Sunday 20 April 2008

Sunday, 20th April

Ouse Washes - LESSER YELLOWLEGS relocated on the west side of the Washes up from Earith. It is on the second lot of pools towards the Jolly Bankers (Richard Patient); also 2 Grey Plover, 4 Ruff, 2 Green Sandpiper, 4+ Greenshank, Yellow Wagtail (James Hanlon) 6 drake Garganey and drake Scaup at Chain Corner (Monica & Owen Marks)

Nene Washes - 60 Bar-tailed Godwit, Grey Plover and Spotted Redshank, 4 Avocet, 4 Little Egret, 3 Garganey, Water Pipit (Mike Weedon). 2 COMMON CRANES in evening (Jonathan Newman)

Maxey GP - 2 Ruff, Dunlin, 200 Golden Plover, 200 Sand Martin, 2 Yellow Wagtail (Brian Stone); 5 Little Gulls briefly this morning, 4 again in the afternoon, Greenshank briefly, 4 Bar-tailed Godwits (Will Bowell); Whimbrel briefly, Common Tern (Richard Astle)

Folksworth - 3 RING OUZEL (Kevan Wolstencroft & Howard Butler)

Paxton Pits - Caspian Gull, Little Egret, Wheatear, 7+ Yellow Wagtail, 4+ White Wagtail, Cuckoo (Jamie Wells)

Sutton Gault - 3 Little Egret, Garganey, Grey Plover, Green Sandpiper, 15 Ruff, 3 Marsh Harrier, 3 Yellow Wagtail, Water Pipit, Wheatear, 2 Sedge Warble, Lesser Whitethroat (Mark Peck)

Grafham Water - 2+ Arctic Tern, 12 Whimbrel flew east, Sanderling on dam, Little Gull, Cuckoo in lagoons (Mark Hawkes); 5+ Yellow Wagtail (James Hanlon)

Buckden GP - RED-NECKED GREBE still present (Mark Hawkes)

Over - 8 adult Little Gulls and 2 Arctic Terns flew east between village and Ouse Fen (Richard Thomas)

Fen Drayton - 6 Little Gull, Common Tern (Richard Allison); Turnstone (Neil Renwick); 7 Little Gull & Little Stint this evening (Dave Anderson); also Cetti's Warbler singing (Mark Hawkes)

Lt Wilbraham - 2 Marsh Harrier, Buzzard and COMMON CRANE along the drove between Newmarket Road and Little Wilbraham. The Crane took flight and headed west (Saimon Clark)

Cam Washes, Waterbeach - Arctic Tern, 2 Egyptian Geese (Peter Herkenrath)

Cambridge - 3 Whimbrel east over Mill Road this afternoon (Rich Broughton)

Southoe - Cuckoo (George Lendrum)

Shepreth L-moor - Redstart (James Hanlon)

Wooodwalton Fen - Grasshopper Warbler, 2 Cuckoo (David & Jonathan Heath)

Toft - Grey wagtail, 3 Siskin (Clive Sinclair)

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