Wednesday 29 July 2009

Northern Pits: 4 Little Egrets, 4 Little Ringed Plovers (3 juveniles), 5 Ringed Plovers, 6 Dunlin, 1-2 Green Sandpipers, 7 Common Sandpipers, 58+ Yellow-legged Gulls.

Sunday 26 July 2009

Heronry North: fem. Red-crested Pochard.

Northern Pits: 5 Little Egrets, Sparrowhawk (with prey), 1-2 Hobbies, 4 Oystercatchers, 4 Little Ringed Plovers (3 juveniles), 2 Ringed Plover, 4 Dunlin, Whimbrel, Green Sandpiper, 5 Common Sandpipers, c.50 Yellow-legged Gulls, juvenile Cuckoo.









Whimbrel, Diddington Pit
© Jamie Wells

Saturday 25 July 2009

Northern Pits: 3 Little Egrets, Buzzard, 6 Oystercatchers, 5 Little Ringed Plover (3 juvs), 7 Ringed Plover, 4 Dunlin, 2 Redshank, 6 Common Sandpipers, 15+ Common Gulls, 74+ Yellow-legged Gulls, 4 Linnets.

Sunday 19 July 2009

Northern Pits: 4 Little Ringed Plovers still, 5 Common Sandpipers.

Farm Pit: Little Egret, 34 Pochard.

Sailing Lake: 2 Kingfishers.

Saturday 18 July 2009

Northern Pits: Little Egret, 4 Little Ringed Plovers, 6 Ringed Plovers, Dunlin, 2 Whimbrel (flew through, heading south), Greenshank, 4 Common Sandpipers, 25 Yellow-legged Gull.

Friday 17 July 2009

Northern Pits: 4 Little Egrets, 4 Little Ringed Plovers, 8 Ringed Plovers, 2 Whimbrel, Greenshank, 4 Common Sandpipers, 31+ Yellow-legged Gulls.

Thursday 16 July 2009

Northern Pits: 2 Little Egrets, 2 Buzzards, 4 Little Ringed Plovers (2 juveniles), 3 Ringed Plovers, 3-4 Dunlin, Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, 2-3 Common Sandpipers, 20+ Yellow-legged Gulls, Common Gull, 2 Turtle Doves.

Island Pit: Green Sandpiper.

Heronry Pits: 2 Buzzards, Turtle Dove, Kingfisher.

Tuesday 7 July 2009

Northern Pits: drake Scaup mid afternoon (flew towards Island Pit at 15:40); Little Egret, Bar-headed Goose still, 2 Oystercatchers, 5 Ringed Plover, 2 Islandic Black-tailed Godwits (dropped in briefly early evening), 11+ Redshank, Greenshank (flew east), 3 Green Sandpipers, Wood Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, adult summer Mediterranean Gull, 2 adult Common Gulls, 30 Yellow-legged Gulls, Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail over.

Monday 6 July 2009

Northern Pits: 4 Little Ringed Plovers (inc. 1 juv), 5+ Ringed Plovers, Wood Sandpiper (flew overhead at 20:17, before coming down to land on island), 2 Common Sandpipers, 4 juvenile Common Terns, Turtle Dove.

Sunday 5 July 2009

Diddington Pit: 2 Common Sandpipers.

Saturday 4 July 2009

Northern Pits: Little Egret, 2 Shoveler, 2 Buzzards, up to 6 Green Sandpipers, Sandwich Tern (mid morning)

Little Paxton village: 4 possible Sandwich Terns flew north early am; female Sparrowhawk, Lesser Whitethroat singing, Coal Tit singing.

Wednesday 1 July 2009

Northern Pits: 1-2 Green Sandpipers, Greenshank, 1st summer Common Gull and 3 juvenile Common Terns this evening.