Caspian Gull at Dogsthorpe Star Pit

© Kevin Du Rose

Starlings at Eldernell

© Katie Fuller

Dunlin at Prior's Fen

© Mike Weedon

Little Owl at Baston & Langtoft GP

© Phil Ackerman

Wheatear at Baston & Langtoft GP

© Josh Jones

Sabine's Gull at Dogsthorpe Star Pit

© Kevin Du Rose

Whinchat at Black Bush

© Mike Weedon

There was also a more striking male present. This bird is on top of the manure heap, fighting the gale...

Wheatear at Serpentine BP

© Katie Fuller

Caspian Gull at Dogsthorpe Star Pit

© Kevin Du Rose

Red-backed Shrike at Prior's Fen

© Steve Dudley

Steve says: "Phew!"

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Red-backed Shrike at Prior's Fen

© Katie Fuller




© Brian Stone


© Mike Weedon

Red-backed Shrike at Prior's Fen

© Kevin Du Rose

Kev says: "On the evening of 3 September I was making one of my regular birding visits to Prior's Fen. As I walked along the edge of the main pit, I noticed out of the corner of my eye a bird flying along the edge of the reeds. I immediately recognised it as as something unusual based on its size. It had to be a shrike, a Wryneck or a Barred Warbler.

"After a couple of minutes the bird emerged on the edge of a small sallow bush, and a quick check with the scope revealed it was a juv Red-backed Shrike. In the few days previous to this, there were been a number of Redstarts, Whinchats and Wheatears in the Peterborough area. I suppose it arrived with these... no sign of a rosefinch with the sparrows at Willow Hall though, maybe next year!"

Prior's Fen

The female or immature Garganey was with a good selection of duck including a Wigeon. Also a Golden Plover, 8 Snipe, 3 juvenile Shelduck and c.250 Lapwing.

Garganey (Anas querquedula)

Lapwings (Vanellus vanellus)
© Brian Stone
Digiscoped with the Nikon CP995, Leica APO77 and 32x eyepiece.

Whitethroat at Ferry Meadows CP

© Mike Weedon

Hobby at Prior's Fen

© Kevin Du Rose

Green Woodpecker at Ferry Meadows CP

© Katie Fuller

Redstart at Ferry Meadows CP

© Brian Stone

Wheatear at Hampton

© Mike Weedon

Redstart at Ferry Meadows

First-winter male

©Mike Weedon

Tree Sparrow at Farcet Fen

© Steve Dudley

Common Sandpiper at Grummit's Scrape

© Josh Jones

Common Sandpiper at Welland Bank Pits

© Mike Weedon

Corn Bunting at Deeping High Bank

© Phil Ackerman

Treecreeper at Ferry Meadows CP

© Katie Fuller

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Sedge Warbler at Welland Bank Pits

© Will Bowell

Little Egret at Dogsthorpe Star Pit

© Brian Stone

Little Egret at Dogsthorpe Star Pit NR

© Kevin Du Rose

"Very few gulls at the pit last night, due to a pond dipping session organised by the local Wildlife Trust. On a brighter note, managed to sneak up on the Little Egret."

Black-headed Gull at Dogsthorpe Star Pit

A leucistic bird - one with too much white in its plumage.

Black-tailed Godwit at Dogsthorpe Star Pit

© Brian Stone

Turtle Dove at Langtoft

© Roger Scothern

"According to my field guide, Turtle Doves are shy birds, but after seeing and hearing single birds from a distance near my back garden, one decided to eat some of the mixed seeds on the back garden grass in the last few days.

"We only have a small garden here in Langtoft (just round the corner from Phil and Amanda Ackerman). I have taken a few pictures with my relatively low-powered Fuji S304 digital camera, hand-held against my Swarovski ATS80HD scope. The Turtle Dove did not seem too bothered with my close attention - maybe it was hungry."

Great Spotted Woodpecker at Ferry Meadows CP

© Katie Fuller

Kingfisher at Ferry Meadows CP

© Katie Fuller

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Great Tit at Baston & Langtoft GP

© Phil Ackerman

House Sparrow at Market Deeping

© Phil Ackerman

Blue Tit at Langtoft

© Phil Ackerman

Common Terns at Grummit's Scrape

© Phil Ackerman

Mandarin at Grummit's Scrape

© Josh Jones