ouse Washes - 1st win male LESSER SCAUP between Welches Dam Hide and Rickwood Hide (Ian Barton)

Between Chatteris and Sutton Gault - 600+ Bewick's Swans and 15 Whooper Swans (Mike Everett)

Grafham Water - GREAT NORTHERN DIVER (BirdGuides)

From Monday, 6 February: Serpentine BP - 4 Short-eared Owls, imm Hen Harrier, Woodcock; Orton lake - Ruddy Duck, 8 White-fronted Geese, 9 Goldeneyes (Michal Maniakowski, Michal Jasinski, Daniel Piec)

Wednesday, 8 February

Grafham Water - juv RED-THROATED DIVER from Mander CP but distant, GREAT NORTHERN DIVER and 2 m Red-crested Pochards from Plummer CP late afternoon (Mark Hawkes)

Wicken Fen - GREAT GREY SHRIKE, 4 Cetti's Warblers, pair Stonechats, 2 Short-eared Owls, 2 Barn Owls, Marsh Harrier, 2 male & a fem Hen Harrier (Colin Kirtland)

Serpentine BP - 2 Short-eared Owls, Buzzrad, Woodcock (Michal Maniakowski, Michal Jasinski, Daniel Piec)

Fodder Fen - up to 104 Bewick's Swans (Ian Delgado)

Toft - 500+ Golden Plovers east of the golf course this morning (Clive Sinclair)

Ely - 3 Grey Wagtails by eastern railway bridge over the River Great Ouse this morning (Ian Delgado)

Tuesday, 7 February

Ouse Washes - 1st win male LESSER SCAUP from Welches Dam Hide, ad Mediterranean Gull from Rickwood Hide (Ian Barton)

Grafham Water - GREAT NORTHERN DIVER (BirdGuides); 2 m Red-crested Pochards (as per RBA)

Mepal GP - m Goosander, 2 Bewick's Swans, c.70 Whooper Swans (John Oates)

Fodder Fen - 77+ Bewick's Swans about 2 miles south of Prickwillow (Ian Delgado)

Swaffham Prior Fen - Barnacle Goose, c.2500 Golden Plovers (John Oates)

Paxton Pits - 1384 Golden Plovers, 15 Dunlin, 6 Redshanks (Jamie Wells)

Serpentine BP - Red Kite over; (all Michal Maniakowski, Michal Jasinski, Daniel Piec)

Monday, 6 February

Barleycraft/Needingworth GPs - ad m AMERICAN WIGEON (BirdGuides); 13 Red-crested Pochards, 6 redhead Smew (as per RBA)

Grafham Water - m COMMON SCOTER off the dam (David Hopkins); GREAT NORTHERN DIVER off the dam, 3 Goosanders (Mark Hawkes)

Ouse Washes - this afternoon, 2 ad Caspian Gulls from Cottier Hide, 9 Brambling at visitor centre, Mediterranean Gull reported form Churchmans Hide (Ian Barton)

Wicken Fen - Cetti's Warbler, 2 Stonechats (John Oates)

Swaffham Prior Fen - Barnacle Goose still present (John Oates)

Landbeach - 2nd c.y. Yellow-legged Gull at tip, 2nd c.y. Caspian Gull on opposite of A10 (Dick Newell)

From Saturday, 4 February: Norman Cross - 2 Red Kites over the A1 (Duncan McNiven)

Ouse Washes - LESSER SCAUP still present (Jim Lawrence); 7 Stonechat, Peregrine, 2 Short-eared Owl, Curlew (Kathleen Rosewarne Ian Barton); 33 White-fronted Geese (Monica & Owen Marks, James Cadbury); Cetti's Warbler calling in the Welches Dam triangle, 2 Merlins, Peregrine, 2 Curlews, 6 Bramblings, f Goosander, Water Rail, Barn Owl, 40 Tree Sparrows (Mark Ward)

Wicken Fen - GREAT GREY SHRIKE at junction of Wicken and Burwell Lodes 15:00h, also Barn Owl, Short-eared Owl, Woodcock (Rod Gerstad)

Paxton Pits - Water Pipit still present on Diddington Pit, Green Sandpiper, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Yellow-legged Gull, 3 Goosander, 4 Smew (Martin Davis); 9+ Yellow-legged Gull (Jamie Wells)

Swaffham Prior Fen - Pink-footed Goose and Barnacle Goose with Canada Geese Greylags (John Oakes)

Grafham Water - 2nd winter Caspian Gull, 2nd winter Yellow-legged Gull, GREAT NORTHERN DIVER, RED-THROATED DIVER, 3 Knot (Mark Hawkes)

Fen Drayton GP - 34 White-fronted Geese flew west over Hunts Pit, RED-NECKED GREBE, 2 Smew, Bittern (Mark Hawkes)

Friday, 3 February

Ouse Washes - LESSER SCAUP still present, between Welches Dam and Rickwood Hide (Ian Barton)

Grafham Water - GREAT NORTHERN DIVER, ad Mediterranean Gull, 2 Red-crested Pochards off Plummer CP, 3 Knot in Gaynes Creek from Plummer, RED-THROATED DIVER off Church Lane, Curlew over, 3 m Goosanders, 2nd win Yellow-legged Gull at Mander CP (Mark Hawkes)

Paxton Pits - Smew (BirdGuides)

Ferry Meadows - m Merlin by Heron Meadows (Terry Daunt)

From Wednesday, 1 February: Paxton Pits - f Scaup on Diddington Pit (John Parslow); no sign since (Martin Davis)

Thursday, 2 February

Ouse Washes - LESSER SCAUP still present (BirdGuides)

Wicken Fen - GREAT GREY SHRIKE along Harrison's Drove, Cetti's Warbler calling near Trevalyan's Hide (John Oates)

Fen Drayton - Red-necked Grebe this morning (Richard Allison)

Wednesday, 1 February

Ouse Washes - m AMERICAN WIGEON from Common Wash Hide this morning, also 1st win male LESSER SCAUP still present (as per RBA); 16 Whooper Swans & 758 Bewick's Swans between Sutton Gault and Chatteris (Mark Peck); 200+ Ruff, 110+ Dunlin, 570+ Black-tailed Godwits, 2 Curlew, Grey Plover, ringtail Hen Harrier, Short-eared Owl (Ian Barton)

Paxton Pits - 2 male, 2 redhead Smew on Heronry North, redhead Smew on Heronry South (Mark Hawkes)

Ferry Meadows - 2 Hawfinch in the yard briefly (Terry Daunt)

Fen Drayton - RED-NECKED GREBE (BirdGuides)

Milton CP - f Goosander on Todd's Pit still this afternoon (Peter Herkenrath)

From Monday, 30 January: Woodston Ponds - possible Northern (pyrrhula race) Bullfinch (Darren Oakley-Martin)

Tuesday, 31 January

Ouse Washes - 1st win male LESSER SCAUP, male AMERICAN WIGEON from Rickwood Hide 13:20h (as per RBA); ad m Scaup on 16-foot drain at Bedlam Bridge, f Goosander at Three Holes, 2 Pink-footed Geese between Sutton Gault and Chatteris (Ian Barton); f Hen Harrier, Peregrine, Curlew, European White-fronted Goose, also 5 Golden Plover at dusk (Jono Leadley)

Grafham Water - GREAT NORTHERN DIVER, RED-THROATED DIVER, 2 Red-crested Pochards (Jono Leadley); Knot 13:20h (BirdGuides)

Wicken Fen - GREAT GREY SHRIKE, 2 Stonechats, 2 barn Owls, 2 Pintails around Baker's Fen (John Oates)

Woodwalton Fen - c.6 Lesser Redpolls, c.4 Mealy Redpolls, c.8 Redpoll sp., f Merlin (Jono Leadley)

Monks Wood - 8 Crossbills today (Rich Broughton)

Ferry Meadows - Hawfinch at south-west corner of Gunwade Lake (Darren Oakley-Martin); f Hawfinch along Ham Lane, 40 Siskins at main CP, Green Sandpiper in pitch-&-putt culvert (Terry Daunt)

Cambridge, Trumpington - 500+ Golden Plovers near A10/M11 junction 08:30h (Peter Bircham); m Blackcap in a private garden on Harvey Goodwin Avenue (Ben Craig)

A14/M11 junction - 2 Buzzards this morning (David Heath)

Monday, 30 January

Ouse Washes - 1st-winter drake LESSER SCAUP to 16:15h at least, viewable from Rickwood Hide, Hen Harrier, ad White-fronted Goose, 2 Curlew, Bewick's Swan, 20+ Whooper Swans, 50+ Ruff, 70+ Dunlin, 4+ Black-tailed Godwits (Mark Hawkes, John Oates); also f Goosander, 6 Brambling around the centre (Ian Barton)

Manea - Little Egret & f Merlin just south of the village (Mark Hawkes)

Grafham Water - dark-bellied Brent Goose and 2nd win Caspian Gull off Mander CP (Jono Leadley); FULMAR still present at east end of reservoir (David Hollin); juv GREAT NORTHERN DIVER, juv RED-THROATED DIVER, 1st win Yellow-legged Gull off dam, 2 Knot in Gaynes Creek (James Hanlon); Turnstone by Mander CP, 2 Goosander, no sign of Fulmar, Red-throated Diver or Brent Goose (Mark Hawkes)

Woodwalton Fen - 60 Siskins, 6 Lesser Redpolls, Mealy Redpoll, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker drumming. A further 5 Mealy Redpolls reported (Monica & Owen Marks); ringtail Hen Harrier over Raveley Drain, 25 Lesser Redpolls, 6 Mealy Redpolls (Garry Heath)

Fen Drayton - Red-necked Grebe on Drayton Lagoon, Bittern & Merlin at Holywell Lake, 28 Goldeneyes (Nigel Willits)

Barleycraft/Needingworth GPs - 13 Red-crested Pochards, 4 redhead Smew, Tawny Owl (James Hanlon)

Marsh Lane GP - 5 Smew, Water Rail (Mike Everett)

Paxton Pits - 4 pairs of Smew, possible Willow Tit called briefly by turn to Kingfisher Hide (James Hanlon)

Fowlmere - Black Redstart 08:50h (BirdGuides)

Ferry Meadows - Hawfinch over, 25+ Siskins this lunchtime (Chris Park); 3 Whooper Swans over early morning (Matt Webb), 55+ Siskins by the visitor CP (Don Gardener)

Sunday, 29 January

Ouse Washes - 1st-winter drake LESSER SCAUP from the 1st hide south of Welches Dam 15:30 - 16:40h at least (Dave Buckingham)

Fen Drayton - Bittern, RED-NECKED GREBE, 4 Smew, Little Owl, Stonechat, 9 Ruddy Duck (Richard Allison); 22 Ruddy Ducks (Mark Eaton); 5 Smew on Swavesey Lake, 3 Smew on Trout Lake, 4 Bittern to roost at Holywell Lake (Dave Anderson)

Grafham Water - FULMAR, juv GREAT NORTHERN DIVER and juv RED-THROATED DIVER, Turnstone, c.20 Dunlin and 1st winter Yellow-legged Gull (Jono Leadley, Phil Precey)2 Knot in Gaynes Creek, Turnstone, 2nd win Glaucous x Herring Gull hybrid in roost off Church Lane (Jono Leadley); also ad win Mediterranean Gull, Yellow-legged Gull, 6 Goosander off lagoons 15:15-16:30h (Stuart Elsom et al.)

Paxton Pits - 2 Bitterns today (Simon Kidd); also 12 Goosanders, 2 redhead Smew, Water Pipit, Woodcock, Buzzard (Mark Brandon et al.); a Bittern has been seen well feeding in the open on Washout Pit every day since Thursday, 26 January (Julian Hughes)

Barleycraft/Needingworth GPs - 15 Red-crested Pochards, 5 redhead Smew, Ruff, m Stonechat (Duncan McNiven)

Woodwalton Fen - c.50 Siskins, 25+ Redpolls inc. at least 1 Mealy (Jono Leadley)

Bottisham - Curlew feeding in a field between Bottisham and Little Wilbraham (John Oates)

Great Chishill - 3 Buzzards together this morning just south of the village (Rod Gerstad)

Milton CP - f Goosander on Todd's Lake, 5+ Siskins, 20 Bullfinches (David Heath)

Saturday, 28 January

Woodwalton Fen - ARCTIC REDPOLL with mobile flock of 100+ Siskin and Lesser Redpoll, Common Buzzard, ringtail Hen Harrier, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Chiffchaff, 30 Corn Buntings (Richard Patient)

Ouse Washes - 2 Peregrines, ringtail Hen Harrier, male Scaup, fem Goosander and 6 Brambling, 2 Yellow-legged Gulls (Ian Barton)

Eldernell - 2 TUNDRA BEAN GEESE over, c.800 Bewick's Swans, 2 Barn Owls, Lesser Redpoll, c.40 Whooper Swans, Water Pipit, Stonechat, 2 Black Swans (Brian Stone); m Hen Harrier, Barn Owl, Water Rail (Monica & Owen Marks, Robert Palmer, Mike Weedon); KNOT (Kevin Du Rose)

Paxton Pits - Yellow-legged Gull on Pumphouse Pit, 105 Golden Plover (Nigel Willits)

Southey Woods - small, mobile flock of Crossbills (Howard Butler)

Eaton Ford - 4 Goosander flew along the Ouse (Richad Bashford)

Swaddywell Pit - 6 Buzzards (Howard Butler); 60+ Tree Sparrows (Richard Astle)

Friday, 27 January

Nene Washes - ARCTIC REDPOLL in a flock of 23 Lesser and 1 Mealy Redpoll this morning (Pam Peacock)

Grafham Water - Turnstone in Valley Creek, 3 Goosander by the harbour, 6 Dunlin at Gaynes Cove, 2 Yellow-legged Gulls by the dam (Jono Leadley); Turnstone still in Valley Creek, also juv GREAT NORTHERN DIVER and juv RED-THROATED DIVER off Church Lane, 2 Caspian Gulls, 19 Dunlin late afternoon (Mark Hawkes)

Wicken Fen - 2 Stonechats, Short-eared Owl, 2 Cetti's Warblers calling, Curlew west over Baker's Fen (Ian Barton)

Cambridge - Lesser Spotted Woodpecker over Hills Road College by the Botanical Gardens 16:10h (Zbigniew Karpowicz)

Fen Drayton - 3 Smew on Swavesey Lake this lunchtime (Mike Foley)

Fowlmere - Peregrine over north 16:40h (Doug Radford)

Hinxton, Genome Campus - Silver Pheasant on the loose for some weeks now (Michael Ashburner)

Thursday, 26 January

Fen Drayton - 3 Bitterns into roost at Holywell Lake this evening, Red-necked Grebe and 5 Ruddy Ducks on Ferry Lagoon and a Little Egret over (Mike Everett)

Grafham Water - 4 Whooper Swans, 3 Knot at Mander CP (Colin Addington); Whooper Swans departed east just prior to 14:10h (Mark Hawkes); RED-THROATED DIVER (BirdGuides)

Serpentine BPs - Hen Harrier at dawn (Brian Stone)

Monks Wood - Lesser Spotted Woodpecker at Bevill's Gate this morning (Rich Broughton)

Sixteen Foot Drain - Little Egret in a ditch just south-west of the B1093 Boots Bridge this morning (Cliff Carson)

Wednesday, 25 January

Grafham Water - GREAT NORTHERN DIVER off Church Lane this evening (Mark Hawkes); Knot still present (Colin Addington)

Serpentine BPs - Hen Harrier, 2 Short-eared Owls, 2 Peregrines (BirdGuides)

Wicken Fen - GREAT GREY SHRIKE showing very well along Harrison's Drove, ringtail Hen Harrier, 3 Short-eared Owls, Cetti's Warbler, 4 Pintails (John Oates)

Cambridge - Buzzard over Coldham's Common c.12:00h, following railway line south south-east (Joe Taylor)

Tuesday, 24 January

Grafham Water - GREAT NORTHERN DIVER and 3rd win Yellow -legged Gull off lagoons late afternoon, m SCAUP and Knot in Valley Creek, also 12 Dunlin, 6 Goosanders (Mark Hawkes, Colin Addington)

Wicken Fen - 5 Barn Owls, Short-eared Owl, Peregrine, fem Marsh Harrier, m & f Hen Harriers to roost (Christain Boness)

Great Eversden - 15 Siskin in alders at Kingston end of the village, Merlin along track to Wimpole (Kevin Harris)

Ouse Washes - 8 Brambling to feed, Jack Snipe just past Jolly Bankers (Ian Barton)

Monks Wood - 5 or 6 Crossbills today (Rich Broughton)

Ferry Meadows - 2 redhead Smew arrived on Gunwade lake 13:25h (Darren Oakley-Matin); Green Sandpiper in pitch-and-putt course culvert this morning (Terry Daunt)

Sixteen Foot Drain - 2 m Goosanders between Cotton's Corner Bridge and Three Holes Bridge at TL500997 before flying to just north-east of Bedlam Bridge at TL468948, c.13:30h (Cliff Carson)

Arrington - 20 Corn Buntings in a private garden this morning, also Redwing and Treecreeper (Jim Lawrence)

From Sunday, 22 January - Barn Owl along the footpath between Teversham and Quy Water (Saimon Clark)

Monday, 23 January

Wicken Fen - GREAT GREY SHRIKE along Burwell Lode c.15:00h (John Oates); this bird is mobile; it was seen on the Cam Washes near Dimmock's Cote on Saturday, 21 January (Roger Beecroft)

Grafham Water - RED THROATED DIVER off fishing lodge, 7 Goosander, 3 Dunlin (Mark Hawkes)

Farcet Fen - f/imm Merlin, Stonechat, 3 Bramblings, 25+ Tree Sparrows, 120+ Reed Buntings, 11 Grey Partridge (Steve Dudley)

Eltisley - Peregrine nearby this morning (Duncan McNiven et al.)

Sunday, 22 January

Eldernell - 2 Water Pipits by Lord's Holt, Merlin, 4 Ruff, 4 Black Swans, also 500+ Bewick's Swans reported (Mike Weedon); 4+ Redpolls including a Mealy in Lord's Holt, 2 Barn Owls, Marsh Harrier, 7 Whooper Swans, 32 Pintails (Vin Fleming)

Grafham Water - 2nd winter Caspian Gull, GREAT NORTHERN DIVER, RED THROATED DIVER, 2 male Red-crested Pochards, 8+ Goosander (Mark Hawkes, Mark Piercey, Nigel Butler)

Fen Drayton - RED-NECKED GREBE on Drayton Lagoon, 15 Ruddy Duck, 2 Smew (Richard Allison)

Wicken Fen - GREAT GREY SHRIKE showing very well on western end of Burwell Fen, 4 Water Rail calling frequently (Zbigniew Karpowicz et al.)

Stanground, Horsey Bridge - ad m Merlin, Green Sandpiper (Steve Dudley)

Cambridge - 18 Siskin just off Adams Road, Water Rail and 3-4 Goldcrest in the Sanctuary (Sean Rouse); 8 Siskin in a private garden in Trumpington this morning (Mike Foley); Mealy Redpoll and 2 BlacKcaps in a private garden in Lovell Road (David Heath)

Ouse Washes - 2 Yellow-legged Gulls, 2 Barn Owls, Merlin, Marsh Harrier, Little Egret, Turnstone (Richard Patient)

Ferry Meadows - Merlin over Coney Meadow, 3 Goldeneyes on Gunwade Lake (Don Gardener, Matt Webb)

Saturday, 21 January

Milton Tip - 1st winter ICELAND GULL (Peter Herkenrath)

Grafham Water - 2nd winter Caspian Gull, juv GREAT NORTHERN DIVER, juv RED THROATED DIVER, 2 male Red-crested Pochards, 5 Ruddy Duck, 2nd winter Yellow-legged Gull (Jono Leadley); 6 Manderins, 3 Goosander (Mark Hawkes)

Fen Drayton - 2 Bittern into roost on Holywell Lake, RED-NECKED GREBE on the windsurfing pit (Richard Allison); FIRECREST south west corner Elney Lake, Cetti's Warbler, 6 Pintails, 3 Siskin, Chiffchaff (Richard Patient)

Needingworth/Barleycraft GPs - 2 redhead Smew, 37 Dunlin, Ruff, c.2000 Golden Plover, Goosander in flight along river (Duncan McNiven, Debbie Pain)

Friday, 20 January

Grafham Water - m SCAUP in Valley Creek this morning (Jono Leadley), GREAT NORTHERN DIVER in Gaynes Creek, from Plummer CP, 15:30h (Colin Addington)

Serpentine BP - 3 Short-eared Owls, 2500 Golden Plover, 2 Dunlin. On 18 January, Jack Snipe & a ringtail Hen Harrier (Maniakowski & Michal Jasinski)

Dogsthrope Tip - 2nd year Mediterranean Gull (Brian Stone)

Barleycraft GP - no sign of any Red-crested Pochards, but 4 Pintail, a Bar-headed Goose & c.150 Redwings/Fieldfares present (Nigel Sprowell)

Thursday, 19 January

Ouse Washes - Hen harrier, Peregrine, Marsh Harrier between Mepal and Earith (Ian Barton)

Wicken Fen - Hen Harrier (BirdGuides)

Grafham Water - m SCAUP in Valley Creek from 08:30h, 2 Goosander in the harbour (Jono Leadley); 2 Red-crested Pochard in Gaynes Cove, near Plummer CP, 4 Whooper Swans by Marlow CP, 3 Woodcocks at Savages (Colin Addington); 2 Red-crested Pochard still present and the m SCAUP from Mander CP late afternoon (Mark Hawkes)

Cambridge, Paradise LNR - Woodcock, Merlin over, 25+ Siskin in Alders, 2 Treecreepers (Iain Webb)

Ferry Meadows - 2 Grey Plovers (Terry Daunt)

Monks Wood - Hawfinch at Saul's Gate today (Rich Broughton)

Wednesday, 18 January

Grafham Water - m SCAUP, ad Mediterranean Gull, 5 Goosander, 3 Ruddy Duck, 2 Yellow-legged Gulls (Ade & Steve Cooper)

Wicken Fen - 3 m Hen Harriers to roost 16:35h, 2 Barn Owls, Short-eared Owl, Kingfisher (Alan Wadsworth)

Ouse Washes - 8 Brambling, 2 Siskins at the carpark, Cetti's Warbler calling from reed triangle behind Welches Dam late afternoon (Ian Barton)

Milton - 2nd win Yellow-legged Gull, German-ringed Herring Gull, "a nice flock of Siskins" (Dick Newell)

Landbeach - 3rd win Yellow-legged Gull (Dick Newell)

Elton - Brambling in a private garden (David Housden); untagged Red Kite in the area over the weekend (Brain Stone)

Tuesday, 17 January

Barleycraft GP - 10 Smew, c.3000 Golden Plovers, Peregrine, Merlin & a county record 18 Red-crested Pochards (Ian Barton, David Garner)

Grafham Water - 2 m Red-crested Pochards from Valley Creek Hide, Barnacle Goose with metal ring at Mander CP 10:00h (Mark Hill)

Block Fen - m Goosander (Ian Barton)

Fowlmere - Buzzard with a very dark belly seen well on 15 January; very likely the possible Rough-legged Buzzard from 14 January (Doug Radford)

Monday, 16 January

Grafham Water - juv GREAT NORTHERN DIVER off dam, 2 m Red-crested Pochards & fem SCAUP at south end of dam, 5+ Goosander by Mander CP (Mark Hawkes)

Monks Wood - 2 Crossbills on south edge of wood (Rich Broughton)

Ferry Meadows - no sign of Green-winged Teal, but c.55 Siskin present (Maniakowski & Michal Jasinski)

Late news from Saturday, 14 January: Ferry Meadows - GREEN-WINGED TEAL reported from first hide (Paul Gallagher)

Sunday, 15 January

Grafham Water - GREAT NORTHERN DIVER, fem SCAUP, juv RED THROATED DIVER, Peregrine, 10 Goosander, 2 Water Rail (Mark Hawkes, Colin Addington, David Hollin, Debbie McKenzie): 2 drake Red-crested Pochards (Paul Atkinson)

Ferry Meadows - adult MEDITERRANEAN GULL on Overton Lake (Matt Webb)

Cambourne - Woodcock at the EcoPark (JP Hook)

Coveney - 3 Little Egrets by the side of a drainage ditch off Wayhead Drove (Anna McOustra)

Paxton Pits - 3 Shelduck, 5 Egyptian Geese, 3 Goosanders, 5 Smew, 2 Ruddy Ducks, Water Pipit, 9 Yellow-legged Gulls, 5 Lesser Redpolls; also WAXWING reported near Hayden Hide this morning, but not relocated (Julian Hughes/Martin Davis/Neal Parkin/Jamie Wells/Gary Rawlings)

Saturday, 14 January

Lode - Peregrine over, 8 Lesser Redpolls on the allotments (John Oates)

Southey Wood - 14 Crossbills in the carpark (Mark Hill); 17+ around carpark 13:30h (Trevor Williams)

Grafham Water - 2nd winter Caspian Gull, juv GREAT NORTHERN DIVER, fem SCUAP off dam, juv RED THROATED DIVER off Mander CP, 2 Red-crested Pochards, 6+ Goosander (Mark Hawkes, Jono Leadley, Richard Cox)

Fowlmere - possible ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD reported perched distantly at 10:30h, then flew into wood opposite reserve entrance, BLACK REDSTART by Manor Farm (Doug Radford)

Wicken Fen - 2 Short-eared Owls, Barn Owl, Stonechat (Dave Griffiths, Cambridge)

Ferry Meadows - Peregrine, adult MEDITERRANEAN GULL (Matt Webb)

Friday, 13 January

Wicken Fen - male Merlin, Barn Owl, 3 Stonechats on Baker's Fen, 2 Short-eared Owls, Barn Owl, a ringtail Hen Harrier on Burwell Fen (John Oates)

Ouse Washes - Spotted Redshank, Merlin, 4 Hen Harriers (Ian Barton)

Grafham Water - juv GREAT NORTHERN DIVER, fem SCAUP , 2 m Red-crested Pochards, redhead Smew, 5 Goosanders (Mark Hawkes)

Serpentine BP - Hen Harrier, c.2500 Golden Plovers (Michal Maniakowski & Michal Jasinski)

Orton Lake - redhead Smew, Jack Snipe, c.12 Goldeneyes (Michal Maniakowski & Michal Jasinski)

Newton - Buzzard between the village and Thriplow 12:45h (Paul Bentinck)

From Wednesday, 11 January: Peterborough - GREAT GREY SHRIKE reported at back of ward 2.Z of Peterborough District Hospital (as per RBA)

Thursday, 12 January

Stocking Drove - several hundred Bewick's Swans viewable to the west of the drove (Daniel Morton)

Fen Drayton - 3 Bitterns into roost at Holywell Lake (Clive Sinclair)

Southey Wood - 14 Crossbills at the carpark this lunchtime (Brian Stone); 2 Crossbills at picnic area, 15 over track by power cables 16:00h (Paul Taylor)

Werrington - m Hawfinch feeding on seeds in private garden this morning (Sheila Cook)

Grafham Water - 2 Red-crested Pochards in Gaynes Cove, viewable from south end of dam, Peregrine (Colin Addington, Jono Leadley); ad fem SCAUP & RED-THROATED DIVER from Mander CP, GREAT NORTHERN DIVER, 2 m Red-crested Pochard & pair Goosander viewable from dam, late afternoon (Mark Hawkes)

Monks Wood - 4 Crossbills again today (Rich Broughton)

Fen Drayton - Red-necked Grebe on Windsurfing Pit, 5 Ruddy Ducks on Moore Lake (Richard Allison)

Histon - c.3000 Golden Plover, c.500 Lapwings in fields by the disused railway line between the village and Westwick (Bruce Martin)

Farcet Fen - 2+ Brambling, 2 Merlin, Peregrine, 27+ Tree Saprrows, covey of 11 Grey Partridge (Steve Dudley)

Ferry Meadows - 7 Siskin around the carpark at dawn (Brian Stone); Long-eared Owl (Matt Webb)

Cambridge, Trumpington - c.70 Golden Plover over this morning (Peter Bircham)

Wednesday, 11 January

Grafham Water - RED-THROATED DIVER showing well from Mander CP 08:15-09:00h, m Merlin over (Jono Leadley); GREAT NORTHERN DIVER (BirdGuides)

Southey Wood - 13 Crossbills around the carpark this morning (Bruce Martin)

Block Fen - Cetti's Warbler singing this afternoon (Ian Barton)

Fen Drayton - Red-necked Grebe on Windsurfing Pit, c.300 Golden Plovers, c.400 Black-tailed Godwits over (Mike Everett); 2 redhead Smew on Windsurfing Pit, Woodcock on path along south of Holywell (Mark Eaton); 3 redhead Smew on Swavesey Pit and Bittern on Windsurfing Pit reported also (as per Mark Eaton)

Wicken Fen - 4+ Short-eared Owls, 3 Barn Owls, 6 Stonechats (John Oates et al.)

Grantchester Meadows - 80+ Golden Plover & Short-eared Owl over c.16:00h (James Hanlon)

Great Shelford - 60+ Golden Plover over this morning (James Hanlon)

Ely BF - 4 Marsh Harriers, 150 Pied Wagtails into the reedbed 16:15-16:35h (Owen Marks)

Lode - Peregrine, 3 Lesser Redpolls (John Oates)

Tuesday, 10 January

Grafham Water - Little Egret on lagoon shoreline late afternoon (Colin Addington)

Monks Wood - Crossbills heard today, likely the 4 present around Christmas (Rich Broughton)

Southey Wood - c.13 Crossbills in conifer tops at the picnic area this morning (Peter Beesley)

From Sunday, 8 January: Woodwalton Fen - m Garganey on Rothschilds Mere, Merlin (as per RBA)

Monday, 9 January

Wicken Fen - GREAT GREY SHRIKE on fields on opposite side of Harrison's Drove to Baker's Fen 11:30h (Rod Gerstad)

Grafham Water - HAWFINCH near Dudney Hide, Red-breasted Merganser off Church Lane this morning (Nigel Butler); juv GREAT NORTHERN DIVER off dam, juv RED-THROATED DIVER off Mander CP, Little Egret, 7 Goosander, 6 Mandarin, 10+ Dunlin this afternoon (Mark Hawkes)

Southey Wood - 6-7 Crossbills in pines at the picnic area this morning (Garry Heath)

Ouse Washes - Marsh Harrier, ringtail Hen Harrier to roost (Ian Barton)

Bedford Purlieus - m Lesser Spotted Woodpecker with large tit flock (Garry Heath)

Over - WAXWING over, but no sign of Snow Bunting on the Fen this morning (Richard Thomas)

Serpentine BP - 3 Short-eared Owls, Woodcock, Snipe (Michal Maniakowski et al.)

Peterborough - along the Nene North Bank, Green Sandpiper at new Sewage Works, Tawny Owl at old Sewage Works (Brian Stone); Peregrine past the cathedral 13:05h (Matt Webb)

Eltisley / Waresley - Merlin flying alongside the B1040 bewtween the villages 08:50h (Duncan McNiven)

Saturday, 7 January

Southey Woods - CROSSBILLS still present this morning (Mike Weedon)

Fowlmere - 4 Brambling, Water Rail (Dave Griffiths)

Friday, 6 January

Monks Wood - HAWFINCH in a private area (Richard Broughton)

Southey Woods - 11 CROSSBILLS along the main track, near the High Voltage sign 13:10h (Brian Stone, Mike Weedon)

Lode - 6+ Lesser Redpolls, m Blackcap (John Oates)

From Tuesday, 3 January: Ouse Washes RSPB - Brent Goose north of the railway bridge (Ian Barton)

Thursday, 5 January

Landbeach/Milton - 4 Yellow-legged Gulls, 2 Caspian Gulls, probable heinei Common Gull (Dick Newell et al.)

Southey Woods - 5+ CROSSBILLS in tall pines near old car park, 5+ Siskin (Richard Astle)

Eldernell - Water Pipit just west of Lord's Holt, 5+ Tree Sparrows at feeding station, juv Bewick's Swan, 9 Whooper Swans east (Katie Fuller, Darren Oakley-Martin)

Grafham Water - GREAT NORTHERN DIVER 10:30h (BirdGuides)

Balsham - 3 Bramblings with Chaffinches just south of Yole farm TL577495 (Kevin Hand)

Maxey Pits - 20 Goosander, 25 Siskin (Richard Astle)

Bainton Pits - 12 Goldeneyes, 3 Red-crested Pochards, 1+ Water Rail, Buzzard (Richard Astle)

Whittlesford - Buzzard over south (Kevin Hand)

Wednesday, 4 January

Cambridge - 2 WAXWINGS in Harvey Goodwin Avenue 08:30h (Sean Rouse); not relocated later in the day (Kevin Hand)

Wicken Fen - GREAT GREY SHRIKE on Baker's Fen near Priory Farm (John Oates)

Ouse Washes RSPB - 2 Hen Harriers, 6+ Barn Owls, 5 Bramblings, 33 Tree Sparrows (Ian Barton)

Landbeach - ad Caspian Gull, 3rd win Yellow-legged Gull, eastern Jackdaw at the tip, Little Egret, 2 Barn Owls (Dick Newell, James Hanlon)

Serpentine BP - 4400 Golden Plovers, 2 Short-eared Owls, 9 Dunlin (Michal Maniakowski et al.)

Grafham Water - GREAT NORTHERN DIVER near Plummer, RED-THROATED DIVER on the north side viewable from Mander, also m Goosander & 500+ Great-crested Grebes (Monica & Owen Marks)

Fen Drayton - 4 redhead Smew, Red-necked Grebe, Bittern flew into Windsurfing Pit (Richard Allison); 3 Bitterns to roost at Holywell Lake (James Hanlon, Mike Everett, Garth Peacock)

Ferry Meadows - this lunchtime, 2 HAWFINCH at southern end of Gunwade Lake (Tony Stones); and an ad Mediterranean Gull on Overton Lake (Matt Webb); flew towards island 14:45h and lost to view (Garry Heath)

Prior's Fen - Marsh Harrier, 6 Whooper Swans, 6 Goldeneyes (Brian Stone)

Farcet fen - 2 Bramblings (Steve Dudley)

From Sunday, 1 January: Impington, Milton Road - Barn Owl, Brambling, Grey Wagtail (Nigel & Claire Butcher); Burrough Green - Tree Sparrow (Malcolm Briggs)

Tuesday, 3 January

Ouse Washes RSPB - 3 Hen Harriers, 3 Short-eared Owls, Peregrine, 2 Little Egrets (Ian Barton); Spotted Redshank, Mediterranean Gull (S & A Cooper)

Fen Drayton - Bittern in to roost at Holywell Lake 16:10h (David Roberts)

Grafham Water - GREAT NORTHERN DIVER off dam (John Oates)

Maxey Pits - m HAWFINCH briefly, 15 Siskin, 6+ Goosanders, Green Sandpiper (Josh Jones); 17 Goosander, Merlin this evening (Richard Astle)

Earith - ringtail Hen Harrier, m Stonechat, f Goldeneye and Barn Owl in the area (David Griffiths)

Ferry Meadows - HAWFINCH 14:00h (BirdGuides)

Peterboroguh - 17+ Siskins in Bakewell Road, Orton Southgate Business Park (Tony Stones)

From Saturday, 31 December: Milton - Barn Owl over the A10 near the tip (David Wege)

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