© Mike Weedon
Sunday, November 14, 2004
Saturday, November 13, 2004
Friday, November 05, 2004
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.
Monday, November 01, 2004
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?
Thursday, October 28, 2004
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."
Sunday, October 24, 2004
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
Saturday, October 16, 2004
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'."
Sunday, October 10, 2004
Wednesday, October 06, 2004
Monday, September 27, 2004
Thursday, September 23, 2004
Saturday, September 18, 2004
Wednesday, September 15, 2004
Sunday, September 12, 2004
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...
Thursday, September 09, 2004
Monday, September 06, 2004
Sunday, September 05, 2004
Saturday, September 04, 2004
Friday, September 03, 2004
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!"
Thursday, September 02, 2004
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.
Garganey (Anas querquedula)
Lapwings (Vanellus vanellus)
© Brian Stone
Digiscoped with the Nikon CP995, Leica APO77 and 32x eyepiece.
Wednesday, September 01, 2004
Tuesday, August 31, 2004
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