Sunday 1 March 2009

Sunday, 1 March

Fen Drayton - 2 Cetti's Warblers, 2 Siskins, Grey Partridge, 2 female Stonechats, 3 Barn Owls, 3 Goosanders (Mike Everett); 2000+ Black-tailed Godwits, Bittern in flight over Holywell Lake, Curlew, c.50 Golden plovers (David Heath); seven sightings of at least 3 Bitterns today (Dennis Hall)

Cam Washes - 6 Avocet (Ian Barton); 450 Golden Plover, Green Sandpiper, Marsh Harrier (Steve Cooper)

Roswell Pits, Ely - 2 GREAT WHITE EGRETS at dawn (Mark Groom); one roosted at 17:50h (Ben Green)

Grafham Water - juv. ICELAND GULL in roost from Mander CP, 4+ Yellow-legged Gulls, 8 Goosander, 6 Red-crested Pochards, fem. Scaup (Mark Hawkes)

Ouse Washes (Railway Bridge to Four Balls) - GREAT WHITE EGRET south over bridge, 2 Little Egrets, 19 TUNDRA BEAN GEESE, 1+ Water Pipit, Grey Plover, 9 Goldeneyes, Bar-headed Goose, 2 Barn Owls, Yellow-legged Gull (Richard Patient)

Stapleford - 25-30 Tree Sparrows in a private garden (Bob Jarman)

Paxton Pits - 2 FIRECRESTS, 2 Smews (Stuart & Jill Elsom)

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