Richard Grimmett just called me to say he saw a Waxwing at 10:00 feeding on berries in the garden of the third house on the right as you enter Sutton on the...
A productive 20 mins watching from my landing window produced common buzzard, sparrowhawk, 13 golden plover, 40+ fieldfare and the 1st goldcrest for my tiny...
As usual, very few highlights this morning: Little Egret, 1, roosting in trees at Cloudy Pit Barnacle Goose, 8 still, Island Pit Shelduck, 6 Red-crested...
Bewick's Swan, adult from north end of dam this afternoon Scaup, female at north end of dam Smew, drk at south end of dam Red-crested Pochard, 9 still south...
I posted this last week but it must have got lost somewhere. Just wanted to report that I was amazed to count a maximum 11 Tree Sparrows on my feeders during...
Spent most of the weekend daylight hours at Woodwalton Fen, with some excellent birding. Raptor counts included: 12+ Common Buzzards, 5 Marsh Harriers, 3 Red...
richardpatient@...
Feb 1, 2009 7:06 pm
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Did you get any idea of the number of Marsh Tits, Richard? And did you manage to see if any were (colour-)ringed or not? Interesting re the Goshawk. I wonder...
Sightings included: Barn owl hunting on and around Baker's Fen Female Marsh harrier Ringtail Hen harrier on Sedge Fen Ross's goose with Greylags on Baker's ...
Sorry, I couldn't resist the pun. While struggling to get into work crawling along the A14 around 8.20 this morning, I had the benefit of seeing a barn owl,...
... Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2009 13:32:17 -0000 From: Martin 2 Waxwings in Monkfield Wood Cambourne and surrounding gardens. Sunday 1st February 13.30 Martin Leader...
Lee, I'm afraid that I cannot pinpoint the timing of my visit to the exact minute but it was about 4pm. When I stopped at the dyke there was no one there. The...
Colin Kirtland
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Feb 2, 2009 12:18 pm
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Sunday 1st Feb in Toft. A flock of 41 Goldfinch and a flock of 24 Blue Tit were feeding on either leaf buds or flower buds close together in 1 or 2 elms. The...
We've recorded this for several years at Monks Wood - flocks of Blue Tits (especially) would spend several days going through every bud on an elm tree. When we...
Apologies for this late report -I've been away ..... 2 Short-eared Owls at Ouse Fen, pm on 28th. Others present included a Black Swan, a Stonechat, a Corn...
Mike Everett
mike@...
Feb 2, 2009 5:12 pm
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Richard I saw 4 Marsh Tits and heard 4 more, but I didn't note any colour-ringed birds. Richard ... From: rk_broughton To: cambirds@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
richardpatient@...
Feb 2, 2009 7:21 pm
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Re: Willow Tit sighting at Paxton Pits on 30th August 2008.  This record has been submitted to the CBCRC. However, we would like any additional information,...
Hi all, Â Â Â Spent a large amount of time at Woodwalton Fen today. No sign of the masses of Mealy Redpolls (just 1 bird today- a cracking bird) nor of the...
An impressive list of birds Richard. Shame I didn't have your luck on Friday! Where did you see the Gos? I know you have seen them at wwf before. Do they tend...
This is an unashamed piece of enthusiasm for a new book! In the 19th century lots of people published books called the History of British Birds, in fact they...
P.M. Bircham
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Feb 3, 2009 9:43 am
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From memory, a Firecrest (or 2?) was reported from near the bungalow towards the end of last year. I can't help with the Goshawk info (having never seen one at...
I've been meaning to post this for a while. I ventured out to Southey woods a week or two back to look for the Crossbills. I had reached the 'picnic area' and...
Dennis Hall has just rung me to say there are 6 smew (3 drakes & 3 redheads) on the Trout Pond. Andy Cotton Site Manager [Non-text portions of this message...
Weekend records of Little Egret, only posted now as just found out about the latest, but thought they may be of interest - presumably cold weather movements....
ian@...
Feb 3, 2009 3:59 pm
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Highlights this afternoon: 8 smew - 2 drakes & 2 redheads on Moore Lake, 1 drake and 2 redheads on Trout Pond, 1 redhead on Far Fen. 1 bittern - short flight...
Jono I have had 5 sightings of Gos at WWF over the years, and spoken to a few others such as Steve Dudley who have also seen them there. The quick answer is...
richardpatient@...
Feb 3, 2009 7:26 pm
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The second reference should be to message 23071 ... From: richardpatient@... To: cambirds@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 7:26 PM ...
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