A1 North Pit: Red Kite over, heading SE

Diddington Pit: Belated news of 2 COMMON CRANES, initially on bund before flying off south at c.19:00 (scroll down to see excellent series of shots by Les Beeke)

Northern Pits: 2 summer plumaged Black-necked Grebes, 2 Little Egrets, Wigeon, 10 Shoveler (9 drakes), drake Red-crested Pochard, Buzzard, Hobby, 2 Little Ringed Plovers, 9 Ringed Plover (7 Tundrae), 29 Lapwings, 3 Dunlin, Wood Sandpiper, Little Gull, two 3rd cal-yr Yellow-legged Gulls.









Wood Sandpiper, Diddington Pit
© Jamie Wells

Common Cranes

Common Cranes, Diddington Pit, 31st May 2009
© Les Beeke

Northern Pits: Little Egret, 2 drake Wigeon, 2 Shoveler, 3 drake Pochard, 2 Hobbies, 11 Ringed Plover (8 Tundrae), 3 Dunlin, male & female Cuckoo.

Island Pit: 2 Buzzards, Turtle Dove, Kingfisher, Lesser Whitethroat singing, male House Sparrow.

Heronry South: male & female Cuckoo flew towards visitors' centre.

Washout Pit: Little Egret.

Northern Pits: 2 Grey Partridges, Dunlin, 1st summer Little Gull, 2 Yellow-legged Gulls.

Northern Pits: Little Egret, Red-crested Pochard, Buzzard, Hobby, Arctic Tern, Spotted Flycatcher.

Northern Pits: Little Egret, drake and duck Red-crested Pochard, 5 Common Pochard, Sparrowhawk, 1+ Hobby, pair Grey Partridges, 8 Ringed Plover.

Hayling Pit: Adult female Kingfisher feeding 3 young

Northern Pits: Little Egret, 2 drake Red-crested Pochards, Red Kite over (Diddington village), 2+ Hobbies, 2 Dunlin, 2 Wheatears still.









Male Wheatear, Paxton Pits
© Jamie Wells

Northern Pits: Little Egret, 3 Shelduck, drake Red-crested Pochard, pair Grey Partridges, Little Ringed Plover, 6 Ringed Plover, 2 Sanderlings, Dunlin, 5+ Black Terns, 2 (male & female) Wheatear.

Northern Pits: 1-2 Little Egrets, drake Wigeon, 2 drake Shoverler, pr Pochard, 5+ Hobbies, 2 Little Ringed Plovers, 4 Dunlin, 12+ Ringed Plover (inc. some Tundrae).

Washout Pit: Shelduck, 2 Redshank (on flooded field on opp. side of river); 1-2 Kingfishers.

Island Pit: 2 Buzzards heading north.

Reserve end: Spotted Flycatcher, 2+ Turtle Doves, 3-4 Cuckoo's

Northern Pits: Little Egret, pr Shelduck, 3-4 Pochard, drake Shoveler, Red Kite (drifting south at 12:33), 3 Buzzards, 2-3 Hobbies, 2 Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpipers, 2 Turnstones, sub-ad. Yellow-legged Gull.

Northern Pits: Little Egret, 2 Shelduck, 2 Wigeon, drake Red-crested Pochard, 4 Common Pochard (2 pairs), 3 Ringed Plover, Turnstone, Yellow-legged Gull, 85 Common Terns, Black Tern.

Northern Pits: 2 Little Egrets, Garganey, 5 Knot, 11 Dunlin, Bar-tailed Godwit, Whimbrel, Common Sandpiper, 7 Turnstone, 9 Black Terns, 18 Ringed Plover (chiefly tundrae).

Northern Pits: Wigeon, 4 Common Pochard, 7 Ringed Plover (inc. 5 tundrae), 2 Knot, 2 Sanderling, Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpiper, Turnstone, Black Tern, Bar-headed Goose

Island Pit: Red-crested Pochard

Northern Pits: drake Red-crested Pochard, 2 Knot, 2 Grey Plovers, 2 Turnstone, Sanderling, 16 Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper & 4 Black Terns.

Heronry North: 8 Black Terns mid-afternoon.

Buzzard over Dodder Fen early evening, plus two Turtle Doves flew across the arable fields nearby. Also 1-2 Turtle Doves purring in the sanctury & a Goldcrest singing in the Wray House Garden.