What was About Sept-Dec 2007

Monday, 31 December

Fen Drayton -  yesterday's probable Lesser Scaup ID revised to male Tuftie x Pochard hybrid (Richard Thomas) BLACK NECKED GREBE still on Ferry Lagoon, 2 drake Goosanders (Kevin Harris)

Grafham Water - Dark-bellied Brent Goose adult in bay by Marlow CP this afternoon, drk Scaup still in Littless Creek, presumed Lesser Scaup x Tufted Duck still in Savages Creek (Colin Addington, Jono Leadley, Mark Hawkes) 1st-winter & adult Caspian Gull  from Mander CP this afternoon 5+ Yellow-legged Gull, fem Goosander, drk hybrid Pochard x Tufted Duck (Mark Hawkes, Jono Leadley)

Paxton Pits - Dark-bellied Brent Goose over Pumphouse Pit, 3 redhead Smew at the north end of island pit, fem. Merlin, Little Egret, Dunlin, 600+ Golden Plover, 4 Redshank, Shelduck (Jamie Wells)

West Wratting - c700 Golden Plover in field west of West Wratting airfield (Shaun Jarvis)

Wicken Fen - 2 Short Eared Owl, 2 Little Owl, Barn Owl, c2000 Golden Plover, 500+ Lapwing,  2 Black Tailed Godwit (Dave Palmer)

Buckden GP - drk Scaup (Darren Oakley-Martin)

Sunday, 30 December

Maxey GP - Jack Snipe, Grey Wagtail, Shelduck, (Ray & Will Bowell)

Brampton - dark-bellied adult Brent Goose still with Greylags at Brampton Race Course this morning (Mark Hawkes)

Cambridge - 15+ Brambling with 40+ Chaffinch next to new bridge over railwayline, c.250m east of Addenbrookes hospital (Graeme Smith)

Fen Drayton - probable drake Lesser Scaup on Ferry Lagoon, Yellow-legged Gull, Caspian Gull, Bittern arrived Holywell Lake 1553hrs, 3 Stonechat (Mike Everett)

Woodwalton Fen - ringtail Hen Harrier, 2 Buzzard, Cetti's Warbler, Water Rail  (Duncan McNiven & Debbie Pain)

Saturday, 29 December

 St. Neots - CATTLE EGRET still present alongside the Build Centre by the railway bridge (per rarebirdalert.com)

Paxton Pits - GREAT WHITE EGRET still present (per rarebirdalert.com)

 Fen Drayton - BLACK NECKED GREBE on Drayton Lagoon (Andy Cotton) drk. Smew on Ferry Pond (Duncan McNiven & Debbie Pain)

Woodwalton Fen - ringtail Hen Harrier, Bittern  (John Lindsell)

Friday, 28 December

 St. Neots - CATTLE EGRET still present alongside the Build Centre by the railway bridge. occationaly flushed by dog walkers but keepsreturning to this location (Bruce Martin, Steve May, Jamie Wells)

Paxton Pits - GREAT WHITE EGRET still present, Little Egret, Peregrine, 3 Shelduck, 3 Barnacle Goose,  Red-breasted Goose and Bar-headed Goose amongst Greylags, Siskin, (Jamie Wells) drake Mandarin Heronry South. 1 drake and 2 female Goosanders on Wash-out Pit (Dean Harlow)

Brampton - dark-bellied adult Brent Goose in field behind new building at Brampton Race course (John Lindsell)

Rampton and Willingham - ringtail Hen Harrier between the villages (Mike Harris)

Grafham Water - 2 redhead Goosander (Darren Oakley-Martin)

Thursday, 27 December

Paxton Pits - GREAT WHITE EGRET still present and still elusive. Flew over the Washout pit at 1:30. 2 drk Goosander also on the washout pit (Paul Rule) GREAT WHITE EGRET returned to Heronry South @ 3:40 (Jamie Wells)

St. Neots - CATTLE EGRET was alongside the Build Centre by the railway bridge until around 8.30 (Richard  Bashford) Returned to this site around 3:15 (Stuart Elsom)

Peterborough - Shag  at Town Bridge (Martin Coates )

Wood Walton Fen - ringtail hen harrier from Gordon's Mere hide (Duncan McNiven)

Wednesday, 26 December

Paxton Pits - GREAT WHITE EGRET still present but very elusive, only seen a couple of times during the day on Heronry north pit. It returned to roost at the same place as last night around 15.55 where it was present until dusk.The best view point is from the footpath between Hayden and Kingfisher hides. Also drk. Mandarin, Little Egret, Short-eared Owl. imm. Peregrine, fem Stonechat, 3 redhead Goosander, Barnacle Goose and  report of 3 redhead Smew (Mark Hawkes)

St. Neots - CATTLE EGRET south of B1428 in muddy field TL203602 (per rarebirdalert.com)

Grafham Water - 2 Egyptian Geese in the lagoons early afternoon (Colin Addington)

Wicken Fen - Marsh Harrier, 2 Stonechat, Barn Owl, Water Rail, Cetti's Warbler (Gavin Paterson)

Tuesday, 25 December

Paxton Pits - GREAT WHITE EGRET in trees behind the Cormorant island at Heronry South, Little Egret, 5 Goosander (4 drakes)on Washout Pit and a drake leucistic Gadwall on Heronry South (Martin Davis, Jamie Wells)

Fen Drayton - BLACK NECKED GREBE on Drayton Lagoon (Nigel Willits)

Monday, 24 December

Grafham Water - 1st-winter drk Scaup  in Littless Creek, presumed Lesser Scaup x Tufted Duck  in bay east of Hill Farm, Little Egret, 2 Ruddy Duck (Mark Hawkes, Jono Leadley)

Paxton Pits -  GREAT WHITE EGRET reported on Island Pit this morning (per rarebirdalert.com)

Ferry Meadows - Red Kite (Matt Webb)

Somersham - 2 redhead Smew on lake behind Alpha Farm, Parkhall Road (James Pipe)

Needingworth -  redhead Smew and a female Red-crested Pochard (Mark Eaton)

Sunday, 23 December

Fen Drayton - BLACK NECKED GREBE on Hunts lake, drk. Smew on Moore lake (Dave Anderson)

Bottisham Lock - fem. Goosander (Carlos Davies)

Croxton  Hall - 5 White-fronted Geese (Chris McCabe)

Woodwalton Fen today - 2 Bittern, 121 Fieldfare (John Wells)

Saturday, 22 December

Wicken Fen - GREAT WHITE EGRET over, heading towards the Cam Washes at Upware (Andy Massey)

Betweeen Isleham and Soham - GOSHAWK (Duncan Poyser)

Ramsey - male Blackcap (John Wells)

Friday, 21 December

A505 near Fowlmere - Peregine (Gareth Rees)

Fulbourn NR - 2/3 Short-eared Owls and Peregrine on the south edge of reserve TL532557 (Richard Palmer)

Grafham Water - drk. Scaup in bay to east of Hill Farm, 4 drk. 1 fem Goosander, 4m, 1f Dudney Creek, Woodcock flushed from between deer exclosures in Savages Wood.
Common Sandpiper (Jono Leadley)

Ferry Meadows - pr. Red-crested Pochard and two redhead Smew were on Lynch Lake (Brian Stone)

Thursday, 20 December

Maxey Pits - 13 male & 9 female Goosanders on small pit north-west of village (Keith Lawton)

Monks Wood - 200+ Fieldfares (Rich Broughton)

Wednesday, 19 December

Nene Washes - over the last week 44+ Stonechats, 6 Water Pipits, 20 Bramblings, 20 Tree Sparrows, 2 Cetti's Warblers, 320+ Bewick's Swans, 105+ Whooper Swans, 2 Pink-footed Geese, 4+ Buzzards, 2 Peregrines, ringtail Hen Harrier, Marsh Harrier, Merlin, and a Spotted Redshank on 14 December (Jonathan Taylor, Charlie Kitchin)

Ouse Washes - dawn roost counts of 3383 Whooper Swans and 5341 Bewick's Swans, also from Earith to Welmore 18000+ Wigeon, Scaup, 19 Ruff, 502 Black-tailed Godwits, 7 Marsh Harriers, 2 Water Pipits (Niki Williamson)

Wicken Fen - 2 Short-eared Owls along Burwell Lode, 2 male Hen Harriers to roost on Sedge Fen (Andrew Knights)

Monks Wood - Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Nuthatch (Rich Broughton)

Ferry Meadows - 2 redhead Smew on Lynch Lake 15:30h (Paul Taylor)

Woodwalton Fen - Bittern (Kevan Wolstencroft, Steve Gann)

Tuesday, 18 December

Fen Drayton - 2 ad Caspian Gulls, 2 Yellow-legged Gulls on Ferry Lagoon (Richard Allison); Woodcock, Little Egret, redhead Smew, singing male Siskin, pair of Stonechats along entrance track (Andy Cotton)

Eldernell - 2 Short-eared Owls, 2 Barn Owls, Marsh harrier (Dave Griffiths, Cambridge)

Monday, 17 December

Fen Drayton - redhead Smew on Swavesey Lake, 2 Bewick's Swans on Trout Pond briefly, pair of Stonechats along entrance track (Andy Cotton)

Eldernell - 104 Whooper Swans, 5 Bewick's Swans, Merlin, Kingfisher (John Saunders)

Ouse/Over Fen - Little Stint (Richard Thomas)

Sunday, 16 December

Fen Drayton - 2 drake & 4 redhead Smew on Swavesey Lake (Neil Renwick)

Wicken Fen - ringtail Hen Harrier, pair of Stonechat, 3 Water Rail (Gavin Paterson)

Wardy Hill - Peregrine, a few groups of Corn Buntings including one group of c.50, Brambling, Marsh Harrier (David Hopkins)

Swaffham Prior Fen - 24 Lesser Redpoll, Stonechat (Ian Barton & Kathleen Rosewarne)

Cambridge - pair Blackcap in Manhattan Drive (Catherine Andrews)

Earith - 126 Black-tailed Godwits, 102 Dunlin, 19 Ruff, 31 Redshank, 7 Egyptian Geese (David Griffiths)


Saturday, 15 December

Miton Tip - adult Caspian Gull, adult and a 2nd winter Yellow-legged Gull,  Woodcock and several Siskins over (Peter Herkenrath)

Fen Drayton - drake Smew still on Swavesey Lake, Water Rail, Black-tailed Godwit (Richard Thomas)

Between Ely and Little Downham - COMMON CRANE heading low NW (Duncan Poyser)

Maxey lakes - 5 Goosander (Phil Ackerman)

 Friday, 14 December

Paxton Pits - imm fem Peregrine, 5 Redpoll, Siskin over, Little Egret, Green Sandpiper, 2 Water Rail calling, 2 Snipe (Jamie Wells)

Fen Drayton - 2 male & 2 redhead Smew at eastern end of Swavesey Lake this morning (Dennis Hall)

Ferry Meadows - 4 Lesser Redpoll & 15 Siskin in alders at Watersports Centre CP (Paul Taylor)

Thursday, 13 December

Ouse Washes - no sign of the BARRED WARBLER, found yesterday by David Cordery, from 07:30-09:30h. This bird was seen several times late morning yesterday in Guelder Rose bush right next to the visitors centre, near the picnic benches. Lots of Tree Sparrows present, also Siskins and Bramblings over (Mark Hawkes; Bruce Martin); no sign of the Barred Warbler by 13:30h (David Hopkins)

Ely Beet Factory - Bittern (Bruce Martin, Ian Barton)

Milton CP - 7 Siskin, 2 Water Rail, 4 Bullfinch (David Heath)

Castor Mill - 3 Stonechat, Little Owl (Paul Taylor)

Pike and Eel Lake, Needingworth - Little Egret, 2 Ruff, Barn Owl (Mike Everett)

Marsh Lane GP - redhead Smew, 3+ Water Rails calling, Black Swan (Mike Everett)

Swavesey - Barn Owl along River Drove from c.15:15h (Sue Rogers)

Wednesday, 12 December

Grafham Water - 2 Red-necked Grebes in Savages Creek 15:45h, also fem Smew (Colin Addington)

Godmancester NR - Red-breasted Goose of unknown origin with Greylag, Canada and 4 Barnacle Geese today (Stephen Hoare)

Monks Wood - 9 Lesser Redpoll, 10+ Siskin, 4 Woodcock, 5 Nuthatch, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Buzzard, 80+ Marsh Tits (Rich Broughton)

Haslingfield - Peregrine hunting near Cantelupe Reservoir (Vince Lea)

Eldernell - 2 Short-eared Owls, 2 Marsh Harriers, 2 Barn Owls (Max Catterwell, Ken Davis)

Milton CP - 7+ Siskin (David Heath)

Cambridge - male Blackcap in Manhattan Drive today (Catherine Andrews)

Fen Drayton - pair of free-flying, un-ringed Carolina Wood Ducks of unknown origin near Swavesey Lake (Andy Cotton)

Tuesday, 11 December

Prior's Fen - 2 Bewick's Swans and 8 Whooper Swans amongst a Mute Swan flock (Brian Stone)

Fen Drayton - Bittern again this morning (Andy Cotton)

Eldernell - 5+ Short-eared Owls, ringtail Hen Harrier, Merlin, Water Rail calling, also Goosander in flight reported (Steve Gann)

Overcote - 100+ Redshanks, 6+ Ruff, 3 Grey Wagtails (Anne Howard)

From Sunday, 9 December: Needingworth GPs - 3 male and 6 redhead Smew (Bruce Martin)

Monday, 10 December

Fen Drayton - 2 Bitterns 09:55 - 10:25h, one in Holywell Lake reeds, the other flew from Holywell to Oxholme Lake. Also 2 Stonechats along entrance track and 15 Black-tailed Godwits over (Andy Cotton)

Stretham - 3 Barn Owls together, along the road to Wicken, just outside Stretham 15:30h (David Norman)

Ouse Washes, between Eairth and Welmore - 5470 Whooper Swans and 3184 Bewick's Swans at dawn roost, 10552 Wigeon, 1102 Golden Plover, 56 Ruff, 11 Curlew, Peregrine, 7 Water Pipits on the cradge bank (Alex Thomas)

Hardwick Wood - 2 Woodcock, 5+ Marsh Tits, Tawny Owl (Vince Lea)

Sunday, 9 December

Grafham Water - 2 Scaup 2 x aythya hybrids, 5 Goosander, Little Egret, 131 Goldeneye (Jono Leadley, Philip Precey, Colin Addington); 7 Pintail, Yellow-legged Gull (Jono Leadley, Mark Hawkes)

Ouse Meadow Pool, Eaton Ford - 2 drake Goosander (Richard Bashford)

Old Bedford, Earith - Goosander (David Griffiths)

Ouse Fen - 4 Bearded Tit, 2 Green Sandpipers (Bruce Martin)

Fed Drayton - redhead Smew, 4 Siskin and a dark Common Buzzard (Bruce Martin)

Tanholt / Priors Fen - juv GLAUCOUS GULL (Josh Jones)

Eldernell - 6+ Short-eared Owls, 2 Barn Owls, Marsh Harrier, Buzzard, Water Rail, 80 Black-tailed Godwit (Richard Astle)

Paxton Pits - 100 Golden Plovers, 3 Little Egrets, male Mandarin, 6 Siskins, fem Stonechat (Julian Hughes)

Monks Wood - male Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Rich Broughton)

Saturday, 8 December

Paxton Pits - Green Sandpiper, Little Egret, Peregrine (Martin Davis)

Friday, 7 December

Fen Drayton - Bittern landed in reeds at back of Holywell Lake 13:10h (Andy Cotton)

Thursday, 6 December

Monks Wood - 7 Woodcock, 6 Nuthatch, 30+ Marsh Tits 10 + Siskin, Grey Wagtail (Rich Broughton)

Wednesday, 5 December

Trumpington, Cambridge - c.4000 golden Plovers in field east of M11 interchange late this afternoon (Mike Foley)

Tuesday, 4 December

Dog-in-a-Doublet - imm SHAG just on the sluice side of the bridge c.13:00h (Brian Stone)

Fish and Duck - TWITE over calling, 3000+ Golden Plovers, 30+ Corn Buntings 09:30h (Ian Barton)

Grafham Water - Goosander 07:30h (BirdGuides)

Paxton Pits - male Goosander on the River Great Ouse 12:45h (Gareth Ridewood)

St. Neots - Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, male Goosander (Bob Scott)

Monday, 3 December

Peterborough - 2 Little Egrets, 2 Stonechats, 2 Grey Wagtails, 2 Kingfishers, Tawny Owl at the North Bank Sewage Works this afternoon (Will Bowell)

Woodwalton Fen - flock of 100+ Siskins (Kevan Wolstencroft, Steve Gann)

Sunday, 2 December

Earith - Peregrine (David Griffiths); male Goosander, 2 Egyptian Geese, Black-tailed Godwit (Ben Lascelles)

Grafham Water - drake Scaup, still in Valley Creek this afternoon, 6 Yellow-legged Gulls into roost (Mark Hawkes, Jono Leadley)

Joist Fen outside Waterbeach - ringtail Hen Harrier (David Hartill)

Saturday, 1 December

Grafham Water - SLAVONIAN GREBE from Dudney hide (Colin Addington); 1st winter Caspian Gull, 4 Yellow-legged Gulls, 3 Goosander, 2 Little Egrets 14 Redshank (Jono Leadley)

Friday, 30 November

Dog-in-a-Doublet - SHAG on the west side of the sluice this morning (Jonathan Taylor)

Wicken Fen - GREAT GREY SHRIKE, pair of Stonechat; also c.300 Golden Plover, Merlin at Burwell Factory Drove (Dave Palmer); ringtail Hen Harrier at Tubney Fen 11:30h (Aaron Grainger)

Ferry Meadows - 30+ Siskin, Grey Wagtail (Terry Daunt)

Fowlmere - Chiffchaff 13:30h (Doug Radford)

Thursday, 29 November

Connigton Hall - TWITE, Little Egret (Sarah Kelman)

Grafham Water - SLAVONIAN GREBE by dam (Colin Addington)

Cottenham, Long Drove - 1st winter GLAUCOUS GULL until c.15:00h when it flew off north, also ad Caspian Gull and several Yellow-legged Gulls (Dick Newell)

From Saturday, 3 November: Ouse Washes - GREY PHALAROPE reported from Welches Dam area

Wednesday, 28 November

Ferry Meadows - 2 Tawny Owls calling in Bluebell Wood this morning (Terry Daunt)

Paxton Pits - male Mandarin this morning, c.1200 Golden Plovers (Jamie Wells)

Cambridge - Peregrine over near Huntingdon Road (Peter Herkenrath)

Tuesday, 27 November

Orwell - ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD, carrying a rabbit, over A603 east of Orwell (Pete Newton)

Cambridge, Trumpington - male Merlin by Hobson's Conduit before heading towards Nine Wells (Mike Foley)

Ferry Meadows - 4 Goldeneyes, 3 Goosanders (Terry Daunt)

Monday, 26 November

Grafham Water - SLAVONIAN GREBE in Littless Creek and Scaup still this morning (Jono Leadley)

Wicken Fen - mobile GREAT GREY SHRIKE, Bittern in flight at dusk, male Stonechat, 13 Siskin, singing Cetti's Warbler (Colin Kirtland)

Littleport - 65 Pinkfooted Geese to the north-east, heading for Norfolk (David Hopkins)

Ouse Washes RSPB (Earith to Welmore) - 4748 Whooper Swans and 2727 Bewick's Swans at dawn roost counts, also 9 Barnacle Geese, Jack Snipe, 3 Water Pipits, Brambling at visitor centre (Alex Thomas)

Shropshire's Reservoir - 2 adult and a 2nd winter Yellow-legged Gull, leucistic Black-headed Gull, leucistic (almost completely white) Common Gull (Ian Barton)

Long Drove, Cottenham - Caspian Gull (Dick Newell)

From Saturday, 24 November: Stow Longa - SNOW BUNTING reported nearby 16:00h

Sunday, 25 November

Burwell - SNOW BUNTING in the area of TL561685 which is at the top end of Newnham Drove (Ian Barton)

Earith - Pinkfooted, Barnacle and Red-breasted Geese among a flock of 600 Graylags (David Griffiths)

Trumpington - 5 Bramblings with a flock of 70+ Chaffinches (Howard Slatter)

Wicken Fen - ringtail Hen Harrier, pair of Stonechat (Gavin Paterson)

Shropshires Res - 800+ Fieldfare (Ian Barton & Kathleen Rosewarne)

Swaffham Prior Fen - 6 Lesser Redpoll, Brambling, Stonechat (Ian Barton & Kathleen Rosewarne)

Paxton Pits - 4 Goosander, Little Egret (Jamie Wells)

Foxton area - Merlin, Redpoll sp. (Toby Austin)

Clopton Village - At least 2 male Bramblings amongst mixed flock of c.40 Goldfinch, Chaffinch and Yellowhammers at TL293485 (Ken Hook)

Saturday, 24 November

Grafham Water - SLAVONIAN GREBE still in Dudney Creek, 1st winter male Scaup, Red Kite, a juvenile Common Scoter, Red Kite (Mark Hawkes, Jono Leadley)

Milton Tip - adult & 3rd winter Caspian Gull, adult & 2nd winter Yellow-legged Gull (Peter Herkenrath)

Friday, 23 November

Grafham Water - SLAVONIAN GREBE in Dudney Creek (Colin Addington) juv POMARINE SKUA (Birdguides)

Swaffham Prior Fen - juv. Hen Harrier (Ian Barton & Kathleen Rosewarne)

Farcet Fen / Blackbush - fem Hen Harrier, Short-eared Owl, imm male Merlin (Steve Dudley)

Thursday, 22 November

Grafham Water - SLAVONIAN GREBE in Dudney Creek, 1st winter male Scaup, 5 Siskins over (Mark Hawkes)

Ely - WAXWING over the A10 Little Chef this morning (Duncan Poyser)

Fen Drayton - 2 Egyptian Geese just south of Holywell village TL338706 this morning, Yellow-legged Gull over (Andy Cotton)

From Saturday, 17 November: Sutton Gault - 3 Stonechcats, Brambling, 2 Little Egrets, 70 Corn Buntings; also Cetti's warbler, Chiffchaff, male Blackcap this week (Mark Peck)

Wednesday, 21 November

Grafham Water - SLAVONIAN GREBE in Dudney Creek (Colin Addington)

Cottenham - Swallow at Broad Lane this afternoon (Vicki Harley)

Peterborough, Nene north bank - Water Rail, Stonechat, Green Sandpiper, Tawny Owl (Brian Stone)

From Monday, 19 November: Grafham Water - POMARINE SKUA over west, also ad Caspian Gull, Smew (Simon Davies)

Tuesday, 20 November

Peterborough - 4+ male Bramblings in Sycamores along Lincoln Road, near Cobden Avenue, this morning (Tracy Farrer); not present this lunchtime (Brian Stone)

Monday, 19 November

Fen Drayton - 2 WAXWINGS in the main hedge along the Holywell Road entrance track, about 100 yards before the Surfing Pit/Concrete Road turning 08:10h (Andy Cotton); still present 08:34 (Richard Allison); Water Rail on Moore Lake and Short-eared Owl over fields near the entrance at 11:25h, but no further sign of the Waxwings (Andy Cotton)

Sunday, 18 November

Wisbech - juv POMARINE SKUA between Tydd Gote and Foul Anchor, flew SW over fields at 13.10h (Stuart Elsom)

Fowlmere RSPB - Ringtail Hen Harrier 12:45h (Dave Griffiths)

Grafham Water - Mediterranean Gull, 4 Yellow-legged Gulls (Jono Leadley, Mark Hawkes)

Saturday, 17 November

Peterborough - SHAG still present along the Nene (Mark Hawkes)

Grafham Water - 1st winter drake Scaup in Littless Creek, Woodcock, 2 Nuthatch and a male Blackcap Littless Wood (Mark Hawkes); Barn owl nearby along the Buckden-Perry Road 23:30h (Jim Guthrie)

Grunty Fen - Brambling with 25+ Chaffinch (David Nation)

Woodwalton Fen - Bittern this afternoon (Kevan Wolstencroft et al.)

Ely Beet Pits - Bittern and fem Marsh Harrier 16:00h (Mark Grooms)

Paxton Pits - 2 Yellow-legged Gulls, Water Rail, male Peregrine, 2 Stonechats, 9 Siskins, 3 Green Sandpipers (Martin Davis, Neal Parkin, Jamie Wells)

Friday, 16 November

Peterborough - SHAG on the River Nene, under Town Bridge 14:45h; near Fitzwilliam Bridge at 16:10h (Will Bowell)

Grafham Water - RED-NECKED GREBE near Marlow CP until 08:10h when it flew low west down the reservoir, Brambling and 3 Siskins over (Mark Hawkes); RED-NECKED GREBE off south end of dam c.15:30h (Colin Addington)

Paxton Pits - Smew (BirdGuides)

Eaton Ford - Brambling in private garden this morning (Richard Bashford)

Croydon Hill - 3 Brambling, 6 Siskin, 207 Fieldfare, 38 Redwing over 07:00-08:00h (Darren Oakley-Martin)

Eldernell - fem Brambling on feeder, 2 Buzzards, 2 Marsh Harriers, Peregrine, Merlin, Water Rail and a Harris Hawk this morning (Kevan Wolstencroft, Steve Gann)

Godmanchester GPs, Cow Lane - Little Egret over 13:30h (Gareth Ridewood)

Wicken - 3 Stonechats on Tubney Fen (Aaron Grainger)

Camridge - 7 Brambling over Castle Hill (Stuart Elsom)

Thusday, 15 November

Witchford - CRANE over calling 16:20h (Margaret Peyton)

Cambridge - 9 Bewick's Swans over Christchurch Street 08:30h (Peter Stronach)

Croydon Hill - 17 Brambling, 4 Siskin, 201 Fieldfare, 28 Redwing over 07:00-08:00h; also 1300 Golden Plover at Croydon Hill Farm and Tree Sparrow over Hatley St. George (Darren Oakley-Martin)

Grafham Water - 2 Stonechats at north end of dam 13:00h; 2 Bewick's Swans, fem Goosander from Hill Farm 15:55h (Colin Addington)

Wicken Fen - Stonechat, 2 Water Rails, 6 Black-tailed Godwits, Kingfisher, 7 Snipe (Nigel and Muriel Sprowell)

Shropshire's Reservoir - Water Pipit, 4 Goldeneyes (Ian Barton)

Wednesday, 14 November

Grafham Water - 2 fem/imm COMMON SCOTER near Savages Creek 10:35h (Colin Addington); 2 Stonechats at north end of dam, Water Rail in lagoons, Peregrine near Dudney (Jono Leadley)

Dry Drayton - male Blackcap (Ken Hook)

Maxey Pits - Yellow-legged Gull, Grey Wagtail, 1st winter Mediterranean Gull over (07:45-08:30h (John Saunders)

Tuesday, 13 November

Wayhead - 10 PINK-FOOTED GEESE nearby at TL495836 this afternoon (Leigh Marshall)

Ouse Washes RSPB - dawn counts of 4739 Whooper Swans and 995 Bewick's Swans; also Merlin, 12 Stonechats, 7 Marsh Harriers, 71 Black-tailed Godwits (Alex Thomas)

Grafham Water - fem/imm COMMON SCOTER showing very well from Marlow CP 14:15h (Colin Addington)

Swaffham Prior Fen - 10 Redpolls, 7 Bramblings (Ian Barton)

Fen Drayton - ad Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Stonechats (Mike Everett)

Monday, 12 November

Cottenham, Long Drove - SNOW BUNTING flew from road to soil heap on rubbish tip (as per rarebirdalert.com); Buzzard, Barn Owl (Nigel Butcher)

Cambridge - Peregrine over Mill Road rail bridge 07:30h (Joe Taylor)

Foxton - Tree Sparrow in private garden this morning (Marcus Kohler)

Ferry Meadows - male and female Goosanders low over Overton Lake, 4 Goldeneyes (Mike Weedon)

Sunday, 11 November

Grafham Water - pale phase near-adult POMARINE SKUA, until 08:00h, when it circled up high and left in a SW direction (James Hanlon); 1st-winter female Scaup in lagoons, fem Scaup x Tufted Duck in Littless Creek (Mark Hawkes et al.)

Ouse Washes RSPB - LITTLE AUK on the Old Bedford River (I. Goddard); present and paddling seawards c.16:15h (Cliff Carson); but not relocated subsequently (Bruce Martin)

Earith - Grey Plover on the washes this morning along with 13 Ruff, 7 Black-tailed Godwits (David Griffiths)

Paxton Pits - redhead Smew, 57 Black-tailed Godwit over, 2 Stonechat, 2 Dunlin, 3 Little Egret (Julian Hughes, Martin Davis, Jamie Wells); unconfirmed report of Slavonian Grebe on Heronry North.

Wicken Fen - 2 Little Egret, Black-tailed Godwit, Bar-tailed Godwit, Woodcock, Common Sandpiper, 2 Whooper Swan, Marsh Harrier, 3 Stonechat, 4 Cetti Warbler, 2 Water Rails (Steffan Walton)

Impington - probable Guillemot flying north (David Wege)

Saturday, 10 November

Grafham Water - pale phase near-adult POMARINE SKUA, 2 imm Common Scoters still, Common Sandpiper, 1+ 1st-winter Kittiwakes (Mark Hawkes et al.)

Cambridge - adult Peregrine over Sydney Street (Duncam McNiven)

Friday, 9 November

Grafham Water - pale-phase ARCTIC or POMARINE SKUA 16:00h flew west then east along reservoir, may still be present, also 5 Kittiwkaes; 2 fem/imm COMMON SCOTERS from Hill Farm 13:05h (Colin Addington)

Thursday, 8 November

Grafham Water - 2 fem/imm COMMON SCOTERS from Mander CP 15:20h (Colin Addington)

Toft Wood - 2 Siskins this morning (Clive Sinclair)

Wednesday, 7 November

Gamlingay - 8 Lesser Redpolls, 2 Bramblings (Audrey and Gwyn Williams)

Eldernell - 250+ Fieldfares, pair of Stonechats, 3 Marsh Harriers, Tree Sparrow on feeders (Max Catterwell)

Tuesday, 6 November

Holt Fen - 2 Water Pipits, Merlin, 153 Snipe, 7 Black-tailed Godwits, 13 Ruff, 100+ Golden Plovers briefly (Ian Barton)

Swaffham Prior Fen - 7 Lesser Redpolls (Ian Barton)

Sunday, 4 November

Holt Fen - juv AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER (Ian Barton); 2300 Golden plover, 13 Ruff, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 14 Dunlin, 94 Snipe, 10 Redshank, 2 Green Sandpiper, Water pipit (Kathleen Rosewarne and Ian Barton)

Swaffham Prior Fen - AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER amongst 1800 Golden Plover (Ian Barton)

Ouse Washes - PURPLE HERON reported from Cadbury Hide

Grafham Water - Caspian Gull, 1st-winter female Scaup in lagoons, Swallow, 4+ Siskin, 2+ Redpoll, 2 Yellow-legged Gull (Mark Hawkes)

Fen Drayton GP - LAPLAND BUNTING west in light Sky Lark passage at 11:25h, Bearded Tit on south side of Ferry Lagoon, 65 Snipe, 6 Water Rails, 4 Yellow-legged Gulls and drake Goosander (Richard Patient)

Paxton Pits - Peregrine, 4 Little Egret, Little Stint, 4 Dunlin, 3+ Green Sandpiper (Jamie Wells)

Eldernell - 8 Whooper Swans, 3 Short-eared Owls, Marsh Harrier (Chris Orders)

Grunty Fen - Tree sparrow with flock of 30 House Sparrows (David Nation)

Saturday, 3 November

Grafham Water - juv Common Scoter, juv Peregrine, Brambling, 5 Siskin (Mark Hawkes, Colin Addington)

Wicken Fen - Marsh Harrier, Little Egret, 3 Water Rails, 2 Cetti's Warbler, Stonechat (Gavin Paterson); GREAT GREY SHRIKE (Mark Hawkes, Ben Green, Duncan Poyser)

Cambridge - 11 WAXWINGS west over Fanshawe Road (Richard Patient)

Milton CP - Redpoll feeding in Silver Birch in the car park area (David & Jonathan Heath)

Croydon Hill - WOODLARK flying west in the direction of Top Farm, 7 Bramblings, 316 Fieldfare, 27 Redwing, 5 Stock Dove (Darren Oakley-Martin)

Holt Fen - juv AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER (Mark Ward et al.)

Paxton Pits - 19 Siskin, Water Rail (Jamie Wells)

Friday, 2 November

Wicken Fen - GREAT GREY SHRIKE still present, also Woodcock, Cetti's Warbler (Richard Johnson)

Ely - BEARDED TIT in a mixed tit flock at Willow Walk this morning (Ian Delgado)

Grafham Water - Brambling at south end of dam, but no sign of Red-breasted Merganser 07:00-08:00h (Mark Hawkes); Short-eared Owl over Church Hill (Colin Addington

Croydon Hill - 6 Siskins, 7 Bramblings, 54 Redwings, 284 Fieldfares, Redpoll, 106 Chaffinches, 4 Yellowhammers, 96 Wood Pigeons over 06:30-08:00h; also c.600 Golden Plovers at Croydon Hill Farm (Darren Oakley-Martin)

Thursday, 1 November

Grafham Water - probable RED-BREASTED MERGANSER from Hill Farm, but distant in failing light (Colin Addington)

Holt Fen - 3 Water Pipits, Little Stint, Ruff, c.600 golden Plover (Dean Harlow)

Etton Road, Maxey - ad Yellow-legged Gull, Stonechat, c.1500 Golden Plover (Brian Stone)

Croydon Hill - 2 Bramblings, 33 Redwings, 370 Fieldfares, Redpoll, 66 Chaffinches, 3 Yellowhammers, 423 Wood Pigeons over 06:25-07:55h (Darren Oakley-Martin)

Toft - Stonechat at Millers Road (Clive Sinclair)

Wednesday, 31 October

Grafham Water - juv Whooper Swan off Sailing Club 15:50h (Colin Addington)

Croydon Hill - 8 Bramblings, 67 Redwings, 365 Fieldfares, Redpoll, 3 Siskins, 127 Chaffinches, 6 Yellowhammers, 304 Wood Pigeons over 06:20-07:50h (Darren Oakley-Martin)

Tuesday, 30 October

Wicken Fen - 6 BEARDED TITS by Wicken Lode early this morning (Andrew knights)

Croydon Hill - WOODLARK with Skylarks seen in flight only but may still be present c. TL30 49. This area may be viewable from public footpath to Clopton Village, but please do not enter the surrounding fields, which are private. Also 16 Bramblings, 140 Redwings, 518 Fieldfares, Redpoll, 2 Siskins, 108 Chaffinches, 1367 Wood Pigeons over 06:15-08:00h (Darren Oakley-Martin); WOODLARK in flight with Skylarks at 14:30h from Clopton Way(Jim Lawrence)

Grafham Water - 4 1st winter Whooper Swans off Mander CP 15:15h, also 2 fem Scaup in Gaynes Creek (Colin Addington); Whooper Swans still present 15:40h (Mark Hawkes)

Fowlmere - Jack Snipe near Reedbed Hide (Doug Radford)

Holt Fen - Rock Pipit, Curlew Sandpiper, 12 Ruff, pair Stonechats (Bruce Martin et al.)

Hemingford Grey - Brambling, 9 Siskins (Mike Everett)

Monday, 29 October

Croydon Hill - 3 Bramblings, 12 Redwings, 54 Fieldfares, 2 Reed buntings, 82 Chaffinches, 591 Wood Pigeons over 06:25-07:40h (Darren Oakley-Martin)

Ferry Meadows - 12+ Siskins on Alders at the Golf Course (Terry Daunt); Woodcock (Paul Taylor)

Wicken Fen - Little Egret, 4 Green Sandpipers, Water Rail (Dave Palmer)

Holt Fen - 2 Rock Pipits, 3 Water Pipits, Ruff, Green Sandpiper, Little Stint, 1230 Golden Plovers (Andy Massey, Owen Marks)

Fidwell Fen - Curlew Sandpiper, 3 Ruff, Green Sandpiper, Little Stint, 4 Black-tailed Godwits, 22 Dunlins (Andy Massey, Owen Marks)

Sunday, 28 October

Wicken Fen - GREAT GREY SHRIKE still present, also Peregrine (Andrew knights)

Haddenham, Long Drove - c.4000 Golden Plovers, 8+ Corn Buntings (Paul Mason)

Paxton Pits - Peregrine, Mediterranean Gull, Little Stint, Green Sandpiper, c.1500 Golden Plovers, 2 Little Egrets (Jamie Wells)

Woodwalton Fen - Bittern flew into reeds just north of Gordon's Mere, Marsh Harrier (Mike Weedon, Ray and Will Bowell); Barn Owl, 2 Short-eared Owls (John Saunders)

Grafham Water - 2 Yellow-legged Gulls, Green Sandpiper (Mark Hawkes)

Buckden GP - drake Pintail, 3 Little Egrets (Mark Hawkes)

Saturday, 27 October

Fidwell Fen - GREAT WHITE EGRET over north 09:25h (Ade Long): Mediterranean Gull, 2500+ Golden Plovers (Duncan Poyser, Ben Green et al.)

Wicken Fen - GREAT GREY SHRIKE still present (Richard Thomas)

Grafham Water - 1st winter Scaup between Hill Farm and Savages, 15 Goldeneyes (Mark Hawkes)

Woodwalton Fen - Bittern, 2 Peregrines, 2 Buzzards, 6 Water Rails, 12 Siskins (Richard Patient)

Paxton Pits - c.1500 Golden Plovers, Grey Plover, 5 Ruff, 5 Little Egrets, 2 Stonechats, Peregrine, House Martin (Martin Davis, Jamie Wells)

Straight Drove, Mepal - 3 pairs of Stonechat, 2 Jack Snipe, Merlin (David Hopkins)

Cambridge - ringtail Hen Harrier over Fanshawe Road (Richard Pateint)

Maxey - Brambling, 12+ Siskins from Woodgate Lane (Josh Jones)

Friday, 26 October

Fidwell Fen - 1st-winter LAUGHING GULL, Caspian Gull and 19 Yellow-legged Gulls, 5 Knot (Duncan Poyser and Ben Green)

Holt Fen - 3 Rock Pipits (Duncan Poyser and Ben Green)

Grafham Water - Scaup in Valley Creek, Green Sandpiper (Jono Leadley); 2 drake Scaups off Mander CP (Colin Addington)

Farcet Fen - fem. Hen Harrier (Steve Dudley)

Mepal - 3 paors of Stonechats, 2 Jack Snipes, Merlin (David Hopkins)

King's Dyke NR - Jack Snipe (Phil parker)

Thursday, 25 October

Maxey GP - RICHARD'S PIPIT on south bank; also Spotted Redshank (rarebirdalert.com)

Grafham Water - male SCAUP near Hill Farm (Colin Addington)

Fidwell Fen - Knot, Little Stint, 6 Ruff, 22 Dunlins (Gavin Paterson)

Croydon Hill - Brambling, 28 Redwings, 8 Fieldfares, Reed bunting, Yellowhammer over 07:00-08:00h; also vocal Little Owl & Tawny Owl (Darren Oakley-Martin)

Cambridge - Woodcock low over gardens along Milton Road 09:30h (Vince Lea)

Wednesday, 24 October

Girton - second winter Mediterranean Gull outside TRAFFIC International offices on Huntingdon Road 09:10h (Richard Thomas)

Wicken Fen - GREAT GREY SHRIKE still in far west corner of reserve 16:55h (Duncan Poyser, Ben Green); c.2000 Golden Plovers, 500 + Fieldfares, Cetti's Warbler, Kingfisher (Dave Palmer)

Burwell Fen - Marsh Harrier, male Stonechat, c.1200 Goldfinches (Dean Harlow)

Etton Road, Maxey - Whooper Swan, Black-tailed Godwit, Cormorant over (John Saunders)

Gamlingay - 5 Bramblings, Lesser Redpoll(Audrey & Gwyn Williams)

Tuesday, 23 October

Wicken Fen - GREAT GREY SHRIKE (Philip Hobson; Mike Redshaw)

Fowlmere - ringtail Hen Harrier 14:00h (Rob Jones)

Holt Fen - Water Pipit, 2 Rock Pipits this morning (Duncan Poyser)

Fidwell Fen - 15+ Yellow-legged Gulls, Little Stint, Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpipers, 6 Black-tailed Godwits this evening (Duncan Poyser)

Croydon Hill - fem Merlin, Siskin, 2 Bramblings, 945 Golden Plovers, 57 Redwings, 36 Fieldfares over this morning (Darren Oakley-Martin)

Farcet Fen - ringtail Hen Harrier, Merlin, 5 Stonechats (Steve Dudley)

Monday, 22 October

Maxey GP - juv AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER present early this morning (Martin Coates); RICHARD'S PIPIT over 10:27h and landed somewhere in the pit complex (Will Bowell, Mike Weedon et al.)

Grafham Water - male SCAUP left of Mander CP 15:20h (Colin Addington)

Holt Fen - Water Pipit, Little Stint; also 2 Curlew Sandpipers nearby at Fidwell Fen (James Hanlon)

Ouse Washes - Little Egret, 3 Curlews, 7 Stonechats, 11 Marsh Harriers; both Bewick's and Whooper Swans are in the area also (Alex Thomas)

Sunday, 21 October

Maxey - juv AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER (Josh Jones)

Wicken Fen - GREAT GREY SHRIKE (Andy Clarke)

Fen Drayton - 6 Red-crested Pochard, 3 Goldeneye (David & Jonathan Heath)

Paxton Pits - ringtail Hen Harrier, Peregrine, 600 Golden Plovers, Little Stint, Green Sandpiper, 2+ Siskins (Martin Davis, Jamie Wells)

Saturday, 20 October

Wimpole - 2 Brambling, Siskin, 3 Nuthatch, 7 Treecreeper, 3 Grey Wagtail (Stuart Elsom)

Wicken Fen - 1700 Fieldfare, Green Sandpiper, Marsh Harrier, Cetti's Warbler, Little Egret, 2 Water Rail (Gavin Paterson)

Fidwell Fen - Green Sandpiper, Little Stint (Gavin Paterson); Curlew Sandpiper, 10 Ruff, 3 Yellow-legged Gull (Ian Ellis, Andrew Seth)

Over Fen - Grey Plover, pair Stonechat, 16 Pintail, 3 Little Egret (Ian Ellis, Andrew Seth)

Woodwalton Fen - Cetti's Warbler (Mike Weedon)

Eldernell - 2 pairs of Stonechats, 2+ Barn Owls, Short-eared Owl, 5+ Marsh Harriers (Max Catterwell, Steve Gann)

Friday, 19 October

Grafham Water - GREAT NORTHERN DIVER O8:00h (Jono Leadley)

Croydon Hill - 7 Bramblings, 2 Redpolls, 400 Golden Plovers, 160 Redwings, 530+ Fieldfares, 140+ Chaffinches over 07:00-09:00h also Buzzard, Little Owl, Tawny Owl (Darren Oakley-Martin)

Fen Drayton - Cetti's Warbler, Barn Owl (Dave Anderson)

Witcham - 4 TWITE low over Grange Farm calling (David Hopkins)

Thursday, 18 October

Croydon Hill - 2 Bramblings, 51 Golden Plovers, 175 Redwings, 111 Fieldfares, 137 Chaffinches, Grey Wagtail and 8000+ Wood Pigeons over 07:00-08:00h (Darren Oakley-Martin)

Grunty Fen - 5 Greenshanks, 3 Snipe, 2 Ruff (Paul Mason)

Maxey - Whooper Swan (John Saunders)

Wednesday, 17 October

Farcet Fen - Wheatear (Steve Dudley)

Foxton - 13 Grey Partridges nearby (Russell Watkins)

Monday, 15 October

Upton Wood - possible ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD 14:00h, 40 Siskins, 10+ Marsh Tits (Rich Broughton)

Trumpington - 946 Golden Plovers near M11 junction (Mike Foley)

Maxey Pits - Little Stint, Dunlin, Whooper Swan (John Saunders)

Stilton - Stonechat (Janet Darke)

Sunday, 14 October

Ouse Washes - PURPLE HERON from Grose Hide (Ian Ellis); FIRECREST reported in Tit flock near pumping station (anon); Brambling over, 3 Grey Wagtails over, Peregrine, male Wheatear (Stuart Elsom)

Grafham Water - Common Sandpiper, 3 Goldeneyes, ad Yellow-legged Gull, 70+ Fieldfares & 40 Redwings over (Mark Hawkes)

Over Fen - 3 Little Egrets, 2 Little Stint, Ruff, 9 Pintail (Ian Ellis)

Fidwell Fen - 2 Ringed Plover, 2 Green Sandpiper, 20 Dunlin, 2 Little Stint, 10 Ruff, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, juv Marsh Harrier (Peter Herkenrath)

Holt Fen - 2 Greenshank, Wheatear (Peter Herkenrath); 3 Green Sandpipers, Whooper Swan (Stuart Elsom)

Girton - 3 Brambling over (Peter Herkenrath)

Little Wilbraham Fen - Merlin (Carlos Davies)

Croydon Hill - GANNET, 4 Brambling, Common Buzzard, 360 Redwing, 6 Redpolls, 308 Fieldfare over (Darren Oakley-Martin)

Downing Farm, Swaffham Bulbeck - 7 House Martins (Giles Merritt)

Saturday, 13 October

Ouse Washes - PURPLE HERON from Grose Hide (Peter Stockwell)

Milton CP - 4 CROSSBILL over (Jonathan Heath)

Grafham Water - Brambling, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper 70+ Meadow Pipits (Mark Hawkes); Mediterranean Gull (Colin Addington)

Fidwell Fen - 19 Ruff, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 16 Dunlin, 2 Little Stint, pr Stonechat, 5 Egyptian Goose (Gavin Paterson)

Wicken Fen - Little Egret, 3 Cetti's Warbler, Fieldfare, 56 Redwing, 7 Egyptian Goose over (Gavin Paterson)

Friday, 12 October

Eldernell - PURPLE HERON 11:15h (BirdGuides)

Ouse Washes - PURPLE HERON from Grose Hide 11:15h (as per rarebirdalert.com)

Nene - Tawny Owl, Peregrine, 2 Stonechats and Grey Wagtail along the river east of Peterborough (Brian Stone)

Thursday, 11 October

Ouse Washes - PURPLE HERON from Grose Hide (Richard Bowles)

Etton Road, Maxey - Green Sandpiper, 230 Golden Plovers, Stonechat (Richard Palmer)

Wednesday, 10 October

Ouse Washes - juv PURPLE HERON from the Grose Hide 14:30h (Fred Heath); and at 16:20h; also 12 Whooper Swans (Duncan Poyser)

Eldernell - PURPLE HERON 13:00h (BirdGuides)

Etton Road, Maxey - Little Stint, 2 Ruff, Green Sandpiper, c.350 Golden Plovers, 12 Wigeon (Brian Stone)

From Sunday, 7 October: Cambridge - YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER in a private garden (Nick and Jan Davies)

Tuesday, 9 October

Ouse Washes - juv PURPLE HERON from the Grose Hide 08:00h (as per Alex Thomas); showed well at 12:10h before flying towards Kingfisher Hide; also 6+ Marsh Harriers, Water Rail, 2 Swallows and Yellow Wagtail over (David Hopkins)

Eldernell - juv PURPLE HERON showed well 17:30-18:30h to the west of Lord's Holt before flying to roost at the pit 18:40h (Howard Butler)

Monday, 8 October

Ouse Washes - juv PURPLE HERON from the Grose Hide 10:15h (Paul Rule); 2 Green Sandpipers, 6 Greenshanks, 6 Ruff, 6 Little Egrets, 8 Marsh Harriers, 5 Stonechats recorded between Earith and the Welney Road in today's WeBS count (Alex Thomas)

Grafham Water - 3 COMMON SCOTERS viewable from Church Hill this evening (Colin Addington)

Ferry Meadows - Rock Pipit on western edge of Lynch Lake (Terry Daunt); Wheatear on Long Meadow (Paul Taylor)

Peterborough - a flock of 10 Buzzards over Stanground (Brian Stone)

Fen Drayton - juv Arctic Tern, Common Tern, Bittern, 6 Little Egrets, 2+ Tawny Owls, Barn Owl (Dave Anderson)

Sunday, 7 October

Eldernell - juv PURPLE HERON still present (David Richardson); Stonechat, Marsh Harrier & a flock of 30+ Redwing & Fieldfares (James Hanlon)

Grafham Water - 2+ Rock Pipits, Wheatear, Arctic Tern, Pintail, Brambling, 3 Little Egrets, 2 Green Sandpipers, Dunlin, 2 Yellow-legged Gulls (Mark Hawkes, Jono Leadley, Colin Addington, David Hollin)

Paxton Pits - Little Stint, 2 Jack Snipe, 2 Buzzard, 2+ Rock Pipits (Martin Davis, Neal Parkin, Jamie Wells)

Fen Drayton - Arctic Tern, Stonechat, Brambling (Andy Cotton); fem Red-crested, 6 Redpoll (Peter Herkenrath); fem Goldeneye, 2 Green Sandpipers, Barn Owl (Dave Anderson)

Swaffham Prior - at least 9 Common Buzzard over (Adrian Long)

Haddenham Fen - 18 Grey Partridge, 1400 Golden Plover (Jake Allsop)

Needingworth - 5 Little Stint, c20 Redwing, 3-400 Wigeon (Mark Eaton)

Holt Fen - Juv Curlew Sandpiper, 7 Ruff, 5+ Little Stint, 6+ Ringed Plover, juv Cuckoo (Stuart Elsom); also 2 Greenshanks, Stonechat, White Wagtail (Ben Green)

Fidwell Fen - 3 Little Stints, Curlew Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpipers (Andy Massey)

Duxford - Rose-ringed Parakeet (Ian Dodd)

Saturday, 6 October

Eldernell - juv PURPLE HERON 400yds west of Eldernell car park (Don Gardener)

Maxey Pits - 2 Little Stints, 2 Green Sandiper, 3 Ruff, Stonechat (Chris Lines)

Shepreth - Peregrine over (Toby Austin)

Grafham Water - 3 Rock Pipit on the dam, Wheatear, juvenile Arctic Tern, Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Little Egrets (Jono Leadley)

Ouse Washes, Grose Hide - juv PURPLE HERON (Paul Harrington)

Paxton Pits - Rock Pipit, 2 Little Stint, 11 Little Egret, 1+ Green Sandpiper (Martin Davis, Jamie Wells)

Holt Fen - 7+ juv Little Stint, 5+ Ruff (James Hanlon)

Fidwell Fen - 4 Green Sandpipers, 5 Ruff (James Hanlon)

Friday, 5 October

Eldernell - juv PURPLE HERON showing on the bank to the east of Eldernell 14:10h (Owen Marks)

Maxey GP - 2 Little Stints, 3 Ruff, 2 Green Sandpipers; also Grey Wagtail on Maxey Cut (Brian Stone)

Fen Drayton - male Stonechat, 2 Arctic Terns (Andy Cotton)

From Wednesday, 3 October: male Brambling, 30 Redwings, 2 Fieldfares along River Cam between Waterbeach and Upware (Carl Howard)

Thursday, 4 October

Cambridge - 2 HONEY BUZZARDS over Trumpington 11:30h (BirdGuides)

Eynesbury - juv Whinchat, juv fem Stonechat, 2 Lesser Redpolls in Pocket Park this morning (Mark Hawkes)

Etton Road, Maxey - Ruff, male Stonechat (Brian Stone)

Dry Drayton - 7 Buzzards over this morning (Ken and Maggie Hook)

Abbots Ripton - 4 Buzzards over this lunchtime (Kevin Harris)

Dogsthorpe, Star Pit - 3 Buzzards, Marsh Harrier, Chiffchaff (Brian Stone)

Eldernell - pair of Stonechats, 2 Marsh Harriers (Max Catterwell)

Wednesday, 3 October

Peterborough - YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER at Boongate outside Caterpillar Office, Vicarage Far Road (as per rarebirdalert.com)

Needingworth Quarry Lakes - Bar-tailed Godwit, 4 Little Stints, 3 Grey Plovers (Andy Cotton)

Etton Road, Maxey - Turnstone, 2 Ruff, Hobby, 2 Grey Wagtails, 9 Dunlins (Brian Stone)

Holt & Fidwell Fens - Whinchat, Curlew Sandpiper, 14 Little Stints, 2 Greenshanks, Green Sandpiper, 8 Black-tailed Godwits, 2000 Golden Plovers, 20 Dunlins, 12 Snipe (Robin Cox)

Ferry Meadows - 2 Arctic Terns, Common Tern (Andy Cotton)

Grafham Water - 7 Little Stints, Grey Plover (Colin Addington)

Eldernell - OSPREY to roost, 2 Barn Owls, 7 Marsh Harriers (Kevin Eldred)

Tuesday, 2 October

Grafham Water - 2 Rock Pipits on the dam this morning (Jono Leadley); 7 Little Stints this afternoon (as per rarebirdalert.com); 3 Rock Pipits on the dam this evening (Colin Addington)

Toft - Wheatear on the golf course this morning, viewed from public footpath (Clive Sinclair)

Haddenham - 200+ Swallows on overhead wires along Station Road this morning (Paul Mason)

Barleycraft - 160 Golden Plovers, 2 Grey Plovers, 6 Little Stints, 2 Lesser Redpolls (Mike Everett)

Holt & Fidwell Fens - 10 Curlew Sandpipers, 9 Little Stints, 2 Greenshanks, 2 Green Sandpipers, ad Little Gull, Arctic Tern (Kathleen Rosewarne, Ian Barton)

Monday, 1 October

Cambridge - c.140 Golden Plovers over Trumpington/M11 roundabout (Mike Foley)

Eldernell - OSPREY still present, Barn Owl, Marsh Harrier (Max Catterwell)

Grafham Water - 2 Rock Pipits on the dam this evening (Colin Addington)

Cambourne - c.60 Golden Plovers north over A428 08:20h (Stuart Elsom)

Holt Fen - ad Little Gull, 9 juv Little Stints, Greenshank, 2 Green Sandpiper, 5+ juv Curlew Sandpipers, 3 juv Ruff (James Hanlon)

Shropshires Reservoir - 4 Arctic Terns (James Hanlon)

Sunday, 30 September

Elton - FULMAR over (Brian Stone)

Eldernell - OSPREY still present (Howard Butler); PURPLE HERON (John Saunders); Short-eared Owl, ringtail Hen Harrier, 5 Marsh Harriers this evening (Steve Dudley)

Fidwell - GREAT SKUA, Arctic Tern, 2 Curlew Sandpipers (Jim Lawrence); 3 Little Gulls, Little Stint (Chris & Bruce Martin)

Grafham Water - 7 juv. Little Stint, 2 Arctic Tern, Little Gull, Stonechat, small numbers of Siskins about, plus a few Swallows and House Martins (Jono Leadley, Mark Hawkes)

Paxton Pits - Marsh Harrier, 13+ Buzzard, Brambling, Redpoll, 4 Redwing, Green Sandpiper, 8+ Little Egrets (Jamie Wells)

Holt Fen - 11 Little Stint (Chris & Bruce Martin)

Needingworth - 2 Little Stints, Bar-tailed Godwit, 7-800 Golden Plover, Arctic Tern, 2 Siskin, Redpoll (Mark Eaton)

Woodwalton Fen - 14 Common Buzzards, Red Kite, Marsh Harrier, Sparrowhawk, 2 Hobbies, 2 Kestrels, 3 Siskins, 2 Goldcrests, 10 Redwings and 2 Lesser Redpolls (Richard Patient)

Ouse fen - 4 Grey Plovers over, Little Stint (Richard Thomas)

Hinchingbrooke CP - Black-necked Grebe (John Lindsall)

Barton - Barn Owl, Redwing (Louise Bacon)

Saturday, 29 September

Grafham Water - 2+ Arctic Terns, 4+ Common Tern, 3 Dunlin, 3 Siskin (Mark Hawkes)

Fidwell - GREAT SKUA, 8 Little Gulls, 3 Arctic Terns, Common Tern, 10 Ruff, 6 Dunlin, 4 Curlew Sandpiper, 6 Little Stint, 6 Ringed Plover, 450 Golden Plovers, Green Sandpiper, juv Marsh Harrier (Owen Marks); 7 Curlew Sandpipers this evening (Ian Barton, Kathleen Rosewarne)

Holt Fen - Greenshank, 2 Green Sandpiper, 3 Curlew Sandpiper, Dunlin, 2 Little Stint, 2 Ruff, Grey Wagtail, juv Sparrowhawk (Owen Marks)

Milton Country Park - Arctic Tern (Daniel Osborne); also 11 Fieldfare, 48 Redwings (Jonathan Heath)

Stilton Fen - 5 Common Buzzards, Marsh Harrier (Richard Jones)

Paxton Pits - Rock Pipit, 2 Grey Plover, 24 Golden Plover, 2 Little Stint, 5 Dunlin, 3 Ringed Plover, c.15 Snipe, Peregrine, 9 Little Egret, 2 Common Tern, 14 Pintail, 10+ Redwing, 3 Grey Wagtail, Egyptian Goose, 6 Buzzards (Martin Davis, Jamie Wells)

Barleycroft - PURPLE SANDPIPER, 3 Little Stint, Grey Plover 4 Ringed Plover, Marsh Harrier this morning; KNOT, 3 Curlew Sandpipers this afternoon (Richard Thomas); TEMMINCK'S STINT, Curlew Sandpiper (Andy Cotton)

Farcet Fen - imm fem GOSHAWK over, Wheatear, 3 Buzzard, 3 (Steve Dudley)

Etton Rd Pits - Little Stint, Curlew Sandpiper, 7 Dunlin, 2 Ruff , Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, Common Tern, Yellow Wagtail (Jonathan Taylor)

Eldernell - juv OSPREY, Merlin, Peregrine, 4 Sparrowhawk, 3+ Buzzards, 3 Marsh Harrier, PURPLE HERON (Monica and Owen Marks); 3 Barn Owls (Steve Dudley)

Fen Drayton - Little Stint, 2 Arctic Terns, 3 fem Red-crested Pochards, Marsh Harrier (Dave Anderson)

Friday, 28 September

Ouse Washes - GUILLEMOT drifting south on the Hundred Foot River (Lee Marshell)

Maxey GP - GREY PHALAROPE briefly, Little Stint, Green Sandpiper, also Grey Wagtail on Maxey Cut this morning; 2 juv GANNETS over 16:45h (Brian Stone)

Grafham Water - GREAT SKUA by Savage's Creek 10:55h, near Lagoons at 11:50h. Also 2 Sandwich Terns from Hill Farm (Colin Addington)

Cambridge - Redwing over Rutherford Road 08:15h (Sarah Howlett); Redwing over Trumpington (Mike Foley); 6+ Redwings over the Addenbrooke's site 13:05h (Pete Holt)

Fidwell - GREAT SKUA, 8 Little Gulls, juv Arctic Tern, Barn Owl (Owen Marks)

Maxey - 2 Juv GANNETS over (Brian Stone)

Caldecote - 3 Common Buzzard (Dee Butler)

Fen Drayton - GREAT SKUA (Mark Eaton)

Thursday, 27 September

Eldernell - PURPLE HERON briefly, Fieldfare, OSPREY, 2 Marsh Harriers (Steve Gann); 3 Barn Owls (Luise Addison)

Ferry Meadows - Redwings calling over Westwood Bridge this morning (Terry Daunt)

Orton BP - 45 Redwings over west, 6 Sand Martins (Brian Stone)

Nene Washes - GANNET east over Thorney Dyke 14:30h, 163 Pink-footed Geese 10:00h, 70 Swallows, Arctic tern (Jonathan Taylor)

Fowlmere - GREAT SKUA reported over 12:00h

Paxton Pits - 2 Green Sandpipers, 7+ Little Egrets, Common Tern, Little Owl, 2 Redwings over (Jamie Wells)

Holt Fen - 2 Curlew Sandpipers, 2 Little Stints (Kathleen Rosewarne, Ian Barton)

Fidwell Fen - 3 juv Curlew Sandpipers, 9 Ruff (Gavin Paterson); Arctic Tern (Kathleen Rosewarne, Ian Barton)

Wicken Fen - 5 Cetti's Warblers, 14 Redwings, 2 Water Rails, 2 Marsh Harriers (Gavin Paterson)

Toft - 50 Redwings over (Clive Sinclair)

Wednesday, 26 September

Eldernell - PURPLE HERON this morning (Martin Coates); and dropped into the pit again at 19:05h (Richard Bayldon); OSPREY, ringtail Hen Harrier, c.6 Marsh Harriers, c.12 Kestrels (Kevan Wolstencroft, Steve Gann)

Wicken Fen - Greenshank, Little Egret, Stonechat on Baker's Fen (Claire and Andrew Butcher)

Monk's Wood - 7 Buzzards together this afternoon (Rich Broughton)

Nene Washes - dark phase ARCTIC SKUA flew west along the river 16:35h, 3 Stonechats, 3 Marsh Harriers, 2 Buzzards, Hobby and a Harris's Hawk (Jonathan Taylor); Whinchat, Wheatear (Charlie Kitchin)

Ferry Meadows - Arctic Tern (Brian Stone)

Grafham Water - up to 13 Arctic Terns, 4 Common Terns, Dunlin (Monica and Owen Marks)

Paxton Pits - Little Stint, Ruff, 1+ Green Sandpiper, c.5 Little Egrets (Jamie Wells); 3 ARCTIC SKUAS over high west 11:45h (Andy Cotton)

Tuesday, 25 September

Fen Drayton Lakes (GPs) - Common Buzzard, fem Marsh Harrier, Hobby, Reed Warblers, Chiffchaffs (Andy Cotton)

Maxey GP (Etton Road) - juv Ringed Plover, 2 Redshanks, c.20 Golden Plovers, juv Hobby (Brian Stone)

Old Weston - CORNCRAKE, flushed and seen well in flight (Kevin Royles)

Fidwell Fen - 7 Black-tailed Godwits, Bar-tailed Godwit, 8 Ruffs, 2 Curlew Sandpipers, Green Sandpiper (Kathleen and Ian Barton)

Holt Fen - 2 Little Stints, 3 Ringed Plovers (Kathleen and Ian Barton)

Grafham Water (dam) - Little Stint (Colin Addington)

Eldernell -  PURPLE HERON,  Moreton's Leam (Brian Stone)

Monday 24 September

Fen Drayton  - Hobby, 500+ Sand Martins (Dave Anderson)

Eldernell - 9 Marsh Harriers, 2 Hobbies  (Kev Wolstencroft & Howard)

Ferry Meadows - Hobby, Little Egret (Chris)

Paxton Pits - 1st w Arctic Tern, Turnstone, Ruff, 3 Greenshanks, Redshank, Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, 5 Pintails, Yellow-legged Gull, Little Ringed Plover, several Little Egrets (Jamie Wells)

Sunday, 23 September

Swavesey (A14 Cambridge Services) - 150 Golden Plovers (Richard Broughton)

Fen Drayton GP - 20+ Golden Plovers, 2 Reed Warblers, 2 Garden Warblers, Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaffs  (David & Jonathan Heath);   Hobby, Yellow Wagtail,  fem Marsh Harrier, Wheatear, Stonechat (per Andy Cotton)

Milton CP (Cambridge) - Black Swan, 250+ House Martins (David & Jonathan Heath)

Shropshires Reservoir - 5 Black Terns (Kathleen Rosewarne & Ian Barton)

Holt Fen -  Greenshank,  Ruff, 2 Green Sandpiper, (Monica & Owen Marks)

Sutton Gault -  Little Egret, 2 Green Sandpiper, Grey Wagtail (Monica & Owen Marks)

Saturday, 22 September

Fidwell Fen - 7 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 4 Ruff, 4 Green Sandpiper, juv Little Stint, 20 Snipe, 1320 Lapwing, 7 Golden Plover over (Owen Marks)

Paxton Pits - Peregrine, Hobby, 5+ Buzzard, 16 Little Egret, 2 Yellow-legged Gull, Ruff, 4 Greenshank, 4+ Green Sandpipers (Jamie Wells)

Grafham Water - Turnstone, Little Egret, Whinchat, 10+ Yellow wagtail 10 (J Hanlon & Colin Addington)

Hemingford Grey - 8 possible Honey Buzzards over (Mike Everett)

Buckden GP - 4 possible Scaup (Nigel Agar)

Eldernell -  PURPLE HERON still present

Friday, 21 September

Paxton Pits - Ruff, 4 Dunlin, Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, 2 Greenshanks, 8 Little Egrets, 5 Pintails, Egyptian Goose, 2 Buzzards, Swift, 2 Yellow-legged Gulls (Jamie Wells)

Thursday, 20 September

Eldernell -  PURPLE HERON sighted at 19.25 coming across from Low Wash and
disappearing out of sight in vicinity of Eldernell Pit (Steve Gann)
 
Paxton Pits - 9 Little Egrets, ad m Peregrine, Egyptian Goose, Pintail, Ruff, 2 Dunlin, 3 Greenshanks, Redshank, 5+ Green Sandpipers, 2 Snipe, Swift, Reed Warbler  (Jamie Wells)

Grafham Water - Turnstone, several Dunlin and Ringed Plovers, Ruff, Little Ringed Plover (dam);  2 Little Egrets (lagoon) (Jono Leadley)

Eldernell -  OSPREY, still, at counter drain (Morton's Leam)  (Chris Lines); 11 Marsh Harriers at Lords Holt (Owen Marks)

Wednesday, 19 September
 
Caxton Gibbet - Hobby (Zbig Karpowicz)

Grafham Water (dam) - Sandwich Tern (Colin Addington).

Nene Washes (Low Wash / Eldernell) -  juv PURPLE HERON this morning in area of Fields 48/49 (Jonny Taylor).   Last seen 1210 flying east over "Garners",  appearing to go down on the northern half of the wash opposite Eldernell. (Peter Beesley & Will Bowell)

Eldernell -  OSPREY, fishing in the lake (Martin Coates)

Dry Drayton - Hobby (Ken Hook)

Paxton Pits - 1st w Little Gull, juv Curlew Sandpiper, Ruff, 2 Dunlin, 3 Greenshanks, Redshank, 7+ Green Sandpipers, Ringed Plover, 6 Snipe, 7 Pintails, 12 Little Egrets (Jamie Wells)

Maxey GP - Juv Curlew Sandpiper, Dunlin, Ringed Plover, Yellow Wagtail, 3 Green Sandpipers (Will Bowell)

Tuesday, 18 September

Newton - Common Buzzard (Guy Manners)

Fen Drayton - Hobby (Dave Anderson)

Belated report, 11 September, Parson Drove - RAVEN  flying over low NE at 08.45 (Mick Rebane and Diana Mortimer)

Fen Drayton GP - Stonechat (David Heath)

Fenstanton - ad f Marsh Harrier (Mark Eaton)

Fidwell Fen - 210 Lapwings, 7 Ruff, 24 Snipe, 8 Black-tailed Godwits, Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 Redshanks (Bruce Martin)

Grafham Water (dam) - 2 Little Stints (Jono Leadley)

Eldernell - Ring Ouzel (Charlie Kitchen)

Monday, 17 September

Grafham Water (dam) - Sanderling, Ruff, Little Ringed Plover, 5 Dunlin, 3 Ringed Plovers,  juv Marsh Harrier (Jono Leadley)

Serpentine BP -Turtle Dove (Brian Stone)

Sunday, 16 September

Boxworth - Hobby (Ken Hook)

Paxton Pits - (WeBS)  2 juv Curlew Sandpipers, 2 juv Little Stints, 5 Dunlin, c.5 Ringed Plovers, 4 Greenshanks, 3 Green Sandpipers, Common Sandpiper, 2 Snipe, 10 Little Egrets, 3+ Buzzards, 3 Hobbies, Sparrowhawk, ad m Peregrine, 8 Pintail, Egyptian Goose, Pink-footed Goose, Barnacle Goose, 2 Swifts, 4 Swallows, 2+ Yellow Wagtails, Grey Wagtail  (Martin Davis, Julian Hughes, Neal Parkin, Jamie Wells)

Grafham Water - BLACK-NECKED GREBE in Savages Creek, 2 Pintail, Sanderling, Ruff, Little Ringed Plover, 5 Dunlin, 3 Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, Merlin, Hobby, 5 Little Egret (Mark Hawkes, Jono Leadley, Colin Addington, David Hollin)

Maxey GP - 4  Hobbies, 15 Ringed Plovers, 6 Green Sandpipers (Richard Astle)

Eldernell - 13 Marsh Harriers on the wing in the fields to the rear and east the side of The Holt (Steve Gann)
Saturday, 15 September

Grafham Water (dam) -  Sanderling (Colin Addington).  RAVEN  over west side of reservoir (Mark Hawkes)

Ouse Washes -  2 HONEY BUZZARDS over, 3 Marsh Harriers, 3+ Hobbies (Richard Thomas)

Cam Washes, Waterbeach - Garganey, 3 Pintail, Little Egret (Ian Ellis / Andrew Seth)

Needingworth / Barleycraft - Marsh Harrier, 2 Hobby, 265 Golden Plover, Green Sandpiper, 6 Dunlin, Yellow Wagtail (Ian Ellis / Andrew Seth)

Yaxley - 6 HONEY BUZZARDS over (Kevan Wolstencroft)

Friday, 14 September

Grafham Water (dam) - Knot, Sanderling, Ruff, Wheatear  (Colin Addington)  3 Dunlin, 5 Ringed Plovers, Little Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper  (Jono Leadley)

Thursday, 13 September

Haddenham - Stonechat  (Paul Mason)

Fidwell Fen - Ruff, c.10 Golden Plovers (Mark Hawkes)  

Holt Fen - 7 Green Sandpipers, 7 Ruff, Common Sandpiper (Mark Hawkes)

Grafham Water - 2 Red Kites, 2 Green Sandpipers, Ruff  (Mark Hawkes) .  Turnstone (Colin Addington)

Wednesday, 12 September

Earith - juv Little Stint (on 'main scrape'), 2 Green Sandpipers, Greenshank, Golden Plover, 8 Egyptian Geese (includes  6 residents in the gravel pits)  (David Griffiths)

Grafham Water - BLACK-NECKED GREBE off the north end of the dam (Colin Addington).   Osprey, Ruff, 7 Dunlin, 7 Ringed Plovers, juv Little Ringed Plover,Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, several Yellow-legged Gulls (Mark Hawkes)

Maxey Pits (Etton Road) - Mediterranean Gull, 5 Green Sandpipers, Common Sandpiper, 4 Ringed Plovers, Snipe, Sparrowhawk (Brian Stone)

Fowlmere - adult Caspian Gull between Fowlmere village and Manor Farm  (Doug Radford)

Tuesday, 11 September

Grafham Water - 2 Red-crested Pochard drakes (Plummer), Ruff on dam   (Mark Hawkes, Colin Addington)
4 Little Gulls (via RBA) 

Buckden GP - Cetti's Warbler, 2 juv Hobbies, Goldeneye (over-summering male in eclipse), Pintail  (Mark Hawkes)

Barleycraft GP - 2 Curlew Sandpipers, Green Sandpiper, Greenshank, Dunlin, 115 Golden Plovers, c.10 Snipe  (Andrew Seth)

Sutton Gault - PECTORAL SANDPIPER, Greenshank, Black-tailed Godwit, Wood Sandpiper, juv Spotted Redshank, 2 Ringed Plovers, several Ruff, Redshank, 2 juv Dunlin, Green Sandpiper, Hobby (David Hopkins)

Monday, 10 September

Grafham Water - Osprey (09:30) heading north over Church Hill (David Hollin).    2nd-summer and juv Little Gulls off Mander, juv Peregrine over, 4+ Little Egret (Dudney creek)  (Mark Hawkes).    4+  Little Gulls, 2 Common Terns, 2 Green Sandpipers (Jono Leadley)

Sutton Gault - 188 Teal, 2 Greenshanks, Spotted Redshank, Redshank, 2 Ruff, Wood Sandpiper, several Common Snipe, 3 Little Egrets (Mark Peck)

Paxton Pits- juv Spotted Redshank, 7 Greenshanks, 2 Green Sandpipers, 7 Dunlin, 12 Ringed Plovers, 9 Little Egrets, 4+ Common Buzzards, 2+ Hobbies, Barnacle Goose   (Martin Davis)

Fen Drayton - 2 Hobbies (Dave Anderson)

Sunday, 9 September

Sutton Gault - Green Sandpiper, 6 Greenshanks,  Spotted Redshank, 2 Ringed Plovers, Little Ringed Plover, 3 Little Egrets (Mark Peck).    2 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, Marsh Harrier, juv Spotted Redshank, 6 Greenshanks, 2 juv Curlew Sandpipers, Wood Sandpiper, 4 Dunlin, 7 Ruff, Little Ringed Plover, Black-tailed Godwit, Hobby, Grey Wagtail, Little Owl, Barn Owl (Stuart Elsom)

Paxton Pits - 4 Pintail, 8 Little Egrets, 7-8 Dunlin, 13 Ringed Plovers, juv Spotted Redshank still, 3-4 Greenshanks, Common Sandpiper, 4+ Green Sandpipers, 5+ Common Buzzards, 2 Hobbies  (Martin Davies, Julian Hughes, Neal Parkin, Jamie Wells)

Fen Drayton - 30 + yellow Wagtails,  Grey Partridge (Nigel & Muriel Sprowell)

Saturday, 8 September

Paxton Pits - 6 Dunlin, 9 Ringed Plovers, 3 Greenshanks, juv Spotted Redshank, 3 Green Sandpipers, Common Sandpiper, Turtle Dove, Swift   (Martin Davis/Jamie Wells)

Isleham Water Meadows -  escapee Demoiselle Crane (Duncan Poyser, Ade Long)

Site unidentified - 2 Yellow Wagtails, Whimbrel over (Ben Green)

Earith - 200 yellow Wagtails in a loose flock, White Wagtail  (Mark Ward)

Friday, 7 September

Paxton Pits - juv Curlew Sandpiper, juv Spotted Redshank, 6 Greenshanks, 5 Green Sandpipers, 2 Common Sandpipers, 8 Dunlin, 13 Ringed Plovers, Peregrine, 5 Hobbies, 4 Buzzards, 3 Pintail, 15 Yellow Wagtails, Pink-footed Goose (Martin Davis).  
29 Yellow-legged Gulls (c70% 1st and 2nd calendar years), 20 Little Egrets  (Mark Ward)

Grafham Water - Osprey (Colin Addington) 8+ Buzzards,  Red Kite (Mark Hawkes)

 Sutton Gault - 2 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, Spotted Redshank (Nigel Sprowell) Wood Sandpiper, 2 Curlew Sandpiper (Mike Everett)

Wicken  Fen - RED-NECKED PHALAROPE from the Trevellyns Hide (c/o RBA)

Thursday, 6 September

 Sutton Gault - 2 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, 2 Curlew Sandpipers, Wood Sandpiper, Spotted Redshank, 2 Green Sandpipers, 8+ Greenshanks, 3 Ringed Plovers, 2 Little Ringed Plovers, Marsh Harrier, 2 Little Egrets,  2+ Turtle Dove, 5+ Dunlin (Mark Hawkes)

Wicken  Fen - 4 Little Egrets, 2 Greenshanks and 2 Turtle Doves (Bruce Martin)

Maxey GP - 12 Green Sandpipers, 3 Common Sandpipers, 6 Dunlin, Ringed Plover, 10 Yellow Wagtails, (Brian Stone)

Wednesday, 5 September

Sutton Gault - 2 PECTORAL SANDPIPER, 4 Little Egrets, Wood Sandpiper (Nigel Sprowell)

Fidwell Fen - 3 Golden Plovers, 2 Greenshanks, 3 Green Sandpipers, 7 Ruff (Owen Marks)

Holt Fen - Greenshank, 2 Green Sandpipers, 2 Common Sandpipers (Owen Marks)

Tuesday, 4 September

Sutton Gault - PECTORAL SANDPIPER showing well 17:30h still. Also, a distant male Hen or Montagu's Harrier over (Duncan Poyser)

Grafham Water - juv Little Gull (Mark Hawkes)

Paxton Pits - juv Little Gull, 9 Little Egrets, imm Peregrine, juv Spotted Redshank, 7 Greenshanks, 4 Green Sandpipers, juv Little Ringed Plover, 2 Wheatears, 2 Hobbies, 3+ Buzzards (Martin Davis)

Eaton Ford - Swift over (Richard Bashford)

Ferry Meadows - Water Rail, Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Swifts, Kingfisher, Common Tern (Don Gardener); juv Grey Wagtail, 2 Hobbies, Buzzard (Chris Park)

Fowlmere - Buzzard, pair of Marsh Harriers with 2+ juvs (James Hanlon)

Fen Drayton - Marsh Harrier (Dave Anderson)

Marsh Lane GP - Water Rail (Mike Everett)

Monday, 3 September

Sutton Gault - 2 juv PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, 2 Wood Sandpipers, Green Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover, Black-tailed Godwit (Owen Marks); to view go across the causeway past The Anchor pub and find somewhere to park at the far end of the causeway. Climb over the stile next to the gate on the north side of the road and walk north along the track below the Washes bank for 400m and peer carefully over the bank at the pools. Also this morning 13 Greenshank, 12 Ruff, Common Sandpiper, 5 Dunlin (Mark Peck)

Eltisley - 2 probable HONEY BUZZARDS nearby over the A428 at 18:02h (Stuart Elsom)

Fowlmere - c. 20 Golden Plovers, Turtle Dove (Ian Dodd)

Cambridge - imm female Peregrine over Addenbrookes 16:30h (Pete Holt)

Fulbourn - juv Peregrine over Balsham Road (Andrew Knights)

Werrington - Grey Wagtail at Cuckoo's Hollow (Dave Barett)

Sunday, 2 September

Sutton Gault - PECTORAL SANDPIPER (Nigel Sprowell); 2 Wood Sandpipers, 15 Greenshank, 10 Ruff, 2 Green Sandpiper, 3 Dunlin, Marsh Harrier, Hobby, Barn Owl, Little Owl (Mark Peck)

Fowlmere - male MONTAGU's HARRIER reported over 11:30h (as per Doug Radford)

Grafham Water - juv Little Gull, juv Marsh Harrier, 2 juv Black Tern, 3 Ringed Plover, 3+ Common Sandpiper, 7+ Yellow-legged Gull, Red Kite (Mark Hawkes)

Paxton Pits - 11+ Little Egrets, juv Spotted Redshank, 6 Greenshank, Redshank, 2 Green Sandpipers, 2 Common Sandpipers, 3 Pintail, 13 Wigeon, 2 Turtle Dove, Hobby (Jamie Wells)

Grunty Fen - Common buzzard, male Marsh harrier and a Turtle dove near the recycling centre (David & Katherine Nation)

Wicken Fen - Little Egret, 2 Marsh Harriers, Cetti's Warbler, 2 Green Sandpipers (Stuart and Jill Elsom)

Fidwell fen - 6 Black-tailed Godwits, 10 Ruff, 4 Greenshanks, 2 Green Sandpipers, 5 Common Sandpipers, Yellow-legged Gull (Kathleen Rosewarne & Ian Barton)

Maxey pits - Wheatear, 20+ Yellow Wagtails, 6 Green Sandpipers, 2 common Sandpipers (Mike Weedon)

Saturday, 1 September

Ouse Washes - PECTORAL SANDPIPER relocated at Earith (Richard Patient); 2 Greenshank, 7 Ringed Plover, Grey Wagtail, 6 Yellow Wagtails (Owen Marks)

Sutton Gault - juv Black-tailed Godwit, 9 Ruff, 8 Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, 3 Dunlin, Little-ringed Plover, juv Marsh Harrier, 2+ Kingfishers, 10 Yellow Wagtails (Owen Marks); 28 Little Egrets over (Mark Peck)

Fowlmere - MONTAGU's HARRIER flew east over reserve 11:00h (Rob Jones)

Grafham Water - 5 ARCTIC SKUAS, 2 juv Black Terns, Ringed Plover, 3+ Yellow-legged Gulls, 40+ Yellow Wagtails, 3+ Common Sandpipers, 2 Common Buzzards (Mark Hawkes); 2 juv Peregrine, 4 Curlews (Colin Addington); 1st winter Mediterranean Gull, 4 Little Egrets (Jono Leadley, Mark Hawkes)

 Witcham - Redstart (David Hopkins); 10 Buzzards (Allistair Berry)