Sunday 31 March 2013

Little Paxton village: 8 WAXWINGS in garden at Ramply Close.

Wednesday 27 March 2013

A1 North Pit: female Scaup still.

Boughton Lodge Farm Pit: Green Sandpiper

Tuesday 26 March 2013

A1 North Pit: male and female Scaup still.
Heronry South: drake and 2 redhead Smew, plus Nuthatch reported on the Education Centre feeders.

Visitors' Centre: 12+ Lesser Redpolls still.

Sunday 24 March 2013

Great Meadow: 2 Grey Partridges.

Ouse Valley Way: 6 Snipe in field on opposite side of the river (at south end of reserve).

Little Paxton village: female Blackcap still in Gordon Road garden. Buzzard over and 4+ Fieldfare at west end of village.

Saturday 23 March 2013

A1 South Pit: female Brambling again with c.30 Chaffinches in hedgerow by stubble fields. Also 200+ Linnets, plus good numbers of Yellowhammer, Reed Buntings and Skylarks.

A1 North Pit: male and female Scaup still.

Visitors' Centre: 14 Lesser Redpolls around feeding station. Also c.12 Redwings from VC.

Tuesday 19 March 2013

Heronry South: drake and redhead Smew.

Sailing Lake: pair of Oystercatchers.

Sunday 17 March 2013

Haul Road: female Brambling with c.40 Chaffinches around fields west of the Haul Road by Southoe Brook. Also Snipe and 2 Oystercatchers over.

Friday 15 March 2013

Visitors' Centre: 12+ Lesser Redpolls still visiting niger feeder this morning.

Sailing Lake: pair of Oystercatchers still.

Thursday 14 March 2013

Little Paxton village: female Blackcap visiting Gordon Road garden this morning.

Saturday 9 March 2013

A1 North Pit: female Scaup still, plus Grey Wagtail over.

Island Pit: A single followed (shortly afterwards) by a further 13 DARK-BELLIED BRENT GEESE through NE mid morning. Also redhead Smew, 6 Goosander (inc. 2 drakes) and a Woodcock flushed from SW corner of pit.

Visitors' Centre: c.10 Lesser Redpolls still visiting niger feeder.

Tuesday 5 March 2013

Meadow and Visitor Centre: Buzzard over, Lesser Redpoll on feeders.

Ouse Valley Way: Goosander flew along river.

Sailing Lake: Oystercatcher.

Monday 4 March 2013

Sailing Lake: 3 DARK-BELLIED BRENT GEESE feeding on islands late afternoon, then flew SE towards meadow (and subsequently picked up flying over Broom GP's in Bedfordshire). Also 3 Oystercatchers and a pair of Lapwing.

Heron Trail: 2 Marsh Tits, 7 Redpolls.

River viewpoint: 3 drake Goosander briefly, then flew off.




















Dark-bellied Brent Geese at Sailing Lake.

Sunday 3 March 2013

Visitor Centre: 8+ Lesser Redpolls coming to niger feeder, plus 3 Siskins over.

Lesser Redpoll by the visitors' centre.

Friday 1 March 2013

A1 North Pit: 1st winter male and the female Scaup still today.