Monday, 8 April 2013

Meadow trail: c.25 Redwings flew low NE just prior to dusk.

Sunday, 7 April 2013

Cloudy Pit: Water Rail showing well at north end of pit in evening.

Hayling Pit: Cetti's Warbler heard, also Chiffchaff singing.

Saturday, 6 April 2013

Great Meadow: 2 Little Egrets flew north, 7 Redwing feeding in scrubby area behind basin, 2 Chiffchaffs singing.

Visitors' Centre: c.25 Redpolls around this morning.

Wednesday, 3 April 2013

Heron Trail: juvenile Whooper Swan over.

Meadow trail: Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, plus Sand Martin over the Visitors' Centre.

Monday, 1 April 2013

Heronry South: male and female Smew; 4 Chiffchaffs.

Island Pit: redhead Smew and 3 Goosander, 1+ Chiffchaff.

Hayling Pit: Willow Warbler.

Boughton Lodge Farm: Green Sandpiper, small numbers of Redwing and Fieldfare.

Moorings: Green Sandpiper flew south; pair of Shelduck on flooded field on opposite side of river.

Sailing Lake: female Brambling.

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.