Friday, 30 April
Grafham Water - 150+ Bar-tailed Godwit, Whimbrel, 2+ Grey Plover 2+ Dunlin, 10+ Arctic Tern, Hobby, many hirundines, inc. a Swallow with warm orange underparts throughout, possibly of eastern origin, race transitiva? (Mark Hawkes, Jono Leadley)
Ferry Meadows - Greenshank, Garden Warbler, Reed Warbler, Cuckoo, 30+ Common Terns, 12+ Swifts (Mike Weedon)
Paxton Pits - 3 Bar-tailed Godwits, Whimbrel, Hobby, 46 Common Terns, (Julian Hughes)
Wicken Fen - Greenshank, Common Sandpiper, 2 Redshanks, m Marsh Harrier (Ian Dodd)
Car Dyke - 2 Wheatears on Drain Road (Colin Homes)
Hampton - 5 Wheatears (Brian Stone)
Orton BP - Garden warbler (Brian Stone)
Thursday, 29 April
Fen Drayton - 11 Arctic Terns, 13 Common Terns, Turtle Dove, Nightingale east side of Windsurfing Pit, 400+ Swallows, 100+ House Martins, 50+ Sand Martins (Richard Allison)
Godmanchester, Cow Lane GP - 200 House Martins, 300+ Swallows, 50 Sand Martins, 23 Arctic Terns over, 6 Common Terns, 2 Common Sandpipers, 2 Yellow Wagtails, 4 Bullfinches, 220 Lesser Black-backed Gulls (Stuart Elsom)
Ely, Roswell Pits - Arctic Tern, 9 Common Terns, 100+ hirundines (Paul Atkinson)
Paxton Pits - Sanderling, Ruff Greenshank, 20+ Dunlins, m Garganey (Martin Davis et al.); Arctic Terns reported (BirdGuides)
Drysides Pit - Wheatear, c.500 hirundines, nearly all Sand Martins (George Walthew)
Priors Fen - Bar-tailed Godwit (Kevin Du Rose)
Cottenham, Long Drove - 28 Swallows roosting 06;30h (Peter Stockwell)
Swifts reported: Ferry Meadows; 2 Bretton, Peterborough; 150 Cow Lane, GP Godmanchester; 200+ Fen Drayton, 20+ Roswell Pits, 30+ Paxton Pits, 15 Priors Fen; 3 Drysides Pit.
Wednesday, 28 April
Paxton Pits - sum Grey Plover, Wood Sandpiper, 16 Dunlins, 2 Common Sandpipers, c.100 Swifts (Neal Parkin, Julian Hughes, Jamie Wells)
Fen Drayton - 20+ Swifts, 40+ Swallows, 20+ Sand Martins, 2 House Martins, 2 Yellow Wagtails, 23 Common Terns and a possible Arctic Tern this morning. 19 Arctic Terns, ad sum Little Gull, 2 Hobbies, 200+ Swifts, 200+ Swallows, 25 Common Terns 18:00-19:00h (Richard Allison); c.7 Arctic Terns, Little Gull remaining 19:45h (John Oates, Chris Martin)
Godmanchester, Cow Lane GP - 18 Swifts, 25 House Martins, 60 Swallows, Yellow Wagtail, Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpipers, ad Yellow-legged Gull (Stuart Elsom)
Grafham Water - c.45 Arctic Terns, 50+ Common Terns, 2 Hobbies, 20+ Swifts (Mark Hawkes, John Oates)
Cottenham, Long Drove - Common Tern, 2 Oystercatchers (Mike Foley)
Tuesday, 27 April
Ouse Washes RSPB - SPOTTED CRAKE, Merlin (Ian Barton)
Paxton Pits - m Garganey, Bar-tailed Godwit, 15 Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, 40 Common Terns, Turtle Dove (Julian Hughes, Jamie Wells); ad sum Little Gull, c.10 Arctic Terns, c.30 Common Terns, sum Bar-tailed Godwit, c.15 Dunlin, 7+ Yellow Wagtails 18:00-20:00h (Martin Davis, Jamie Wells)
Fen Drayton - 3 Hobbies, 17 Common Terns (Richard Patient); Cuckoo, 2 Swallows this morning (Sue Rogers)
Ferry Meadows - Swallow over, Common Sandpiper & 27 Common Terns on Gunwade Lake (Brian Stone)
Grafham Water - Whimbrel this morning (Colin Addington); 2 Bar-tailed Godwits near Marlow CP, 2 Common Sandpipers, 60+ Common Terns this evening (Mark Hawkes)
Late news from Friday April23: Knapwell, Grange Farm - m Ring Ouzel briefly 08:00h (Will Kirby, Diana de Palacio)
Swifts reported: Lode; Blackbush, 4 Whittlesey, 6 Fen Drayton, 3+ Paxton Pits, Ouse Washes, Helpston.
Monday, 26 April
Monks Wood - WOOD WARBLER calling and showing well 12:00-13:30h at least. From the Saul's Lane/Gate entrance, use the info board to navigate to the central major north to south path that cuts right through the middle of the wood, known as Hotel Ride. Bird first heard calling at the northernmost end of this path, at the northern tip of the wood, and last seen moving 300m westwards along the northern edge, the path known as Bottom Ride (Rich Broughton)
Grafham Water - 12 Common Scoter off Mander CP, ad Little Gull, Cuckoo, Yellow Wagtail 17:15h (Jim Lawrence); 12 Common Scoter still present 18:00h (Mark Hawkes); Common Sandpiper on the dam, 45 Common Terns off Plummer CP at dusk (Jono Leadley)
Ouse Washes RSPB - f & 6m Garganey, f Merlin, 3 Marsh Harriers, Avocet, Ruff, 200 islandica Black-tailed Godwits, 2 Dunlin, f Ruddy Duck (Mark Ward); Turtle Dove, Hobby, Mediterranean Gull, Greenshank, 3 Avocet, Lesser Whitethroat (Ian Barton)
Stibbington - no sign of the Hoopoe today either at Stibbington Hall or the sewage works by 13:00h (Katie Fuller et al.)
Wicken Fen - Black-tailed Godwit, Greenshank, Egyptian Goose on Bakers Fen, Hobby, 5 Marsh Harriers elsewhere (John Oates)
Paxton Pits - 4 Nightingales, 7 Garden Warblers, 2 Whitethroats, 2 Cuckoos, Turtle Dove, 3 Yellow Wagtails, 10 Common Terns around SailingLake this morning, Greenshank & f Wheatear on Diddington Pit at 13:00h, 2 Bar-tailed Godwits on Pumphouse Pit, 2 Buzzards & Osprey over c.13:30h (Jim Lawrence), 2 ad Little Gulls, Bar-tailed Godwit, 6 Dunlins (Julian Hughes); f Redstart mid-way between hides on Heron Trail 17:30h (Richard Patient) but not relocated 19:00-20:00h (Julian Hughes, Jamie Wells); Red Kite over the village 17:45h (Jamie Wells)
Priors Fen - Avocet & Green Sandpiper briefly c.20:00h (Kevan Wolstencroft)
Swifts reported: 3 over Whittlesey, singles over Melbourn, Manhattan Drive & Lovell Road in Cambridge.
Elton - 3 Fieldfares over in the evening (Brian Stone)
Sunday, 25 April
Stibbington - HOOPOE. The bird is returning to feed alongside the hardstanding near the start of the track near the Hall. Coming into the village from the A1, park carefully before the track and approach with caution, staying back from the Private sign, TL087987. PBC photos here (Brian Stone)
Paxton Pits - Bar-tailed Godwit on Sailing Lake, 2 Whimbrels flew north, 8 Dunlins 2 Shelducks, 4 Little Ringed Plovers, pair of Red-crested Pochard, presumed Ferruginous x Pochard hybrid, Grasshopper Warbler, Yellow Wagtail (Martin Davis/Julian Hughes /Martin Shadbolt/Gary Rawlings); also 2 Swifts over the village (Jamie Wells)
Priors Fen - pair of Curlew seen flying over, pair of Little Ringed Plover, (Steve Gann)
Long Drove Low Wash - 6 Avocet, 3 male Garganey on the pool at field 12 (Steve Gann, Richard Astle)
Fen Drayton - 2 Cuckoo, Nightingale, Lesser Whitethroat, Swift, 40 Black-tailed Godwit flew west 07:20h, Grasshopper Warbler, 8 Common Terns (Richard Allison)
Chalk quarry nr Haslingfield/Barrington - Meadow Pipit, Corn Bunting and Lesser Whitethroat singing, Yellow Wagtail (Graeme Reed)
Caldecote - Lesser Whitethroat and Turtle Dove (Graeme Reed)
Grafham Water - up to 40 Little Gulls all afternoon, mostly adults with c.10 1st summer and a couple of 2nd summers, 2 Arctic Terns, 30 Common Terns, Garganey, 2 White Wagtails on the dam in the evening, plus a couple of Yellow Wagtails (Jono Leadley, Mark Hawkes, John Oates et al.)
Hauxton - Swift (Richard Palmer); another reported from Oakington (Beej Pettit)
Ely - 2 Grasshopper Warblers, Reed Warbler, Cuckoo, 4 Common Terns, Swallow, 2 Grey Wagtails, m & f Marsh Harriers (Chris & Tony Wilson)
Saturday, 24 April
Marsh Lane GP - 2 Hobbies, 3 Common Buzzards, Common Sandpiper, 6 Nightingales (Richard Patient)
Woodwalton Fen - Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Common Buzzard, 2 Nightingales, several Grasshopper Warblers (Richard Patient)
St Ives GP - 2 Nightingales (Richard Patient)
Fen Drayton - Grasshopper Warbler, Cuckoo, Nightingale, and a Whimbrel calling, flying north east (Dave Anderson)
Paxton Pits - Bar-tailed Godwit, Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Whimbrels, possible Turnstone, 4 Dunlins, 3 Greenland Wheatears, 4 Shelducks, Little Ringed Plover, 4 Snipe, Cuckoo, Yellow Wagtail, Grasshopper Warbler, 17 nightingales now around the Pits (Julian Hughes/Neal Parkin/Martin Shadbolt/Jamie Wells)
Grafham Water - 4 Little Gulls (2 ad, 2nd summer, 1st summer), Black Tern, 3 Garganey (2 drakes), Grasshopper Warbler, 2+ Turtle Doves, Nightingale, 1+ Reed Warbler (Mark Hawkes, Colin Addington)
Prickwillow - Blue-headed Wagtail 15:00h near junction of B1382 & A1101 2 miles east of village (Nigel Messenger)
Friday, 23 April
Ferry Meadows - male Wheatear along the railway line, 2 Lesser Whitethroats at Mill Lane, Common Sandpiper at Gunwade Lake, Lesser Redpoll over Ham Lane
Grafham Water - 4 Sandwich Terns off Mander CP (Colin Addington), Little Gull, Brent Goose (Jono Leadley), Whimbrel on dam (Mark Hawkes)
Orton BP - 2 Nightingales, Reed Warbler, 6 Sedge Warblers, Common Tern over (Brian Stone)
Hampton - 2 Wheatears, Common Tern over (Brian Stone)
Cambridge - Lesser Whitethroat near junction of A14 and Histon Road (Mike Crosby)
Witcham - Turtle Dove this morning (Alistair Berry)
Paxton Pits - 3 Whimbrels, Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Turtle Doves, 12 Nightingales, Reed Warbler, 3 Garden Warblers (Jamie Wells)
Thursday, 22 April
Priors Fen - summer BLACK-NECKED GREBE, 8 White Wagtails this evening (Kevin Du Rose)
Grafham Water - LITTLE TERN off Mander CP 19:00-19:45h, also m Garganey in Lagoons, 2 White Wagtails on dam (Colin Addington, Mark Hawkes)
Monks Wood - GOSHAWK soaring over the wood 16:30h (Rich Broughton)
Wandlebury - m Redstart c.20:00h, Tawny Owl calling (Gary Allport)
Cambridge - 2 Buzzards, 2 Swallows, Yellow Wagtail calling, over Trumpington Road this morning (James Hanlon)
Godmanchester/Cow Lane GPs - Garden Warbler, 13 Swallows, 2 Yellow Wagtails, Swift, 4 House Martins, Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Terns (Stuart Elsom)
Fen Drayton - Hobby, Grasshopper Warbler, Garden Warbler, c.13 Common Terns, 2 Yellow Wagtails (John Oates)
Paxton Pits - 2 Grasshopper Warblers by Island Pit, Whitethroat, Turtle Dove, Cuckoo, 9 Nightingales (Julian Hughes)
Castor Hanglands - 16+ reeling Grasshopper Warblers, 2 Nightingales singing (Richard Astle)
Wednesday, 21 April
Monks Wood - f Black Redstart, Wheatear at a private site with no access (Rich Broughton)
Godmanchester/Cow Lane GPs - 2 Yellow Wagtails, 3 Swifts, House Martin (Stuart Elsom)
Grafham Water - Garganey (BirdGuides)
Conington - Little Owl, Yellow Wagtail, Whitethroat in the area (Tony Stones)
Ferry Meadows- ad sum Little Gull on Overton Lake (Don Gardener)
Ouse Washes - 2 Little Egrets over north-east, 2 Avocets, c.300 islandica Black-tailed Godwits, 10 Ruff, 40 Yellow Wagtails, f Marsh Harrier, 10 Pintails, Common Tern this evening (Mark Ward)
Cambridge - Swift over Lovell Road this evening (David Heath)
Burwell fen - m Whinchat (Martin Lester)
Tuesday, 20 April
Fen Drayton - Common Tern, Green Sandpiper, 4 Ruddy Duck, Grasshopper Warbler, 4+ Whitethroats early this morning (Richard Allison); f Marsh Harrier, 2 Snipe (Graeme Reed); also 6 Common Terns, 5 Yellow Wagtails, 30+ Pied Wagtails, 2 White Wagtails, 9 Sedge Warblers this evening (Mark Eaton)
Monks Wood - f Black Redstart from 17:00h at a private site (Rich Broughton)
Wicken Fen - f Hen Harrier, 15 islandica Black-tailed Godwits (John Oates); Curlew on Bakers Fen this morning (Ralph Sargeant)
Paxton Pits - 12+ singing Nightingales, Grasshopper warbler, 8 Common Terns, 2 Cuckoos, Buzzard, Common Sandpiper, 10+ Goldeneyes, pair Red-crested Pochards (Jim Lawrence); also 2 Grasshopper Warblers, Hobby, Dunlin, Little Ringed Plover, Yellow-legged Gull (Martin Davis, Jamie Wells)
Grafham Water - 3 ad Little Gulls, m Garganey, Swift, 20+ Yellow Wagtails, f Blue-headed Wagtail, m White Wagtail, 20+ Common Terns (Mark Hawkes, Colin Addington, Jono Leadley)
Fowlmere - Turtle Dove this evening (James Hanlon)
Stamford - Swift 19:00h (Tony Stones)
Priors Fen - 25 Yellow Wagtails, 3 m White Wagtails, Peregrine, Common Sandpiper, 3 Wheatears (Kevin Du Rose)
Monday, 19 April
Ely, Roswell Pits - m Redstart 16:00-17:00h at least. From Ely centre, take the B1382 Prickwillow Road and park at the top of Kiln Lane before the NRA gates. Walk down the hill towards the level crossing, and turn right alongside the railway line before the crossing. You walk across the field - which is open access - between the railway line and the woods bordering the southern edge of the western most of the Roswell pits. In the field are two obvious clumps of trees/bushes, the second hidden initially behind the first. Look around the second clump of bushes (ie furthest from the gate) for the bird (Ian Delgado); Blue-headed Wagtail with 9+ Yellow Wagtails in paddocks east of Roswell Pits (Paul Atkinson)
Ouse Washes RSPB - 2 m Garganey, Greenshank, Spotted Redshank, pair Pintail, 60 islandica Black-tailed Godwits, 2 Ruff (Mark Ward)
Paxton Pits - pair Garganey, 2 Whitethroats, 2 m Wheatears, 10 Nightingales, 2 Cuckoos, 20+ Sedge Warblers, 10 Yellow Wagtails, 3rd sum Yellow-legged Gull (Julian Hughes, Neal Parkin, Jamie Wells)
Fen Drayton - 8 Common Terns, 2 Yellow Wagtails, 5 Ruddy Duck, Grasshopper Warbler (Dave Anderson)
Cottenham, Long Drove - 3+ 1st sum Caspian Gulls, 2+ Yellow-legged Gulls, no sign of 1st win Iceland Gull seen yesterday afternoon (Jim Lawrence)
Orton BP - Turtle Dove over, 2 singing Whitethroats, 4 singing Sedge Warblers, House Martin (Brian Stone)
Grafham Water - m Garganey from Lagoons hide this morning, Nightingale, Hobby (Colin Addington)
Castor Hanglands - Grasshopper Warbler reeling this lunchtime (Mike Weedon); 3 Grasshopper Warblers, Whitethroat, Tawny Owl, Marsh Tit, m Mandarin over (Josh Jones); 8+ Grasshopper Warblers singing, Woodcock, Tawny Owl at dusk (Stuart Ball)
Monks Wood - Redwing over, 2 Swallows (Rich Broughton)
From Friday, April 16: Girton, Cambridge - Hobby past Birdlife Offices in the afternoon (Gary Allport)
Sunday, 18 April
Wicken Fen - COMMON CRANE (Ian Delgado) photos by Chris Martin & John Oates here; Egyptian Goose, 4 Golden Plovers, 36 islandica Black-tailed Godwits, 7 Wigeon, 2 Fieldfares, Little Ringed Plover, 2 m Marsh Harriers (Mark Ward)
Marsh Lane GP 1 Nightingale singing, 2 Swifts (Richard Patient)
Fen Drayton GP - 1 Grasshopper Warbler reeling and at least 1 Arctic Tern over the Hunts Pit (Richard Patient)
St Ives GP - Swift (Richard Patient)
Ely - Blue-headed Wagtail still with 10+ Yellow Wagtails in horse paddock East of Roswell pits (TL 557 812) 50+ Sand Martins, 1+ Swallow, 2+ House Martins over pits, Common Tern (Paul Atkinson)
Grafham Water - 20+ Arctic Terns, ad Kittiwake 10+ Common Terns (Jono Leadley, Mark Hawkes)
Castor Hanglands - at least 12 reeling Grasshopper Warblers heard today in the SE corner of the reserve, also 2 Cuckoos, 2 Whitethroat (Howard Butler)
Prior`s Fen - 6 Yellow Wagtails 08:45h (Mike Weedon)
Star Pit - Little Ringed Plover 09:30h (Mike Weedon)
Maxey Pits - 2 Ringed Plover, 2 Little Ringed Plover (Mike Weedon)
Paxton Pits - 3 Nightingales, Cuckoo, Marsh tit (Ben Stafford)
Saturday, 17 April
Fowlmere - Curlew (Peter Herkenrath)
Castor Hanglands - Tawny Owl, calling Nightingale, Grasshopper Warbler (Phil & Amanda Ackerman)
Wandlebury Country Park - Tawny Owl calling this evening (James Hanlon)
Wicken Fen - COMMON CRANE again tonight, went into to roost on Sedge Fen Drove near to Drainer`s Ditch at 20:00h, also Grasshopper Warbler, 2 male and one female Marsh Harrier (Adrian Colston)
Grafham Water - 2nd summer Little Gull, 25+ Common Terns, Garden Warbler, 6 Sedge Warblers, Whitethroat at the dam (Jono Leadley)
Paxton Pits - 4 Little Ringed Plovers, 3 Dunlin, 6+ Common Terns, Cuckoo, 7 Shelduck, 4+ Yellow Wagtails, 2 White Wagtails, Buzzard, Tawny Owl, 5 Nightingales in song, Arctic Tern, pr of Red-crested Pochard, Spotted Redshank, Hobby (Jamie Wells)
Diddington - Turtle Dove on wires at 09:45h this morning (Jamie Wells)
Nene Washes - Wheatear male of Greenland race on central drove, 2 Garganey, Dunlin, 2 Sedge Warblers, Common Tern 06:30-09:00h (Mike Weedon); Barn Owl, 2 Yellow Wagtails, Sedge Warbler, Willow Warbler at Eldernell (Steve Gann, Katie Fuller)
Friday, 16 April
Wicken Fen - COMMON CRANE at 15.30h over Bretts Hide (Adrian Colston)
Grafham Water - 5 summer plumage SLAVONIAN GREBES off Church Lane 09:00h (Colin Addington); still present off Church Lane with 2 pairs of RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS, also m Garganey in Lagoons, Wheatear & probable Blue-headed Wagtail on Dam (Mark Hawkes et al.); m Common Scoter off Mander CP 15:20 (BirdGuides)
Paxton Pits - 4 singing Nightingales between the two hides, Garden Warbler, Cuckoo (John Hoppett). A Sandwich Tern was also reported from KF hide
Ouse Washes - BLACK REDSTART by the Visitor Centre, also little Egret, 2 Garganey, Spotted Redshank & Greenshank (Ian Barton)
Thursday, 15 April
Duxford - HOOPOE c.400 metres west of the airfield by a farm track off the A505 at 11:51h. This land is private but the bird can be viewed from the road (BirdGuides); no sign this lunchtime (Paul Rule); no sign this evening, but Yellow Wagtail & Golden Plover present (James Hanlon)
Barleycraft - 2 ad Little Gulls, 13 Black-tailed Godwits, Ruff, Dunlin, 2 Yellow Wagtails (Ian Ellis)
Paxton Pits - 3 Garden Warblers, 2 Nightingales, Cuckoo around Heronry Lakes, Water Rail on Washout Pit (Martin Davis)
Ferry Meadows - c.12 Little Gulls on Overton Lake 15:00h (Don Gardener); 3 Common Terns, Garden Warbler, 6 Kingfishers (Gordon Hamlett) 6 Little Gulls present 16:30h but not seen at 19:15h, c.40 Sand Martins, Yellow Wagtail (Howard Butler)
Ely, Roswell Pits - Blue-headed Wagtail with 13 Yellow Wagtails just east of the pits at TL557812 (Paul Atkinson)
Fen Drayton - Grasshopper Warbler in scrub at southern end of Windsurfing Pit, 44 Black-tailed Godwits on Moore Lake, 35 Goldeneyes (Dave Anderson); 30+ Swallows, Common Tern (William George); also 7 Ruddy Duck, 44 Black-tailed Godwits, 200+ Sand Martins (Mark Eaton)
Grafham Water - 4 Common Scoters, 3 Little Gulls, m Garganey in Lagoons, 6+ Common Terns (Mark Hawkes, Jono Leadley, Jo Thomas); Cuckoo at Lagoons this morning (Colin Addington)
Wicken Fen - 2 Grasshopper warblers singing, Sedge Warbler, 2+ roding Woodcock, 3 Marsh Harriers, Tawny Owl hooting after dusk (Paul Atkinson)
Wednesday, 14 April
Fen Drayton - Grasshopper Warbler reported from 13 April at 20:00h (Robin Jones) not relocated today, but 3 Sedge Warblers, 5 Blackcaps, 14 Chiffchaffs, 18 Willow Warblers (Bruce Martin)
Priors Fen - Blue-headed Wagtail with 10 Yellow Wagtails, ad Caspian Gull, Smew, 4 Goldeneyes (Kevin Du Rose)
Ouse Washes - 5 Little Egrets, 3 Garganey, 4 Avocets, Spotted Redshank, f Merlin, 250 islandica Black-tailed Godwits, 50 Ruff, f Marsh Harrier & Curlew over south (Mark Ward)
Grafham Water - Garganey on Lagoons, 3 Yellow Wagtails, White Wagtail (Bruce Martin)
Hardwick - 2 Swallows this evening (David Heath)
Fowlmere - Red Kite over north 17:40h (Alan Wadsworth)
Paxton Pits - m Brambling (Alan Wadsworth); pair Red-crested Pochards on Heronry North, 2 Swallows over A1 South, 2 Kingfishers on Washout Pit (Jamie Wells)
Isleham, River Lark - Barn Owl, Green Sandpiper, Kingfisher, Whitethroat, Swallow, Willow Warbler (Bob Scott)
Chain Corner - 4 Yellow Wagtails, Hobby over east (David Griffiths)
Tuesday, 13 April
Grafham Water - Garganey still in lagoons, male Common Scoter still off Mander CP, 6 Common Terns, Snipe (Jono Leadley, Mark Hawkes)
Paxton Pits - Spotted Redshank, 3 Dunlins, Yellow Wagtail, Green Sandpiper, 4 Shelducks, 3 Oystercatchers (Julian Hughes); f Marsh Harrier over north, 3 Buzzards, Cuckoo, 4 Little Ringed Plovers, Sedge Warbler, 2 Swallows, 2 White Wagtails (Martin Davis, Jamie Wells)
Ferry Meadows - 5 Common Terns, Sedge Warbler, Willow Warbler (Mike Weedon)
Monks Wood - probable m Goshawk, 3 Willow Warblers, 2 Woodcock (Rich Broughton)
Cottenham, Long Drove - 10+ Sand Martins (David Heath)
Ouse Washes - Spotted Redshank, Water Rail, 3 Garganey, Yellow Wagtail, 2 Swallows, 2 Sand Martins (Ian Barton)
Monday, 12 April
St. Neots - 2 WHITE STORKS circling over A1 at 12:30h & drifting slowly north (Mark Hawkes)
Nene Washes RSPB - Jack Snipe seen also on April 9 (Charlie Kitchin) & April 10 (Gordon Shaw), fem Merlin, Little Ringed Plover, 3 Oystercatcher, 2+ Yellow Wagtail, 10+ Sand Martins (Gordon Shaw, Steve Dudley, Katie Fuller); pair of Garganey still on the Skating Pond (Steve Dudley & Katie Fuller)
Paxton Pits - WHITE STORK (Neal Parkin), 20+ Black-tailed Godwits (Jamie Wells/Jim Mackman), Cuckoo, Peregrine, 2 Buzzards, 4 Dunlin, 6 Bramblings, 2 Yellow Wagtails, 2 Sedge Warblers, White Wagtail, Green Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover (Martin Davis/Julian Hughes/Paul Lippett/Jim Mackman/Neal Parkin/Jamie Wells)
Wicken Fen - Curlew, 2 Black-tailed Godwits, 4 Marsh Harriers (John Oates)
Grafham Water - male Garganey in the lagoons (Jono Leadley), male Common Scoter from Mander CP (Mark Hawkes)
Ouse Washes - Common Tern, Marsh Harrier, 2m Garganey, 2 Avocets, 2 Yellow Wagtails, 3 Swallows, 22 Sand Martins, 5 Bramblings (Robert Coleman)
Sunday, 11 April
Connington - Buzzard resting on top of tall tree in coppice south of Connington with a Red Kite circling high overhead (Ray Laurie)
Nene Washes - Garganey on the Skating Pool, 6 Yellow Wagtails, Dunlin, fem Merlin, male Marsh Harrier over Eldernell (Trevor & Dan Williams)
Farcet Fen - Brambling, Chiffchaff, Swallow, 11 Tree Sparrows, Corn Bunting (Steve Dudley)
Ouse Washes - 2 drake Garganey, Yellow Wagtail from Rickwood Hide, Spotted Redshank at Welches Dam, 17 Bramblings at the feeding station (Kathleen Rosewarne and Ian Barton)
Ferry Meadows Country Park - Lesser Redpoll, Redwing, Sedge Warbler, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, (Katie Fuller / Chris Hughes)
Eltisley - pale phase Common Buzzard (James Hanlon)
Paxton Pits - 10+ Swallows, 5+ House Martins, Oystercatcher, Redshank (James Hanlon); Common Buzzard, c.15 Yellow Wagtails, 4 White Wagtails, 8-9 Oystercatcher, Sedge Warbler, Swallow, 3+ Little Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, 2 Snipe, pair Shelduck, 3 Sparrowhawk (Jamie Wells); also Tawny Owl calling in village at 02:00h.
Fen Drayton - 8 Lesser Redpolls, 4 Ringed Plovers, 2 Oystercatchers, 8 Ruddy Duck, 20+ Goldeneyes (Ted George)
Saturday, 10 April
Long Drove Cottenham - Avocet, Curlew (Ted George)
Paxton Pits - Osprey hovered and circled over the pits for 5 minutes before heading to Grafham Water, male Merlin, Common Buzzard, 3 White Wagtails, 3 Dunlin, 6 Oystercatchers, Green Sandpiper, 2-3 Little Ringed Plovers, Common Tern, Sedge Warbler, 20+ Sand Martins, 4 Swallows (Martin Davis/Julian Hughes/Neal Parkin/ Jamie Wells); Nightingale reported from the Haul Road, Water Rail, Yellow Wagtail, 2 Buzzards (Jamie Wells)
Dog-in-a-doublet - Pair of Garganey on the Skating Pond (Steve Dudley)
Farcet Fen - male Brambling at Crowtree (Steve Dudley)
Ferry Meadows - 2 Brambling, 19 Fieldfare, 2 Common Terns, Sedge Warbler, 2 Yellow Wagtail (Don Gardener and Matt Webb)
Nene Washes - Water Pipit about 3/4s of the way down the drove, Yellow Wagtail, Grey Plover, 2 male Marsh Harriers, fem Merlin, 3 Dunlin incl. 1 summer bird in the cow shed pools, 30+ Golden Plover (Ray and William Bowell)
Friday, 9 April
Dog-in-a-doublet - pair of Garganey on the Skating Pond (Steve Dudley)
Paxton Pits - Nightingale, Sedge Warbler, Brambling, 6 Common Terns, 9 Yellow Wagtails, White Wagtail, Wheatear, pair of Red-crested Pochard, 15 Snipe, 13 Black-tailed Godwits over, 6 Oystercatchers, 2 Dunlins, 2 Buzzards, 2 Water Rails, 2 Grey Partridges, Swallow, 1-2 Little Owls nearby (Martin Davis/Julian Hughes/Neal Parkin/Martin Shadbolt/Jamie Wells)
Nene Washes - Water Pipit on the flood at the east end of the central drove, Short-eared Owl, south of the entrance gate, Merlin (Mike Weedon)
Grafham Water - Tree Pipit in waterside tree on way to Dudney Hide, where the bank is eroding (Mike Wilkinson)
Milton Country Park - male Brambling in almost summer plumage, 8 Blackcaps and 4 Bullfinches (David Heath)
Thursday, 8 April
Ramsey Mereside - Hobby one heading north mid-morning (BirdGuides)
Long Drove, Cottenham - 2nd cy ICELAND GULL on the tip, also an adult Kittiwake on the old pool (John Oates, Simon Stirrup, Richard Thomas)
Wednesday, 7 April
Grafham Water - Sandwich Tern (BirdGuides)
Maxey GP - no sign of Water Pipit but 2 Little Ringed Plovers, Green Sandpiper, Swallows present (Kevan Wolstencroft); 30 Sand Martins, 2 Green Sandpipers. Redshank (Brian Stone, Mike Weedon)
Dogsthorpe, Star Pit - 3 Little Ringed Plovers, 7 Redshanks (Brian Stone)
Chain Corner - 300+ Black-tailed Godwits, presumed escape Saker/Lanner Falcon (David Griffiths)
Ouse Washes RSPB - f Merlin, f Marsh Harrier, Little Egret, 2nd summer Yellow-legged Gull, Barn Owl, c.350 islandica Black-tailed Godwits, c.30 Ruff, Dunlin, 1st summer m Goldeneye (Mark Ward)
Cambridge, Trumpington - 100+ Golden Plovers over south-west this evening (James Hanlon)
Tuesday, 6 April
Maxey GP - summer plumage Water Pipit reported with Pied Wagtails 18:15h (as per Brian Stone); no sign 19:15-19:30h, but 2 Little Ringed Plovers present (Will Bowell)
Grafham Water - ad m Marsh Harrier at the lagoons 18:15h (Jono Leadley et al.)
Paxton Pits - 2 Common Terns, Yellow Wagtail (Martin Davis)
Cam Washes, Upware - 2 Green Sandpipers, c.20 Corn Buntings, Egyptian Goose over 09:00h (Kevin Harris)
Ouse Washes - 2 Avocets, m Marsh Harrier, ad Whooper Swan, 5 Swallows, 1400 islandica Black-tailed Godwits, 40 Ruff, 20 Pintail (Mark Ward)
Monday, 5 April
Farcet Fen - f Brambling, 2 Yellow Wagtails (Steve Dudley)
Sawtry - Red Kite by the A1(M) half a mile north of Sawtry 10:00h (Tony Stones)
Grafham Water - m Yellow Wagtail, Swallow, 3 Sand Martins (Jim Lawrence)
Ferry Meadows - 2 Lesser Redpolls, Willow Warbler, c.30 Sand Martins, Swallow, Common Tern, Snipe, Redshank (Brian Stone, Mike Weedon)
Dogsthorpe, Star Pit - 7 Redshanks, Green Sandpiper (Brian Stone)
Maxey GP - 3 Chiffchaffs, Willow Warbler, 3 Grey Wagtails, 4 Fieldfares (Keith Lawton)
Sunday, 4 April
Grafham Water - 2 Sandwich Terns, Common Tern, 2 adult Kittiwake, Little Ringed Plover, Dunlin, Yellow Wagtail, White Wagtail, c.5 Swallows, 2 Willow Warblers (Jono Leadley, Mark Hawkes et al.)
Bainton GP - 6 Chiffchaffs, Willow Warbler, Sedge Warbler, c.100 Swallows, 30+ House Martins, 5 Goldeneyes (Keith Lawton)
Eldernell - 3 Marsh Harriers (1m, 2f), 3 Shelduck, 20 Sand Martins, Swallow (Gordon Hamlett)
Duxford - probable 7 COMMON CRANES (Jack Harrison)
Histon - 2 Common Buzzards (John Hoppett)
Milton Country Park - possible Common Buzzard, 3 Blackcaps, 11 Chiffchaffs (David Heath)
Ouse Washes - Ruddy Shelduck to north of the railway bridge (Paul Atkinson)
Roswell pits - Swallow, 25+ Sand Martins (Paul Atkinson)
Paxton Pits - 2+ Common Terns, m Stonechat, House Martin, Swallow, pair of Red-crested Pochards, 2 Common Sandpipers, Buzzard, 5 Fieldfares, Water Rail, 2 Dunlin, 1-2 Green Sandpipers, several Willow Warblers and Blackcaps (Julian Hughes/Neal Parkin/Gary Rawlings/Jamie Wells)
Woodhurst - Yellow Wagtail over (Duncan McNiven)
Ferry Meadows - Common Tern, 7 Willow Warblers, 8 Chiffchaffs, 3 Fieldfares, House Martin, 15 Sand Martins (Don Gardener, Matt Webb)
Woodwalton Fen - Mealy Redpoll, 15+ Lesser Redpolls, 2 Bramblings, siskin, f Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Steve Cooper, John Oates, Richard Patient)
Saturday, 3 April
Ouse Washes - Little Egret in front of Welches Dam hide and Grey Wagtail by bridge over river Delph at Welches Dam (Paul Harrington)
Wicken Fen - 2 Marsh Harriers, 2 Swallows, 26+ Chiffchaffs (Peter Bircham)
Lode - Eastern style Jackdaw with other Jackdaws on the allotments near the playing field (John Oates)
Paxton Pits - 4+ Willow Warblers, Sedge Warbler, several Blackcaps, Wheatear, Marsh Tit, Fieldfare, Green Sandpiper, 3 Dunlins (Martin Davis)
Wicham - 2 m Brambling in private garden (Allistair and Michelle Berry)
Histon - Willow Warbler (David Chandler)
Ferry Meadows - 4 Willow Warblers, Sedge Warbler, Swallow, 2 House Martins, 10 Sand Martins, 3 Lesser Redpolls, 3 Redwings (Matt Webb)
Friday, 2 April
Farcet Fen - Swallow, male Stonechat, Common Buzzard (Steve Dudley)
Ouse Washes - Grey Plover circling near Grose Hide this morning, also Little Egret, ad m Peregrine, 5 Avocets, Curlew, c.1200 islandica Black-tailed Godwits, 40 Ruff, Dunlin, 3 Rudy Ducks, 300+ Snipe, 23 Golden Plover (Mark Ward)
Block Fen GPs - ad m Common Scoter on Purple Heron pit this afternoon, m Ruddy Duck, c.40 Tree Sparrows, c.40 Corn Buntings (Mark Ward)
Monks Wood - 26 Siskins, 2 Lesser Redpolls, 2 Woodcock (Rich Broughton)
Paxton Pits - Willow Warbler along road to quarry plant this afternoon (Faith Darlow)
Thursday, 1 April
Paxton Pits - Swallow, 11 Sand Martins, 2m Bramblings, 3 Blackcaps, 2 Little Ringed Plovers, m & f Red-crested Pochards, 112 Goldeneye this morning, 3+m Bramblings around Peter`s Field this evening, also Blackcap singing (Jamie Wells)
Cam Washes, Upware - 2 Avocets, Little Ringed Plover, 5 Black-tailed Godwit (John Oates)
Shropshire`s Reservoir - f Scaup (Ian Delgado)
Monks Wood - a very elusive Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Lesser Redpolls (Rich Broughton)
Peterborough - 5 WAXWINGS in Thorpe Road still 15:30h, Willow Warbler at Thorpe Hall (Rachel & Peter Beesley)
Farcet Fen - 2 House Martins, heading south (Steve Dudley)
Kings Dyke NR - Jack Snipe, 2 Snipe, Sand Martin (Phil parker)
Wednesday, 31 March
Paxton Pits - 3 Bramblings, singing Blackcap (Martin Davis); 2 Shelduck, 2 Green Sandpipers, 4 Snipe, Dunlin, Little Ringed Plover, 2 Oystercatchers, 3 Sand Martins; also 2 Tawny Owls hooting in Little Paxton on Monday night (Jamie Wells)
Ouse Washes RSPB - Hen Harrier from Welches Dam Hide c.12:30h (Robert Coleman)
Cambridge - Red Kite over fields near Addenbrookes Hospital, headed north-east over Fulbourn Hospital 12:20h (Mike Foley)
Cottenham, Long-Drove - Little Ringed Plover, 4 Redshanks, Snipe, 2 Shelducks (David Heath)
Tuesday, 30 March
Monks Wood - Hawfinch at Saul`s Gate entrance, 14 singing Chiffchaffs, 2 Siskins, 10 Marsh Tits, 5 Treecreepers (Rich Broughton)
Wicken Fen - Peregrine falcon on Baker`s Fen, 3 Dunlin, Water Rail, 3+ Marsh Harriers (John Oates)
Cam Washes, Upware - 3 Ruff, Black-tailed Godwit (John Oates)
Eldernell - Tree Sparrow on feeders 14:00h (Steve Gann)
Coton Farm - pair Mandarin 13:00h, f Grey Wagtail (Vincent Lea)
Cambridge - Blackcap singing in Manhattan Drive (Catherine Andrews)
Fen Drayton - 60 Sand Martins, Swallow, 3 Chiffchaffs, f Goosander on Moore Lake (Dave Anderson)
Stow-cum-Quy - Little Owl (Chris Blackman)
Paxton - 12 Goldeneyes, pair Red-crested Pochards (Andrew Taylor)
Monday, 29 March
Cambridge - probable Firecrest calling near the caf in the University Botanic Gardens at lunchtime (Gary Allport)
Milton Country Park - no sign of Firecrest, 11 Chiffchaffs, 4 Bullfinches, Kingfisher, m Blackcap (David Chandler)
Ouse Washes - House Martin over Welches Dam c.13:10h, also 2 Brambling, Grey Wagtail (Rob Coleman)
Paxton Pits - Sedge Warbler, 6 Goosanders, m & f Red-crested Pochards (Martin Davis)
Eldernell - 3 Marsh Harriers, Barn Owl, Kingfisher (David Manton, Tony Moorcroft)
Grafham Water - m Common Scoter, 2 Goosanders, 2 f Scaup (Mark Hawkes, Colin Addington)
Star Pit - Curlew over, Woodcock flushed (Kevin Du Rose)
Cam Washes, Upware - Green Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover (John Oates)
Sunday, 28 March
Cam Washes, Upware - 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Ruff (Kathleen Rosewarne & Ian Barton); Curlew, c.50 Golden Plovers, Marsh Harrier (Mike Crosby)
Stretham - female Siskin and male Brambling feeding in private garden today (Kathleen Rosewarne & Ian Barton)
Cambridge - 2 male Siskin in Lovell Road (David Heath)
Milton Country Park - no sign of the Firecrest today, but 2 Goldcrests, at least 7 Chiffchaffs & 3 Blackcaps at the wooded end of the park. Also a group of 1 female and 5 male Bullfinches in and around the car park (David Heath)
Cambourne - male RING OUZEL at Redgrave Water, the lower of the two Country Park Lakes, 09:45h; Little Ringed Plover present on new lake - the bird has been present for a few days; up to 2 Green Sandpipers seen in recent weeks at the Business Park lakes (Jonathan Hook)
Paxton Pits - Sanderling, 5 Dunlins, 3 Swallows, 3 Wheatears (2 males), Sand Martin, 2 Little Ringed Plovers, Green Sandpiper, 3 Goosanders, pair of Red-crested Pochards, Ruddy Duck, 8 Redwings, 4 Oystercatchers, Grey Wagtail, Sedge Warbler reported (Martin Davis/Julian Hughes/Neal Parkin/Gary Rawlings/Jamie Wells)
Ferry Meadows - possible OSPREY, House Martin at Overton Lake and 19 Lesser Redpoll on the reserve (Matt Webb)
Fen Drayton - Sand Martin, 5 Chiffchaff, male Ruddy Duck, 40+ Goldeneye, 2 Ringed Plover, 2 Oystercatcher and a flock of 14 Common Gulls moving through (Richard Allison)
Tanholt - 1st winter ICELAND GULL (Kevin Du Rose)
Cambridge - 4 Blackcaps in Birdwood Road (Pete Holt)
Elton - 4 Buzzards, 3 Treecreepers, Marsh Tit, Tawny Owl calling 15:00h in Elton Park (Brian Stone)
Saturday, 27 March
Barleycraft - 2 Wheatears and 1 White Wagtail with a loose flock of about 40 Meadow Pipits and 10 Pied Wagtails (Jem Holding)
Milton Country Park - FIRECREST, 2 Chiffchaffs, male Blackcap (David Heath)
Cambridge - 2 male Siskin in Lovell Road (David Heath); f Siskin in Impington (Claire Butcher)
Paxton Pits - 2 Marsh Tits, Coal Tit, m Wheatear, House Martin, 2 Grey Partridges, 2 Little Ringed Plovers, 2 Goosanders, pair of Red-crested Pochards, 4 pairs of Shelducks (Neal Parkin/Jamie Wells)
Grafham Water - Red-necked Grebe, 2f Scaup, 5 Sand Martins, 2 Buzzards, 10+ Chiffchaffs singing (Mark Hawkes, Colin Addington).
Buckden GPs - presumed Ferruginous x Pochard hybrid (f or backcross) still, m Ruddy Duck, 33 Goldeneyes (Mark Hawkes)
Woodhurst - 4 Corn Buntings singing on the road from Woodhurst to Pidley (Philip Bubb)
Nene Washes RSPB - Curlew (Mike Weedon)
Tanholt - 1st winter ICELAND GULL (Kevin Du Rose)
Wendy/Shingay - c.400 Golden Plovers 15:30h (Louise Bacon)
Friday, 26 March
Grafham Water - Little Egret, White Wagtail, presumed Pochard x Tufted Duck hybrid (m), resembling a small Redhead or almost Lesser Scaup like (apart from red head, of course) (Mark Hawkes)
Wicken Fen - male Black Redstart between the car park and reserve entrance this morning (Martin Lester, Ralph Sargeant)
Paxton Pits - 2 Little Ringed Plovers on Sailing Pit 07:00h (John Hoppett); House Martin, c.60 Sand Martins, 2 Little Ringed Plovers, 16 Chiffchaffs, 3 Oystercatchers, 7 Shelduck (Julian Hughes)
Peterborough - 6 WAXWINGS in Thorpe Park Road 06:30h but gone by 07:30h (Hilary & David Cromack)
Croxton - 4 Buzzards circling at 13:00h (Dave Anderson)
Ouse Washes - m Garganey north-east corner of Stockdale`s Pool, pair Peregrines perched on bank on Singing Washes, m Grey Wagtail by Pumphouse, 350 islandica Black-tailed Godwits, 40 Ruff, 2 Dunlin, 12 Tree Sparrows, 2 Kingfishers (Mark Ward)
Thursday, 25 March
Monks Wood - pair Siskin, male singing, 12 singing Marsh Tits, pair Yellowhammers, Buzzard, pair Sparrowhawks, 4 Chiffchaffs, 70 Meadow Pipits (Rich Broughton)
Prior`s Fen - 8 Goldeneyes, redhead Smew, 24 Meadow Pipits, 6 Reed Buntings (Brian Stone)
Wicken Fen - 2+ Marsh Harriers, 3+ Hen Harriers, 4 Black-tailed Godwits, Dunlin, Lesser Redpoll, Barn Owl, roding Woodcock (John Oates)
High Wash - 67 Black-tailed Godwits, 16 Redshanks, 12 Shelduck (Brian Stone)
Ouse Washes RSPB - Black Redstart by the pumping station, m Garganey from Grose Hide (John Oates)
Cam Washes, Upware - Little Ringed Plover, 3 Ruff (John Oates)
Grafham Water - 2 Scaup, 260+ Great-crested Grebes, 12+ Chiffchaffs (Bob Scott)
Wednesday, 24 March
Ouse Washes RSPB - f Black Redstart around Welches Dam Pump House, 12+ Fieldfares in fields behind visitor centre (Rob Coleman); f Peregrine from Welches Dam Hide & 58 Ruff on ploughed field behind the hide, c.200 Black-tailed Godwits, 2 Kingfishers, c.15 Tree Sparrows, c.40 Fieldfares, Oystercatcher (Mark Ward)
Great Abington - Little Ringed Plover 13:00h (BirdGuides)
Kings Dyke NR - Jack Snipe, 5 Snipe, Redshank (Phil Parker)
Tuesday, 23 march
Paxton Pits - Little Ringed Plover, Wheatear, Greenshank, 15 Ringed Plovers, 2 Common Sandpipers 150+ Sand Martins (Martin Smith); Swallow over allotments in Little Paxton (Martin Davis)
St. Ives - Barn Owl road casualty on the ring road this morning, live Buzzard between Toseland & Croxton (Duncan McNiven)
Cambridge - Blackcap & Chiffchaff singing in Trumpington this morning (James Hanlon)
Monks Wood - f Hawfinch at the southern end of the wood but elusive & unpredictable, also 2 Bramblings seen today, 8 yesterday (Rich Broughton)
Ickleton - c.60 Golden Plover (Jack Harrison)
Monday, 22 March
Cambridge - Grey Wagtail on Coe Fen by Garden House Hotel (Kevin Harris)
Paxton Pits - Short-eared Owl, 130 Sand Martins, 2 redhead Goosanders, f Ruddy Duck, 3 Dunlin, 16 Ringed Plovers, Green Sandpiper, 20 Chiffchaffs (Julian Hughes)
Ferry Meadows - 2 Brambling near Sailing Centre this morning (Don Gardener)
Ouse Washes - ad f Peregrine frequenting the Singing Washes, c.700 Whooper Swans, 2000+ Black-tailed Godwits, 100+ Ruff, 12 Dunlin, 30+ Golden Plovers, 6 Oystercatchers, 7 Goldeneyes, c.20 Tree Sparrows, 10 Corn Buntings (Mark Ward)
Sunday, 21 March
Ouse Washes - 13 Sand Martins, Peregrine, c.400 Black-tailed Godwits, Barn Owl (Peter Herkenrath)
Farcet Fen - male Brambling (Steve Dudley)
Paxton Pits - Red kite, Buzzard, 2 Curlews, Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, male Wheatear, 180 Sand Martins, Green Sandpiper, 20 Chiffchaffs, Yellow-legged Gull, 4 Shelduck, male Ruddy Duck, possible Willow Warbler (Andy Harrold, Julian Hughes, Neal Parkin, Ray Presley, Gary Rawlings, Jamie Wells)
Ferry Meadows - Woodcock & 2 Water Rails near Presst Hide (Mike Weedon)
Elton - Peregrine, 20 Fieldfares, Redwing (Brian Stone)
Fen Drayton - 25+ Sand Martins, Chiffchaff, 65+ Fieldfares over west, 68 Goldeneyes on Moore Lake & others elsewhere, redhead Goosander, 5 Ruddy Ducks (Mark Eaton)
Saturday, 20 March
Paxton Pits - Goosander (redhead), female Wheatear, 3 Dunlins, Yellow-legged Gull, 50+ Sand Martins, 30 Fieldfares (Neal Parkin/Jamie Wells)
Grafham Water - imm. GLAUCOUS GULL 14:30h in field opposite Savages Hide (BirdCall)
Bainton Pits - 6 Sand Martins (Malcolm Holley)
Woodwalton Fen - Merlin, Chiffchaff, 3 Marsh Tits, Treecreeper, Siskin over, 5 Corn Buntings on roadside wires on way back up approach road (Brian Stone)
Peterborough - 8 WAXWINGS at Thorpe Hall end of Thorpe Park Road until this afternoon at least (Hilary & David Cromack)
Friday, 19 March
Cambridge - Kingfisher along Brooklands Avenue this morning (James Hanlon)
Fowlmere - Wheatear 11:45h (BirdGuides)
Paxton Pits - Sand Martin past visitor centre 12:05h (Jim Stevenson); 18 Sand Martins, 2 Dunlin, 8 Redshank, 6 Ringed Plover (Martin Davis)
Peterborough - 8 WAXWINGS at junction of Thorpe Road and Thorpe Park Road 15:30h (Hilary Cromack)
Monks Wood - Hawfinch reported at southern margin (as per Rich Broughton)
Werrington, Car Dyke - m Brambling, 2 Green Sandpipers, Little Egret (Tony Parker)
Thursday, 18 March
Peterborough - c.20 WAXWINGS in front gardens along Thorpe Park Road 09:00-09:55h at least (Rachel & Peter Beesley)
Ferry Meadows - 2 Sand Martins over Gunwade Lake, m Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, 1st winter Mediterranean Gull on Overton Lake & 9 Redshanks on Heron Meadow this morning (Steve Dudley)
Elton - 6 Siskin in a private garden, with up to 12 in recent days, also a Grey Wagtail (David Housden)
Fowlmere - 3 Chiffchaffs singing, Snipe (Ian Dodd)
Jolly Bankers Bridge - Short-eared Owl, c.1000 Black-tailed Godwits (David Griffiths)
Wednesday, 17 March
Nene Washes - pair of Wheatears at Eldernell, f Stonechat, 4 Marsh Harriers, 2+ Merlin, 2 + Peregrines, some Snipe now drumming (Jonathan Taylor)
Paxton Pits - 2 Little Ringed Plovers, Blackcap, 5+ Chiffchaffs singing, 2 m Wheatears, 2 Green Sandpipers, 5 Snipe (Martin Davis)
Peterborough - Chiffchaff in song by the swimming pool 07:00h (Martin Coates)
Cambridge - Chiffchaff singing on Barton Road 09:00h (Vince Lea)
Ellington - Red Kite over 09:13h (Mark Hill)
Ely - 3 Sand Martins west over Roswell Pits 12:40h (Paul Atkinson)
Kingfishers Bridge - 5 Sand Martins this afternoon (Bruce Martin)
Monks Wood - 2 Chiffchaffs singing, 2 Woodcock, Buzzard, 150 Fieldfares over (Rich Broughton)
Grafham Water - Red-necked Grebe in north-east corner of lagoons, 4 f Scaup, 6 Goosanders, Dunlin, Buzzard (Mark Hawkes)
Tuesday, 16 March
Paxton Pits - f Garganey on Island Pit 08:45h (Martin Smith); 3 Goosanders, 17 Black-tailed Godwits, 10 Ringed Plovers, 2+ Dunlin, 4 Redshanks, 4 Oystercatchers, 2 Buzzards, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker heard (Martin Davis)
Ouse Washes - ad m Mealy Redpoll at seed by the centre briefly, 10 Bramblings, Willow Tit, 24 Tree Sparrows, ad f Peregrine, ad Yellow-legged Gull in roost, 2 Sand Martins over, c.220 Whooper Swans, 60 Ruff, 40 Black-tailed Godwits, 8 Dunlin, 10 Golden Plover (Mark Ward)
Farcet Fen - m Brambling (Toadsnatcher photos here), Buzzard (Steve Dudley)
Arrington - m & f Bramblings (Jim Lawrence)
Bainton Pits - Sand Martin 06:45h (Richard Astle)
Grafham Water - 3 Goosanders, 4 Scaup still present, Chiffchaff singing near the Lagoons (Bruce & Gwen Martin)
In `the West of the county` - 5 Buzzards displaying (Bruce & Gwen Martin)
Nene Washes - 4 marsh Harriers, 2 Peregrines, 2 Merlins, c.6000 Golden Plovers, Water Pipit (Jonathan Taylor)
Waresley - Barn Owl on the north side of the village 18:20h (Duncan McNiven)
Hardwick - 60+ Yellowhammers roosted in hedge at TL382586 (Vince Lea)
Monday, 15 March
Abbotsley - m Wheatear this morning (David Buckingham); showing from the minor road between Abbotsley & Croxton (Jim Lawrence; photo here); 2 Buzzards from the road between Gamlingay and Abbotsley Golf Club (Jamie Wells)
Little Shelford - Tawny Owl (Peter Bircham)
Sunday, 14 March
Godmanchester GP - female Scaup still present and showing well with Tufted Ducks on fishing pit by car park, Green Sandpiper, 8 Goldeneyes (Mark Ward)
Meadow Lane GP - 2 Sand Martins feeding low over main pit for c.5 minutes at c.17.50h (Mark Ward)
Grafham Water - Red-necked Grebe off S part of dam mid-afternoon, also a Ringed Plover half way along dam (Paul Atkinson); ad winter Red-necked Grebe, 4 f Scaup, 2m & 4 f Goosanders present this evening (Mark Hawkes)
Wicken Fen - Peregrine on Bakers Fen 11:00h (Kevin Harris)
Paxton Pits - m Stonechat on east side of Island Pit this morning (Gary Rawlings)
Saturday, 13 March
Grafham Water - 2 ad. Kittiwakes, Red-necked Grebe, 4 f Scaup, m & 3f Goosanders, 5 Ruddy Ducks, 2 Dunlins, Buzzard, 3 Siskins (Mark Hawkes, Jono Leadley); 3 Oystercatchers (Colin Addington).
Godmanchester GP - f Scaup, Green Sandpiper (Mark Hawkes, Jono Leadley)
Buckden GP - f Ferruginous Duck hybrid, 2 Ruddy Ducks (Mark Hawkes)
Cambridge - 2 Buzzards over West Cambridge (Jono Leadley)
Ouse Washes RSPB - m Garganey, 445 Black-tailed Godwits, 20+ Dunlin, 27 Whooper Swans, all from Rickwood and Welches Dam Hides, Barn Owl near Halfway Hide, 5 Tree Sparrows & 12 Corn Buntings at the Visitor Centre (Peter Herkenrath)
Thursday, 11 March
Needingworth - SIBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF 12:30h (BirdGuides)
Dogsthorpe, Star Pit - 1st winter ICELAND GULL c.13:15h (Phil Todd)
Kings Dyke NR - Jack Snipe, 2 Snipe, Kingfisher (Phil Parker)
Wednesday, 10 March
Prior`s Fen - redhead Smew, 6 Goldeneyes, 3 Snipe (Brian Stone)
Dogsthorpe, Star Pit - ad Yellow-legged Gull, 3 Redshanks, 2 Snipe, 53 Whooper Swans over north c.08:40h (Brian Stone)
Tuesday, 9 March
Hemmingford Abbots - ad Peregrine over the A14 turn-off 09:20h (Rich Broughton)
Monks Wood - Buzzard 09:30h; also in the wood 5+ Nuthatches, 4 Bullfinches, 40+ Marsh Tits (Rich Broughton)
Orton BP - 9 Goldeneyes, f Smew, 21 Pochard, Oystercatcher, 2 Kingfishers (Brian Stone)
Dogsthorpe, Star Pit - 1st winter ICELAND GULL until it headed off east at 09:30h, ad Mediterranean Gull with rings on each leg (Kevin Du Rose)
Ouse Washes - `several` SNOW BUNTINGS reported in the large ploughed field at the south end this morning (Barbara York) have not been relocated subsequently (John Oates)
Haddenham Long Drove - f Brambling with 21 Chaffinches, pair of Grey Partridge, Little Owl (Jim Lawrence)
Wicken Fen - Bittern from Brett`s Hide, Water Rail, no sign of Tawny Owl from Harrison`s Drove (John Oates)
Grafham Water - Red-necked Grebe off Church Lane (Mark Hawkes)
Monday, 8 March
Paxton Pits - 3+ Dunlin, 3+ Redshanks, 5 Snipe, 4 Ringed Plover, 7 Shelduck, 1500 Lapwings, Barnacle Goose (Martin Davis)
Sunday, 7 March
Needingworth - SIBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF at 10:20h opposite sewage farm in cypress line with tops removed, before flying across the road to feed in the roadside ditch. Also 2 Chiffchaffs and a Goldcrest (Monica & Owen Marks)
Ouse Washes Visitor Centre - 4 Yellowhammers, 15 Bramblings, 20 Tree Sparrows, 7 Corn Buntings (Robert Coleman)
Woodwalton Fen - 6 Lesser Redpolls in with about 40 Siskins in small mixed flocks in Alders throughout the Woodland, fem Stonechat (Jim Law & Duncan Coates)
Cottenham, Long Drove - adult Kittiwake on the new pool (Jim Law, Duncan Coates, James Hanlon)
Saturday, 6 March
Fen Drayton - redhead Smew, Little Owl, 2 Egyptian Geese, c.20 Snipe (Richard Allison)
Ouse Washes - Short-eared Owl & Barn Owl 18:00hrs between Cadbury and Stevens Hides, also a single Golden Plover over heading west (Robert Coleman)
Paxton Pits - 34 Bewick's Swans, 2 Buzzards, Chiffchaff, 16 Golden Plovers, Green Sandpiper, 4 Shelducks, 2 Oystercatchers, 4 Ringed Plovers (Ray Presley & Martin Davis)
Grafham Water - 4 female Scaups were showing well between the Dam and Plummer Car Park, also 30 Common Goldeneye, 453 Great Crested Grebes feeding off the dam (Lee Evans)
Woodwalton Fen failed to produce the hoped-for wintering Garganey, but 2 Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers and 4 Marsh Tits (Lee Evans)
Needingworth - SIBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF was showing extremely well in the ditch-side vegetation alongside Needingworth Sewage Works all afternoon, as well as 3 Common Chiffchaffs (Lee Evans)
Friday, 5 March
Ouse Washes RSPB - 1st winter/1st summer Caspian Gull & 1st winter/1st summer and 2nd winter/2nd summer Yellow-legged Gulls in roost from Cottier Hide, Grey Plover calling several times at Cottier Hide, Ringed Plover flew north-east, Short-eared Owl hunting just north of Cottier Hide (Mark Ward)
Cottenham Long Drove - 2nd c.y. Caspian Gull, 3+ Yellow-legged gulls and a Curlew (John & James Oates)
Grafham Water - 4 female Scaup off the dam.(John & James Oates)
Godmanchester GP - fem Scaup on the fishing pit north of the car park (John & James Oates)
Needingworth - 3+ Bramblings (including a near sum plum male) with 200+ Reed Buntings along road to Pike & eel, also Chiffchaff (John & James Oates)
Eldernell - Hen Harrier (Peter Farbridge)
Thursday, 4 March
Longthorpe, Thorpe Hall - 10 WAXWINGS in poplars at the start of the drive 10:00h (Peter & Rachel Beesley); but not relocated this afternoon (Martin Coates)
Godmanchester, Cow Lane GPs - 2 1st winter Yellow-legged Gulls, 3 Pink-footed Geese amongst Greylags, 2 Oystercatchers, Grey Wagtail (Jim Lawrence)
March Farmers - 2 Short-eared Owls (Peter Farbridge)
Farcet Fen - ad m Merlin this morning (Steve Dudley)
Wednesday, 3 March
Grafham Water - Jack Snipe (photo here) showing well from Lagoons Hide (Mark Hawkes)
Milton - Lesser Spotted Woodpecker alongside the A10 this morning (Mark Eaton)
Melbourn - Buzzard over c.13:50h (Guy Manners)
From Monday, 1 March: Paxton Pits - Fulmar reported over Washout Pit (via Martin Davis, unknown observer)
Tuesday, 2 March
Needingworth - SIBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF 12:50h (BirdGuides)
Grafham Water - Red-necked Grebe, 4 f Scaup, Jack Snipe from Lagoons Hide, Bearded Tit, 4 Goosanders, 6 Ruddy Duck, 5 Snipe, 2 Lesser Redpolls (Mark Hawkes)
Dogsthorpe, Star Pit - ad summer Mediterranean Gull, no sign of the Iceland Gull (Tony Stones, Peter Clements)
Orton BP - 20 Goldeneyes, 35 Great Crested Grebes, 11 Little Grebes, 41 Wigeon, 12 Pochard, 6 Bullfinches (Brian Stone)
Padholme Pumping Station - Green Sandpiper, 6 Redshank, Oystercatcher, 2 Grey Wagtails (Brian Stone)
Fen Drayton - 3 Smew on Windsurfing Pit, f Goosander & Ringed Plover on Moore Lake (Will George)
Great Raveley - Merlin 11:30h (BirdGuides)
Woodwalton Fen - Garganey 10:00h (BirdGuides)
Cambridge - Buzzard over Perne Road 15:34h (Vicky Harley)
Sawston - Buzzard over 16:30h (Martin Leader)
Monday, 1 March
Dogsthorpe, Star Pit - 1st winter ICELAND GULL 13:30h, also Grey Wagtail (Brian Stone)
Orton BP - 2 redhead Smew, 8 Goldeneyes, Little Owl (Howard Butler)
Cambridge, Harvey Goodwin Avenue - Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Sean Rouse)
Kings Dyke BP - Jack Snipe (Brian Stone)
Peterborough - Peregrine over Bretton Centre 14:35h (Mike Weedon)
Cambridge, Baits Bite Lock - pair Grey Wagtails this lunchtime (Clive Sinclair)
Needingworth - no sign of the SIBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF13:00h-16:00h, 3 Chiffchaffs present (Owen Marks)
Cambridge - c.120 Golden Plover roosted in a field behind Addenbrookes, Little Owl calling near the old railway cutting in Trumpington (Pete Holt)
Blackcaps reported: m in Windsor Road, Cambridge; m & 2f present throughout the winter in Birdwood Road, Cambridge; Bentinck Road, Cambridge over the last few days only; a garden in Lode over several days recently.
Sunday, 29 February
Needingworth - SIBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF (Peter Herkenrath, Dave Deboo); flock comprising 350 Reed Buntings, 30 Yellowhammers & 5 Bramblings but no sign of the Siberian Chiffchaff this afternoon (David Buckingham)
Grafham Water - FULMAR (Mark Hawkes); 2 Little Egrets, Bearded Tit calling at the lagoons, 3 fem Scaup, Pintail, 7 Goosander (Jono Leadley); Woodcock (Mark Piercey)
Dogsthorpe, Star Pit - ICELAND GULL present all day (Kevin Du Rose)
Kings Dyke BP - Woodlark singing c.16:00h (Kevin Du Rose); not relocated after 16:30 (Brian Stone)
Littleport, Four Balls Farm - 2 Short-eared Owls, 2 Barn Owls, Merlin and a female Sparrowhawk (Jim Lawrence)
Fen Drayton - 4 Smew on Swavesey Lake, f Goosander on river, Bittern over Holywell Pit & Water Rail calling this morning, f Goosander & 2 pairs of Ruddy Duck on Moore lake this afternoon (Dave Anderson)
Whittlesea - Woodlark c.TL252982 (Brian Stone)
Cambridge - f Tawny Owl calling near Cherry Hinton Pits (Pete Holt)
Saturday, 28 February
Needingworth - SIBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF. Further on down the road towards the Pike & Eel a large flock 200+ buntings, mainly Reeds but also some Yellowhammers, Chaffinches, Goldfinches and at least two Brambling (Jem Holding & Dave Anderson)
Dogsthorpe, Star Pit - ICELAND GULL (Kevin Du Rose & Mike Weedon)
Cottenham, Long Drove - 1st winter GLAUCOUS GULL 13:00-13:25h, also Yellow-legged Gull (Mark Ward)
Maxey Pits - 31 Goosander including 11 drakes (Mike Weedon)
Wicken Fen - Tawny Owl roosting by Harrison`s Drove 15:00h, from Tower Hide 3 Hen Harriers & Bittern in to roost, also Bittern in from the east 18:05h (Alan Wadsworth, Guy Manners)
Paxton Pits - 2m Goosanders, 2 Shelducks, Water Rail, Redshank, 22 Snipe, Chiffchaff (Jamie Wells)
Friday, 27 February
Needingworth - SIBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF (BirdGuides)
Cottenham, Long Drove - 1st winter GLAUCOUS GULL in the gull flock by the tip 14:00h, a pair of Shelduck on the new lake, f Merlin (Jim Lawrence) GLAUCOUS GULL present 15:05h (BirdGuides)
Thursday, 26 February
Needingworth - SIBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF (photos here) showing very well this morning in the ditch on the left of the road to the Pike & Eel, just past the sewage works, 2 nominate Chiffchaffs also present (Mark Telfer); calling occasionally (Mark Ward); still showing well 16:55h (Mark Hawkes)
Ferry Meadows - f Scaup on Overton lake this morning (Don Gardener, Matt Webb); present until 13:30h at least, although usually asleep & tucked into the bank near the boat trip pontoon. Photos one & two (Brian Stone)
Orton BP - 2 redhead Smew this morning (Brian Stone)
Godmanchester, Cow Lane GPs - f Scaup on the fishing pit north of the CP (John Oates)
Fen Drayton - 2 redhead Smew on Far Fen Lake (John Oates)
Cottenham, Long Drove - GLAUCOUS GULL (BirdGuides)
Dogsthorpe, Star Pit - ICELAND GULL 17:10h (Kevin Du Rose)
Grafham Water - ad Mediterranean Gull off lagoons from 16:50h (Colin Addington)
Wicken Fen - Tawny Owl (John Oates)
Monks Wood - pair of Mandarin over (Rich Broughton)
Prior`s Fen - Ringed Plover, Dunlin, Redshank, c.40 Golden Plovers, 4 Goldeneyes (Brian Stone)
Wednesday, 25 February
Needingworth - SIBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF present 14:50h at the sewage works at TL349719 Park in the village and walk west along Overcote Lane to view. The bird has apparently been present for about 2 weeks (Bob Frost, Owen marks, John Oates)
Castor Hanglands - HAWFINCH present c.08:00h; take main track west past ponds to large clearing, then bridleway south for 200 yards to view trees left of 5-barred gate (Ian Delgado)
Cottenham, Long Drove - 1st winter GLAUCOUS GULL early afternoon (John Oates)
Swaffham Prior Fen - 2 Whooper Swans (John Oates)
Tuesday, 24 February
Hooks Mill - 2 Buzzards & c.300 Golden Plover in the area this morning (Jim Lawrence)
Cottenham, Long Drove - 1st winter GLAUCOUS GULL, also the presumed Glaucous x Herring Gull hybrid (John Oates)
Ferry Meadows - 20+ Siskins by Overton Lake at lunchtime (Chris Monk)
Monday, 23 February
Flag Fen - Little Egret near Halfpenny Toll alongside Willow Hall Lane at about TL235997 this lunchtime (Brian Stone)
Cottenham, Long Drove - 1st winter GLAUCOUS GULL, 4+ Yellow-legged Gulls, presumed Glaucous x Herring Gull hybrid this afternoon (John Oates)
Wicken Fen - f + 2m Hen Harriers, Barn Owl, Merlin, m Stonechat this afternoon, also m Peregrine reported this morning (Colin Kirtland)
Pics of the Woodwalton Fen Garganey & the 1st winter Iceland Gull by Jim Lawrence are on the `Photos` page. Photos of some species observed recently at the PBC gallery also.
Sunday, 22 February
Paxton Pits - 1 redhead Smew, 13 Goosanders (9 males), 12 Siskins, 2 Ringed Plovers, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, male and female Brambling reported (c/o Julian Hughes)
River Ouse at Godmanchester - leucistic Black-headed Gull, Grey Wagtail (Paul Andrew)
Dogsthorpe, Star Pit - 1st winter Mediterranean Gull (Kevin Du Rose)
Saturday, 21 February
A1 a few miles north of Sawtry - Red Kite (Paul Andrew)
Paxton Pits - 90 Linnets, 15 Goosanders (10 males), 3+ Ringed Plovers, 2 Shelducks (c/o Julian Hughes)
Milton - 2nd w ICELAND GULL reported today at Milton in field N of Butt Lane (RBA), although this may be a mistaken ID of Friday`s 1st winter.
Cottenham, Long Drove - 1st winter GLAUCOUS GULL (Richard Thomas)
Castor - HAWFINCH, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker drumming and calling but not seen, Nuthatch, Marsh Tit (Josh Jones)
Eldernell - Buzzard, male Marsh Harrier, 2 Stonechat, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 30 Redshank (Gordon Hamlett); Merlin, Water Pipit, 60 Dunlin, 60 Ruff also reported
Woodwalton Fen - m Garganey, some Redpolls with 50+ Siskin flock (Dave Deboo)
Friday, 20 February
Fen Drayton - 2 redhead Smew, 6 Redpoll (Paul Rule)
Great Chishill - Tawny Owl calling regularly even during the day, e.g. today at 13:30h (Jack Harrison)
Milton Tip - 1st winter ICELAND GULL c.09:30h (John Oates); still present 10:40h (BirdGuides)
Cottenham, Long Drove - 1st winter GLAUCOUS GULL in flight over the tip late morning, also 2 1st winter Yellow-legged Gulls (John Oates)
Eye Tip - 1stwinter GLAUCOUS GULL viewable from Willow Hall Lane (Brian Stone)
Farcet Fen - Little Egret in flight along Kings Delph Drove c.15:35h (Steve Dudley)
From Saturday, 14 February: Ely - Common Swift (BirdGuides weekly digest)
Thursday, 19 February
Woodwalton Fen - m Garganey, 50-100 Siskins, Lesser Redpoll, Woodcock (Katie Fuller et al.); Garganey still showing from 15:30h, also Water Rail taking an angler`s loose-fed maggots (Jim Lawrence)
Holme Fen - c.50 Siskins, f Goldeneye (Mike Weedon et al.
Castor Hanglands - HAWFINCH present this afternoon. Enter the site from the 'main entrance' (along the track, past the barrier and shed), walk westwards past the ponds until you reach the large clearing. Follow the bridleway south for a short way. We saw the bird fairly well at about TF117013. Wellies essential, it's probably best not to leave your car by the road, either. Map here: http://tinyurl.com/29ooy , also 2 Buzzards present (Mike Weedon, Katie Fuller et al.
Monks Wood - 2 Woodcock, several singing Marsh Tits, 4 Nuthatches, a dozen Siskins, but Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers not located 09:30-14:30h (Jim Lawrence)
Grafham Water - 4 f Scaup along the dam early evening (Mark Hawkes)
Soham Great Fen - f Merlin, 85 Corn Buntings, 150 Golden Plovers, 2 Bramblings (Peter Bullett)
Ferry Meadows - m Brambling, Kingfisher, 60+ Golden Plovers over (Don Gardener)
Cottenham, Long Drove - 1st winter GLAUCOUS GULL c.14:15h (Bruce Martin et al.); present again at 16:10h, also ad Mediterranean Gull 16:00h (John Oates & Will Miles)
Wicken Fen - 3 Hen Harriers, 2 Bitterns, m Merlin (John Oates & Will Miles)
Prior`s Fen - 8 Bewick`s Swans, 5 Goldeneyes, f Smew (Brian Stone)
Wednesday, 18 February
Cottenham, Long Drove - 1st winter GLAUCOUS GULL 14:30h, also ad Mediterranean Gull & 3 Yellow-legged Gulls (John Oates)
Monks Wood - f Lesser Spotted Woodpecker in tit flock near Bevil`s gate (Rich Broughton)
Ouse Washes RSPB - 35 Tree Sparrows, 17 Corn Buntings, 2 Goldeneyes, 3 yellow-legged Gulls, Barn Owl (Mark Ward)
Tuesday, 17 February
Monks Wood - f Lesser Spotted Woodpecker early afternoon (Rich Broughton)
Isleham - m Merlin nearby at TL652732 this morning (Dave Palmer)
Monday, 16 February
Sutton Gault - pair Goldeneyes, f Brambling (Mark Peck)
Paxton Pits - m & 2 redhead Smew on A1 North, Common Sandpiper on island in Sailing Lake this afternoon (Jim Lawrence)
Farcet Fen - Little Egret seen in flight a couple of times in the Plough Inn area late this afternoon (Steve Dudley)
Cambridge, Stourbridge Common - Tawny Owl roosting in a private garden (Bruce & Gwen Martin)
Grafham Water - 4 Scaup, 7 Goosanders, Dunlin (Colin Addington)
Wicken Fen - 2 Barn Owls & 2 Hen Harriers over Adventurer`s Fen, also Tawny Owl roosting (Dave Griffiths)
Castor Hanglands - Crossbill & Siskin over, 2 Tawny Owls calling, `loads` of Bullfinches singing (Mike Weedon)
Dogsthorpe, Star Pit - 5 Redshanks, Green Sandpiper (Brian Stone, Mike Weedon)
Sunday, 15 February
Castor Hanglands, Lady Wood - HAWFINCH atop an ash tree c.12:00h at about grid ref TF118013 (Katie Fuller)
Grafham Water - 3 f Scaup, c.100 Great Crested Grebes, 25 Goldeneyes, 45 Tufted Ducks (Jono Leadley); ad winter Mediterranean Gull in roost off Mander CP, 5 Goosanders, 4 Redshanks (Mark Ward)
Paxton Pits - 3 Whooper Swans over Paxton moorings mid afternoon, Grey Wagtail & Common Sandpiper on the sailing lake (Roger Hughes); 2 m Goosanders & m Ruddy Duck on Heronry North, Grey Wagtail along the moorings (Jamie Wells)
Woodwalton Fen - drake Garganey on Rothschild`s Mere (David Deboo)
Northey Fen GP - Bittern near the Millennium Bridge (Kevin Du Rose)
Eldernell - f Brambling around feeders (Steve Dudley & Katie Fuller)
Eye Tip - 1st winter ICELAND GULL present in fields north of the Tanholt footpath briefly 09:50h, HOODED CROW visible on the edge of the tip (Steve Dudley, Kevin Du Rose, Katie Fuller)
Willow Hall Lane end of Prior`s Fen - 3 Buzzards flying together (Steve Dudley, Kevin Du Rose, Katie Fuller)
Ferry Meadows - 2 Bramblings, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker calling, 50 Redwings (Josh Jones & Will Bowell)
Coton - 350 Fieldfares, 2 Cormorants over (Louise bacon)
Cantelupe Reservoir - 6 Pochard, 16 Tufted Duck, 2 Gadwall, Barn Owl at dusk (Louise Bacon)
Jolly Bankers - Peregrine, Sparrowhawk, Short-eared Owl (Mark Peck)
Fen Drayton - 4 Smew (Jono Leadley)
Saturday, 14 February
Cow Lane, Godmanchester GPs - 1st winter ICELAND GULL, 2 Yellow-legged Gulls, 3+ Chiffchaffs, 2 Lesser Redpolls, 2 Grey Wagtails, 2 Egyptian Geese, Green Sandpiper, Oystercatcher (Richard Patient)
Black Horse Drove - CETTI`S WARBLER singing (but not seen) from E bank of River Great Ouse just South of Black Horse Drove, approx grid ref TL599908 (Paul Atkinson)
Milking Nook - 2 Little Egrets, Green Sandpiper (Brian Stone)
Thursday, 12 February
Cow Lane, Godmanchester GPs - 1st winter ICELAND GULL west end of main pit (John Oates)
Grafham Water - a markedly pale 1st winter ICELAND GULL 16:30-17:20h at least, also 4 Goosanders (Mark Hawkes, Colin Addington)
Sixteen Foot Drain - f Scaup still present, just NE of the B1099 turn to March (Mark Ward)
Farcet Fen - f Goldeneye, 7 Grey Partridges, f Merlin (Steve Dudley)
Wednesday, 11 February
Kings Dyke NR - 4 Jack Snipe this afternoon (George Walthew)
Ouse Washes RSPB - Short-eared Owl & ad Mediterranean Gull from Churchman`s Hide 16:23h onwards, Yellow-legged Gull in roost, 2 Barn Owls, 4 Ruff over, 120 Whooper Swans, 4 Tree Sparrows (Mark Ward)
Monks Wood - pair of Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers early afternoon (Rich Broughton)
Cambridge - pair of Mandarin by Jesus Lock this morning (Jim Lawrence)
Tuesday, 10 February
A belated and unconfirmed report: AMERICAN ROBIN near Old Hurst just after Christmas, in a bush by the T-junction between Woodhurst & the A141 (John Oates)
Fen Drayton - m & 2 redhead Smew on Far Fen Lake this morning (John Oates)
Swaffham Prior Fen - 2 Whooper Swans (John Oates)
Prior`s Fen - HOODED CROW at the western end, viewed from Will Hall Lane (Peter Farbridge); Ringed Plover, Dunlin, f Smew, 7 Goldeneyes, Shelduck early morning, f Merlin over the western end at lunchtime (Brian Stone)
Wicken Fen - Bittern (BirdGuides)
Anwalton - 300+ Golden Plover nearby at TL960128, 08:00h (Tony Stones)
Monday, 9 February
Dogsthorpe Tip - HOODED CROW (Steve Dudley)
Ouse Washes RSPB - c.400 Whooper Swans, 3 Barn Owls, 8 Tree Sparrows, 11 Water Pipits roosted in Welches Dam Triangle (Mark Ward)
Grafham Water - 4 f Scaup off Plummer CP, 2 Yellow-legged Gulls. m Mandarin, Tawny Owl at dusk (Mark Hawkes)
Nene washes - 98 Whooper Swans, 739 Bewick`s Swans, 10330 Wigeon, 43330 Teal, 2730 Pintail (Jonathan Taylor)
March Farmers - 305 Ruff, 226 Black-tailed Godwits, 288 Redshanks, 2 Peregrines, Buzzard, Marsh Harrier (Jonathan Taylor)
Badlingham Manor - c.10 Tree Sparrows with yellowhammers (Rick Warren)
Sunday, 8 February
2 Little Egrets (Toadsnatcher photos) feeding in dyke by B1443 between Peakirk & Newborough, TF189066, at 13:30h (Steve Dudley & Katie Fuller)
Godmanchester GP - 3 Shelducks, Green Sandpiper, 2 Redshanks, 2 Siskins (Richard Patient)
Grafham Water - Caspian Gull, 1 adult in the roost from 15:30h, 3 adult & 2 2nd winter Yellow-legged Gulls, Pintail, 3 Scaup, 2 Ruddy Duck, 3 Mandarin, 3 Dunlin, Siskin (Jono Leadley & Mark Hawkes)
Saturday, 7 February
Grafham Water - 2 Common Buzzards, 6 Goosanders, 2nd c.y. Glaucous Gull, 4 Yellow-legged Gulls (Steve Cooper, Richard Patient); 3 Scaups still present (Colin Addington)
Sixteen Foot Drain - f Scaup between Bedlam Bridge & Chapel of Ease Farm (Jem Holding)
Fen Drayton - 2 redhead Smew on Far Fen Lake, Bittern showing well on Oxholme Lake at 16:20h, still there at 17:25h, & in a wet field southeast of Far Fen Lake 70+ Dunlin with hundreds of Golden Plover and Lapwing (Peter Herkenrath)
Little Egret today across the A15 today flying NE towards Glinton (Mat Webb)
Ferry Meadows - 2 Bramblings near the Water Sports Centre (Mat Webb)
Maxey Pits - Ringed Plover on slurry pit, 8 Goosanders on old sailing pit (Malcolm Holley)
Little Paxton - 8 Ringed Plovers on Pump House Pit, male Smew on Heronry South, male Goosander on Wash Out pit (Neal Parkin)
St. Neots - Goosander South Side of River Bridge 15:00h
Wimpole - a single flock of 8 Bullfinches & another flock of 10 Siskin in a plantation west of the estate (Louise Bacon)
Friday, 6 February
Peterborough - Siskin at Orton Southgate Business Park this lunchtime (Tony Stones)
Orton BP - 2 redhead Smew, 7 Goldeneyes, 14 Snipe (Brian Stone)
Sixteen Foot Drain - f Scaup between Bedlam Bridge & Chapel of Ease Farm (Ian Barton)
Grunty Fen - Barn Owl TL483766 (Owen & Monica Marks)
West Fen Road - Little Egret, Barn Owl, 44 Corn Buntings TL527810 (Owen & Monica Marks)
Chrishall Grange - Barn Owl just south of here at TL444413 (Jack Harrison)
Thursday, 5 February
Prior`s Fen - f Smew, 3 Goldeneyes (Brian Stone)
Swaffham Prior Fen - 2 Whooper Swans & c.2000 Golden Plovers, including an aberrant bird with a pale head and seemingly plain brown upperparts (John Oates)
Paxton - Common Buzzard over Sailing Lake, m & f Smew on Sailing Lake, m Smew on Heron Lake, m & f Goosanders on Weedy Pit (Paul Rule); 8 Grey Wagtails by the river bridge in Little Paxton (Martin Davis)
Wednesday, 4 February
Dogsthorpe, Star Pit - 1st winter ICELAND GULL at 13:35h briefly, before all c.6000 gulls disturbed by firecrackers. Not relocated in the surrounding area and had not returned by 14:00h. Along Willow Hall Lane, 2 Buzzards, Peregrine, 18 Stock Doves, 11 Golden Plovers (Steve Dudley)
Wicken Fen - 9 Pintail & Peregrine on Baker`s Fen until 12:45h at least, Bittern from Brett`s Hide (John Oates)
Swaffham Prior Fen - 2 Whooper Swans. The male died last week (John Oates)
Peterborough - Little Egret in front of IKEA warehouse 08:45h (Howard Butler); Little Egret at southern end of Drain Road at lunchtime (Brian Stone)
Ouse Washes RSPB - 8 confiding Bramblings coming to seed behind visitor centre & 14 Tree Sparrows (Mark Ward)
The Purple Swamphen - at Overcote from 28-31 January at least (P. M. Warrington)
Tuesday, 3 February
Paxton Pits - Chiffchaff, 6 Goosanders on Heronry North & Wash Pits (John Hoppett)
Monday, 2 February
Ouse Washes - 250 Whooper Swans behind Rickwood Hide, 2 Yellow-legged Gulls in roost from Welches dam Hide, Little Egret high over Welches Dam Hide heading north-east16:53h (Mark Ward)
The Iceland & Glaucous Gulls seen recently in the vicinity of Prior`s Fen are both 1st winter birds and likely the same as those seen at the Eyebrook roost (Steve Dudley)
Sunday, 1 February
Prior`s Fen - no sign of Iceland or Glaucous Gulls this afternoon, 222 Bewick`s Swans, 2 Peregrines, one of which resembles strongly the North African race brookei (Steve Dudley et al.)
Kings Dyke NR - Jack Snipe (Phil Parker)
Eldernell - Siskin, 5 Yellowhammers around the feeding station, Peregrine (Steve Gann)
Saturday, 31 January
Prior`s Fen - ICELAND GULL viewed from Willow Hall Lane, 1st winter GLAUCOUS GULL (Toadsnatcher photos) present also, but this flew off over towards the pits at Prior`s Fen at 15:55h (Matt Francis) ICELAND GULL with the swans on the fen at 16:30h (Kevin Du Rose)
Ouse Washes - 2 Tundra Bean Geese, still in fields behind Welches Dam hide, with hundreds of Whooper and Bewick`s Swans, at least 6 Bramblings & 12 Tree Sparrows (Mark Hawkes & Jono Leadley)
Grafham Water - 1st winter Caspian Gull, ad Yellow-legged Gull (Mark Hawkes & Jono Leadley)
Friday, 30 January
Prior`s Fen - 1st winter GLAUCOUS GULL nearby, in a field off Willow Hall Lane late morning (Peter Farbridge); still present 12:45h at about TF243007 (Katie Fuller et al.)
Ouse Washes - 2 Tundra Bean Geese with wild swans behind Rickwood Hide, Yellow-legged gull & 2 Water Pipits roosted near Welches Dam Hide, 45 Black-tailed Godwits over south-west (Mark Ward)
Godmanchester GP - ad Mediterranean Gull with green colour ring on right leg (Steve Cooper)
Thursday, 29 January
Godmanchester - Buzzard between Godmanchester and Offord Cluny 08:15h (Stuart Elsom)
Orton BP - redhead Smew, 8+ Goldeneyes, 6 Dabchicks, 20+ Wigeon (Matt Francis)
Padholme Pumping Station - 18 Redshanks, 2 Grey Wagtails (Brian Stone)
Fen Drayton - at least 17 Smew on Far Fen Lake today, also m Brambling (John Oates); Bittern in the reeds on Holywell Lake 15:55pm (Bruce & Gwen Martin)
Grafham Water - 2 Ruff off Plummer CP (Colin Addington); Buzzard over fields north of Marlow CP c.14:30h (Jim Guthrie)
Ellington - Buzzard between Ellington & Brampton Wood 14:15h (Mark Hill)
Wednesday, 28 January
Farcet Fen - 6400+ Woodpigeons, 26 Skylarks, also 8 Reed Buntings & 3 Yellowhammers on feeders (Steve Dudley)
Hampton Lake - Golden Plovers abundant at dawn today photo (Brian Stone)
From Sunday, 25 January: Between Comberton & Toft - c.1100 Golden Plover, compared to a recent max. of c.400 birds (Clive Sinclair)
Tuesday, 27 January
Prior`s Fen - 165 Bewick`s Swans, 10+ Whooper Swans on the western edge of the Fen (Matt Francis)
Padholme Sewage Works - Chiffchaff (Chas Shaw)
Monday, 26 January
Nene Washes - 1779 Pintail, 8150 Wigeon, 2730 Teal, c.150 Ruff, 145 Black-tailed Godwits, imm f Peregrine (Jonathan Taylor)
Prior`s Fen - mainly Mute and Bewick`s Swans, with at least 6 ad Whooper Swans present (Brian Stone)
Trumpington - 35 Skylarks, 10 Stock Doves, 12 Yellowhammers in the fields near Addenbrooke`s Hospital (Louise Bacon)
Ouse Washes - 15 White-fronted Geese near Pymore Railway bridge 16:10h (Owen Marks); 8+ Tree Sparrows, Kingfisher, Chiffchaff, 6 Water Pipits roosted in reeds by Welches Dam (Mark Ward)
Sunday, 25 January
Maxey Pits - 15 Goosanders (inc 6 m), Kingfisher, Pintail (Malcolm Holley)
Grafham Water - 4 f Scaup off Plummer CP, up to 7 Goosanders, 58 Goldeneyes, Dunlin, 2+ Yellow-legged Gulls (Mark Hawkes et al.); 14 Redshank (Birdguides)
Wimpole - Marsh Tit singing in Cobbs Wood (Louise Bacon)
Barton - Woodcock at the rifle range (Louise Bacon)
Ouse Washes - m Peregrine, 2 Barn Owls, 2 Short-eared Owls, Tawny Owl, Stonechat, 6 Yellow-legged Gulls, Mediterranean Gull (Steve Cooper, Richard Patient); m Smew (Mark Ward)
Saturday, 24 January
Eye Tip - GLAUCOUS GULL (Kevin Du Rose)
Eldernell - Short-eared Owl, 1+ Barn Owls, Bittern seen flying across car park area towards Eldernell Pit (Steve Gann); 18 Black-tailed Godwits, Bittern landed at the western end of the pit 17:00h (Owen Marks)
Whittlesey - Chiffchaff in private garden (Matt Francis)
Ouse Washes RSPB - Willow Tit, 5+ Tree Sparrows, m Brambling (Paul Atkinson)
Peterborough - 11+ Waxwings on north side of Ivatt Way Business Park (Paul Atkinson)
Fen Drayton - Bittern flew from Holywell pond to Holywell lake at 09:30h & at least 14 Smew, inc 4 drakes, present. Bitterns roosted at 16:20h & 16:40h, 3rd cy Yellow-legged Gull & Chiffchaff also present late afternoon (Richard Patient)
Paxton Pits - 4 m Smew, m & f Goosander, 3 Buzzards, Common Sandpiper, Marsh Tit, 29+ Corn Buntings, also Firecrest and Red-necked Grebe reported (Martin Davis et al.); 11 Goosanders, 650 Tufted Ducks, 50 Goldeneye, Ruddy Duck (Mark Ward)
Dogsthorpe Tip - HOODED CROW 13:00-13:30h (Mike Weedon)
Friday, 23 January
Long Drove, Cottenham - Eastern Jackdaw and a 3rd cy Yellow-legged Gull (John Oates, Dick Newell)
Peterborough - 5 WAXWINGS near the Triangle, Millfield 12:45h (Sheila Cook)
Dogsthorpe, Star Pit - Green Sandpiper, 6 Redshanks, Grey Wagtail (Brian Stone)
Ferry Meadows - Tawny Owl calling near the Visitor Centre before dawn today (Brian Stone)
Thursday, 22 January
Peterborough - 11 WAXWINGS in Saville Road, Westwood this morning (Mike Weedon)
Northey - 64 Mute Swans, 6 Whooper Swans, c.100 Bewick`s Swans towards Roslyn Farm, also Peregrine over (Brian Stone)
Paxton Pits - 2 redhead Smew, 5 Goldeneyes & many of the commoner duck species on A1 North this morning (Jim Lawrence)
Barleycraft - Barn Owl, 4 Goldeneyes, 3 Snipe late afternoon (Jim Lawrence)
Fen Drayton - 13 Smew, 160 Pintail, Water Rail, Ruff, 3 Oystercatchers, 3 Lesser Redpolls (John Oates)
Swaffham Prior Fen - 3 Whooper Swans, m Hen Harrier. Of the Whooper Swans seen here recently, the following information has been obtained: ring IS5 (R) ringed as ad male 21.08.96 at Hvitarmyar, northern Iceland; ring 7JB ringed as ad female 02.08.98 at Ljosvatn, Iceland; ring IS5 ad male, Icelandic; BID a male cygnet ringed 30.07.03, Icelandic (John Oates)
Godmanchester Tip - Yellow-legged Gull (John Oates)
St. Ives - a Budgie at liberty, end of old Ramsey Road 08:30h (Martin Philips)
Wednesday, 21 January
Fen Drayton - 4 redhead Smew on Far Fen, Dunlin on Oxholme, 73+ Pintails on Ferry (Mike Foley)
Peterborough - 15 Waxwings by Calor Centre, Ivatt Way on Westwood Industrial Estate (BirdGuides 14:07h)
Ouse Washes RSPB - 2 Yellow-legged Gulls & Water Pipit roosted near Churchmans`s Hide, also Barn Owl, Kingfisher, f Brambling, 12+ Tree Sparrows, 400 Whooper Swans, 250 Bewick`s Swans (Mark Ward)
Wicken Fen - ad m Teal with nasal saddle, marked in Sweden at Brnsjn, near Ume in the northern province of Vsterbotten on 22 July 2003 (John Oates)
Paxton - m Smew on Sailing Lake, m Goosander on Heronry South & more over (Jamie Wells); Tawny Owl calling by allotments 22:40h (Martin Davis)
Winter Corn Bunting, Reed Bunting, Yellowhammer, Tree Sparrow and Brambling portraits by Jim Lawrence now on the Photos Page here
Tuesday, 20 January
Swaffham Prior Fen - 3 Whooper Swans, 35 Corn Buntings (John Oates)
Cambridge - m Blackcap in Manhattan Drive (Catherine Andrews)
From Saturday, 17 January: Needingworth - at least 3 Chiffchaffs at the Sewage Works (Jem Holding)
Monday, 19 January
Peterborough, Westwood - 11 WAXWINGS in Gresley Way 08:45h (Mike Weedon)
Dogsthorpe Tip - HOODED CROW (Brian Stone)
Peakirk Moor - Little Egret by Redcow Drain (Brian Stone)
Ely, Roswell Pits- m Stonechat (Peter Bullett)
Sunday, 18 January
Fen Drayton - CETTI`S WARBLER sang briefly in the extreme SW corner of Holywell pit at 11:20h, 14 Smew on Far Fen lake showing very well from the road, Bittern flew into Holywell Pit 16:40h (Dave Anderson); Bittern showed well late afternoon in north-west corner of Elney Lake, 16 Smew roosted on the main pit, 3 further Smew on other pits, 3 Redpolls over (Mark Ward); m Goosander on Ferry Lagoon (Jem Holding)
Peterborough - 11 WAXWINGS by PC World 09:45h (Mike Weedon)
Noon Folly Farm - Flock of 45 Skylarks (Peter Herkenrath)
Cottenham, Long Drove - 18 Gadwall, 20+ Teal (Catherine Andrews)
Werrington - female Goosander and a Little Egret over the Car Dyke/Cuckoo's Hollow area (Colin Holmes)
Maxey Pits - 4 Siskins, 14 Goosanders (Gareth & Josh Jones)
Smithey Fen - 2 Whooper Swans with c. 60 Mute Swans (Richard Thomas)
Ouse Washes RSPB - 4 Smew from Welches Dam Hide, also 3 Water Pipits, 6 Yellow-legged Gulls, Caspian Gull, Short-eared Owl, Tawny Owl, Barn Owl (Richard Patient); around the Visitor Centre 8+ Bramblings, 8+ Tree Sparrows, 10+ Yellowhammers, Corn Bunting, large numbers of Greenfinches, Chaffinch, Reed Bunting, also Willow Tit seen very frequently on bird-table (Robert Coleman)
Paxton Pits - Red-necked Grebe & 4 Smew on A1 North, Common Sandpiper on Sailing Lake (Mark Brandon); Firecrest by Heron Trail entrance gate (Neal Parkin, Julian Hughes); 11 Goosanders on Heronry North (Julian Hughes)
Saturday, 17 January
Grimeshaw Wood, Bretton - 5 Nuthatches (Katie Fuller)
Grafham Water - 4 f Scaup off Plummer CP, c. 6 Goosanders, Peregrine, 1st win Mediterranean Gull, 14470 Black-headed Gulls, 570 Common Gulls, 150 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 1050 Greater Black-backed Gulls (new county record), 2440 Herring Gulls, ad Yellow-legged Gull (Mark Hawkes, Colin Addington, Jono Leadley, Julian Hughes, Colin Head)
Junction B1382 (Prickwillow Road) and A1101- 30 Bewick`s Swans and 70 Mute Swans in field south west of junction until 16:00h at least (Nigel Messenger)
Friday, 16 January
Ouse Washes RSPB - ad Mediterranean Gull & Water Pipit from Churchmans Hide, 2 Yellow legged Gulls & Caspian Gull from Welches Dam Hide, 9 Water Pipits going to roost in reeds behind Welches Dam Hide. Between Mepal & Welmore 5760 Black-headed Gulls, 432 Common Gulls, 1873 Herring Gulls, 129 Great Black-backed Gulls, 760 Lesser Black-backed Gulls 760 at roost count (Robert Coleman, Mark Ward)
Late news from 2 January: Ferry Meadows - Red-throated Diver on Overton Lake (Ron Clark)
Thursday, 15 January
Farcet Fen - Chiffchaff (Steve Dudley)
Stanground Wash - 6+ Stonechats, also 7 Redshanks, Green Sandpiper, Grey Wagtail, 2 Corn Buntings by Padholme Pumping Station (Chris Monk, Brian Stone)
Paxton Pits - 4m & f Goosanders (John Hoppett)
Wednesday, 14 January
Peterborough - 11 WAXWINGS by PC World 08:30-08:40h (Tony Stones)
Prior`s Fen - redhead Smew (Brian Stone)
Tuesday, 13 January
Peterborough - c.10 WAXWINGS by PC World (a colleague of Mike Weedon)
Grafham - 2nd cy GLAUCOUS GULL in the roost off Mander 16:10h, f Scaup at the Sludge Lagoons, 4 Dunlin, 4 Goosanders (Mark Hawkes)
Tanholt Pits - ad f Brambling, ad Yellow-legged Gull (Brian Stone)
Monday, 12 January
Peterborough - 6 WAXWINGS in car park (no location given, probably by PC World) first thing this morning before flying off (Andy Golding); 6 WAXWINGS in Gresley Way, Westwood, TL 175998 08:30h (Mike Weedon); 12 birds at PC World 13:35h (Stephen Gamble)
Welches Dam - Willow Tit, m Brambling, 10 Tree Sparrows on CP feeders today (RBA)
Ouse Washes RSPB - 6+ Bramblings, 6+ Corn Buntings & 8 Tree Sparrows around the Visitor Centre, Kingfisher, Barn Owl, 3rd winter Yellow-legged Gull & Curlew with Lapwings from Welches Dam Hide, 40 Ruff, 350 Whooper Swans, 250 Bewick`s Swans (Mark Ward)
Swaffham Prior Fen - 3 Whooper Swans (John Oates)
Cam Washes, Upware - m Hen Harrier, Pintail (John Oates)
Fen Drayton - Firecrest, 7 Smew (John Oates)
Fenstanton - 1000s Golden Plovers, 20+ Dunlin, Buzzard (John Oates)
Ferry Meadows - HOODED CROW at the corvid roost on Heron Meadow late afternoon, 2 Long-eared Owls (Matt Webb)
Sunday, 11 January
Swaffham Bulbeck - 70 Common Gulls, 65 Linnets in stubble field (Monica & Owen Marks)
Weston Colville, Cricks Farm - 4 Buzzards, f Merlin caught a Skylark, m Brambling (Monica & Owen Marks)
Swaffham Prior Fen - juv & 2 ad Whooper Swans (Monica & Owen Marks)
Prior`s Fen - 9 Bewick`s Swans, Pink-footed Goose (Mike Weedon)
Peterborough - 12 WAXWINGS by PC World (William Bowell); 12 present at 11:30h (Jamie Wells)
Ouse Washes RSPB - 4 Bramblings & Willow Tit at Visitor Centre feeding area, no sign of Bean or Whitefronted Geese (Robert Coleman)
Eynesbury - WAXWING in a private garden 12:30-13:30h before flying towards Tesco on Barford Road (Stuart & Jill Elsom)
Fen Drayton - CETTI`S WARBLER heard singing from dense scrub by Holywell Lake 16:10h, Bittern roosted on Holywell Lake 16:30h, 23 Goldeneyes, Grey Wagtail, 2 Green Woodpeckers (Stuart & Jill Elsom)
Ely - 2 SHAGS on the river near the railway bridge (Peter Stockwell); 3 SHAGS present 12:30h (Fred Heath)
Paxton Pits - Common Sandpiper on Sailing Lake (Jamie Wells)
Grafham - Caspian Gull off Mander 15:50h, ad Yellow-legged Gull. Also present a small Herring Gull with very little black in the wings (p7/8 only) which bly resembles an ad Iceland Gull (Mark Hawkes et al.)
Saturday, 10 January
Eye Tip - 1st winter GLAUCOUS GULL, 2 Yellow-legged Gulls, Hooded Crow (Kevin Du Rose)
Maxey GP - 14 Goosanders including 5 males (Trevor Williams)
Godmanchester GP - 3 redhead Smew, 4th cy Yellow-legged Gull, Chiffchaff, 2 Green Sandpipers, Grey Wagtail, 4 Goldcrests, 2 Shelducks, Redshank (Richard Patient)
Godmanchester - 3 Waxwings flew low over the roundabout under the A14 (Richard Patient)
Fenstanton by the A14 - the large Golden Plover flock, previously estimated at 3500 birds, still present today with at least 20 Dunlins amongst them, but kept getting flushed by a Common Buzzard (Richard Patient)
Fen Drayton GP - 3rd cy Caspian Gull late afternoon on the Windsurfing Pit. Also redhead Smew from the disabled car park and on Elney Lake, 2000 Lapwings, 20 Dunlins, 8 Ruddy Ducks, Redshank (Richard Patient)
Paxton Pits - FIRECREST in fisherman`s car park, 3 Goosanders, 7 Smew inc 2 males, 230 Cormorants in roost, 32 Stock Doves (Mark Hawkes, Colin Head, Julian Hughes)
Peterborough - 12 WAXWINGS by PC World (Phil & Amanda Ackerman)
Grafham Water - 4f Scaup, Brambling, 4 Goosanders, 2 Mandarins, 3 Dunlin, Nuthatch (Mark Hawkes et al.
Friday, 9 January
Wicken Fen - 5 Hen Harriers, Peregrine, Woodcock (John Oates), Bittern from Trevelyan's Hide (Adrian Colston)
Whittlesey - Merlin 08:20h (Matt Francis)
Peterborough - 9 WAXWINGS by PC World 09:00h (Steve Dudley)
Grafham Water - several Bar-tailed Godwits this morning (Colin Addington)
Ely - 2 SHAGS roosting beneath the Babylon Gallery 14:45h (Jim Lawrence)
Maxey - 7 Goosanders on slurry pit down Woodgate Lane 16:15h (Jim Lawrence)
Welches Dam - Willow Tit at the feeders 13:00h (RBA)
Fen Drayton - Firecrest south-eastern corner of Holywell, also Bittern, 09:30h (RBA)
Thursday, 8 January
Ely - SHAG with pale plastic ring on left leg, right leg not seen, on island 15:40h (Paul Atkinson)
Peterborough - 8 WAXWINGS by PC World 10:00h (Amanda Ackerman)
Fen Drayton - Firecrest along southern edge of Holywell Lake late p.m., Little Egret, 8+ Smew (Mark Pettit)
Wednesday, 7 January
Peterborough - 8 WAXWINGS by PC World 09:00h (Dan Williams); still present 11:45h (Winnie Fowler)
Ely - SHAG beneath Babylon Gallery, another under the southern railway bridge, Kingfisher by the bridge also (Fred Heath)
Swaffham Prior Fen - 3 Whooper Swans (John Oates)
Ouse Washes - Tundra Bean Goose, 15 European Whitefronted Geese just south of the railway bridge 12:25-13:00h at least, also Peregrine over south and a Curlew (John Oates); between Earith & Chain Corner no sign of Monday`s Cetti`s Warbler, 40 Dunlin, Merlin, 6 Bewick`s Swans (David Griffiths); Tundra Bean Goose departed alone mid-afternoon (Mark Pettit)
Landbeach Tip - ad Caspian Gull (Dick Newell; photos)
Chippenham Fen - f Hen harrier, 6 Bramblings, 2 Marsh Tits (Mark Pettit)
Wicken Fen - 2m & 3f Hen Harriers from the Tower Hide (Mark Pettit)
Eldernell - Saker, with jesses & bells, by Lords Holt, Peregrine over (Steve Gann)
Tuesday, 6 January
Peterborough - 7 WAXWINGS by PC World 08:35h (Debbie Nolan); 8 present at lunchtime (Brian Stone); none present 14:45 (Steve Dudley)
Ely - 2 SHAGS below Babylon Gallery 13:00h (Mark Peck); the identification numbers on one of the Shags at Ely noted yesterday by Mark Ward indicate that it was ringed as a chick on the Isle of May, Firth of Forth, 3rd June 2003 (Ian Delgado)
Eldernell - Little Egret flew towards March Farmers (Winnie Fowler)
Farcet Fen - f Merlin (Steve Dudley)
Wicken Fen - 2m & 2f Hen Harriers, 3 Sparrowhawks, 2 barn Owls, Tawny Owl, 2 Woodcocks, 79 Cormorants, 220 Carrion Crows in to roost (Monica & Owen Marks)
Swaffham Prior Fen - 3 Whooper Swans TL537690 16:00h (Mike Foley)
Fen Drayton - 2 Bitterns in full view on Holywell Lake 16:10-16:30h (Steve Cooper)
Milton Tip - 1st winter Caspian Gull (Dick Newell)
More sad news - the long-staying White Stork was found dead in a ditch near Chittering on 3rd January and likely dead at least a week (Paul Mason, John Oates)
Monday, 5 January
Peterborough - 12 WAXWINGS at the PC World car park in the Boulevard Retail Park (PBC photos; toadsnatcher photos), present since yesterday at least (Steve Stones); 5 departed but 7 still present 14:10h at least (Brian Stone, Steve Dudley)
Ouse Washes - CETTI`S WARBLER c. half a mile south of Chain Corner. Park at Chain Corner and walk south west to the second scrubby area, grid reference TL 410 772. The bird was heard to sing briefly from a `fairly inaccessible` location 3 times over five minutes and was not seen (Mark Peck)
Ely - 2 SHAGS roosting under the southern railway bridge over the Ouse, possibly a third bird in the southern half of the Marina on the right bank early a.m. (Fred Heath); 2 1st winter SHAGS on the river between the railway bridges later in the day. One bird has rings, left leg white plastic inscribed CDS, right leg metal inscribed 1389120; also 3 Grey Wagtails, 120+ Pied Wagtails, pair Black Swans (Mark Ward); un-ringed SHAG under southern railway bridge 15:40h, 2 SHAGS by Babylon Gallery 15:50h (Monica & Owen Marks)
Farcet Fen - 2 Tree Sparrows (Steve Dudley)
Blackcaps reported: m & f in private Eynesbury garden 24-29 December 2003 (Stuart Elsom); f in private Cambridge garden sporadically from 15 December onwards (Pete Holt)
Dog-in-a-Doublet - sadly, the SHAG was found freshly dead on the grass between the main road bridge and the sluice (Jim Lawrence)
Sunday, 4 January
Ferry Meadows - MEDITERRANEAN GULL on Gunwade Lake (Matt Webb)
Dog-in-a-Doublet - SHAG (Jono Leadley, Vicky Leadley & Mark Hawkes)
Eldernell - 13 Redpolls, Little Owl, 2 Barn Owls, c.30 Pintails, 2 Shelduck and 16 geese flew over at dusk, which appeared to be Pink Feet (Jono Leadley, Vicky Leadley & Mark Hawkes)
Stanground Wash - DARTFORD WARBLER, 3m & 2f Stonechats, Green Sandpiper, 2 Grey Wagtails (Monica Owen & David Hopkins)
Great Ouse at Ely - 3 SHAGS roosting below the Babylon Gallery, 100 yds east of The Maltings 16:00-1615h (John Oates)
Swaffham Prior Fen - 3 colour-ringed Whooper Swans still present (John Oates)
Ouse Washes - 11 European White-fronts & Barnacle Goose from Steven's Hide, 3 Short-eared Owls north of the Pymoor railway bridge, Curlew and plenty of wild swans in the area (John Oates); 2 Curlew (Mark Pettit)
Paxton Pits - Short-eared owl, 11 Corn Buntings, 7 Smew (5 males), f Red-crested Pochard, Dunlin, 26 Golden Plovers, c.1500 Lapwings, 4 Snipe, 2657 Wigeon (highest ever at Paxton that I'm aware of), Harris Hawk still present! (Julian Hughes)
Between Sutton Gault & Chain Corner - f Goldeneye, Water Rail, 4 Ruff, Rock Pipit, 4 Water Pipits, f Stonechat (Mark Peck)
Maxey GP - 18 Goosander (inc 5 males) seen on old sailing pit, 5 Goosander (inc 4 males) on pit north of High Street and east of church, redhead Smew on Orchid pit (Malcolm Holley)
Ferry Meadows - Little Egret seen moving between Orton Brimbles, Orton Wistow and the Pitch and Putt in Ham Lane (Matt Webb)
Grafham Water - 6 Little Gulls, ad MEDITERRANEAN GULL, Yellow-legged Gull, 8 Goosanders (Steve Cooper)
Shippea Hill - 720 Bewick`s Swans north-west of the station, 4 Whooper Swans on Great Fen between Prickwillow & Soham (Ian Delgado)
Saturday, 3 January
Paxton Pits - f & 5m Goosanders, 3 redhead Smew, Firecrest behind Kingfisher Hide (Martin Adlam, Mark Hill)
Swaffham Prior Fen - juv & 2 ad Whooper Swans, Barn Owl (John Oates)
Eldernell - SHAG (David Saunders)
Ferry Meadows - Little Egret seen moving between Orton Brimbles, Orton Wistow and the Pitch and Putt in Ham Lane (Matt Webb)
Star Pit - 2+ Yellow-legged Gulls, ad Caspian Gull (Kevin Du Rose)
Friday, 2 January
Fen Drayton - 16 Smew inc 3 drakes, Bittern mid afternoon on Holywell pit, 12 Pintails, Green Sandpiper (David Anderson)
Cam Washes RSPB - 5+ Bramblings in mobile finch flock around the centre, 4 Tree Sparrows on the feeders (Alan Wadsworth)
Ely - SHAG on the River (Bob Scott)
Dog-in-a-Doublet - SHAG on River Nene (Steve Dudley)
Stanground Wash - DARTFORD WARBLER (Steve Dudley)
Crown Lakes - WAXWING (Steve Dudley)
Eye Tip - 1st winter GLAUCOUS GULL and HOODED CROW (Steve Dudley)
Ferry Meadows - Peregrine close to Gunwade Lake this afternoon (Matt Webb)
Grafham Water - imm fem Scaup from Savages Hide, 6 Pintails, 4 Goosander, 4 Mandarin, 443 Pochard 443, Buzzard, Chiffchaff (Mark Hawkes, Mark Piercey)
Earith Washes - 66 Ruff, 30+ Redshanks, 1st winter Spotted Redshank (Steve Cooper)
Fortreys Hall - Chiffchaff (Steve Cooper)
Grunty Fen Tip - 2 ad Caspian Gulls (Steve Cooper)
Paxton Pits- 3 m & redhead Smew, m & 3 redhead Goosanders, m & f Pintail, f Red-crested Pochard, 500-600 Lapwings over east (Jamie Wells)
Thursday, 1 January
Buckden GP - Green Sandpiper (Mark Hawkes)
Paxton Pits - 3 male Smew, fem Red-crested Pochard, Common Sandpiper on the Sailing pit, m & f Goosander, m & f Ruddy duck on Washout Pit; also Grey wagtail, Bar-headed Goose, 45 Corn Buntings, 30+ Yellowhammer, 40+ Reed buntings (Martin Davis, Jamie Wells, Neal Parkin); FIRECREST (anon)
Fen Drayton - 13 Smew (inc. 3 drakes) on the Trout Lake, also 3 Ruddy Duck, Green Sandpipers and 2 Chiffchaff (Richard Allison)
Eldernell Pit - SHAG (Mike Weedon)
Prior's Fen GP - Pink-footed Goose (Steve Dudley)
Tanholt GP - Green Sandpiper (Steve Dudley)
Crown Lakes - 3 WAXWINGS (Chas Shaw)
Cambridge - Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Newmarket Rd (Mrs Gary Allport)
Fen Drayton - Chiffchaffs NE corner of Elney Lake, also 2 Smew (1 drake), Kingfisher, Ruddy Duck around Elney Lake. Elsewhere around the pits 1-2 Water Rail calling in NE corner of Windsurfing Lake, 3-4 Great Spotted Woodpeckers, 2 Treecreepers, 2 Goldcrests with tit flocks, usual wildfowl spp. (Ken & Richard Hook)
Cam Washes - Little Egret flew low over Upware and headed north towards Ely (Mark Pettit)
Landbeach Tip - 2 Caspian Gulls, at least 6 Yellow-legged Gulls and a number of pale Herring Gulls, including one looking good for a Glaucous hybrid (Dick Newell)
Paxton Pits - FIRECREST reported again this morning, in Wray House Garden near Kingfisher Hide, 270 Cormorants roosting (Julian Hughes)
Eaton Ford - 4 Blackcaps together (3 males) in an private garden all day (Alison Pearson)
Eldernell - 3 Marsh Harriers (male, juv male and cc), 2 Peregrines (m & f), Merlin, Short-eared Owl (towards March Farmers), 11 Whooper swans, 2 Stonechats, 2 Water Rails, Jack Snipe (Gordon Hamlett)
