Friday, 4 January 2013

Island Pit: Barn Owl roosting on east side of pit.

Thursday, 3 January 2013

A1 North Pit: 4 Corn Buntings.

Washout Pit: Water Rail calling.

Wednesday, 2 January 2013

A1 North Pit: Adult Mediterranean Gull on pit with c.30 Black-headed Gulls early afternoon. Also 4 Corn Buntings in nearby stubble fields.

Boughton Lodge Farm: c.25 Siskins.

Tuesday, 1 January 2013

Happy New Year.

A1 North Pit: 2-3 Corn Buntings in stubble fields. Good numbers of other finches and buntings.

Hayling Pit: Cetti's Warbler heard.

Island Pit: redhead Smew, Snipe, c.50 Fieldfare.

Washout Pit: 2 Woodcocks.

Monday, 31 December 2012

Cloudy Pit: Peregrine circling, then flew north (and later seen over A1 Pits); Chiffchaff, 3+ Goldcrests and 10 Lesser Redpolls around south end of pit.

Boughton Lodge Farm: 9 Siskins.

Island Pit: 3 Goosander (2 drakes) flew south, Chiffchaff.

Saturday, 29 December 2012

Haul Road: Brambling with c.25 Chaffinches near Southoe Brook.

Boughton Lodge Farm: 7+ Siskins near kissing gate at south end of cowfields.

Sunday, 16 December 2012

Heronry South: 3 WAXWINGS by Education Centre at 15:40 (per Rare Bird Alert).

Washout Pit: Bittern reported.

Sunday, 9 December 2012

Island Pit: 37 Snipe around flooded areas of the fields on east side of pit.

Washout Pit: Chiffchaff.

Wednesday, 5 December 2012

Goldcrest at Hayling Pit and Marsh Tit at Education Centre.

Tuesday, 4 December 2012

c40 Black-tailed Godwits over today.

Sunday, 2 December 2012

Island Pit: 13 Snipe flew up from east side of pit; Buzzard & Redpoll over.

Saturday, 1 December 2012

A1 Pits: Egyptian Goose flew north mid morning, Buzzard over,  c.120 Linnets, 4 Redpolls, 5+ Corn Buntings.

Cloudy Pit: Chiffchaff at south end of pit.

Vistor Centre: Kingfisher landed briefly in bush by pond; 5+ Siskins low over.

Little Paxton village: 2 WAXWINGS around village early afternoon. Seen at berry trees in Hall Close and along Gordon Road and also briefly in tree at Chestnut Walk.

1 of 2 Waxwings at Gordon Road, Little Paxton village.

Friday, 30 November 2012

Little Paxton village: 4 WAXWINGS in trees briefly along Park Way at 3pm before flying off.

Tuesday, 27 November 2012

Haul Road: 3 Lesser Redpolls showing well early pm.

Washout Pit: Woodcock flushed from edge of pit this afternoon.

Monday, 26 November 2012

Little Paxton village: single WAXWING again along Gordon Road opposite River Close today.