What was About Sep-Dec 2005

King's Dyke NR - BEARDED TIT heard this afternoon in the big reedbed just north of the NR (Phil Parker)

Grafham Water - RED-THROATED DIVER, SCAUP still present this morning (BirdGuides)

Cambridge - m Peregrine south over the railway station 11:50h (Patrick Lanaway)

Wednesday, 21 December

Wicken Fen - fem & 3 m Hen Harriers showed well from boardwalk to left of Visitor Centre 16:15h (Will Burdett, Nikki Dibb, John Walsh)

Fen Drayton - Bittern 16:00h (BirdGuides)

Paxton Pits - GREAT NORTHERN DIVER still present, on Diddington Pit 10:00h (David Griffiths/Cambridge)

Grafham Water - fem SCAUP showing well at south end of dam, 9 Goosanders by the harbour at Mander CP, 470+ Great-crested Grebes off the dam (Jono Leadley); SCAUP still present late afternoon, Knot still west of Mander CP, 4 Goosander off Mander (Mark Hawkes)

Whittlesford - c.500 Golden Plover over south this morning (Peter Bircham)

Peterborough - m Stonechat by Bakewell Road 13:00h (Tony Stones)

Tuesday, 20 December

Paxton Pits - HAWFINCH perched east of the footpath between the 2 hides on Heronry Pit this afternoon (Martin Higgs)

Fowlmere - Brambling 15:20h (BirdGuides)

Eldernell - 2 fem Marsh Harriers, Barn Owl, 27 Pintail 13:00-16:00h (David Mitchell)

Monks Wood - 4 Crossbill 10:50h (Mark Hawkes)

Fen Drayton - 1st win Caspian Gull, ad Yellow-legged Gull, Red-necked Grebe, Bittern, White-fronted Goose (Mark Hawkes)

Grafham Water - Knot still present (Colin Addington)

Wicken Fen - 3+ Short-eared Owls, Barn Owl, 2+ Hen Harriers, Marsh Harrier (David Griffiths/Cambridge)

Lode - 2 Lesser Redpolls (John Oates)

Late news: Great Eversden - Brambling in private garden about a week ago (Guy Hillyard)

Monday, 19 December

Grafham Water - fem SCAUP showing well off the dam this morning (Jono Leadley); still present from south end of dam late afternoon, also RED-THROATED DIVER off Mander CP, Knot west of Mander, 3 m Goosander (Mark Hawkes, Duncan Poyser)

Paxton Pits - juv GREAT NORTHERN DIVER on Diddington Pit today (Peter Herkenrath)

Ouse Washes RSPB - ringtail and 2 m Hen Harriers, 2 Barn Owls, Marsh Harrier from Gorse Hide this evening, also Peregrine, 4 Egyptian Geese, Stonechat (David Griffiths/Cambridge)

Soham - c.2000 Golden Plover opposite Downfields Garage today (Dave Palmer)

Sunday, 18 December

Soham Mere - GREAT GREY SHRIKE TL585738 (Tony Wilson)

Wicken Fen - 4 Short-eared Owl, 3 Barn Owl this evening at Bakers Fen, Stonechat, Redpoll (James Hanlon)

Paxton Pits - GREAT NORTHERN DIVER and male Red-crested Pochard still on Diddington Pit, 7 Goosander on Heronry North (Julian Hughes, Karen Howard, Ian Johnston); 2 Jack Snipe, Ruddy Duck (Bob Scott)

Fen Drayton - Bittern showing well on Sailing Pit for 1 hour plus RED-NECKED GREBE, 4 Bitterns to roost on Holywell Pit (Dave Anderson, Mike Everett); also 16 Smew, Red-crested Pochard, Green Sandpiper, Little Egret, 2 Ruff, Siskin, 2 Stonechat (David Wright)

Grafham Water - Knot by Marlow CP, 11 Goosander off Mander CP (Mark Hawkes, Jono Leadley); 4 Mandarin in Dudney Creek, 16+ Dunlin, a 2nd winter Yellow-legged Gull and 4 Redpolls (Jono Leadley)

Ferry Meadows - fem Goosander on Gunwade Lake, 700 Golden Plover on farmland to west of Ferry Meadows, Hawfinch spotted at Lynch Farm riding school (Don Gardener)

Saturday, 17 December

Friday, 16 December

Grafham Water - KNOT at Mander CP 09:05h (Colin Addington); still present 11:30h, also 16 Dunlins and a distant RED-THROATED DIVER (Mark Hawkes)

Monks Wood - 4 Crossbills, Grey Wagtail (Rich Broughton)

Cambourne - Merlin over waste ground in front of South Cambs council building this lunchtime (Louise Bacon)

Thursday, 15 December

Grafham Water - KNOT with 15 Dunlin by Mander CP briefly mid-afternoon before being flushed by a Sparrowhawk, also m Goosander (Mark Hawkes)

Ferry Meadows - 2 fem Red-crested Pochards on Overton Lake until dusk (Don Gardener, Will Bowell)

Monks Wood - 4 Crossbills (Rich Broughton)

Fowlmere - ringtail Hen Harrier 08:30h (BirdGuides); f Marsh Harrier in to roost, 3 Sparrowhawks, 4+ Water Rails calling (Mike Foley)

Wednesday, 14 December

Paxton Pits - GREAT NORTHERN DIVER 14:35h (BirdGuides)

Monks Wood - 4 Crossbills, also 2 Buzzards at Bevill's Wood (Rich Broughton)

Tuesday, 13 December

Grafham Water - m & f Smew off Mander CP this morning (Jono Leadley); RED-THROATED DIVER off Mander 15:30h, redhead Goosander, 8 Dunlin, but no sign of the Smew (Mark Hawkes)

Fowlmere - Black Redstart 13:30h (BirdGuides); at Manor Farm office since yesterday (as per rarebirdalert.com)

Late news for Saturday, 10 December: Ferry Meadows - 2 Hawfinches between the caravan park and main CP near the pond (Kevin Du Rose)

Monday, 12 December

Wicken Fen - 3 Barn Owls, Woodcock, ringtail Hen Harrier this evening (James Hanlon)

Orton Southgate - 8 Siskin in the Business Park this lunchtime (Tony Stones)

Chatteris - 2 SHAGS on Forty-foot Drain west of the town this morning (Ian Carter)

Ferry Meadows - redhead Smew on Gunwade lake this morning (Howard Butler)

Haddenham - 2 m Stonechats at North Fen (Paul Mason)

Sunday, 11 December

Paxton Pits - juv GREAT NORTHERN DIVER on Diddington Pit, m Goosander over, Green Sandpiper (Jamie Wells)

Milton CP - f Goosander (Jonathan Heath)

Fen Drayton - 8+ Smew, Little Egret, Red-necked Grebe, 3 Yellow-legged Gulls, 2 Chiffchaffs, 2 Siskins, Green Sandpiper (Richard Patient); 3 Bittern, 2 Woodcock, 23 Ruddy Duck (Mike Everett)

Eltisley - one of the eared Owl species, probably Long-eared, nearby, along the Bridleway from Caxton (Sue Rogers)

Saturday, 10 December

Fen Stanton - DOTTEREL in the winter wheat field just east of village TL325685, with c80 Golden Plover and c150 Lapwing  (Mark Eaton)

Fen Drayton - RED-NECKED GREBE on Fen Lake (Chris Martin); 2 drk & 7 Redhead Smew on Swavesey Lake, 16 Ruddy Duck on Drayton Lagoon, f Stonechat (Monica & Owen Marks); 2 Caspian Gulls and a Yellow-legged Gull (Richard Patient, Monica & Owen Marks)

Barleycraft GP - drk AMERICAN WIGEON still present and what apears to be a fem Scaup x Tufted Hybrid (Rob Crofton/ David Chandler / Paul Rule)

Friday, 9 December

Grafham Water - 2nd-winter Yellow-legged Gull, Barnacle Goose (Mark Hawkes) 

Thursday, 8 December

Grafham Water - m LONG-TAILED DUCK near Mander CP, Yellow-legged Gull (Jono Leadley)

Milton CP - fem Goosander this afternoon (David Heath)

Elsworth - 2 Woodcock in a private garden this afternoon (Dick Newell)

Recently at the Nene Washes - Cetti's Warbler half a mile east of Eldernell CP, 44 Whopper Swans, 2 Pink-footed Geese briefly, Merlin, up to 5 Marsh Harriers, 1+ Short-eared Owls, 2 Water Pipits, 20 Stonechats, 150 Pintials, Buzzard (Jonathan Taylor)

Upware - 2 Stonechats at Duckett's Farm (Mike Foley)

Wednesday, 7 December

Grafham Water - juv RED-THROATED DIVER, ad male LONG-TAILED DUCK, f Goosander, 3 Dunlin off Mander CP 15:00h (Mark Hawkes)

Fen Drayton - Red-necked Grebe on Ferry Lagoon (Mike Everett)

Stone Bridge Corner - 2 Siskins on alders (Brian Stone)

Cam Washes, Upware - ringtail Hen Harrier, 2 Snipe, c.12 Shovelers (Louise Bacon)

Friday, 18 November

Grafham Water - 2 RED-THROATED DIVERS off Church Lane mid-afternoon but mobile and no further sign by dusk (John Parslow) BLACK-THROATED DIVER off lagoons 15:00-16:00h, 4 Bewick's Swans off Mander late afternoon but flew off at dusk, f/imm COMMON SCOTER near Savages Creek late afternoon (Mark Hawkes, Jim Lawrence, Jono Leadley)

Thursday, 17 November

Grafham Water - 48 f/imm COMMON SCOTERS off Mander CP 14:10h, 10 Dunlin in flight (Mark Hawkes)

Ouse Washes RSPB - f Brambling, 2 Lesser Redpoll, 18 Tree Sparrows at the Visitor Centre (Ian Barton)

Monks Wood - Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Buzzards, Woodcock, 80+ Marsh Tits (Rich Broughton)

Wednesday, 16 November

Grafham Water - f Garganey from Dudney Hide, 2 Mandarins, lots of Goldeneyes (Mark Hawkes et al.)

Serpentine BP - 4+ Jack Snipe, Short-eared Owl roosting, c.700 Golden Plover (Michal Jasinski, Michal Maniakowski)

Ferry Meadows - no sign of any Common Scoter today, Water Rail, Grey Wagtail, 3 Kingfishers (Brian Stone, Mike Weedon)

Stow-cum-Quy - 2 Buzzards in the area this morning (Mike Foley)

Tuesday, 15 November

Ferry Meadows - 8 COMMON SCOTER, including 1 male, on Gunwade Lake. Also an ad Bewick's Swan and several Siskins (Brian Stone, Don Gardener, Terry Daunt)

Grafham Water - f COMMON SCOTER off Mander 08:30h, 3 Shelduck (Jono Leadley); BLACK-THROATED DIVER off Fishing Lodge towards Church Lane, 09:50h (Colin Addington); still present 15:35h, also 2 f/imm COMMON SCOTERS & Barnacle Goose (Mark Hawkes)

Ouse Washes RSPB - 6 Siskin and a Brambling in the car park, m Hen Harrier from Churchman's Hide (Ian Barton)

Monday, 14 November

Grafham Water - BLACK-THROATED DIVER, RED-NECKED GREBE both showing well this afternoon (Mark Hawkes)

Ferry Meadows - 3 COMMON SCOTER on Overton lake (Don Gardener)

Prior's Fen - 4 SCAUP, 5 Bewick's Swans, Black Swan, Bar-headed Goose (Brian Stone)

Serpentine BP - 2 Buzzards, Woodcock, Curlew over, 700 Golden Plover, 100+ Lapwings (Michal Jasinski, Michal Maniakowski)

Sunday, 13 November

Wicken Fen - GREAT GREY SHRIKE near start of Harrison's Drove, Stonechat, 6 Egyptian Geese over north-west (Mike Crosby)

Landbeach - Woodcock over 16:30h (John Hoppett)

Fen Drayton - Bittern on Holywell pit 16:40h, also Woodcock and Tawny Owl (Dave Anderson)

Ouse Washes RSPB - Cetti's Warbler, 2 Egyptian Geese, Fulvous Whistling Duck (Zbigniew Karpowicz)

Paxton Pits - Little Egret, 8 Ruddy Ducks, Red-crested Pochard, Green Sandpiper, Woodcock, Water Rail, Stonechat, c.30 Siskins, 2 Chiffchaffs (Martin Davis, julian Hughes, Jamie Wells)

Saturday, 12 November

Wicken Fen - GREAT GREY SHRIKE, best viewed from Burwell Lode looking back across Adventurers Fen (Dave Griffiths, Peter Stockwell); 3 Short-eared Owls, 2 Barn Owls and a Ruff (John Oates)

Grafham Water - BLACK-THROATED DIVER, RED-NECKED GREBE (Colin Addington)

Ouse Washes, south of Pymore Rail Bridge towards Four Balls Farm - 2 Marsh Harriers, m Merlin, f Hen Harrier, 2 Short-eared Owls, Harris's Hawk circling north north-east, 325 Black-tailed Godwits, 18 Ruff, m Stonechat (Monica and Owen Marks)

Paxton Pits - Jack Snipe, Peregrine, Little Egret, 2 Yellow-legged Gulls, Buzzard, Redpoll, Siskin, Green Sandpiper, 3 Ruddy Duck (Jamie Wells)

Prior's Fen - 8 Scaup, Common Buzzard, 2 Whooper Swan, 3 Lesser Redpoll (Mike Weedon)

Friday, 11 November

Grafham Water - BLACK-THROATED DIVER viewable to the right of the water tower from Mander CP this morning but distant, 6 Siskins over (Mark Hawkes, Jono Leadley); diver still present 08:47 but distant and very difficult to locate in the windy conditions (Colin Addington); juv Peregrine (Jim Lawrence); Red-necked Grebe off lagoons 12:30h (Mark Pettit)

Wicken Fen - GREAT GREY SHRIKE present this morning (BirdGuides)

Thursday, 10 November

Grafham Water - BLACK-THROATED DIVER viewable, but distant and mobile, from the Sailing Club & Mander CP (Mark Hawkes); from Hill Farm (Colin Addington); also 5+ Yellow-legged Gulls off Mander (Mark Hawkes)

Wicken Fen - GREAT GREY SHRIKE at eastern end of Adventurer's Fen, between Harrison's Drove and Burwell Lode, 14:00h. Also 2 Little Owls (Bruce & Gwen Martin)

Prior's Fen - 4 SCAUP still present, 5 Goldeneyes, juv Marsh Harrier, Black Swan (Peter Beesley, Brian Stone)

Fordham Wood - Buzzard over (Dave Palmer)

Farcet Fen - Peregrine over early afternoon (Steve Dudley)

Wednesday, 9 November

Wicken Fen - GREAT GREY SHRIKE along Harrison's Drove this morning (Ade Long); probably 2 birds present this afternoon (Ralph Sargeant)

Grafham Water - GREAT NORTHERN DIVER off Mander 08:05-08:25h, when it flew east down the reservoir and was not relocated. Also a Brambling over (Jono Leadley); no further sign of the Great Northern diver, 3+ Yellow-legged Gulls off Mander (Mark Hawkes); Hobby (Colin Addington)

Peterborough - 2 Stonechats 200m south-west along Nene from north bank sewage works (Brian Stone)

Cambridge - Barn Owl over rear car park of BT building on Long Road 17:00h (Mick East)

From Monday, 7 November: Hampton - Mediterranean Gull (Kevin Du Rose)

Tuesday, 8 November

Wicken Fen - no sign of the Great Grey Shrike this afternoon (John Oates)

Holt Fen - 2nd win Mediterranean Gull this evening (John Oates)

Grafham Water - 1st win Common Tern on boom at Mander CP, 2 Yellow-legged Gulls (Mark Hawkes)

Monday, 7 November

Wicken Fen - GREAT GREY SHRIKE on Harrison's Drove (Ralph Sargeant); still present 15:20h at least, favouring bushes to the south of Baker's Fen as viewed from Harrison's Drove. Also Short-eared Owl, Barn Owl (John Oates, Ian Delgado)

Ouse Washes RSPB - 204 Whooper Swans, 5 Bewick's Swans, juv Pink-footed Goose, Merlin, 2 Marsh Harriers, 60 Black-tailed Godwits, Knot, 127 Ruff, 8530 Lapwings (Ian Barton)

Fen Drayton - Merlin, Little Egret, Woodcock, Cetti's Warbler, Water Rail (James Hanlon, Mike Everett)

Prior's Fen - Swallow over East Pit, 8 SCAUP still on Middle Pit, 2 Jack Snipe, Woodcock, 11 Siskin, 330+ Golden Plovers, 1800+ Lapwings, 141 Stock Doves, 55+ Fieldfares (Steve Dudley)

Grafham Water - 1st win Common Tern on boom at Mander CP, Little Egret, Chiffchaff, 5+ Yellow-legged Gulls (Mark Hawkes)

Peterborough - Short-eared Owl over the parkway by Ikea 06:30h (Howard Butler); Jack Snipe at Orton BP & 5 Jack Snipe in the Hampton NR area (Michal Jasinski, Michal Maniakowski)

Sunday, 6 November

Grafham Water - ringtail Hen Harrier, Common Tern, Goosander, Little Egret, Brambling, Yellow-legged Gull (Mark Hawkes, Jono Leadley, Colin Addington, David Hollin)

Prior's Fen - 7 SCAUP still present, 3 Goldeneyes, 2 Dunlin (Mike Weedon)

Fen Drayton - 2 singing Cetti's Warblers, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 80 Redwings including a singing bird (David Wright)

Paxton Pits - male Red-crested Pochard, Little Egret, 8 Ruddy Duck, 40 Goldeneye (Martin Davis/Julian Hughes/Neal Parkin/Jamie Wells)

Fowlmere - Swallow over entrance to reserve 14:30h (as per RBA)

Saturday, 5 November

Grafham Water - ad summer plumage GREAT NORTHERN DIVER off Mander, 14 Goldeneye, Buzzard being harried by Corvids, Little Owl, Grey Wagtail over (Monica & Owen Marks); 2 Little Egrets, 4 Siskin, 2 Dunlin, Common Tern (Stuart Elsom); ad LITTLE GULL, 5 Yellow-legged Gull (Mark Hawkes, Jono Leadley, Jamie Wells et al.)

Sawtry - Red Kite low over A1M, a mile North of village (Stuart Elsom)

Dogsthorpe - Common Buzzard over, Brambling (Stuart Elsom)

Holt Fen - Peregrine, 4 Whooper Swan (Kathleen Rosewarne and Ian Barton)

Paxton Pits - fem Merlin (Neal Parkin)

Friday, 4 November

Grafham Water - ad summer plumage GREAT NORTHERN DIVER off Church Lane 15:40h, by dusk had moved to near Savages Creek (Mark Hawkes, Jono Leadley); also ad KITTIWAKE off Mander 13:45h (Mark Hawkes)

Prior's Fen - 8 SCAUP still present (Brian Stone)

Knapwell - Wheatear briefly this morning but not relocated, also a Woodcock flushed from a hedgerow (as per David Wright)

Elton - House Martin south over the Churchyard this morning (Brian Stone)

Thursday, 3 November

Grafham Water - Common Tern still present, 3 Siskins around the feeders (Jono Leadley)

Wednesday, 2 November

Woodwalton Fen - 2 ringtail Harriers at Gordon's Mere this evening (Steve Gann)

Prior's Fen - 8 SCAUP at western end of Middle Pit, 15 Bewick's Swans, Green Sandpiper, Black Swan (Brian Stone, Mike Weedon)

King's Dyke NR - Jack Snipe, 9 Snipe (Phil Parker)

Holt Fen - Water Pipit, Yellow-legged Gull, 8 Black-tailed Godwits, 17 Ruff, a very large number of Golden Plovers (John Oates)

Fen Drayton - Bittern on Holywell Lake briefly 16:35h (Mike Everett)

Grafham Water - Common Tern still present (Jono Leadley); also 4 Yellow-legged Gulls, Siskin over (Mark Hawkes)

Late news from 17 October: Hildesham - Ring Ouzel (Diana de Palacio)

Tuesday, 1 November

Knapwell - RING OUZEL flushed from hedgerow along public footpath south-east of Elsworth at TL321634, also Redpoll over (David Wright)

Holt Fen - Water Pipit on second flooded field, though elusive (Owen & Monica Marks); Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Ringed Plovers, 2 Dunlins, 5 Ruff, 5 Black-tailed Godwits (John Oates)

Stow-cum-Quy - m Stonechat along Low Fen Drove this morning (Mike Foley)

Wicken Fen - 3 Short-eared Owls, Barn Owl, 2 singing Cetti's Warblers (John Oates)

Nene Washes - Peregrine on High Wash, Kingfisher at Dog-in-a-Doublet sluice (Brian Stone)

Grafham Water - Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Ringed Plovers, juv Common Tern off Mander, 3 Buzzards over woodland on the north shore (Jim Lawrence)

Paxton Pits - Redpoll, Grey Wagtail, Kingfisher, no sign of Red-necked Grebe 06:55-08:00h (Julian Hughes, Jamie Wells); f Goldeneye (Mark Hawkes)

Monday, 31 October

Paxton Pits - RED-NECKED GREBE on Sailing Lake (Chris Sergeant); m Merlin, 2 Little Egrets, Red-crested Pochard, Mandarin, 5 Ruddy Ducks, 2 Green Sandpipers, 2 Siskins (Martin Davis)

Grafham Water - Rock Pipit on the dam, 34+ Goldeneyes, 2 Yellow-legged Gulls (Mark Hawkes)

Upware - f/imm BLACK REDSTART at the old pumping station (John Oates)

Holt Fen - Water Pipit, 5000+ Golden Plovers, Green Sandpiper, 2 Ruff, Dunlin (John Oates)

Maxey - juv Swallow on wires just outside the village this morning (as per Mike Weedon)

Sunday, 30 October

Prior's Fen - 7 Scaup on middle pit, Wheatear, Peregrine (Mark Hawkes); also Marsh Harrier, Greenshank, Goldeneye (Mike Weedon)

Upware - BLACK REDSTART at the old pumping station (John Oates, David Deboo)

Fen Drayton - LITTLE STINT on Oxholme, Ruff & Little Egret on Moore lake, 4 Bittern on Holywell pit (Dave Anderson)

Saturday, 29 October

Lode - 2 Tree Sparrows, imm/female Merlin (John Oates)

Grafham Water - 25 Pink-feet over, 2 Redpoll, 2 Siskin over and a possible Merlin flying over the fields to the south (Jono Leadley)

Upware - BLACK REDSTART on rubble and pipes near the pumping station (John Oates & Ian Delgado)

St. Ives GP - probable BEE-EATER flew west over pits (Andrew Seth)

Fen Drayton - 2 BITTERN into Holywell Pit roost (David Anderson)

Friday, 28 October

Eldernell - Water Pipit over (Mike Weedon)

Ferry Meadows - 4 Brambling by the golf course, 61 Redwings & 36 Fieldfares over (Darren Oakley-Martin)

St. Ives - Buzzard over (Mike Everett)

Thursday, 27 October

Grafham Water - Common Tern off Mander (Colin Addington); m Red-crested Pochard, 2 Ruddy Ducks, 9+ Goldeneyes (Mark Hawkes)

Landbeach - 2 Bramblings, a Redpoll sp. & c.100 Fieldfares over this morning (Dick Newell)

Farcet Fen - Hobby this afternoon (Steve Dudley)

Whittlesey Mere - 350+ Fieldfares early morning (Steve Dudley)

Cottenham - 950 Golden Plovers & 240 Lapwing at Broad Lane, 4350 Golden Plovers, 660 Lapwings & 112 Fieldfares at Smithy Fen (Bruce & Gwen Martin)

Wedesday, 26 October

Wicken Fen - 2 Cetti's Warblers, Water Rail, c.400 Golden Plover, 2 Barn Owls, 2 Short-eared Owls, m Hen Harrier (Andrew Knights)

Holme Fen - c.1300+ Fieldfares arrived 16:40h onwards, 70+ Redwings (Steve Dudley)

King's Dyke NR - 2 Jack Snipe, 20 Fieldfares, 2 Kingfishers (Philip Parker)

Grafham Water - m Common Scoter by Savages Creek (Colin Addington); Common Tern on boom off Mander CP, 9+ Goldeneyes (Mark Hawkes)

Ferry Meadows - 3 Bramblngs, Lesser Redpoll over, 34 Fieldfares over (Darren Oakley-Martin)

Farcet Fen - f/imm Merlin, 23 Fieldfares over this morning, Swallow at Crowtree (Steve Dudley)

Hauxton GP - c.70 Fieldfares over this morning (Peter Bircham)

Barton - several flocks of 50+ Fieldfares between the village and Cambourne this morning (Louise Bacon)

Late news from Wednesday, 19 October: Fen Drayton - Black-necked Grebe, Little Egret, Swallow, Brambling (Mike Everett)

Tuesday, 25 October

Holme Fen - imm SPOTTED CRAKE on East Mere in reeds to right of Cormorant trees 13:35h, but not seen again by 14:10h. Also f/imm Ruddy Duck, Lesser redpoll, Siskin, 45+ Long-tailed Tits (Steve Dudley)

St. Ives - Swallow (Mike Everett)

Grunty Fen - Hobby over the landfill site this afternoon (Jake Allsop)

Wicken Fen - Hen Harrier (BirdGuides)

Farcet Fen - 35+ Fieldfares over (Steve Dudley)

Eltisley - 20-30 Fieldfares nearby, and 20-30 near Gamlingay (Chris Hewson)

Whittlesey Mere - f/imm Merlin, 24 Fieldfares (Steve Dudley)

Grafham Water - Little Egret, 10 Pintail at Savage's Creek this morning (Colin Addington); Common Tern on the boom off Mander (Jono Leadley)

Ramsey Mereside - Pergrine (BirdGuides)

Monday, 24 October

Eldernell - Bittern, m Hen Harrier, 700 Fieldfares (Charlie Kitchen)

Wicken Fen - Hen Harrier (BirdGuides)

Late news from Saturday, 22 October: Prior's Fen - 6 SCAUP on Middle Pit, 8 Bewick's Swans, Greenshank, Little Owl, 15+ Lesser Redpolls & c.6 Siskins over (Mike Weedon, Kevin Du Rose)

Sunday, 23 October

Grafham Water - SLAVONIAN GREBE along north shore near Hill Farm, COMMON SCOTER still off lagoons, 17+ Goldeneye, 1st win Common Tern off Mander CP, 3 Ruddy Duck, 1-2 Brambling, c.15 Redpoll, c.10 Siskin (Mark Hawkes, Jono Leadley, Colin Addington, David Hollin); Wheatear (Dermot Cooper)

Farcet - BLACK REDSTART in Private Garden (Matt Hamilton)

Woodhurst - 15 Bramblings (Duncan McNiven)

Ouse Washes RSPB - Buzzard over visitor centre 12:40h (Paul Harrington)

Paxton Pits - 2 Pintail, 2 Ruddy Duck on Island Pit, m Stonechat by A1 North Pit, Water Rail, Common Sandpiper, 3 Siskin over Sailing Lake, c.25 Fieldfare over Little Paxton village (Jamie Wells)

Eau Fen - 3 juv Shelduck, 6 Ruff, 10 Snipe, 105 Golden Plover, Grey Wagtail, 3 Stonechat (Owen Marks)

Woodwalton Fen - 20 Siskin, 2 Lesser Redpoll, Brambling, Cetti's Warbler, 30 Goldcrests, 3 Water Rails, 8 Common Buzzards, 2 Merlin, Marsh Harrier and a covey of 23 Grey Partridges (Richard Patient)

Farcet Fen - 48 Fieldfares over (Steve Dudley)

Saturday, 22 October

Grafham Water - WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER still present, just west of Marlow CP, TWITE on shore near set aside on the approach to Dudney Hide, with c.25 Redpolls of c.35 in the area, COMMON SCOTER, c.20 Siskin (Jono Leadley)

Paxton Pits - Black-necked Grebe, Rock Pipit, Garganey, 1-2 Little Egret, 1-2 Green Sandpiper, 21 Golden Plover, Grey Wagtail (Martin Davis, Martin Shadbolt, Jamie Wells)

Fen Drayton - Cetti's Warbler calling from NE corner of small lake south of Holywell Lake, c.15 Redwings scattered around area (Ken Hook); 700 Golden Plovers, 3 Lesser Redpolls, Siskin, 2 Cetti's Warblers, Chiffchaff, 3 Water Rails, Little Egret, 2 Ruffs, 2 Goldeneyes, LITTLE STINT (Richard Patient); LITTLE STINT on pit south of Holywell & east of Elney, Bittern in to roost 18:05h (Iain Thomas); also Brambling, c.280 Redwing, 4 Ruff, Jack Snipe (Mark Eaton)

Trumpington - 391 Golden Plover (Mike Foley)

Friday, 21 October

Grafham Water - WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER still present, just west of Marlow CP 16:40h. Also m COMMON SCOTER, ad Yellow-legged Gull (Mark Hawkes, Colin Addington); Rock Pipit (Mike Foley)

Waresley - c.35 Fieldfares this morning (Mark Eaton)

Thursday, 20 October

Ely - Red Kite over the A10 just north of Ely c.15:50h (David Richardson)

Prior's Fen - 10 Bewick's Swans, 60 Pochard, 20 Gadwall, 5 Shoveler (Peter Beesley)

Ouse Washes RSPB - Red Kite over Willock's Wash 10:15h, departed north-east towards Welney (Ian Clayton)

Lode - Short-eared Owl, 2 Buzzards (John Oates)

Wednesday, 19 October

Grafham Water - WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER still present, showing well just west of Marlow CP 16:20-17:00h (Mark Hawkes)

Fowlmere - Jack Snipe (Ian Dodd)

Ridley Hall - Hawfinch over 08:15h (Rob Crofton)

Tuesday, 18 October

Grafham Water - juv GANNET briefly, departed south-east 07:10h (Richard Bayldon); WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER still present in first bay north-west of Marlow CP 16:45h (Kevin Durose); 3 Yellow-legged Gulls, 5 Dunlin, several Redpoll over (Mark Hawkes)

Wicken Fen - 2 Cetti's Warblers, 3 Marsh Harriers, Redpoll (James Hanlon)

Eau Fen - m Stonechat, 12 Ruff, 2 Common Sandpipers (John Oates)

Hinxton - c.100 Redwings over the Genome Campus 17:45h (Pete Holt)

Monday, 17 October

Grafham Water - WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER still present 16:40h, showing well (Mark Hawkes); juv GANNET 17:45-18:25h (Colin Addington)

Fen Drayton - Bittern on, and RING OUZEL over, Holywell Lake this evening (Dave Anderson)

East Hatley - 600 Golden Plover & 400 Lapwings (Bill Jordan)

Prior's Fen - 1, possibly 2, TWITE briefly but not relocated, f/imm Stonechat, 3 Greenshanks, 2+ Redpolls (Brian Stone); Rock Pipit, Short-eared Owl, 4 Bewick's Swans, 5 Whooper Swans (Mike Weedon, Kevin Durose)

Monks Wood - Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Rich Broughton)

Sunday, 16 October

Grafham Water - WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER still present (Mark Hawkes, Paul Rule)

Witcham - TWITE briefly on private land c.13:00h (David Hopkins)

Paxton Pits - Short-eared Owl, Stonechat, Brambling, 14 Siskin, 2 Fieldfare, 37 Golden Plovers, Common Sandpiper, 2 Dunlin and hundreds of Redwings (Julien Hughes, NealParkin, Jamie Wells); 3 Curlew (Martin Davis)

Dog in a Doublet - Rock Pipit (Mike Weedon)

Saturday, 15 October

Grafham Water - WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER still present Crossbill heard over (Paul Atkinson)

Fen Drayton - Bittern seen flying over the trees into Holywell Pit, Cetti's Warbler heard in the NW corner of Elney, Water Rail, 4 Swallows, c.60 Redwings over (Mark Eaton); Little Egret, f/imm Marsh Harrier (Dave Anderson)

Trumpington - 2 Brambling (Mike Foley)

Friday, 14 October

Grafham Water - WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER still present 12:56h (BirdGuides); Little Egret & juv Peregrine from Mander CP this afternoon (Mark Hawkes); Tree Pipit, 2 Rock Pipits, Whooper Swan south c.11:30h (Colin Addington)

Monks Wood - c.150 Redwings, 2+ Crossbills, several Siskins, 50+ Marsh Tits (Rich Broughton)

Little Eversden - 250 Golden Plover (Clive Sinclair)

Prior's Fen - 2 Jays, Tree Sparrow, Greenshank, c.2000 Lapwings, also Jay & 33+ Mistle Thrushes at Stone Bridge Corner (Brian Stone)

Ferry Meadows - 100+ Redwings dropped into trees along Ham Lane this morning (Chris Park)

Elton - c.50 Redwings dropped into the churchyard this morning (Brian Stone)

Late news from Wednesday, 12 October: Werrington - YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER in a private garden, not viewable from any public area, and has not been seen since (Leon Smith, as per Brian Stone)

Thursday, 13 October

Grafham Water - WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER still present 11:15h (BirdGuides)

Wicken Fen - 2 Garganey on The Mere, Cetti's Warbler, Redpoll, Stonechat, 3+ Chiffchaffs, Marsh Harrier (John Oates)

Wednesday, 12 October

Grafham Water - WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER still present 16:00h, in bay north-west of Marlow CP (Mark Hawkes)

Farcet Fen - Jack Snipe this morning (Steve Dudley)

Wimpole Estate - Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Jim Lawrence)

Tuesday, 11 October

Grafham Water - 1st winter WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER just west of Marlow CP at 10:00h, also little Egret, 2 Goldeneyes, 2 Yellow-legged Gulls, 10 Dunlin, 3 Ringed Plovers (Mark Hawkes); WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER showing well 15:00-17:00h in first bay north of Marlow CP (Stuart Elsom); also 2 Little Egrets, 4 Yellow-legged Gulls, 8 Siskin & 4 Redwing over (Jono Leadley)

Eau Fen - juv Little Stint, 2 Green Sandpipers, pair of Stonechats (John Oates)

Paxton Pits - Black-necked Grebe, 4 Red-crested Pochards, 10+ Ruddy Ducks (Mark Hawkes)

Prior's Fen - Water Rail, Greenshank, also 9 Siskin, Redpoll, Swallow & 3 House Martins over this morning (Brian Stone)

Farcet Fen - f/imm Merlin, 360+ Golden Plover, 2400+ Lapwings (Brian Stone)

Monday, 10 October

Grafham Water - 1st winter WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER showing well just west of Marlow CP, Rock Pipit, Redpoll & Siskin over 07:15-08:15h (Jono Leadley); WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER still present this evening (Jono Leadley)

Eau Fen - juv Little Stint, 38 Ruff, 16 Snipe, 2 Dunlin, c.250 Golden Plover briefly (Bruce & Gwen Martin)

Fowlmere - Buzzard, 25 Golden Plovers (Ian Dodd)

Sunday, 9 October

Grafham Water - 1st winter WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER on the point just west of the Marlow CP with a few Dunlins (David and Carol Hollins); 2 Ruff, 1st winter Yellow-legged Gull (Mark Hawkes)

Paxton Pits - SLAVONIAN GREBE on Diddington Pit, 4 Red-crested Pochard (Mark Hawkes)

Fen Drayton - Cetti's Warbler (Peter Herkenrath); Stonechat, Little Egret, several hundred Golden Plover, Purple Gallinule (Sarah Howlett); Water Rail, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Kevin Taylor)

Haddenham - 800-1000 Golden Plovers by Hillrow Causeway / Long Drove turn, 2 Grey Wagtails on the sewage works (Paul Mason)

Meldreth - Siskin (Ian Dodd)

Saturday, 8 October

Thorney Dyke - GREAT GREY SHRIKE near the junction with Old Knarr Fen Drove Map

Milton CP - 2 Redwing, 4 Fieldfare over, Grey Wagtail, Chiffchaff calling, Treecreeper(David Heath)

Wicken Fen - juv Garganey on The Mere, 4 Redpolls over, 2+ singing Cetti's Warblers (John Oates); ring-tailed Hen Harrier (David Heath)

Eau Fen - Wheatear, 35 Ruff, 2 Green Sandpipers (John Oates)

Fen Drayton - Short-eared Owl over access road (Clive Sinclair)

Friday, 7 October

Grafham Water - 2 TWITE showing well at Marlow CP (Mark Hawkes) 1st winter WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER present in first bay west of Marlow car park associating with 10+ Dunlin and 4 Ringed Plover (Jono Leadley); 2 drk Common Scoter, Rock Pipit, Little Egret, Grey Wagtail, several Siskin over (various observers)

Glinton - WHITE STORK between Glinton and Nine Bridges this morning, approx. TL155070 (Teresa Scott)

Tanholt Farm - f/imm Brambling (Brian Stone)

Northey Lakes - Hobby over the Nene nearby (Brian Stone)

Bar Hill - Grey Wagtail at bridge on nature reserve (Ken Hook)

Thursday, 6 October

Newborough Fen - WHITE STORK viewable from the Gunthorpe Road again this morning (Tony Parker)

Paxton Pits - 2 Redwings over the visitor's centre this lunchtime; also f COMMON SCOTER, KNOT, juv Black-necked Grebe, 4 Red-crested Pochards, 6 Ruddy Ducks this afternoon (Martin Davis)

Eau Fen - Rock Pipit, 2 Green Sandpipers, c.20 Ruff (John Oates)

Grafham Water - 2 Rock Pipits north end of dam 16:40h, Common Tern off Mander (Colin Addington)

Godmanchester GP - Rock Pipit over 16:10h, Green Sandpiper (Mark Hawkes)

Prior's Fen - c.1500 Golden Plover, Redpoll, Yellowhammer; at Stone Bridge Corner, a Brambling & a Redwing with a finch flock and a Jay nearby

Ferry Meadows - 25 Siskin, 5+ Bullfinches, mixed tit flock of 50+ (Chris Park); Rock Pipit (Don Gardener)

Cambridge - Redwing over Long Road 08:15h (Sarah Howlett)

Wednesday, 5 October

Maxey - WHITE STORK feeding near the bridge over Maxey Cut this morning (Jane Williams); still present, on the south-western side of the Maxey Pits complex this evening (Josh Jones)

Wicken Fen - 3 singing Cetti's Warblers, pair of Stonechats, Woodcock flushed from Wicken Lode (John Oates)

Paxton Pits - Rock Pipit briefly, imm Peregrine over, 4 Red-crested Pochard, 6 Ruddy Ducks (Jamie Wells)

Grafham Water - 2 Rock Pipits on shore by lagoons, Brambling in Grafham Village (Jim Lawrence)

Peterborough - Redwing over the railway station (Martin Coates)

Tuesday, 4 October

Ely - Brambling and Redwing over (Kathleen Rosewarne, Ian Barton)

Wicken Fen - ringtail & m Hen Harriers in to roost this evening (Andrew Knights)

Grafham Water - Wood Sandpiper from Plummer CP briefly 10:20h (Colin Addington); 2 COMMON SCOTER off lagoons, Rock Pipit on shore by lagoons, TREE PIPIT over, 2 ad Yellow-legged Gulls (Mark Hawkes)

Farcet Fen - Buzzard, Marsh Harrier (Brian Stone); Hobby, Yellow Wagtail, 4 Swallows (Steve Dudley)

Prior's Fen - 4 Greenshanks this morning (Brian Stone)

Monday, 3 October

Farcet Fen - GOSHAWK 14:15h, last seen heading towards Blackbush c.14:50h (Steve Dudley); Merlin, Marsh Harrier later in the day (Steve Dudley, Brian Stone)

Grafham Water - LEACH'S PETREL 08:10h until 08:57h, when it was struck be an imm. Peregrine and subsequently finished off by several large gulls. Also ad Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Common Terns, 7 Redpolls & a Siskin over (Colin Addington, Mark Hawkes et al.); late news from last week, m RING-NECKED DUCK at the lagoons, no sign since (Jono Leadley)

Wicken Fen - 4 Stonechats, 2 Green Sandpipers, juv Marsh Harrier (Dave Palmer)

March Farmers - 2 Short-eared Owls, Barn Owl, Water Rail & Curlew calling (Steve Gann)

King's Dyke NR - Hobby, Marsh Harrier, Kingfisher (Phil Parker)

Ouse Washes - Pink-footed Goose over, juv Marsh Harrier, 5 Ruff, 3 Siskin over, 300+ Golden Plover in the area of Four Balls Farm (Mark Hawkes)

Cottenham - 900+ Golden Plovers at Broad Lane this afternoon, 15 Swallows also (Vicki Harley)

Meldreth - 350+ Golden Plover nearby at Trinity Farm TL374497 (Jim Lawrence)

Sunday, 2 October

Tick Fen - juv Marsh Harrier, Wheatear (Allistair Berry)

Paxton Pits - juv Black-necked Grebe, juv Garganey, 10 Common Buzzard, 2 Little Egret, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 9 Ruddy Duck, Coal Tit (Martin Davis, Jamie Wells)

Grafham Water - fem Stonechat & Wheatear at lagoons, Little Egret, 10 Common Buzzard, 29 Dunlin, 4+ Ringed Plover, Greenshank, 2 Common Tern, 2 Ruddy Duck 2 (Mark Hawkes, Mark Piercey)

Whittlesford - Redwing over (Peter Bircham)

Eau Fen - 450 Lapwing, Dunlin, 50 Ruff, 15 Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Yellow-legged Gull, Grey Wagtail (Paul Atkinson)

Madingley Hill - 4 Common Buzzard (Kevin Harris)

Wicken Fen - 2 Cetti's Warblers, 2 Green Sandpiper, 4 Snipe, Merlin over Burwell Fen (Zbigniew Karpowicz)

Fen Drayton - 2 Little Owls, Marsh Harrier, Pintail, 2 Green Sandpipers, South African Shelduck, Rock Pipit, Common Tern, 200 Golden Plovers (Richard Patient)

Saturday, 1 October

Paxton Pits - Black-necked Grebe, 3 Little Egret, 6 Ruddy Duck, Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Buzzard, Marsh Tit (Neal Parkin, Jamie Wells)

Fen Drayton - 300 Golden Plovers, 150 House Martins, 3 Sand Martins, Common Buzzard, Hobby, Cetti's Warbler, 8 Siskins, 3 Goldcrests, Green Sandpiper (Richard Patient)

Soham - 580 Golden Plovers by the A142 bypass (John Oates)

Eau Fen - Grey Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail, Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, 16+ Ruff (John Oates)

Broad Lane, Cottenham -c.400 Golden Plover (Vicki Harley)

Friday, 30 September

Fen Drayton - Bittern Holywell Pit, Hobby, Cettis Warber calling several times in reeds at north of pit (Dave Anderson)

Grafham Water - 2 Green Sandpipers, ad & 1st win Yellow-legged Gull, 2 juv Black Terns (Jim Lawrence)

Priors Fen - Yellow Wagtail, Green Sandpiper, juv. Arctic Tern (Brian Stone)

Trumpington - 180 Golden Plover (Mike Foley)

Wicken Fen - 2 Hen Harriers (Ralph Sargeant)

Dry Drayton - Common Buzzard over west end of village at (Ken Hook)

Thursday, 29 September

Grafham Water - juv Little Stint by Church Lane, 32 Dunlin, Ringed Plover, Black Tern off Mander CP (Mark Hawkes)

Fen Drayton - Hobby (Mike Foley)

Wednesday, 28 September

Paxton Pits - juv Black-necked Grebe, Ruff, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 4+ Green Sandpipers, 3 Ruddy Duck, Common Buzzard (Jamie Wells)

Grafham Water - 2 Black Terns, 27 Dunlin, 4+ Common Terns, 2+ Yellow-legged Gulls (Mark Hawkes)

Serpentine BP - Wheatear this morning (Brian Stone)

Monks Wood - Marsh Harrier over south 12:00h (Rich Broughton)

Tuesday, 27 September

Gunthorpe - WHITE STORK still between Gunthorpe and Newborough, north of the Gunthorpe Road (BirdGuides); following a tractor and plough on the east side of Gunthorpe Road this evening (Mike Weedon & family)

Trumpington - 80+ Golden PLovers this evening (Peter Bircham)

Grafham Water - juv Little Stint, 2 Black Terns, 8 Common Terns, 23 Dunlin, 3 Ruff, 2 Yellow Wagtails (Jim Lawrence); Curlew Sandpiper, Mediterranean Gull in roost (Colin Addington)

Prior's Fen - juv Arctic Tern, 2 Greenshanks, 2 Green Sandpipers, 2 Common Sandpipers, 17 Swallows south (Brian Stone)

Cambridge - Hobby over Station Road 12:50h (Zbigniew Karpowicz)

Monday, 26 September

Grafham Water - 2 Black Terns off Mander CP early evening (Colin Addington)

Prior's Fen - Yellow-legged Gull, c.80 Golden Plovers, 2 Greenshanks, 2 Common Sandpipers (Brian Stone)

Toft - Buzzard this morning (Clive Sinclair)

Trumpington - 21 Golden PLovers this morning (Mike Foley)

Sunday, 25 September

Paxton Pits - juv Black-necked Grebe, 6 Little Egret, juv Little Stint, Dunlin, 2 Ringed Plover, 2 Ruff, Black-tailed Godwit, Green Sandpiper, 7 Ruddy Duck, 2 Red-crested Pochard, 2+ Siskin, 6+ Yellow Wagtail, Common Buzzard (Jamie Wells)

Ouse Washes - 4 Marsh Harriers, Hobby, 2 Ruff, c.30 Yellow Wagtails (Peter Herkenrath)

Prior's Fen - Hobby (Chris Monk)

Newborough - WHITE STORK (Chris Monk)

Saturday, 24 September

Nene Washes - LAPLAND BUNTING flying over the central drove late p.m., 6+ Marsh Harriers, Hobby, 2 Common Buzzards (Richard Patient)

Fen Drayton - 2 Hobbies, 3 Green Sandpiper (Bruce & Gwen Martin); Little Stint, Common Tern, 2 Cetti's Warblers, 4 Siskins, 100 Golden Plover (Richard Patient)

Godmanchester GP - 8 Common Buzzards, male Marsh Harrier, 2 Hobbies, Garganey, 3 Green Sandpipers, 2 Common Sandpipers, 2 Sand Martins (Richard Patient)

Newborough - WHITE STORK still present, also Hobby and Marsh Harrier (Richard Patient)

Whittlesford - 3 Common Buzzard (Peter Bircham)

Wicken Fen - juv Marsh Harrier , Cetti's Warbler, 5 Green Sandpiper, Stonechat, 2 Water Rail (Zbigniew Karpowicz)

Milton CP - juv Arctic Tern, Lesser Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, 10 Chiffchaffs (calling), 3 Willow Warblers, 3 Blackcaps and a Kingfisher (David Heath)

Paxton Pits - juv Black-necked Grebe, juv Little Stint, Whinchat, Little Egret, 4 Ruddy Duck, 2 Red-crested Pochards, 2 Dunlin, 2 Ruff, 3 Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper (Julian Hughes, Jamie Wells)

Friday, 23 September

Paxton Pits - Short-eared Owl, 1+ Little Egret, Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Ruff, Dunlin, 3 Ringed Plover (inc. 2 Tundra birds), 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 13+ Snipe, 4 Yellow Wagtail (Jamie Wells)

Prior's Fen - DOTTEREL in flight with 48 Golden Plover, which headed south 13:10h (Brian Stone)

Girton - 4 Buzzards over the BirdLife office 12:00h, also constant hirundine passage south this morning (David Wege)

Thursday, 22 September

Gunthorpe/Newborough - WHITE STORK present 17:00h, on the ploughed field north of Bridgehill Road, TF192047 (Bob Titman)

Connington Fen (Hunts) - GOSHAWK reported hunting over arable fields Sept. 20 & 21 (as per Ray Laurie)

Farcet Fen - TREE PIPIT, imm/f Merlin, ad m Peregrine, Marsh Harrier, 30+ Swallows over south, Tawny Owl, 2 Yellow Wagtails (Steve Dudley)

Grafham Water - RED-NECKED GREBE 16:45h (Mark Hawkes); still present off dam 19:00h, though distant (Colin Addington)

Wicken Fen - Cetti's Warbler off Harrison's Drove 11:30h, 3 Green Sandpipers from Trevelyan's Hide (Mike Foley)

Fen Drayton - Bittern into roost on Holywell Pit 18:40h, Hobby, Water Rail & Tawny Owl heard (Dave Anderson)

Milton CP - juv Arctic Tern over Dickerson's Pit (David Heath)

Wednesday, 21 September

Grafham Water - a PHALAROPE sp., probably Red-necked, in flight briefly this morning but not relocated, 4 Buzzards, 2 Greenshank, 10+ Yellow Wagtail, 4+ Common Terns, 2 Swifts, Siskin over (Mark Hawkes, Jim Lawrence); ad & f juv Black-necked Grebes (Colin Addington); ad Black-necked Grebe present until 17:00h at least, also Sedge Warbler, ad Yellow-legged Gull (Mark Hawkes)

Farcet Fen - f/imm Merlin (Steve Dudley)

Dog-in-a-Doublet - juv Arctic Tern (Brian Stone)

Monks Wood - 30 Swallows south 15:00h (Rich Broughton)

Tuesday, 20 September

Newborough Fen - WHITE STORK present between Gunthorpe Road and Gunton Road, viewable from Bridgehill Road (Steve Dudley)

Farcet Fen - JACK SNIPE, 4 Snipe, 2 Yellow Wagtails, 440 Golden Plover over, 1300+ Lapwings, f/imm Merlin (Steve Dudley)

Prior's Fen - Little Stint, 2 juv Greenshanks, Green Sandpiper (Mike Weedon)

Fen Drayton - Bittern into roost on Holywell Pit 19:25h, arriving again from the south and completing a full circuit of the pit before dropping in, also 2+ Hobbies (Dave Anderson); Spotted Redshank over, Cape Shelduck still present (Jim Lawrence)

Dry Drayton - 9 Buzzards, Hobby 12.15-13.00h (Mike Clydesdale)

Paxton Pits - 2 f COMMON SCOTERS on Island Pit, 3 Red-crested Pochards on Heronry North (as per RBA); Little Stint, 2 Black-necked Grebes, Little Egret, Ruff, Black-tailed Godwit (Martin Davis)

Monday, 19 September

Fen Drayton - Bittern into roost on Holywell Pit 19:10h, 3 Hobbies, Green Sandpiper (Dave Anderson)

Hilton - ad Mediterranean Gull over the B1050 between Hilton and Papworth Everard 09:00h (Mark Eaton)

Farcet Fen - 2 Hobbies, 220+ Swallows (Steve Dudley)

Prior's Fen - juv Little Stint, 2 Greenshanks, 4 Dunlin, 2 Hobbies (Brian Stone)

Paxton Pits - 3 Red-crested Pochards, Hobby (Jamie Wells)

Ferry Meadows - juv Arctic Tern (Don Gardener)

Dog-in-a-Doublet - juv Arctic Tern (Brian Stone)

Sunday, 18 September

Elton - MONTAGU'S HARRIER SW past Elton 13:10h (Brian Stone)

Grafham Water - 2 Little Egret, Goldeneye, Pintail, Greenshank, 40+ Yellow Wagtail, 5+ Yellow-legged Gull (Mark Hawkes, Colin Addington)

Paxton Pits - 2 Black-necked Grebes, 3 juv Red-crested Pochards, Black-tailed Godwit, Ringed Plover (Julian Hughes, Neal Parkin, Steve May, Jamie Wells)

Wicken Fen - 2 Cetti's Warblers, Marsh Harrier, 2 Green Sandpiper, Stonechat, SNOW GOOSE (white morph) with Greylags (Zbig Karpowicz)

Saturday, 17 September

Milton CP - juv Arctic Turn (John Oates)

Paxton Pits - 2 Black-necked Grebes, 2 Little Egrets, Red-crested Pochard, 2 Hobbies, 3 Buzzards, 3 Sparrowhawks, Black-tailed Godwit, 4+ Green Sandpipers, 2+ Common Sandpipers, 3 Dunlin, 2 Ringed Plovers, Siskin (Martin Davis, Jamie Wells)

Fen Drayton - 2 Green Sandpipers, 2 Kingfishers, Hobby, Tawny Owl, Little Owl (Dave Anderson)

Grafham Water - Yellow-legged Gull, Buzzard (Peter Stockwell)

Friday, 16 September

Grafham Water - 2 juv Little Gulls off Mander late afternoon, 6 Little Egrets (Mark Hawkes, Colin Addington)

Prior's Fen - juv Arctic Tern, Pintail, 3 Little Egrets, 2 Hobbies, Buzzard, 4 Dunlin, Greenshank, 5 Snipe, 3 Ringed Plover (Brian Stone)

Thursday, 15 September

Grafham Water - OSPREY caught a fish near the dam and departed south-east (John Parslow)

Godmanchester - 2 Hobbies by the A14 east of the town 10:00h (Rich Broughton)

Wednesday, 14 September

Brampton - CATTLE EGRET still present this lunchtime (Paul Rule)

Grafham Water - 3 Little Egrets, 9 Dunlin, 3 Ruff, 5 Common Sandpipers, 2 Greenshanks, Snipe, ad Yellow-legged Gull, 5 juv Common Terns (Jim Lawrence)

Farcet Fen - 3 Marsh Harriers, 3 Hobbies, 2600+ Lapwings, 260 Swallows over, also 5 Turtle Doves and 565 Collared Doves in the Farcet & Blackbush areas (Steve Dudley)

Paxton Pits - 1st win Mediterranean Gull, juv Black-necked Grebe, 3 Little Egrets, 4 Ruff, Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Ruddy Duck (Jamie Wells)

Ferry Meadows - 50+ Swallows, 100+ House Martins, 2 Sand Martins, Hobby (Chris park)

Tuesday, 13 September

Brampton - CATTLE EGRET 13:50h (BirdGuides)

Ferry Meadows - Wheatear, Redpoll, c.6 Siskins (Brian Stone)

Fen Drayton - Black-necked Grebe still present on Ferry Lagoon (Ken & Richard Hook)

Grafham Water - Little Stint, Dunlin, Ringed Plover at Church lane Bay this afternoon (Colin Addington)

Whittlesey - Whinchat at East Delph (Steve Dudley)

Peterborough - m Golden Pheasant by Spital Bridge at 15:45h briefly, but not relocated (Chaz Shaw)

Prior's Fen - 5 Little Egrets, Greenshank, Little Ringed Plover, 17 Snipe, Dunlin, Hobby, 2 Yellow Wagtails (Steve Dudley)

King's Ripton - Buzzard over 16:55h (Martin Phillips)

Bluntisham - 4 Buzzard sp.f circling this afternoon (Brian Groombridge)

Monday, 12 September

Grafham Water - fem/imm COMMON SCOTER off Mander CP 16:00h, Black Tern, 5+ Little Egrets, 7 Dunlin, 2 Ruff, 4 Ringed Plover, 5+ Yellow-legged Gulls (Mark Hawkes); Black-necked Grebe off Plummer CP 18:55h (Colin Addington)

Gunthorpe - WHITE STORK still present this evening (Tony Parker)

Eau Fen - Knot, juv Spotted Redshank, 8+ Ruff, juv Greenshank, Dunlin, 5+ Green Sandpiper, 7+ Common Sandpiper, 10+ Snipe, Yellow Wagtail, 26 Mistle Thrushes, 2 White-cheeked Pintails (Paul Atkinson)

Haddenham - juv Whinchat on Galls Fen Drove, 3 Wheatears on Dambank Drove, Turtle Dove on Long Drove (Paul Mason)

Ely - Siskin over, Wheatear, Reed Warbler on paddocks east of Roswell Pits (Paul Atkinson)

Coton - Hobby over, 2 Tawny Owls, Little Owl (Vince lea & Louise Bacon)

Little Thetford - Turtle Dove (Paul Atkinson)

Paxton Pits - 2 Black-necked Grebes, 4 Curlew, Black-tailed Godwit, Ruff, Little Egret, 2 Green Sandpipers, 2 Common Sandpipers, 2 Marsh Harriers, 2 Garganey, male Red-crested Pochard, 2 Dunlin, juv Little Ringed Plover, 6 Ringed Plovers, 5+ Buzzards, 3 Yellow Wagtails this morning (Martin Davis)

Blackbush - ad m Peregrine, 2 Hobbies, 2 Marsh Harriers, 4 Buzzards (Steve Dudley)

Sunday, 11 September

Ferry Meadows - 2 ARCTIC SKUAS circling over Birdfest at Ferry Meadows this morning (RSPB)

Paxton Pits - dark-phase juvenile ARCTIC SKUA, LITTLE STINT, 2 Black-necked Grebes, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Ruff, Little Egret, male Red-crested Pochard, 8 Dunlin, 5 Snipe, Little Ringed Plover, 4 Ringed Plovers, Buzzard, 4 Turtle Doves (Martin Davis/Jamie Wells)

Fen Drayton - Hobby, 5 Curlews over, Common Tern, Green Sandpiper, Swift (Mark Eaton)

Cow Lane GPs - Juv Garganey and one Green Sandpiper still on pit by gate (Jim Lawrence)

Priors Fen - 8 Whimbrel over to west, Little Egret, 5 Dunlin, 9 Ringed Plover, Greenshank, 5 Snipe, Whinchat, 4 Hobby, Marsh Harrier, Buzzard (Steve Dudley)

Dog-in-a-Doublet - Hobby (Steve Dudley)

Blackbush - Hobby, Merlin (Steve Dudley)

Saturday, 10 September

Grafham Water - probable SABINE'S GULL off Mander CP several times briefly at 17:30h, but it was distant and the weather was terrible (Colin Addington); 9+ Black Tern off Mander CP, Arctic Tern, 7+ Little Egrets, 6 Ruff, 4 Greenshank, 4+ Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper (Mark Hawkes)

Fen Drayton - Hobby, 2 Lesser Whitethroats (Richard Allison)

Eau Fen - Greenshank, juv Spotted Redshank, 7 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper, 2 White-cheeked Pintails (Monica & Owen Marks)

Paxton Pits - adult and a juv Black-necked Grebe, 4 Ruff, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Dunlin, Little Ringed Plover, 2 Ringed Plover (Martin Davis, Julian Hughes, Jamie Wells)

Friday, 9 September

Grafham Water - 20 Black Tern, 13 Little Egret, Knot, 2 Turnstone 3 Curlew, 5 Ruff, 3 Ringed Plover (Mark Hawkes, Jono Leadley); Garganey 2 in lagoons (Colin Addington)

Godmanchester GP, Cow Lane - juv PECTORAL SANDPIPER on 1st pit until 12:45h, when flushed by a Sparrowhawk. Also Garganey, Green Sandpiper, 3 Buzzards over (John Clark, Mark Hawkes)

Brampton - CATTLE EGRET (Mark Hawkes)

Gunthorpe - WHITE STORK still present, on plough west of the Gunthorpe Road this morning (Trevor Williams)

Hilton - 8 Buzzards circling over the A1198 by the turn to Hilton (Jim Lawrence)

Paxton Pits - Black-necked Grebe, f Peregrine, 4 Ruff, 2 Black-tailed Godwits, 2 Green Sandpipers, 5 Common Sandpipers, juv Little Ringed Plover (Martin Davis)

Farcet Fen - 32+ Golden Plover over, Wheatear, 48+ Yellow Wagtails, 2 Turtle Doves, Common Sandpiper (Steve Dudley)

Helpston - Hobby over this morning (Richard Astle)

Croydon - Marsh Harrier over 13:30h (Tim Hancock)

Thursday, 8 September

Gunthorpe - WHITE STORK still present (Brian Stone)

Farcet Fen - OSPREY over 19:05h, also 8 Yellow Wagtails, 2 Little Owls, Tawny Owl this evening (Steve Dudley)

Ferry Meadows - OSPREY over 18:55h (Matt Webb)

Farcet Fen - Red Kites over at 15:15 h and 15:20 h, also 3 high over Holme Fen, 5 Buzzards over, 4 Marsh Harriers, 2 juv Hobbies (Steve Dudley)

Wimpole Park - 3 Buzzards, ad Hobby, 2 Marsh Tits, eclipse m Mandarin (Jim lawrence)

Prior's Fen - 5 Little Egrets, 2 Greenshanks, 2 Common Sandpipers, Dunlin, Ringed Plover, Little Ringed Plover, Buzzard (Brian Stone)

Steeple Morden - 2 Wheatears just south of the village, TL288413, at 14:45h (Jim Lawrence)

Flag Fen - 14 Turtle Doves (Brian Stone)

Maxey Pits - Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Kingfisher (Richard Astle)

Swavesey - Tawny Owl (Sue Rogers)

Helpston - Tawny Owl (Richard Astle)

Paxton Pits - Black-necked Grebe, Mediterranean Gull, eclipse m Garganey, 2 Dunlin, f Pintail, Goldeneye, 7 Ruff, 2 Black-tailed Godwits (Martin Davis)

Wednesday, 7 September

Brampton - CATTLE EGRET in field along Thrapston Road, viewable from bus-stop lay-by 10:40h & showing well (Mark Hawkes); still present 13:00h, also c.20 Yellow Wagtails (Paul Rule)

Gunthorpe - WHITE STORK still present, now on the western side of Gunthorpe Road, coming from Peterborough (Brian Stone)

Needingworth - OSPREY over c.17:45h (Mike Everett)

Prior's Fen GP - perched OSPREY 17:10h, which soon departed eastwards (Steve Dudley); 4 Little Egrets, Greenshank, Dunlin, 4+ Common Sandpipers, 5 Ringed Plovers, juv Caspian Gull, 2 ad Yellow-legged Gulls, 2 Wheatears, Whinchat (Steve Dudley, Kevin Du Rose)

Cambridge - possible OSPREY south over Shelford Road 16:40h (Mike Foley)

Paxton Pits - 11 Black Terns, 10 Ruff, 2 Black-tailed Godwits, 3 Ruddy Ducks (Martin Davis); Black-necked Grebe reported also.

Ouse Washes - Curlew Sandpiper, 2+ Hobbies, 2+ Marsh Harriers (John Oates, James Hanlon)

Eau Fen - Spotted Redshank, Whinchat (John Oates, James Hanlon)

Nene Washes - Wheatear & Whinchat near western end of the Central Drove (Brian Stone)

Arrington - Tawny Owl (Jim Lawrence)

Tuesday, 6 September

Brampton - CATTLE EGRET in field along Thrapston Road, viewable from bus-stop lay-by 10:50h (Mark Hawkes)

Gunthorpe - WHITE STORK still in the ploughed field on the east side of Gunthorpe Road towards the Bridgehill Road end (Brian Stone)

Prior's Fen GP - 6 Little Egrets, 2 Greenshanks, 2 Ruff, 3 Dunlin, 3 Common Sandpipers, 2 Turtle Doves, 2 Yellow Wagtails, 2 Snipe (Brian Stone)

Knarr Fen - Marsh Harrier over, 50+ Yellow Wagtails at Knarr Corner Farm (Brian Stone)

Paxton Pits - Black-necked Grebe, ad win Mediterranean Gull, 2 Black Terns, Little Egret, 2 Black-tailed Godwits, 6 Ruff, 2 Dunlin, 3 Green Sandpipers, Common Sandpiper, juv Little Ringed Plover, 5 Snipe, 26+ Yellow Wagtails, 2 Swifts over (Jamie Wells)

Monday, 5 September

Brampton - CATTLE EGRET still present, in fields beside the village (Mike Everett)

Gunthorpe - WHITE STORK (BirdGuides)

Eau Fen - juv Spotted Redshank, Knot, ad Hobby, 3 Greenshanks, Black-tailed Godwit, 3+ Green Sandpipers, 7+ Common Sandpipers (John Oates, Mark Hawkes); 730 Lapwing, Golden Plover, 15 Snipe, 13 Turtle Doves, 10 Yellow Wagtails, 2 Kingfishers (Monica & Owen Marks)

Ouse Washes RSPB - 2 Curlew Sandpipers from Stockdales Hide (Paul Harrington)

Farcet Fen - juv Cuckoo, Wheatear, 9 Yellow Wagtails, 2 juv Hobbies, Marsh Harrier (Steve Dudley)

Paxton Pits - Black-necked Grebe (Martin Davis)

Needingworth - Little Egret, Marsh Harrier over Pike & Eel lake this evening (Mike Everett)

Prior's Fen GP - TEMMINCK'S STINT briefly this evening (Kevin Du Rose); 2 Little Egrets, Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, Ruff, Turtle Dove over, 8+ Yellow Wagtails, 12 Snipe over (Brian Stone); Spotted Redshank (BirdGuides)

Sunday, 4 September

Trumpington - PIED FLYCATCHER in private garden (Howard Slatter)

Gunthorpe - WHITE STORK still at Gunthorpe Road (Chris & Katy Monk)

Cherry Hinton Pits - Hobby over 17:55h (Pete Holt)

Fen Drayton - Black-necked Grebe, 2 Pintail, Goldeneye, 2 Yellow Wagtail, Whinchat (Mark Eaton); 4+ Hobbies, Little Egret (James Hanlon); Cetti's Warbler (Paul Rule)

Grafham Water - juv Curlew Sandpiper, 6 Little Egret, 20+ Dunlin, 6 Ruff, 18 Ringed Plovers, 4 Yellow-legged Gulls, 50+ Yellow Wagtails on shoreline west of Marlow CP (Stuart Elsom et al.)

Paxton Pits - Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Ruff, Little Ringed Plover, Dunlin, 4 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 4 Yellow Wagtails, 2 Ruddy Ducks, 4 Red-crested Pochards (Julian Hughes)

Eau Fen - Knot, 5 Snipe, Black-tailed Godwit, Spotted Redshank, Greenshank, 3 Common Sandpiper, 2 Hobby, Curlew (Bruce & Gwen Martin, Rob Palmer); 21 Ruff (Jim Lawence)

Saturday, 3 September

Gunthorpe - WHITE STORK still at Gunthorpe Road (Vin Fleming)

Grafham - WRYNECK still present at end of Church Lane, Grafham village, Peregrine, juv Curlew Sandpiper, 5+ Little Egret, 13 Dunlin, 6 Ruff, 3 Greenshank (Mark Hawkes, Duncan Poyser, Richard Allison et al.)

Brampton - CATTLE EGRET (Mark Hawkes, Duncan Poyser et al.)

Paxton Pits - eclipse drake Garganey, 4 fem Pintail, 2 Curlew over, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Turnstone, Ruff, 2 Dunlin, Little Ringed Plover, c.4 Green Sandpiper, 4+ Common Sandpiper, 1+ Little Egret, c.10 Yellow Wagtails (Martin Davis, Julian Hughes, Jamie Wells)

Friday, 2 September

Grafham - WRYNECK at end of Church Lane, Grafham village, 14.36 h. Turn left at the bottom of Church Lane, follow footpath for 150 yards and the bird is in shrubs by the path (John Parslow), but no sign of the bird 14:45-18:00h at least. Also juv Curlew Sandpiper, 10 Little Egret, 9 Dunlin, 6 Ruff, 3+ Greenshanks (Mark Hawkes et al.)

Gunthorpe - WHITE STORK still at Gunthorpe Road 07:00. Turn on to Gunthorpe Road towards Newborough from APV roundabout. Park on left just over small hump back bridge. If you look along the ditch from the bridge it is in the 2nd stubble field on the right of the ditch TF 188 039 (Colin Holmes); still present 12:40h (Ray Bowell); still present 16:45h (Owen Marks)

Brampton - CATTLE EGRET (BirdGuides)

Prior's Fen - 6 Little Egret, Wood Sandpiper, 3 Greenshanks, Green Sandpiper, Ruff, 2 Yellow Wagtail, Hobby (Brian Stone)

Thursday, 1 September

Brampton - CATTLE EGRET 08:00h & 17:00h (Paul Andrew)

Gunthorpe - WHITE STORK off Gunthorpe Road between Gunthorpe and Newborough, view from about 500 m along Gunthorpe Road north of Werrington Parkway, TF188039 (Brian Stone); present until 14:45h at least, to the left of the Gunthorpe Road from the A15 at TF185036 (Peter Beesley)

Ferry Meadows - Whinchat on Coney Meadow (Matt Webb); Green Sandpiper from the main hide (Don Gardener)

Haddenham fen - 4 Wheatears, 34 Turtle Doves (Jake Allsop)

Paxton Pits - 3 Little Egrets, f Garganey, Curlew over, Black-tailed Godwit, Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, Dunlin, 3 Buzzards, Ruddy Duck (Martin Davis)

Fen Drayton - Black-necked Grebe at NW corner of Ferry Lagoon still, 3 Green Sandpipers, 2 Dunlin, 3 Pintail, Common Sandpiper (Bruce & Gwen Martin)

Grafham Water - 11+ Black Terns, 6+ Little Egrets, Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Ruff, 2 Common Sandpipers, Greenshank, Yellow-legged Gull (Mark Hawkes)

Barton - Buzzard over 18:15h (Vince Lea)