Long-tailed Duck at Welland Bank Pits

© Will Bowell


© Phil Ackerman

Redwing at Welland Bank Pits

© Phil Ackerman

Whooper Swan at Prior's Fen

© Mike Weedon

Black and Whooper Swans at Deeping High Bank

© Phil Ackerman

Great Northern Diver on R Welland

© Terry Simms




© Kevin Du Rose


© Amanda Ackerman

Divers: wingflapping!

1. Black-throated Diver, River Nene, 07.02.2003 © Steve Dudley
2. Red-throated Diver, River Nene, 15.05.2003 © Steve Dudley
3. Great Northern Diver, River Welland, 17.11.2004 © Will Bowell

Great Northern Diver on R Welland

© Phil Ackerman

Great Northern Diver on R Welland

© Mike Weedon




© Will Bowell


© Steve Dudley


© Josh Jones


© Brian Stone


© Katie Fuller

A juvenile/first-winter bird (aged by the pale 'scaling' on its mantle) found just outside Crowland by Garry Heath on 16th. He didn't have his binoculars with him at the time (he was fishing), but returned next day for a better look!

Long-tailed Duck at Welland Bank Pits

© Mike Weedon

Long-tailed Duck at Welland Bank Pits

© Will Bowell


© Josh Jones


© Will Bowell

Black-necked Grebe at Welland Bank Pits

© Will Bowell


© Josh Jones

Dunlin at Prior's Fen

© Mike Weedon

Tree Sparrows at Eldernell

© Katie Fuller

At least seven birds present now.

Short-eared Owl at Prior's Fen

© Kevin Du Rose

One of ten birds at the site today.

Long-tailed Duck at Welland Bank Pits

© Will Bowell

A fantastic find inland, especially during such mild weather. The last record was of an immature female at Orton Brick Pit, 6 November to 19 December 1999.

Common Scoters at Ferry Meadows CP

© Brian Stone

The last record of Common Scoter in the PBC area was back in August 2002. This flock of 20 female/immature birds were found on Gunwade Lake in the early morning, but had gone by lunchtime. Did they then fly on to Grafham Water, where a similar number was seen?

Grey Wagtail at Eldernell

© Mike Weedon

Bewick's Swans at Prior's Fen

© Mike Weedon

"Bewick's Swans have individually-variable bills showing a great range. This particular individual had a very small amount of yellow, giving it an almost Whistling Swan appearance."

Scaup and Dunlin at Prior's Fen

© Kevin Du Rose
The grey mantle feathers just starting to appear on this bird age it as a first-winter male.


© Kevin Du Rose

Rock Pipits at Prior's Fen

© Mike Weedon

"The Rock Pipits liked the flooded area under some old concrete sleepers piled up high - the closest to a rocky shoreline in the area. Though close, they were very hard to photograph, as they liked to hide behind the 'rocks'."

Wryneck at Langtoft

© Phil Ackerman


© Steve Dudley


© Steve Dudley


© Brian Stone


© Mike Weedon


© Katie Fuller

Sparrowhawk in Peterborough

© Mike Weedon