Bar-tailed Godwit at Maxey GP

© Will Bowell
This spring has seen a record breaking influx of this otherwise scarce wader for the area, with several large flocks passing through.

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Knot at Maxey GP

© Will Bowell
A cracking bird, found by Mike Weedon. This individual closely associated itself with several Bar-tailed Godwits- another scarce wader for the area.

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Wheatear at Serpentine BP

© Will Bowell
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Lapwing at Maxey GP

© Will Bowell
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Garganey

© Roy Norris
Not a very clear set of photos of this single duck taken today at the same location as Red-crested Pochard below.
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Whitethroat

© Roy Norris
Photographed today at Castor Hanglands
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Treecreeper

© Roy Norris
Edge of Castor Hanglands

Wren

© Lynne Bell
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Snipe at Nene Washes RSPB

© Mac Bell
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Red-crested Pochard

© Roy Norris
One of two seen today from the small Observatory along the Baston Outgang Road, Baston Fen area.

Ring Ouzel, Farcet

Another shot of one of the showy two.


© Brian Stone Digiscoped with Nikon Coolpix P4 and Leica 20x77 APO

Long-tailed Tit at Orton BP

© Peter Beesley
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Willow Warbler at Orton BP

© Peter Beesley
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Yellow Wagtail at Blackbush

© Peter Beesley
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Ring Ouzel, Eight Roods Land, Farcet

Male Ring Ouzel, Eight Roods Land, Farcet
© Steve Dudley
A couldn't resist a quick dash out at lunch to see if I could better this mornings efforts. Light still harsh but this image is classic Ringo. The tall stance, the scooped 'banana' back and dropped wings.

Grey Partridge, Blackbush

Male (foreground) and female Grey Partridges, Blackbush
© Steve Dudley
Farcet and Blackbush fens remain one of the best places in our area for this fantastic farmland species which has sadly disappeared from many areas.

Ring Ouzel at Farcet Plough

On ringing Steve this morning over another matter, he told me that he'd just got back from watching a couple of Ringos in the field behind the Plough. So over I went and to quote Steve - bingo! In the field were two Ringos, a single Wheatear (my first of the year), a single male Reed Bunting and an adult Mistle Thrush feeding a young one; good field! Anyway, I post another record shot to add to Steve's.
Max

Ring Ouzel, Farcet

Male Ring Ouzel, Eight Roods Land, Farcet © Steve Dudley.

One of two male Ringos found feeding on the Breck heath-like archery fields behind the Plough Inn. Another pic at www.toadsnatcher.com.

Wheatear at Maxey pits

© Mike Weedon
This male Wheatear was one of three on the Etton side on the evening of 17.4.07.

Little Gull at Baston & Langtoft

© Mike Weedon

© Mike Weedon
Adult summer Little Gull (digiscope)
Once more, champion local patcher and bird-finder josh Jones comes up with the goods. This time he found an adult Little Gull with a nearly complete hood (just a bit speckly), but with lovely dark underwings and pristine pale upper wings. It was at Baston & Langtoft pits, on the 'Corner Pit' when I saw it just before 3pm (15.4.07). The dark underwings almost gave the illusion of black in the wing for a mo while it was at rest, but when it rose up off the water, to carry on catching insects with the Black-headed Gulls, it showed its fully-adult wings.

Jay

© Roy Norris
Nest under construction. Photographed in PBC area.

Shelduck at Deeping Lakes LWT

© Mike Weedon
This drake was flirting and displaying toward a female on the Welland. Photographed 11.4.07.

European White-fronted Goose at Deeping Lakes LWT

© Mike Weedon
This bird is associating with the Greylags mainly by the eastern pit. It is one of four birds first found at Langtoft in December 2006. Photographed on 11.4.07