Common Tern.
10 Avocet, 3 Redshank, Oystercatcher & Snipe at Isleham Wash this morning, also my first 3 Common Terns of the year.
A Whitethroat in a random hedge en route also NFY.
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My 1st Swallow of the year.
A quick look at Isleham Wash this evening delivered 24 Avocet, 4 Redshank, 3 Snipe, 2 Oystercatchers and a pair of Shelduck.
Leaving the site and I was stopped in my tracks by my first Swallow of the year.
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Ringed Avocet, maybe 2CY. Perhaps ringing data will reveal.
22 Avocet (including this one with a yellow ring on each leg and a blue flag (PA) on the left leg, 7 Snipe and 3 Redshank on Isleham Wash.
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Lovely morning #birdringing (under licence) before work, a mixture of late winter visitors and early summer migrants #cambsbirds
Big mistake to use my free hit (Mrs M is having a Spa day) to go to the Nene washes in horrendous weather conditions. Blizzard, freezing!
6 PF Geese over, 30 Whooper swans and a few Marsh Harrier, but I couldn’t see much as it was driving snow and absolutely freezing 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
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16 Russian White-fronted Geese and 141 Pink-footed Geese just south of Wisbech St Mary, early afternoon #cambsbirds
I'm quite old school, so I still get a buzz from seeing a Great White Egret, even more so when it's on the patch. One in fields just east of Mill Hill Garage (March) this morning. #cambsbirds #ukbirding
Manders car park, Grafham water.
RN Grebe, 2 GND, 5 Whooper Swans #cambsbirds #RBA #birdguides #ukbirding
Putting the (wheelie) bins out, a flock of barnacle geese has just gone over the house (March, ✔️NFG!). Unfortunately no phone to hand to record them. Wild birds, perhaps, displaced by Storm Bernard (or whatever the name is 😂)? #cambsbirds
Bypassed the 2 county rares this morning 🤦🏻♂️ for a failed attempt at the Lesser Yellowlegs at Etton Maxey pits.
Probably hunkered down in the corner somewhere as Storm Amy was rattling through.
Did manage a Rock Pipit and a Greenshank though.
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It was great to see the Lesser Yellowlegs – and get pics – at Etton, Cambs on 28th September. Also good to meet @weedonsworld.bsky.social #wader #shorebird #cambsbirds
There's been a light, but steady passage of Crossbill over the house (March) during the last few weeks. Mostly 1s and 2s, most mornings, but today saw the first group over. Is this localised movement, or reaching any further in Cambs/elsewhere? #cambsbirds
A reeling Grasshopper Warbler last night, just west of the a141 in March, was a welcome patch tick. Flyover garden Crossbill just now too... autumn birding.. #cambsbirds
Great Reed Warbler at Ouse Fen.
Great Reed Warbler at Ouse Fen.
Great Reed Warbler at Ouse Fen.
Great Reed Warbler at Ouse Fen.
Ouse Fen, this afternoon:
The Great Warbler showed averagely, though singing a lot. My 12th (All singers, bar one), but first in 6 years. My last #cambsbirds individual was back in 2016 at Paxton pits. Double-figures of Hobby were NFY, plus a few Bittern sightings. @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social
Had to drop Mrs. Prof close to Grafham Water this morning. So what’s a boy to do? 🤷🏻♂️
Spotted Sandpiper showed rather well. My 12th (3-4 spotty), but first in 9 years. My last #cambsbirds individual was back in the winter of 93/94 at Fen Drayton. @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social
Isleham Wash update: 8 Common Sandpiper, a party of three just dropped in bathed and went off, Ringed Plover, 1 1/2 pr. Teal, 1 1/2 pr. Shoveler. @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #cambsbirds
Another 3 Black-headed Gulls a Little Egret, another f Teal and a Ringed Plover also. #cambsbirds
Red-legged Partridge, looking out of place on the muddy edge of Isleham Wash.
Isleham Wash: 4 Common Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, 6 Avocet. 2 1/2 pr. Gadwall, 1 pr. Teal, 1 pr. Shoveler, 2 1/2pr. Tufted Duck, 4 pr. Shelduck. 2 pr. Common Tern, 1 pr. Black-headed Gulls. A pr. Red-legged Partridges have been stalking the muddy edge lately. @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #cambsbirds
Phonescope shot of summer plumage Spotted Sandpiper at Grafham Water, Cambridgeshire, UK.
A big thank you to Richard Patient for finding + @grafhamwbirder.bsky.social for putting the news out of the cracking Grafham Spotted Sandpiper @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #UKBirding #CambsBirds
Isleham Wash this afternoon; Redshank, 4 Avocet, Ringed Plover, Little Ringed Plover and Common Sandpiper. 5 Common Terns and a pair each of Shoveler & Teal, as well as a few Gadwall. @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #cambsbirds
10+ Swifts screaming overhead just now as the cloud cleared, earlier than the usual 1st May sightings here #cambsbirds
A visit to a family friend in Isleham yesterday (where we were married 41 years ago!) gave me a chance to visit Isleham Wash for the first time, inspired by @birdingprof.bsky.social
Land managed with higher stewardship funds. Great site: 4 Shelduck, 3 Avocet, 4 Common Tern, 14 Teal
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Always look up.Today looking up for Swift = 0.
A Red Kite however was new for the month and 2 #86 Sand Martin NFY, a bird more often suspected than confirmed over the garden.
Isleham Wash had Green Sandpiper, 5 Avocet, 3 Snipe, 2 Oystercatchers but no sign of this mornings Greenshank. #cambsbirds
Green Sandpiper.
Just 2 Avocet & 2 Snipe at Isleham Wash. #Cambsbirds @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social
Later, in private Gravel Pits: 2 Oystercatcher, 3 Green Sandpipers and at least 8 Little Ringed Plover chasing each other around. No Avocets or Sand Martins which have previously bred. Also Woodlark nearby. #SuffolkBirds
Lovely evening around #Grafhamwater lagoons, topped by a couple of bursts of song from a Cetti's warbler near the hide. #cambsbirds
Female Black Redstart sitting on the concrete ledge of pumping station equipment at Paxton Pits North, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Black Redstart at Paxton Pits North, Grafham intake pumping station. Phonescoped from gate on nearest structure #UKBirding #CambsBirds
Long-tailed Tit on a small twig, Ferry Meadows, Cambridgeshire, 5 April 2025
Great Crested Grebe on water, Ferry Meadows, Cambridgeshire, 5 April 2025
A view of one of the lakes at Ferry Meadows, Cambridgeshire, 5 April 2025.
"Been away so long, I hardly new the place" (the Beatles)
I'm south and visiting fam and yday I was at Ferry Meadows in Peterborough with my sis and my four nieces and nephews. Wow! I used to go near daily in the early 2000s but have been for what, 15+ years and it's matured a bit! 😂 #CambsBirds
There were several pairs of Bearded Reedlings at RSPB Ouse Fen this morning, but they were very camera-shy, foraging at the base of the reeds. In contrast, the Reed Buntings displayed rather well. #Cambsbirds
Also, continuing drake Smew from Cadbury Hide. Plus showy Barn Owl & Great Egret #ukbirding #cambsbirds
Female Ring-necked Duck 11:30 #OuseWashes RSPB from Stockdales Hide (viewing NE). #UkBirding #cambsbirds
