What was About Jan-April 2007



Monday, 30 April

Tick Fen/Honeypot Farm - HONEY BUZZARD over 17:00-17:15h, heading north-east (Duncan Poyser)

Fowlmere - 2 COMMON CRANES over south-east 14:15h (as per RBA)

Shepreth Lower Moor - male RING OUZEL briefly this morning (Toby Austin)

Maxey GP - KNOT, 26 Bar-tailed Godwits, Greenshank, Common Sandpiper, male Wheatear this morning (Mike Weedon)

Orton BP - 9 BLACK TERNS, 4 Common Terns, Common Sandpiper, 3 Nightingales this evening (Kevan Wolstencroft)

Fletton Lake - 2 Little Gulls, 7 Common Terns, 26 Swifts (Brian Stone); BLACK TERN (Will Bowell, Mike Weedon); 2 BLACK TERNS c.17:30h (Brian Stone)

Fen Drayton - BLACK TERN over Moore Lake 13:30h, also 20+ Common Terns, Arctic Tern, 6+ Hobbies (Ben Lascelles); BLACK TERN still and 60+ Common Terns this evening (Dave Anderson)

Paxton Pits - 2 SANDWICH TERNS briefly this evening, also 2 Greenshanks, 2 Common Sandpipers, 2 Bar-tailed Godwits (Mark Ward)

Wicken Fen - 8 Hobbies, 2 Bar-tailed Godwits on Baker's Fen (Owen and Monica Marks)

Coates - male Wood Duck on river to south of village (Ken Hook)

Swifts reported widely today

Sunday, 29 April

Wicken Fen - SPOONBILLon Bakers Fen, Turnstone and Sanderling, 190 Bar-tailed Godwit over (Owen & Monica Marks); 2 Hobbies, Marsh Harrier, Cuckoo and Cettis Warbler (Dave Griffiths); also Water Pipit, Cuckoo, 3 Yellow Wagtails, 3 Cetti's Warblers (Christoph Zockler); 10 Hobbies together this afternoon (Ade Long)

Fen Drayton - RING OUZEL still in cucumber field, 2 Yellow-legged Gulls, Little Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper and 16+ Hobbies (Richard Patient); 2 Sanderling with 2 Dunlin at Moore Lake, 30 Common Tern, 1+ Arctic Tern (Dave Anderson)

Fowlmere - 4 RING OUZELS just west of the reserve 19:00h, also male Whinchat (as per rarebirdalert)

Eldernell - 2 Grey Plovers, 3 Sanderling, 8 Greenshanks, Turnstone, Green Sandpiper, 6 Bar-tailed Godwits (Charlie Kitchin); c.30 Bar-tailed Godwits and 2 Little Egrets over this evening (Mark Hawkes, Jono Leadley)

Over Fen - 2 Bar-tailed Godwits in wonderful red plumage and a Little Stint with 5 Dunlin (Mike Everett)

Paxton Pits - 7 Whimbrel & 110 Bar-tailed Godwit over, Common Sandpiper, 2 Buzzard, 6 Hobby, 12 Nightingales (Martin Davis)

Over Fen - 4 Bar-tailed Godwits, 2 Avocet, Little Stint, 5 Dunlin, Ruff, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Ringed Plovers, Oystercatcher and 2 Yellow Wagtails (David & Jonathan Heath)

Cottenham Long Drove - Turtle Dove, Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, Yellow Wagtail (David & Jonathan Heath)

Woodwalton Fen - 5 Hobbies, 3 Marsh Harriers, 3 Nightingales singing, 4 Grasshopper Warblers (Louise Bacon)

Maxey GP - KNOT, 12 Bar-tailed Godwits, Grey Plover, Greenshank, 3 Wheatears (Mike Weedon)

Grafham Water - 5+ Arctic Terns, 2 Common Sandpipers (Mark Hawkes); Blue-headed Wagtail, Bar-tailed Godwit, Hobby (Mark Piercey)

Burghley Park - 55 Bar-tailed Godwits over 09:50h (Jonathan Taylor)

Saturday, 28 April

Wicken Fen - SPOONBILL on Bakers fen, Bar tailed Godwit, 6 Hobbies, Buzzard. Also Grey Partridge and Wheatear Between Burwell and Wicken (Dave Fricker)

Fowlmere - PIED FLYCATCHER 07:00h, 20 Bar-tailed Godwits, 13 Whimbrel (as per rarebirdalert, BirdGuides)

Maxey GP - 22 Bar-tailed Godwits, Whimbrel over (Chris Lines)

Paxton Pits - Whimbrel over 44 Bar-tailed Godwit, Common Sandpiper, 5 Dunlin, Caspian Gull, 3 Yellow Wagtail, Nightingale, Hobby (Martin Davis, Mark Ward, Jamie Wells)

Fen Drayton - RING OUZEL still in Cucumber field, 30+ Common Tern, Arctic Tern, 4 Black Tern, 5 Hobbys, c.8 Garden Warblers (Bruce and Gwen Martin, Owen and Monica Marks); 2 BLACK TERN until 10:45h at least (Roger Tozer); 2 BLACK TERN still present at lunchtime, also Whimbrel (Jono Leadley)

Weybridge GP - 2 fem Wheatears (Mark Hawkes)

Friday, 27 April

Fen Drayton - RING-NECKED DUCK present 06:30h (John Raven); no sign at 12:00h (BirdGuides); RING OUZEL (Mike Everett); 7 Hobbies (Dave Anderson)

Thursday, 26 April

Wicken Fen - BLACK KITE north-east over Baker's Fen and then Wicken village 16:24h, also 2 Hobbies, 3 Cuckoos (Bruce and Gwen Martin)

Fen Drayton - RING-NECKED DUCK 12:00h (BirdGuides); RING OUZEL (Dave Anderson)

Fletton Lake - 2 Little Gulls, Common Tern (Brian Stone)

Paxton Pits - 2 Arctic Terns, 30+ Common Terns, Nightingale, Buzzard (Mark Ward, Jamie Wells)

Elton - Red Kite over the bypass (Brian Stone)

Ouse Washes - 30 Ruff, 11 Reeves and Avocet from Stockdales Hide (Paul Harrington)

Swifts reported over Barrington and Gamlingay (Audrey Williams); Werrington (Dave Barratt); Fletton Lake (Brian Stone)

Wednesday, 25 April

Fen Drayton - RING-NECKED DUCK 06:50h (BirdGuides)

Ouse Washes RSPB - fem RING OUZEL on Cradge Bank opposite Churchman's Hide 16:30h (Paul Harrington)

Haddenham - male REDSTART, fem Wheatear (Paul Mason)

Nene Washes - Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 Wood Sandpipers, 2 Little Ringed Plovers, 3 Hobbies, 66 Black-tailed Godwits (Jonathan Talyor)

Woodwalton Fen - Hobby, 2 Cuckoos, 2+ Nightingales, 2 Woodcock, several Grasshopper Warblers (Kevan Wolstencroft, Steve Gann)

Ely BF - Arctic Tern over west (David Hopkins)

Maxey Pits - 19 Common Terns, Cuckoo, Little Owl (Richard Astle)

Cambridge - 2 WHITE STORKS over A14/A10 junction north north-east of the city 08:00h (as per RBA)

Tuesday, 24 April

Fen Drayton - RING-NECKED DUCK 06:45h (BirdGuides)

Paxton Pits - SANDERLING, male Wheatear, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 3 Swifts (Jamie Wells); also male Whinchat, pair of Egyptian Geese, 40+ Common Terns, 6 Yellow Wagtails, Reed Warbler)

Eldernell - 2 male and a female RING OUZEL, 13+ House Martins, Cuckoo (Max Catterwell)

High Haden - fem RING OUZEL (Richard Jones)

Grafham Water - ad Little Gull, c.10 Common Terns, Whitethroat, Cuckoo (Jono Leadley)

Maxey GP - Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, 7 Common Terns, Wheatear, Cuckoo (Brian Stone); 8+ Little Ringed Plovers, 12 Common Terns, 6 Yellow Wagtails (Chris Lines)

Moonshine Gap - 4 Wheatears (Richard Jones)

Landbeach - 2 Wheatears 14:30h (David Heath)

Orton BP - Nightingale, 2 Cetti's Warblers, 2 Swifts (Peter Beesley)

Yaxley - White Wagtail, 2 Yellow Wagtails, 2 Wheatears (Kevan Wolstencroft)

Witcham - Turtle Dove, Hobby (David Hopkins)

Monday, 23 April

Newborough Fen - male RING OUZEL at Werrington Bridge Road end of Bridgehill Road (Brian Stone)

Fowlmere - fem RING OUZEL in paddocks south-west of the RSPB car park 13:00h (Alan Wadsworth)

Serpentine BP - 5 Wheatears and 2 male Wheatears at Hampton (Brian Stone)

Little Paxton - ad Mediterranean Gull over 08:30h (Mark Ward)

Paxton Pits - Whimbrel briefly, Whinchat, Grasshopper Warbler, 15+ Common Terns, 6 Swifts (Jamie Wells); SANDERLING (John Parslow)

Grafham Water - 2 Arctic Terns with Common Terns off dam, Cuckoo (Jono Leadley)

Blackbush - Whinchat, also a Turtle Dove and a male Mandarin on Farcet Fen (Steve Dudley)

Cambridge - 3 Swifts over the city centre (Chris Blackman); Swift over Impington (David Wege)

From Saturday, 21 April: Fordham - male and fem RING OUZELS and male Blue-headed Wagtail at Moor Farm between the village and Soham, TL618734 (Andrew Knights); Fleam Dyke - male RING OUZEL, Wheatear, Lesser Whitethroat (Steve Hartley)

Sunday, 22 April

Fen Drayton - RING-NECKED DUCK favouring the NW corner of Elney Lake, RING OUZEL between the village reservoir and greenhouses. (Richard Patient)

Eldernell - 4 RING OUZEL, pair Wheatears (Kevan Wolstencroft)

Trumpington - RING OUZEL on the playing field south of Long Road (Howard Slatter)

High Haden - 2 RING OUZEL (Richard Jones)

Grafham Water - Marsh Harrier, 4 Little Gull, 4+ Arctic Tern, c.10 Common Tern (Mark Hawkes, Mark Piercey)

Farcet Fen - Wheatear, 3 Yellow Wagtails (Steve Dudley)

Granta Science Park cricket pitch - 2 RING OUZEL (Gareth Rees)

Childerley - pair of Buzzards to the north (Ken Hook)

Eldernell - 3 RING OUZEL, Marsh Harrier, Buzzard (David Manton & Tony Moorcroft)

Ferry Meadows - fem RING OUZEL briefly, ad sum Little Gull, 2 Swifts (Matt Webb)

Bainton Pits - Hobby, Cuckoo, 3 Nightingale, Grasshopper Warbler, Common Tern (Richard Astle)

Isleham Fen - 5 Avocets, Barn Owl, 4 Cuckoos (Bob Scott)

Soham - Turtle Dove (Mark Peck)

Monks Wood - Nightingale, male Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Woodcock, 2 Buzzards (Rich Broughton)

Saturday, 21 April

Croydon - RING OUZEL in the paddocks, 3 Wheatear on the airstrip at Top Farm (Darren Oakley-Martin)

Grafham Water: - 2 RING OUZEL feeding on grassy slopes NW of Marlow car park, Yellow-legged Gull 2nd-summer, Garden Warbler, 2 Arctic Terns, Nightingale (Ray Presley, Mark Hawkes, Jono Leadley, Duncan Poyser, Colin Addington)

Devils Dyke - 3 RING OUZEL c.1/4 mile west of car park between Swaffham Prior and Burwell (Ade Long)

Ely - 2 RING OUZEL on the playing fields at Kings School (Duncan Poyser)

Wicken Fen - female RING OUZEL (Chris Barker)

Milton CP - 2 Common Terns, c.20 Swifts, 2 Lesser Whitethroats (Jonathan Heath)

Paxton Pits - Arctic Tern, c.15 Common Tern, Grasshopper Warbler, 2 Cuckoo, Buzzard (Martin Davis, Julian Hughes, Neal Parkin, Jamie Wells)

Sutton Gault - Greenshank, 5 Little Ringed Plovers (Mark Peck)

Friday, 20 April

Coton - fem RING OUZEL on the Cambridge Preservation Society old ridge and furrow this morning TL416583. The Pres. Soc. meadows are public access but other land in the area is private (Louise Bacon)

Farcet Fen - 2 RING OUZEL still behind the Plough Inn this morning (Steve Dudley)

Whittlesford - Red Kite over 08:30h (Peter Bircham)

Upware - male Hen Harrier hunting over Burwell Lode 14:00h (Adrian Hoyes)

Toft - Grasshopper Warbler, Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, c.60 Golden Plover between the village and Hardwick (Clive Sinclair)

Cambourne - Stonechat, Swallow, 10 House Martins early afternoon (Joe Taylor)

Paxton Pits - RING OUZEL (Jamie Wells)

Willingham - 2 Swifts (Neil Barker)

Thursday, 19 April

Farcet Fen - 2 RING OUZELS still behind the Plough Inn, also 2 male Wheatears, Yellow Wagtail and a Bittern flushed on Blackbush (Steve Dudley)

Rampton - OSPREY over Giant's Hill this morning, also Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Adrian Hoyes)

Ferry Meadows - REDSTART this morning (Don Gardener)

Grafham Water - pair of Common Scoter off Mander early evening (Jono Leadley)

Ouse Washes - Cuckoo, 200 Black-tailed Godwits, 7 male Ruff from Grose Hide, male Garganey at Stevens Hide, Common Sandpiper (Alex Thomas)

Dry Drayton - Buzzard over south of the village (Ken Hook)

Newborough Fen - White Wagtail, 8 Yellow Wagtails, Whitethroat (Tony Parker)

Fen Drayton - Wheatear, Whitethroat, 4 Lesser Whitethroats (Mike Everett)

Marsh lane - Whooper Swan with Mute swans, Swift (Vic Cozens)

Ramsey Forty Foot - Red Kite over (Jake Allsop)

Cambridge - 3 House Martins at the Addenbrookes site this evening (Tony Mills); Swift over Richmond Road (Sarah Howlett)

Cambourne - Buzzard, 3 House Martins this evening (Joe Taylor)

Wednesday, 18 April

Farcet Fen - 2 male RING OUZELS in the archery fields behind the Plough Inn this morning, one bird still present 19:30h at least. Walk down the drove to the left of the Inn to view; do not take vehicles along this drove, which is not a public right of way. 2+ Wheatears present, and other Wheatears at Kings Delph (male); Blackbush (2 females); Crowtree (male and 2 females); Bedford Farm (male); Ten Acre Drove (male) (Steve Dudley)

Eldernell - male RING OUZEL, male Hen Harrier, 2 fem Marsh Harriers, House Martin, Swallow (Max Catterwell)

Swaddywell - male RING OUZEL, Lesser Whitethroat (Mick Beeson)

Ferry Meadows - Swift, Nightingale, Lesser Whitethroat, 14 Common Terns (Matt Webb)

Thorney Dyke - Short-eared Owl, fem Marsh Harrier and a male Wheatear on Dairy Drove (Bob Harris)

Serpentine BP - Grasshopper Warbler, Whitethroat, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, Swallow (Brian Stone)

Orton BP - Nightingale singing, Grasshopper Warbler (Dave Bradley); also Cetti's Warbler (Peter Beesley)

Ouse Washes, Earith - Bittern over this morning (David Griffiths)

Fen Drayton - 4 Little Gulls, 7 Common Terns, Cuckoo (Philip Bubb)

Milton CP - Lesser Whitethroat (David Heath)

Wandlebury CP - 2 male Bramblings drinking at pond near car park this afternoon (Helen Macdonald)

Paxton Pits - 2 Green Sandpipers, 5+ Little Ringed Plovers, 4 Yellow Wagtails, 3 Common Terns (Jamie Wells)

Maxey GP - 16+ Little Ringed Plovers, 4 Green Sandpipers, 2 male Wheatears, 15+ Yellow Wagtails (Mike Weedon)

Tuesday, 17 April

Eldernell - m RING OUZEL at north-west corner of Eldernell Pit briefly 06:30h (Mike Weedon)

King's Dyke NR - 3 RING OUZELS on northern edge of reserve extension, TF254982 19:00h, also Turtle Dove and Whitethroat (Charlie Kitchen, Phil Parker)

Milton CP - Lesser Whitethroat (David Chandler)

Ramsey Fen, Mere Farm - 2 Barn Owls, Short-eared Owl, 3 Kingfishers, Swallow (Bob Scott)

Orton BP - 6 Lesser Whitethroats, 2 Nightingales, Cetti's Warbler, Common Tern (Steve Dudley)

Farcet Fen - Turtle Dove, Grasshopper Warbler, Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Cuckoo (Steve Dudley)

Woodwalton Fen - Sedge Warbler, Grasshopper Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, Swallow, Hobby (Kevan Wolstencroft)

Maxey - 3 Wheatears, 21 Yellow Wagtails, White Wagtail, 14 Little Ringed Plovers, 3 Green Sandpipers, Common Tern over (Mike Weedon)

Ferry Meadows - juv Little Gull (Don Gardener)

Grafham Water - 1-3 Arctic Terns, 3 Little Gulls, 2 Yellow-legged Gulls (Jono Leadley)

Monday, 16 April

Croydon airstrip - Wheatear (Darren Oakley-Martin)

Grafham Water - 3 Common Terns (Jono Leadley)

Ferry Meadows - Nightingale singing this morning (Howard Butler); Buzzard, 8 Common Terns, Common Sandpiper, 13 House Martins, 5+ Sedge Warblers (Matt Webb)

Caldecote - 2 Buzzards and a Red Kite over (Steve Dudley)

Fen Drayton - 6 Common Terns, 5 Sedge Warblers, Nightingale (Bill Simmonds); 4 Little Gulls, 14 Common Terns, Wheatear this evening (Dave Anderson)

Marsh Lane GP - 3 Sedge Warblers, Nightingale (Bill Simmonds)

Ouse Washes - 5 Little Egrets at Earith (David Griffiths); pair of Mediterranean Gulls from Pymore (Duncan Poyser)

Norman Cross - Hobby over this evening (Steve Dudley)

Eldernell - m Hen Harrier over, Bittern (Mike Meadows); m RING OUZEL with 40 Fieldfares (Charlie Kitchen)

Maxey Pits - 22 Yellow Wagtails, 10 Little Ringed Plovers, 4 Green Sandpipers, 50+ Sand Martins (Mike Weedon)

Landbeach - 200+ Golden Plovers between the village and Cottenham (Jonathan and David Heath)

Ely BF - 4 Yellow Wagtails, Sedge Warbler (Ben Green)

Sunday, 15 April

Caldecote - HOOPOE (Richard Jones)

Paxton Pits - adult MEDITERRRANEAN GULL Grey Partridge, Arctic Tern, Green Sandpiper, Jack Snipe, Redwing, ad male and imm female Peregrine, Red Kite, 5+ Buzzard (Martin Davis); Cuckoo, 2 Common Terns (Ken Hook)

Fen Drayton - 2 Little Gull (David & Jonathan Heath)

Wicken Fen - male Marsh Harrier, Hobby, Grasshopper Warbler, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 5 Fieldfare (David Avis)

King's Dyke NR - QUAIL (George Walthew)

Tetworth Hall - 2 Buzzards nearby (Janis Ryall)

Saturday, 14 April

Toft - 6 Barnacle Geese on the golf course (Clive Sinclair)

Paxton Pits - 2 Nightingale, 2 Common Tern, Grasshopper warbler, adult MEDITERRRANEAN GULL, Little Gull, Cuckoo, Yellow Wagtail, 2 Jack snipe, 3 Egyptian Geese, 2 Barnacle Geese (Martin Davis, Jamie Wells)

Fen Drayton - 3 RING OUZEL, juv Little Gull (Bruce & Gwen Martin)

Grafham Water - dark phase adult Arctic Skua, 12 Little Gulls (Jono Leadley)

Cherry Hinton - Wheatear (Rod Newbery)

St.Ives - 2 House Martins (Nigel Sprowell)

Maxey - 2 Wheatears, 6 Yellow Wagtails, 2 Green Sandpipers, Common Sandpiper (Chris Lines)

Ferry Meadows - Wheatear, 2 Common Terns (Matt Webb)

Friday, 13 April

Farcet Fen - male RING OUZEL at the paddocks on Gosling's Drove briefly 08:35h (Steve Dudley)

Ely - Whimbrel flushed from a field west of Cambridgeshire Business Park (Robin Henderson)

Witcham - RING OUZEL over c.09:30 (David Hopkins)

Fen Ditton - 2 Swallows over (Ken and Maggie Hook)

St.Ives - 4 Sand Martins (Nigel Sprowell)

Huntingdon - Lesser Whitehtroat (Mark Hawkes)

Fen Drayton - 11+ Little Gulls, 4 Common Terns (Dave Anderson)

Thursday, 12 April

Fowlmere RSPB - Firecrest 08:00h (BirdGuides)

Over Fen - 10+ Yellow Wagtails, 2 Swallows (Nigel Sprowell)

Paxton - Cuckoo calling this evening (Bob Scott)

Ouse Washes, Earith - 22 Fieldfare and a Swallow over north, 2 Little Egrets (David Griffiths)

Fen Drayton - 3 Sedge Warblers, juv Little Gull, Common Tern, Curlew over, 2 Black-tailed Godwits (Dave Anderson); 10 singing Willow Warblers (Mike Everett)

Osier Fen - Cuckoo (Steve Dudley)

Farcet Fen - fem Wheatear, fem Brambling, 2 Yellow Wagtails, 2 Merlin, 11 Fieldfares. Also Sedge Warbler at Whittlesey Mere (Steve Dudley)

Haddenham/Aldreth Fens - 9 Yellow Wagtails (Paul Mason)

Hemingford Grey - House Martin (Mike Everett)

Ely Beet Factory - c.40 Sand Martins (Jonathan and David Heath)

Wicken Fen - booming Bittern, Grasshopper Warbler reeling, 2+ Cetti's Warblers, fem Marsh Harrier (Andrew Knights)

Wednesday, 11 April

Ickleton - RING OUZEL this evening (Ben Boxall)

Little Wilbraham - RING OUZEL (Carl Howard)

Farcet Fen - 3 Little Egrets over north 14:40h (Steve Dudley)

Nene Washes - pair of Garganey on Skating Field roughly level with the Dog-in-a-Doublet sluice (Peter Beesley)

Monks Wood - Swallow this morning (Rich Broughton)

Haddenham/Aldreth Fens - 2 Yellow Wagtails, male Wheatear (Paul Mason)

Ouse Washes - 2 sum plum BLACK-NECKED GREBES, 3 male and a fem Garganey, Grey Plover, c.1000 Black-tailed Godwits, 3 Yellow Wagtails over (Monica and Owen Marks)

Swaffham Bulbeck - 2 House Martins this evening (Giles Merritt)

Wicken Fen - booming Bittern, 7 Cetti's Warblers, Willow Warbler, Little Egret, pair of Marsh Harriers (Ken and Richard Hook)

From Thursday 5 April: Monks Wood - GANNET over east 17:00h (Rich Broughton)

Tuesday, 10 April

Girton - Red Kite over south 13:35h (Richard Thomas)

Wimpole Hall - Red Kite over c.15:00h (Ken Sheard)

Nene Washes - male Garganey on Skating Field 17:00h (Bob Davis)

Whittlesey - Buzzard over (Max Catterwell)

Stukeley Hall - 2 Buzzards over south (Philip Hobson)

Toft - Willow Warbler, Swallow (Clive Sinclair)

Farcet Fen - Whimbrel over north, fem Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail, 7 Swallows over north (Steve and Liz Dudley)

Paxton Pits - LITTLE STINT, AVOCET, 2 Egyptian Geese, Green Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover, c.12 Sand Martin, Swallow (Martin Davis, Jamie Wells)

Pike and Eel Lake, Needingworth - Little Owl, pair Tawny Owls (Mike Everett)

Ouse Washes - c.500 Black-tailed Godwits, 5 Sand martins, 2 Swallows, 6 Ruff (Jonathan and David Heath); up to 3 male and a female Garganey recently (Alex Thomas)

Monks Wood - 4 Willow Warblers (Rich Broughton)

Monday, 9 April

Grafham Water - GLAUCOUS GULL (prob first summer) off Mander this morning, Tree Pipit flew towards Dudney 08:30h (Jono Leadley)

Paxton Pits - 3 Grey Partridge, adult summer MEDITERRRANEAN GULL, 2 Egyptian Geese, 2 Yellow Wagtail, Green Sandpiper, LITTLE STINT, AVOCET, 6 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Sand Martin, Buzzard, 2+ White Wagtail (Martin Davis)

Bourne Airfield - OSPREY over (Terry Moon)

Orton BP - Willow Warbler, 3 Sedge Warblers, 2 Cetti's Warblers (Peter Beesley)

Fen Drayton - Sedge Warbler, Willow Warbler (Ken and Richard Hook)

Barleycraft - ad Whooper Swan, Pink-footed Goose, 6 Goldeneyes, pair of Avocets, 3 Green Sandpipers, Little Ringed Plover (Richard Thomas)

Sunday, 8 April

Ouse Washes, South of pymore Rail Bridge - 3m, 1f Garganey, 3 Little Egret, male Ruff, Grey Plover, 625 Black-tailed Godwits (Monica and Owen Marks)

Ouse Washes, Pymore - 1st-summer Caspian Gull and 1st-summer MEDITERRRANEAN GULL (Duncan Poyser)

Ely Beet Factory - OSPREY over towards Littleport (Duncan Poyser)

Eynesbury - Red Kite (Stuart & Jill Elsom)

White Hill, Cambridge - Red Kite (Richard Johnson)

Saturday, 7 April

Woodwalton Fen - 3 Marsh Harriers, Cetti's Warbler (Peter Beesley)

Grafham Water - Caspian Gull, 3 Yellow-legged Gull, 3 Red Kite 6+ Buzzard, 10+ Sand Martin, Willow Warbler (Mark Hawkes, Jono Leadley)

Chain Corner - 2000 Black-tailed Godwits, Merlin, Water Pipit and Yellow-legged Gull (Richard Patient)

Wicken Fen - Marsh Harrier, booming Bittern, Little Gull over Baker's Fen

Friday, 6 April

Paxton Pits - 2 JACK SNIPE, 3 AVOCET, Green Sandpiper, 5+ Little Ringed Plover, 2 Curlew, 5 Sand Martin, Peregrine, 1+ ROCK PIPIT, Yellow Wagtail, 2 Barnacle Geese (Martin Davis)

Maxey GP - 12 Little Ringed Plover, 6 Ringed Plover, JACK SNIPE, Green Sandpiper, Sand Martin (Ray & Will Bowell, Mike Weedon)

Nene Washes Central Drove - 8 Avocet, Water Pipit, 1-2000 Icelandic Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Ruff (Ray & Will Bowell, Mike Weedon)

Woodwalton Fen - pair of Marsh Harriers, 3 Water Rail, Cetti's Warbler, Barn Owl, 2 Redpoll (Mark Eaton); Hobby, Peregrine (Debbie Pain & Duncan McNiven)

Toft - Kite sp. saoring over the village, 40 Fieldfares at the golf club, Swallow over (Clive Sinclair)

Thursday, 5 April

Fen Drayton - Willow Warbler singing this morning (Dave Anderson)

Ouse Washes, Earith - 7 Little Egrets, 2 Avocets (David Griffiths)

Cobbs Wood - Swallow (Clive Sinclair)

Wednesday, 4 April

Fen Drayton - Little Ringed Plover, 10 Sand Martins (Mike Everett)

Marsh Lane - 3 Swallows (Mike Everett)

Monks Wood - Red Kite lingering today (Rich Broughton)

Grafham Water - Little Ringed Plover 10:20h (BirdGuides)

Ferry Meadows - Swallow over Lynch Lake, also Little Egret (Don Gardener)

Paxton Pits - Little Stint, fem Smew, Little Ringed Plover, Buzzard (Mark Ward)

Elton - male Hen Harrier over A605 bypass 12:00h (Garry Heath)

Tuesday, 3 April

Peterborough - Red Kite over gardens in South Bretton c.16:00h (Don Gardener)

Monday, 2 April

Sutton Gault - Little Ringed PLover, 6 Little Egrets, Kingfisher (Mark Peck)

Ouse Washes RSPB - 3085 Black-tailed Godwits, 22 Ruff, 10 Little Egrets, 42 Dunlin, Peregrine, 4 Marsh Harriers, 3 Brambling feeding by the Visitor Centre (Alex Thomas)

Grunty Fen - Swallow 15:00h (David Nation)

Paxton Pits - ROCK PIPIT briefly before flying south, c.30 Linnets (Jamie Wells)

Fen Drayton - Red Kite over (Mike Everett)

Croxton Park - Red Kite over (David Barton)

Girton - Red Kite over (Elizabeth Stirling)

Sunday, 1 April

Fen Drayton - Barn Owl between the A14 and the village, male Wheatear and a singing Willow Warbler (Mike Everett)

Eldernell - 3 Marsh Harriers, 40 Fieldfares (Peter Beesley)

Paxton Pits - LITTLE STINT, 5 Dunlin, 2 Jack Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Oystercatcher, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 4 Sand Martin, 2 Little Egret, Blackcap (Jamie Wells)

Maxey GP - 2 Little Ringed Plover, 5+ Green Sandpipers, male White Wagtail (Mike Weedon)

Grafham Water - male SCAUP off Marlow CP and then Plummer CP this morning (Mark Piercey)

Saturday, 31 March

Eye Green - FULMAR (Eddie Hawkins)

Milton Country Park - 3 Blackcap, 16 Chiffchaff, Little Egret, Kingfisher (Jonathan Heath)

Great Shelford - Merlin (James Hanlon)

Grafham Water - juv Peregrine over the lagoons (Mark Hawkes)

Maxey GP - 1+ Little Ringed Plover, 6 Green Sandpipers (Ray and Will Bowell); 2 White Wagtails (Mike Weedon)

Ouse Washes, Pymore Rail Bridge to Four Balls Farm - 25 Whooper Swans, male Garganey, ad fem Peregrine over north, c.105 Black-tailed Godwit over south, 40 Fieldfares (Monica and Owen Marks)

Friday, 30 March

Stamford - Red Kite by A1 (Andrew Dancy)

Trumpington - c.1700 Golden Plover on ploughed field north east of M11 roundabout this morning (Richard Palmer)

Ouse Washes - 2 Avocets opposite Stevens Hide (Monica and Owen Marks)

Eldernell - 4 Marsh Harriers, 500+ Black-tailed Godwits (Max Catterwell)

Thursday, 29 March

Serpentine BP - fem Wheatear this morning (Brian Stone)

Shepreth - Swallow over c.12:30h (Marcus Kohler)

Grafham Water - sum plum RED-THROATED DIVER (Colin Addington); present this evening, also ad Mediterranean Gull off Mander c.18:30h (Jono Leadley); Little Ringed Plover and Yellow-legged Gull from the dam this afternoon (Mark Hawkes)

Ouse Washes - 2 Little Egret over south, Merlin over north, m & fem Garganey opposite Stevens Hide near Cradge Bank (Owen Marks); Marsh Harrier near Welches Dam Hide, Brambling around Visitor Centre (Alex Thomas); Short-eared Owl along Adventurer's Drove (Duncan Poyser)

Farcet Fen - m Marsh Harrier, Jack Snipe, Buzzard, fem Stonechat (Steve Dudley)

Whittlesey Mere - fem Merlin, Short-eared Owl (Steve Dudley)

Wednesday, 28 March

Farcet Fen - m Wheatear this morning (Steve Dudley)

Earith Washes - 2 Avocets over (David Griffiths, Earith)

Eldernell - m Hen Harrier, pair of Marsh Harriers, 200+ Black-tailed Godwits (Max Catterwell)

Orton BP - 2 Cetti's Warblers singing along the stream to the east of the pit this evening (Kevan Wolstencroft)

Maxey GP - 2 Little Ringed Plovers, 2 Green Sandpipers, 50+ Pied Wagtails (Lorraine Wood, Will Bowell)

Tuesday, 27 March

Oxlode - ad KITTIWAKE (Duncan Poyser)

Mepal Washes - Little Ringed Plover, Little Egret (Duncan Poyser)

Maxey GP - 4 Little Ringed Plovers, 3 White Wagtails (Mike Weedon)

Nene Washes - 2 Avocets, 2 Merlin (Jonathan Taylor)

Buckden GPs - Red-necked Grebe 12:45h (BirdGuides)

Ouse Washes - Water Pipit, 4 Little Egrets, c.300 Black-tailed Godwits, pair of Kingfishers between Sutton Gault and the Gullet (Mark Peck)

Paxton Pits - ad sum Mediterranean Gull, 3 Yellow-legged Gulls, 4 Little Ringed Plovers, 2 Green Sandpipers, 2 Little Egrets, 11 Dunlin, 5 Sand Martins (Martin Davis)

Monks Wood - 2 pairs of Buzzard, 2 Indian Peafowl (Rich Broughton)

Monday, 26 March

Quy Fen - 2+ Little Owls, Barn Owl, another Barn Owl just south of Waterbeach (Saimon Clark)

Maxey GP - 3 Little Ringed Plovers, 4 Green Sandpipers, White Wagtail (Mike Weedon)

March Farmers - 55 Whooper Swans, 3 Short-eared Owls (Kevan Wolstencroft)

Paxton Pits - 3 Avocet (Mark Ward); 2 Little Egrets, 14+ Dunlin (Jamie Wells)

Sunday, 25 March

Paxton Pits - adult summer Mediterranean Gull, 1+ Green Sandpiper, 20 Dunlin, Buzzard, Little Egret (Martin Davis, Neal Parkin, Gary Rawlings, Jamie Wells); possible Rock Pipit (Gary Rawlings); 22 Sand Martins (Jamie Wells)

Jolly Bankers - 950 Black-tailed Godwits, 12 Dunlin, 2 Oystercatchers, 8 Redshank, 70 Lapwings, 11 Water Pipits (Monica and Owen Marks)

Over Fen - 2 Marsh Harriers, 1 Little Egret, 1 Ringed Plover and a pair of Pintail (David & Jonathan Heath)

Cam Washes, Waterbech - Avocet, 2 Oystercatcher, 4 Pintail, feral Barnacle Goose (Peter Herkenrath)

Cam Washes, Upware - 16 Avocet (Carlos Davies)

Kingfisher's Bridge - Peregrine 15:45h (Carlos Davies)

Barleycraft - pair Smew, pair Whooper Swans, 2nd c.y. albifrons White-fronted Goose amongst the feral geese (Richard Thomas)

Saturday, 24 March

Cambridge - FULMAR over city centre briefly 08:30h (Ian Anderson)

Grafham Water - FULMAR from Mander CP (Jono Leadley); still present 12:00h (Mark Hawkes)

Manea - WHITE STORK in a field between Manea and Purls Bridge at TL478881at 08:00h (Cliff Carson)

Great Shelford - male Merlin hunting around rooftops and gardens (James Hanlon)

Dry Drayton - Buzzard over fields south of village (Ken Hook)

Trumpington, M11 Junction 11 - Common Buzzard (Martin Leader)

Friday, 23 March

Stonea - WHITE STORK last seen 12:30h (Paul Prior)

Manea - WHITE STORK last seen 15:40h (Pop Jolly)

Thursday, 22 March

Monks Wood - fem Merlin chasing a Skylark this morning (Rich Broughton)

Tuesday, 20 March

Milton CP - 3 Sand Martins (David Chandler)

Monday, 19 March

Monks Wood - Buzzard, 22 singing Marsh Tits, f Blackcap, several Chiffchaffs (Rich Broughton)

Roswell Pits, Ely - 6 Sand Martins (Ian Barton)

Sunday, 18 March

Maxey GP - 5 Green Sandpipers (Will Bowell et al.)

Roswell Pits, Ely - 2 Sand Martins, 3 Kingfishers (Michael Price)

Paxton Pits - Red Kite over 11:45h, Swallow, 4 Sand Martins, 3 Jack Snipe, 3 Smew, 2+ Little Egrets (Martin Davis et al.)

Saturday, 17 March

Buckden GP - RED-NECKED GREBE, 31 Goldeneye (Darren Oakley-Martin)

Cam Washes - 10 Avocet, Marsh Harrier (Dave Griffiths)

Ely BF - pair of marsh Harriers, ringtail Hen Harrier (Paul Mason)

Grafham Water - 5 Sand Martin, second winter/summer ICELAND GULL (Colin Addington)

Maxey GP - 2 Green Sandpipers (Peter Beesley); Little Ringed Plovers (Josh Jones)

Paxton Pits - 2 Little Egrets, Green Sandpiper (Darren Oakley-Martin); ad m Peregrine, Buzzard (Mark Ward); 2 Sand Martins, Jack Snipe, 3 Little Egrets, 2+ Buzzards, 3 Smew (Martin Davis, Jamie Wells)

Friday, 16 March

Cam Washes, Upware - 8 Avocet, Bar-tailed Godwit, 3 Black-tailed Godwit also Ruddy Shelduck and Barnacle Goose (Ian Barton)

Grafham Water - Sand Martin (Colin Addington)

Thursday, 15 March

Maxey Pits - Little Ringed Plover, 700+ Golden Plover, Green Sandpiper (Mike Weedon)

Cam Wahes, Upware - 10 Avocet, 3 Little Egret (Bruce and Gwen Martin)

Fen Drayton - 1000 Black-tailed Godwits, 90 Ruff, 40 Dunlin, 200+ Golden Plover (Dave Anderson)

Wicken Fen - 3 Marsh Harriers, m Hen Harrier 17:30h (Les Gardiner)

Wyboston Lakes - Red Kite over 16:15h (Andy Plumb)

Wednesday, 14 March

Farcet Fen - OSPREY over north-west 17:40h (Steve Dudley)

Nene Washes - possible pair of white-phase SNOW GEESE reported this morning at the Whittlesey end

From Saturday, 10 March and Saturday, 24 February: March Farmers - possible LESSER YELLOWLEGS (Rod and Jamie Wilson); although no sign this morning (Max Catterwell)

Tuesday, 13 March

Grafham Water - Curlew over east 07:00h, Yellow-legged Gull (Jono Leadley)

Perry - Swallow over Manor Farm early afternoon (Jono Leadley)

Great Abington - possible PURPLE HERON over north-west c.13:00h (Bareth Rees)

Woodwalton Fen - Bittern, Buzzard, Tawny Owl, Treecreeper (Luise Addison); also several roding Woodcock, several Water Rails, Marsh Harrier, Tawny Owl (Peter Herkenrath, Rachel Lodder)

Wicken Fen - fem Marsh Harrier, 4+ roding Woodcock, Barn Owl, 2+ Cettis Warblers (Christoph Zockler)

St. Ives - Red Kite over 11:00h (Peter Townsed)

Monks Wood - 2 pairs of Buzzard (Rich Broughton)

Monday, 12 March

Monks Wood - calling lesser Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Woodcock, Buzzard, 40+ Marsh Tits (Rich Broughton)

Eversden Wood - Buzzard circling (Sean Rouse)

Orwell - RING-NECKED PARAKEET over north at 09:00h (Stefan Taylor)

Sunday, 11 March

Cam Washes, Upware - 6 Avocet, 3 Little Egrets (Carlos Davies)

Fen Drayton - 1000 Black-tailed Godwits, 30 Ruff and a Dunlin north west flooded area of Ferry Lagoon (Dave Anderson)

Stilton - Red Kite (David Heath)

Mepal - Red Kite (Ian Dickerson)

Paxton Pits - BLACK-NECKED GREBE, 2 redhed Smew, 6 Dunlin, 3 Pintail, 5+ Common Buzzard (Jamie Wells)

Buckden GP - RED-NECKED GREBE (Jamie Wells)

Maxey Pits - Green Sandpiper (Kevan Wolstencroft); also 300+ Golden Plover, m Peregrine (Malcolm Holley)

Woodwalton Fen - Swallow (Duncan McNiven)

Saturday, 10 March

Woodwalton Fen - 2 Swallows (Karen & Dale Bateman); also Bittern Cetti's Warbler, Red Kite, fem Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Mealy Redpolls, 4 Lesser Redpolls (Richard Patient)

Paxton Pits - BLACK-NECKED GREBE, c.2000 Black-tailed Godwit, 1+ Green Sandpiper, 4 Little Egret, 2 redhed Smew, 8 Dunlin, 3 Pintail this morning (Martin Davis, Jamie Wells, Mark Hawkes); also 2 Jack Snipe, Buzzard and a third fem Smew this afternoon (Mark Ward, Ade Cooper, Richard Patient)

Buckden GP - RED-NECKED GREBE (Martin Davis, Jamie Wells)

Maxey Pits - 2 Green Sandpipers (Mike Weedon)

Friday, 9 March

Grafham Water - 14 dark-bellied BRENT GEESE and 3 AVOCET briefly this morning (Colin Addington, Jono Leadley)

Bottisham - Buzzard over (Ken Hook)

Thursday, 8 March

Cambridge, Trumpington - c.400 Golden Plovers near A10/M11 roundabout this morning (Peter Bircham)

Little Gransden - Peregrine, Buzzard (Adrian George)

Royce Wood, Helpston - singing Chiffchaff and Treecreeper (Richard Astle)

Singing Chiffchaffs also reported from Dry Drayton, Coton and Peterborough

From Wednesday, 28 February: Ely - Sand Martin heading west over A10 between the city and Littleport (Andrew Clarke)

Wednesday, 7 March

Huntingdon - Sand Martin over the A14 this morning (Terry Daunt)

Croxton, St. Neots - 5 Buzzards circling 11:45h (Dave Anderson)

Wicken Fen - Ruff, 4 Dunlin, 2 Black-tailed Godwits on Bakers Fen, 2 Cetti's Warblers along Harrison's Drove (Owen Marks)

King's Dyke NR - 2 roding Woodcock, 2 Jack Snipe, also Barn Owl, Peregrine and 2 further Jack Snipe in the area (Phil Parker)

Monday, 5 March

Little Gransden - OSPREY over just after 09:00h (Adrian George)

Buckden GP - RED-NECKED GREBE 10:00h (BirdGuides)

Ouse Washes RSPB - 2 Water Pipits near Oxlode Hide, 2 Little Egrets. Sunday dawn counts revealed a reduction in swan numbers, with 358 Bewick's and 1713 Whooper Swans (Alex Thomas)

Sunday, 4 March

Grunty Fen - 2 Tree Sparrows (David Nation)

Paxton Pits - BLACK-NECKED GREBE, 872 Black-tailed Godwits, 4 Barnacle Geese and an Oxyura sp. (Martin Davis, Neal Parkin, Jamie Wells) which is likely an Argentine Blue-bill (Mark Hawkes)

RAF Wittering - Red Kite over the A1 by the airfield early afternoon (Anna McOustra)

Saturday, 3 March

Great Chishill - Tawny Owl (Jack Harrison)

Paxton Pits - juv fem Peregrine, 2 Little Egrets, 422 Black-tailed Godwits, 4 Barnacle Geese, 95 Goldeneyes, 4 singing Treecreepers (Mark Ward); m Peregrine, BLACK-NECKED GREBE, Barn Owl, Little Owl (Martin Davis, Julian Hughes)

Grafham Water - 2 ad sum Mediterranean Gulls in roost off lagoons, 3+ Yellow legged Gulls (Mark Ward, Richard Patient)

Wicken Fen - 4 Marsh Harriers, Little Egret (David & Jonathan Heath)

Fen Drayton - c.1000 Black-tailed Godwit, Little Egret, c.50 Dunlin (David & Jonathan Heath)

Friday, 2 March

Buckden GP - RED-NECKED GREBE (Martin Davis)

Fen Drayton - 1000+ Black-tailed Godwit, 12 Ruff (John Le Gassick)

Paxton Pits - 3 redhead Smew, 21 Shelduck, Yellow legged gull, Little Owl (Martin Davis)

Thursday, 1 March

Buckden GP - RED-NECKED GREBE 08:00h (BirdGuides)

Maxey GP - Green Sandpiper, Jack Snipe, Curlew (Will Bowell)

Needingworth - 8 Smew, 10 Goldeneyes, c.35 Dunlin (Nigel Willits)

Wednesday, 28 February

Girton - Peregrine over fields to the south west of the village again today, 10:15h (Peter Herkenrath)

Monday, 26 February

Buckden GP - RED-NECKED GREBE (BirdGuides)

Burghely Park - 4 Goosanders, Cormorant (Cliff Woolston)

Newton - Buzzard sp. hovering near the Cambridge Road just north of the village 14:50h (Roger Tozer)

Fen Drayton - c.1200 Black-tailed Godwit, Goosander, 350+ Pintail, Stonechat (Nigel Willits)

Swaffham Bulbeck - 3 Buzzards (Dave Palmer)

Sunday, 25 February

Grafham Water - Yellow-legged Gull, drk Goosander (Mark Hawkes)

Paxton Pits - BLACK-NECKED GREBE still this morning on Diddington Pit, 3 Smew, 2 Little Egret, Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Dunlin, 1+ Green Sandpiper (Mark Hawkes, Martin Davis); 5 Smew, Barn Owl, Yellow-legged Gull (Mark Ward); 3 Jack Snipe (Ade Cooper)

Buckden GP - RED-NECKED GREBE (Mark Hawkes, Martin Davis)

Ouse Washes, Manea - Water Pipit, 4 Stonechats, c.40 Tree Sparrows (David & Jonathan Heath)

Saturday, 24 February

Milton CP - Siskin, 13 Bullfinches, 6 Lesser Redpoll (Jonathan Heath)

Buckden GP - adult RED-NECKED GREBE (Richard Bashford)

Gamlingay Woods - 2+ Red Kites (Janis Ryall)

Friday, 23 February

Grafham Water - Mediterranean Gull, Yellow-legged Gull, Common Sandpiper 2 Dunlin (Mark Hawkes)

Thursday, 22 February

Orwell - 8 WAXWINGS still present (Jim Lawrence)

Needingworth - 4 Smew over Overcote Lane, 1 redhaed on gravel pits (Louise Bacon, Vince Lea)

Grafham Water - female SCAUP between Marlow CP and the north end of the dam (Colin Addington)

Wednesday, 21 February

Doddington - 2 Red Kites over village (Colin Head)

Orwell - 8 WAXWINGS still present (James Hanlon)

Tuesday, 20 February

Orwell - 8 WAXWINGS still present (Jim Lawrence)

Buckden GP - adult RED-NECKED GREBE (Mark Hawkes)

Grafham Water - 2 adult Mediterranean Gulls off the sailing club (Jono Leadley); 4 Goosanders were around the harbour (Mark Hawkes)

Monday, 19 February

Orwell - 8 WAXWINGS settled in a tree in Meadowcroft Lane (Mike Foley)

Sunday, 18 February

Buckden GP - adult RED-NECKED GREBE (David Bale)

Grafham Water - 181 Black-tailed Godwit flew east (later rediscovered at Paxton); Curlew, 35 Snipe in the lagoons (Colin Addington, David and Mrs Hollin, Jono Leadley); Adult KUMLIN'S GULL roosted at Grafham Water (Mark Hawkes, Jono Leadley)

Cambridge - 2+ WAXWINGS Lyndewode Road/Tenison Avenue (Richard Patient)

Woodwalton Fen NNR - Cetti's Warbler, Bittern, 2 WAXWING, 2, present by the track to the south of the bungalow, though seemed to disappear, plenty of berries here though so should return, Marsh Harrier, Hen Harrier, 1+ Water Rail, 2+ Lesser Redpoll (Mike Weedon, Ray & Will Bowell)

Paxton Pits - 10 Goosander on Washout Pit, 3 Smew on Heronry South (Nikki Dibb & Will Burdett)

Orwell - 8 WAXWING close to Village Hall, and 1 Blackcap in cherry trees opposite Church (Roger Isted and Ian Dodd)

Saturday, 17 February

Paxton Pits - Caspian Gull, BLACK-NECKED GREBE still on Diddington Pit, Little Egret, Stonechat, 4 Barnacle Goose (Mark Hawkes)

Orwell - 7 WAXWINGS around church (Kathleen Rosewarne, Ian Barton)

Friday, 16 February

Orwell - 5 WAXWINGS this morning (Doug Radford)

Thursday, 15 February

Girton - Peregrine over fields to the south-west of the village 15:15h (Peter Herkenrath, Rob Pople)

Needingworth - 2500 Golden Plover, 100 Dunlin, 50 Ruff, 520 Black-tailed Godwit on flooded field behind marina by Pike & Eel, TL357708 (James Cadbury)

Gamlingay Woods - 2 Red Kite (Nigel Couzens)

Norman Cross - Red Kite by A1 just to the north (Mike Foley)

Wicken Fen - Bittern along Burwell Lode (as per Louise Bacon)

Woodwalton Fen - ringtail Hen Harrier 14:15h (Mark Brandon)

Bar Hill GC - Buzzard over (Neil Baker)

Wednesday, 14 February

Prior's Fen - 4 Goldeneyes, Buzzard, 3 Bewick's Swans over (Brian Stone)

Tuesday, 13 February

Burghley Park - 6 Goosanders (Cliff Woolston)

Woodwalton Fen NNR - ad male Peregrine (Kevan Wolstencroft, Steve Gann)

Granchester Meadows - Barn Owl 16:45h (Arash Marashi)

Monday, 12 February

Woodwalton Fen NNR - WAXWING (Terry Cooper)

Sunday, 11 February

Needingworth - 5 Smew and the AMERICAN WIGEON still at Barleycraft GP (Ray and Will Bowell)

Paxton Pits - 4 Smew, 2 Goosander (Mark Hawkes); BLACK-NECKED GREBE, Green Sandpiper (Dean Harlow, Jono Leadley)

Granchester Meadows - Barn Owl (Rob Pople)

Milton - 2nd winter Caspian Gull in fields off Butt Lane (Peter Herkenrath); Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Little Egret in the country park (David & Jonathan Heath)

Fen Drayton - 5 Ruff, Dunlin, 8 Ruddy Duck, Little Egret (David & Jonathan Heath); also 2 Stonechat (Ben Lascalles)

Orwell - 5 WAXWINGS in private garden

Long Drove, Cottenham - Barn Owl, Little Owl (James Hanlon)

Saturday, 10 February

Maxey GP - adult Little Gull (Helen Wilson); also Jack Snipe (Sue Titman, Will Bowell)

Cherry Hinton Hall - 2 Bramblings by car park (Richard Patient)

Friday, 9 February

Hauxton - Merlin hunting over field west of M11 at 11:30h (Richard Palmer)

Thursday, 8 February

Grafham Water - 2 Grey Plovers over north-east 15:30h, 2nd win Yellow-legged Gull (Mark Hawkes)

Milton - 4+ Caspian Gulls, 12+ Yellow-legged Gulls (Dick Newell)

Wednesday, 7 February

Fordham - ad Waxwing present near Guelder Rose berries alongside the B1085 adjacent to the flooded field between Chippenham and Fordham 12-12:15h (Owen Marks)

Orton BP - 2 Jack Snipe, 6+ Goldeneyes, m Red-crested Pochard (Dave Bradley)

Archer's Wood - Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Nuthatch, Treecreeper (Kevan Wolstencroft)

Beechwoods NR - 20+ Bramblings (Paul Rule)

Grafham Water - 16 Goosanders, ad Yellow-legged Gull, Little Egret (Mark Hawkes)

Ely BF - Bittern, Marsh Harrier, 7+ Water Rails calling (Duncan Poyser)

Tuesday, 6 February

Between Chippenham and Fordham - WAXWING viewable form the B1085, north of a flooded field and favouring the hedge by the public footpath 15:20h (Mark Hawkes)

Grafham Water - 1st win Caspian Gull off Mander CP late afternoon, also 5 Goosanders (Mark Hawkes)

Burghley Park - 4 Goosander (Cliff Woolston)

Foxton - 1st win Brambling in a private garden since yesterday (Marcus Kohler)

Monday, 5 February

Ouse Washes RSPB - 3090 Whooper and 2495 Bewick's Swans counted on the washes as a whole, also 19 Goldeneyes, 5 Water Pipits on the Cradge Bank side of the reserve, 'numerous' Stonechats along the Delph River (Niki Williamson)

Sunday, 4 February

(A pair of spectacles found at Barleycraft this morning, contact Dave Garner 01480 463194 to reclaim them)

Paxton Pits - 1+ Water Pipit, 2 Stonechats, 2 Jack Snipe, Little Egret, 2 Green Sandpipers, Barn Owl (Neal Parkin, Jamie Wells)

Ouse Washes, Manea - Female Brambling, c15 Tree Sparrows, leucistic Collared Dove, Siskin, m & fem Stonechats, Barn Owl (David & Jonathan Heath); also RED-NECKED GREBE from Welches Dam reported in visitors book

Grafham Water - 3 pairs Mandarin Duck, 15 Pintail, 4 Goosander, 30 Ruddy Duck (Mark Hawkes)

Castor Mill - 4 Stonechats (Don Gardener)

Newborough Fen - 4 Little Egrets off Drain Road, Stonechat (Tony Parker)

Saturday, 3 February

Over Fen - 2 drake Smew

Great Shelford - 2 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker in vacinity of tenis courts (Mike Foley)

Grafham Water - 30 Pink-footed Geese over north-west, 3 Caspian Gulls (Richard Patient)

Ferry Meadows - 2 ad Mediterranean Gulls briefly first thing this morning (Matt Webb)

Maxey GP - 2 Green Sandpipers this afternoon (Paul Taylor)

Milton Tip - ad Caspian Gull, 2 Yellow-legged Gulls, m Stonechat (Peter Herkenrath, Iordan Hristov)

Milton CP - 3 Blackcaps, Chiffchaff singing (Iordan Hristov)

Friday, 2 February

Beechwoods NR - 25 Bramblings (Mike Foley)

Ely Beet Factory - 5+ Bearded Tit (Duncan Poyser)

Wicken Fen - 3 Little Egret, 3 Marsh Harrier, 2 Cettis Warbler, pair Stonechat (Christoph Zockler)

Queen Adelaide - Chiffchaff with ring in a private garden this morning (Ben Green)

Thursday, 1 February

Ouse Washes RSPB - large numbers of Bewick's and Whooper Swans roosted at Welches Dam for the last 2 nights, lingering until about 08:00h in the mornings (Alex Thomas)

Cambridge - Brambling in Harvey Godwin Avenue 11:00h (Sean Rouse)

Long Drove, Cottenham - juv Peregrine over, Chiffchaff (Owen Marks)

Grafham Water - 4 Yellow-legged Gulls, Goosander (Mark Hawkes)

Ferry meadows - 4 Siskin, Water Rail at Lynch lake (Matt Webb)

King's Dyke NR - m Marsh Harrier (Phil Parker)

Wednesday, 31 January

Long Drove, Cottenham - ad Mediterranean Gull, 3+ Yellow-legged Gulls this lunchtime (Richard Thomas, Steve Cooper)

Dry Drayton - Buzzard over (Ken Hook)

Milton CP - 3 Lesser Redpoll this afternoon (Rob Pople)

Girton - Buzzard over fields south-west of the village (Peter Herkenrath)

Duxford - Buzzard over A505 towards Whittlesford (Jack Harrison)

Tuesday, 30 January

Needingworth Quarry Lakes - AMERICAN WIGEON, 5 Smew, c.1500 Golden Plover, Chiffchaff at sewage works this morning (Mike Foley)

Long Drove, Cottenham - 2 Yellow-legged Gulls, 2cy Caspian Gull (Simon Stirrup)

Beechwoods NR - 30+ Brambling (Rob Pople)

Monday, 29 January

Cambridge - Buzzard over Laundry Farm, Barton Road (Ken Hook)

Beechwoods NR - 10+ Brambling (Roger Tozer)

Sunday, 28 January

Paxton Pits - BLACK-NECKED GREBE at south edge of Diddington Pit (David Bale); redhead Smew on Heronry North (Jamie Wells); ad Caspian Gull and 2 Yellow-legged Gulls which headed towards Grafham, Jack Snipe, 5 Smew, 39 Goldeneyes, Little Egret, Green Sandpiper (Mark Ward)

Barleycraft and Ouse Fen - pair Goosander, 5 Smew, 3 Stonechats (Richard Thomas)

Ferry Meadows - ad Mediterranean Gull on Overton Lake 11:45h (Chris Park)

King's Dyke - 4 Jack Snipe, Woodcock, Water Rail calling (Phil Parker)

From Friday, 26 January: Flag Fen - 10 Green Sandpipers (Dan Brown)

Saturday, 27 January

Wood Walton Fen - Bittern, 4 Water Rails, wing-tagged Red Kite, ringtail Hen Harrier, Common Buzzard, 5 Lesser Redpolls, 4 Siskins (Richard Patient)

Willingham - male Peregrine (Peter Wilkinson, Allistair Berry)

Swafham Prior - male Stonechat along Station Road (Paul Rule)

Milton CP - 4 Lesser Redpoll, Treecreeper, 14 Bullfinch (Jonathan Heath)

Milton Tip - adult Caspian Gull, adult and 1+ first winter Yellow-legged Gull (Peter Herkenrath)

Paxton Pits - BLACK-NECKED GREBE from footpath on south-east edge of Diddington Pit 15:15h (Mark Hawkes); 1+ Barn Owls, ad Caspian Gull, Peregrine, redhead Smew over north (Jamie Wells et al.); 7 Goosanders (Ken Hook)

Grafham Water - 4 Mandarins, 4 Goosander (Mark Hawkes, Jono Leadley)

Upware - 3 Barn Owls over the Cam Washes (David Heath)

Friday, 26 January

Paxton Pits - BLACK-NECKED GREBE at south edge of Diddington Pit (Nigel Willits)

Girton - Common Buzzard high over the fields southwest of village (Peter Herkenrath)

Grafham Water - Little Egret in Gaynes Creek (Colin Addington)

Queen Adelaide - fem Marsh Harrier 15:20h (Roger Tozer)

Littleport - Little Egret nearby at TE533847 11:20h (Roger Tozer)

Thursday, 25 January

Paxton Pits - BLACK-NECKED GREBE at south edge of Diddington Pit, viewable from the public footpath running south-east from Diddington village. Also Buzzard and c.40 Golden Plover over (Jamie Wells); Smew (BirdGuides)

River Nene, east of Peterborough - pair of Stonechat near Fitzwilliam Bridge, Tawny Owl near the old sewage works, Stonechat and Grey Wagtail at sewage works, Short-eared Owl over Stanground Wash (Brian Stone)

Fen Drayton - 380 Black-tailed Godwits, 100 Dunlin, 18 Ruff, 14 Redshank and a Buzzard over a flooded field north of Ferry Lagoon this morning (Dave Anderson)

Ely Beet Factory - 2 Bitterns into roost, at 16:55h and 17:05h (Monica and Owen Marks, Duncan Poyser)

Wednesday, 24 January

Paxton Pits - BLACK-NECKED GREBE, possibly 2 yesterday, on Diddington Pit (David Bale)

Witcham - flock of 150 Tree Saprrows, 2 Brmablings in the area (David Hopkins)

Nene Washes - c.650 Bewick's Swans, c.260 Whooper Swans, 650 Black-tailed Godwits, 2 Peregrines, Water Pipit, 11 Short-eared Owls, c.1400 Golden Plover (Jon Taylor)

Histon - Lesser Spotted Woodpecker in Park Lane by Abbey Farm 15:00h (John Hoppett)

Woodwalton Fen - fem Merlin, Barn Owl late afternoon (Kevan Wolstencroft)

Fen Drayton - 100+ Black-tailed Godwits 15:00h (Cave Ebbutt)

Monks Wood - Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Rich Broughton)

Little Less Wood, Abbots Ripton - 2 pairs of Nuthatch, 2 pairs of Marsh Tit, Buzzard, 9 Helmeted Guinea Fowl (Rich Broughton)

Hermitage Wood, near Alconbury - pair of Marsh Tit, Buzzard, Bullfinch, 2+ Indian Peafowl (Rich Broughton)

Tuesday, 23 January

Grafham Water - GREY PLOVER over Church Lane, calling, mid-afternoon (Mark Hawkes)

Needingworth Pits - AMERICAN WIGEON (BirdGuides)

Elsworth - Short-eared Owl (BirdGuides)

Burghley Park - 5 Goosander (Cliff Woolston)

Ouse Washes RSPB - Water Pipit south of Oxlode Hide, 2 Turnstones between Oxlode Hide and the railway, Little Egret near Stevens Hide, also imm Peregrine yesterday (as per Alex Thomas)

Paxton Pits - 2 Jack Snipe, 2 Stonechat, 2 Smew, Grey Wagtail (Martin Davis)

Monday, 22 January

Grafham Water - 2 dark-bellied BRENT GEESE off the dam this morning (Jono Leadley); 12 Whooper Swans briefly 09:20h (David Hollin)

Farcet Fen - ad win Mediterranean Gull around Slackerground, just as you leave the village and come onto the fen, this morning (Steve Dudley)

Paxton Pits - 2 Buzzards, 2 Black-tailed Godwits, 2 Green Sandpipers, Little Egret, 4 redhead Smew, c.78 Golden Plovers (Martin Davis)

Burghley Park - 4 Mandarin, pair Goosander, 6 Gadwall (Cliff Woolston)

Foxton Wood - Peregrine over 09:50h (Marcus Kohler)

Sunday, 21 January

Willow Hall Lane - distant 2nd win type GLAUCOUS GULL between Eye and Thorney this afternoon (Phil Todd)

Paxton Pits - Red Kite over south, 2 Buzzards, 3 Jack Snipe, pair of Stonechat, 5 Black-tailed Godwits, Grey Wagtail, Little Egret (Martin Davis et al.); ad Caspian Gull, 4 redhead Smew, c.800 Golden Plovers (Mark Ward)

Wicken Fen - pair of Stonechats (John Seamons)

Ouse Washes - fem COMMON SCOTER to north of railway line from Pymoor (Duncan Poyser)

Ely Beet Factory - Bittern late afternoon (Duncan Poyser)

Ferry Meadows - Long-eared Owl, Woodcock (Don Gardener)

Saturday, 20 January

Milton - ad ICELAND GULL, 3 Caspian Gulls, 4 Yellow-legged Gulls in fields adjacent to Butt Lane (Richard Patient)

Grafham Water - 2 Caspian Gull, 4+ Yellow-legged Gulls, 3 Goosander, drk Mandarin, 18+ Pintail (Mark Hawkes, Richard Patient, Monica & Owen Marks, Mark Ward and Ade Cooper)

Needingworth Pits - AMERICAN WIGEON, Little Egret, 7 Smew (3 males), 2 Ruff, c.10 Dunlin, 2 Black-tailed Godwits (Jem Holding)

Babraham - 2 Common Buzzards over the woods north of village (Andrew Knights)

Wicken Fen - fem Marsh Harrier, 2 Cetti's Warblers, Common Buzzard, Water Rail, Tawny Owl and Woodcock (Andrew Knights)

Woodwalton Fen - ringtail Hen Harrier, 3 Barn Owls, Short-eared Owl(Kevan Wolstencroft)

Paxton Pits - ad m Smew, m Goosander, ad Peregrine (Mark Ward)

Friday, 19 January

Barleycraft GPs - AMERICAN WIGEON (Roger Tozer)

Paxton Pits - Water Pipit, 6 Black-tailed Godwits, 6 Grey Partridges, Grey Wagtail, Little Egret, Woodcock, c.2250 Golden Plovers (Martin Davis)

Fowlmere-Foxton Road - Common Buzzard (Guy Manners)

Grafham Water - 39 Black-tailed Godwits flew NW through mid morning (Colin Addington); Little Gull from Mander CP in evening (Duncan Ritchie)

Fen Drayton - c.60 Black-tailed Godwits (Dave Anderson)

Thursday, 18 January

Brownshill Staunch - c.50 Black-tailed Godwits in flight along the River Ouse this morning (Richard Thomas)

Wednesday, 17 January

Fen Drayton - m Stonechat along the Ouse nearby, TL354701, at 15:00h (Rowena Baxter)

Woodwalton Fen - ringtail Hen Harrier, 2 Barn Owls, Merlin (Kevan Wolstencroft et al.)

Swavesey - Merlin south along Middle Fen Drove 08:15h (Sue Rogers)

Paxton Pits - 4 redhead Smew, Grey Wagtail, Goosander, Chiffchaff, 12 Dunlin (Martin Davis)

Littleport - 50+ Pink-footed Geese west of A1101 between Littleport and Welney (Robin Cox); 140 Pink-footed Geese nearby at TL545909, also 150 Whooper Swans in the vicinity, 11:30-12:25h (Owen Marks)

Tuesday, 16 January

Paxton Pits - ad. Mediterranean Gull, 2 Yellow-legged Gull, 4 redhead & a drk Smew, Jack Snipe, Grey Wagtail, Little Egret, 4 Ruff, also a Bittern reported flying south over the Visitor centre at 16:30h (Martin Davis)

Monday, 15 January

Cambridge - 3 Redpoll and a Tree Sparrow to garden feeder in Windsor Road (Chris Akehurst)

Grafham Water - ad ICELAND GULL from Mander CP, also 2nd winter Caspian Gull, 2+ Yellow-legged Gulls this evening (Jono Leadley, Mark Hawkes, Martin Davis)

Paxton Pits - 124 Black-tailed Godwits, Egyptian Goose, Water Pipit, 4 Smew, Yellow-legged Gull, Little Egret, 4 Ruff (Martin Davis)

Sunday, 14 January

Paxton Pits - ad. Mediterranean Gull, drk Smew, Grey Wagtail (Christoph Zoeckler); Kittiwake (Jamie Wells); pair of Stonechat, 2 Goosander (Martin Davis); ad Caspian Gull, Yellow-legged Gull, Jack Snipe, Woodcock, 2 Green sandpipers, Little Egret (Julian Hughes, Jamie Wells)

Grafham Water - 1st winter Caspian Gull, 2 ad + 1st-winter Mediterranean Gull, 3 Yellow-legged Gulls (Jono Leadley)

Barleycraft - AMERICAN WIGEON, Woodcock, 2 Whooper Swans with 173 Mute Swans, 9 Barnacle Geese, Stonechat (Richard Thomas)

CEGB Reservoir - 2 ad & 2 1st win Yellow-legged Gulls in this evening's roost (Will Bowell)

Woodwalton Fen - 2 Goosander, Bittern, 3 Barn Owls, 2 Short-eared Owls, Marsh Harrier (Brian Lawrence)

Fen Drayton - redhead Smew, Little Egret, 3 calling Water Rails (Mark Eaton)

Saturday, 13 January

Earith sluice - Goosander (David Griffiths)

Tanholt GP - second-winter ICELAND GULL (Josh Jones)

Grafham Water - 4+ Goosander, 1st-winter Mediterranean Gull, 7+ Yellow-legged Gulls (Duncan Poyser, Mark Hawkes, Mark Ward)

Ouse Washes - 2 Egyptian Geese (Peter Herkenrath and Iordan Hristov)

Paxton Pits - JACK SNIPE, Green Sandpiper, 27 Dunlin, 4 Ruff, Little Egret, 3 redhead Smew, Buzzard, 2+ Stonechat (Martin Davies); 3 Redpoll (Jamie Wells)

Friday, 12 January

Grafham Water - ad ICELAND GULL to roost from Mander CP 16:35h, also 2 Mediterranean Gulls, 2 Yellow-legged Gulls, m Goosander (Mark Hawkes, Duncan Ritchie, Dean Harlow)

Croydon - m Stonechat by entrance to Top Farm, Brambling over, c.200 Fieldfares in paddocks (Darren Oakley-Martin)

Thursday, 11 January

Grafham Water - ad ICELAND GULL roosted in front of Valley Creek hide, also Caspian Gull, 2 Yellow-legged Gulls, m Goosander (Jono Leadley)

Ely Beet Factory - Bittern and Peregrine at dusk (Kathleen Rosewarne, Ian Barton)

Prior's Fen - 47 Bewick's Swans, Peregrine (Brian Stone)

Sutton Gault - a Diver sp. reported between Chain Corner and Sutton Gault, present since yesterday (as per Mark Peck)

Wednesday, 10 January

Pymoor - Barn Owl, 3 Little Egrets in the area (David Heath)

Peterborough - SHAG by the Town Bridge 12:30h (Kevin Du Rose)

King's Dyke - 2 Jack Snipe at the NR, Jack Snipe and Mandarin nearby (Phil Parker)

Grafham Water - 2 Caspian Gulls, 3+ Yellow-legged Gulls from Mander CP 15:30-16:50h (Mark Hawkes)

Fen Drayton - RED-NECKED GREBE, Little Egret, Bittern into roost 16:40h (David Heath)

Paxton Pits - fem Garganey, redhead Smew, Little Egret, Ruff, 3 Mistle Thrush, Grey Wagtail (Martin Davis)

Tuesday, 9 January

Burghley Park - 8+ Mandarin (Peter Beesley); 4 Goosanders (Cliff Woolston)

Monday, 8 January

Paxton Pits - pair of Stonechat, Barn Owl, Green Sandpiper, Buzzard, fem Garganey, 4 redhead Smew, 11 Ruffs, Little Egret, Grey Wagtail (Martin Davis)

Fen Drayton - RED-NECKED GREBE still (Mike Everett); Bittern to roost on Holywell 16:15h, Little Egret over (David Roberts)

Marsh Lane GP - redhead Smew (Mike Everett)

Ouse Washes RSPB - RED-NECKED GREBE over south-west, Little Egret, Water Pipit, Turnstone, Marsh Harrier (as per Alex Thomas)

Sunday, 7 January

Milton Tip - 1st winter Caspian Gull and 1st winter Yellow-legged Gull in fields off Butt Lane (Peter Herkenrath)

Grafham Water - Goosander, 2 Buzzard, 13 Redshank (Mark Hawkes); 2 adult Mediterranean Gulls, 2 Yellow-legged Gulls (Jono Leadley)

Paxton Pits - fem Garganey, male Peregrine, fem Merlin, Water Pipit, Woodcock, 4 redhead Smew, 8 Ruffs, Little Egret, 3 Goosander, Grey Wagtail (Martin Davis, Julian Hughes, Jamie Wells)

Barleycraft - American Wigeon (Monica & Owen Marks)

Needingworth - ad fem Peregrine sitting, 3 Barnacle Geese, Shelduck, 12 Ruff, 95 Dunlin, 54 Redshank, Black-tailed Godwit (Monica & Owen Marks)

Ouse Washes from Pymoor bank - Sub-adult ICELAND GULL, adult Caspian Gull, 5+ Yellow-legged Gulls (Duncan Poyser)

Fen Drayton - 6 Smew (3 drakes, 3 redheads) on Trout Pit, RED-NECKED GREBE, Bittern going to roost at Holywell Lake, Little Egret (Peter Herkenrath, Jonathan Stacey)

Saturday, 6 January

Grafham Water - ICELAND GULL, Common Sandpiper (Jono Leadley)

Paxton Pits - 4 redhead Smew, c4000 Golden Plover, Little Egret (Martin Davis)

Ferry Meadows - adult Mediterranean Gull (Matt Webb)

Burghley Park - 3 Mandarin, 6+ Goosander (Mike Weedon)

Ouse Washes RSPB - Pink-footed Goose (as per Alex Thomas)

Friday, 5 January

Wicken Fen - 2 fem + a juv Marsh Harrier, Sparrowhawk, 3 Tawny Owls, Barn Owl, Woodcock, 3 Water Rail (Monica & Owen Marks)

Burghley Park - Mandarin, Goosander (Ray & Will Bowell)

Grafham Water - 2 Mediterranean Gulls off Mander CP this afternoon, also 2+ ad Yellow-legged Gulls, Goosander (Mark Hawkes, Jono Leadley, Duncan Ritchie)

Ouse Washes RSPB - Mediterranean Gull (as per Alex Thomas)

Thursday, 4 January

Fowlmere - probable Ring-necked Parakeet, in flight and calling, over Fowlmere 15:45h (Duncan Ritchie)

Fen Drayton - Bittern into roost at Holywell 15:20h, RED-NECKED GREBE still present (Dave Anderson); 4 Smew, Little Egret, 5 Ruff, 4 Dunlin, 1640 Golden Plover, 2 Goosanders over this afternoon (Monica & Owen Marks)

Ferry Meadows - 5 Red-crested Pochards on Overton (Peter Beesley)

Burghley Park - 2 Mandarins, 18 Goosander (Cliff Woolston)

Grafham Water - 3 m Mandarins, several ad Yellow-legged Gulls in the evening roost (Mark Hawkes)

Wednesday, 3 January

Grafham Water - 1st win Mediterranean Gull, 1st win Caspian Gull, 4 Yellow-legged Gulls in the evening roost. Also two birds in the deteriorating light which may have Iceland Gulls (Jono Leadley, Colin Addington)

Fen Drayton - Smew 11:45h (BirdGuides)

Milton Tip - 2nd win Yellow-legged Gull this morning (Peter Herkenrath)

Grunty Fen - Merlin 08:30h (David Nation)

Paxton Pits - 10 Goosander, 8 Shelduck, Little Egret, c.2000 Golden Plovers, 2 Marsh Tits around Hayden Hide (Martin Davis)

Tuesday, 2 January

Whittlesey - 2 Goosander over south-west 14:00h (Max Catterwell)

St. Ives - 2 Egyptian Geese east along the river this morning (Mike Everett)

Fen Drayton - RED-NECKED GREBE, 7 Smew, Peregrine, Merlin, 9 Ruddy Duck (Richard Allison)

Cottenham, Long Drove - 3rd win Caspian Gull, 6 Yellow-legged Gulls (as per rarebirdalert.com)

Milton Tip - 1st win Caspian Gull, 4 Yellow-legged Gulls (as per rarebirdalert.com)

Burghley Park - 3 Mandarins, 10 Gadwall (Cliff Woolston)

Milton CP - 2 Chiffchaffs this morning (Jonathan Heath)

Dry Drayton - Grey Wagtail (Ken Hook)

Late news from Sunday, 31 December: Ely Beet Factory - Bittern 15:45h (Andrew Balmford)

Monday, 1 January

Grafham Water - 3 male, 2 fem Goosander, 2 Water Rail (Jono Leadley)

Giant's Hill, Rampton - Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Adrian Hoyes)

Toft - Stonechat in bushes at top of Millers Road (Kevin Harris)

Fen Drayton - RED-NECKED GREBE, 7 Smew (Richard Allison); 2 Little Egrets, Barn Owl, 6+ Ruddy Duck (Mark Eaton); also 2 Mediterranean Gulls, 2 Yellow-legged Gulls, 15 Goldeneyes (Mark Ward & Ade Cooper)

Needingworth GP - 4 Smew, Buzzard, 3 Barnacle Geese, 4 Black-tailed Godwits, c.60 Ruff, c.120 Dunlin, c. 2000 Golden Plovers, fem Goldeneye (Mark Ward & Ade Cooper)