Black-necked Grebe on Nene Washes

© Mike WeedonThis breeding-plumaged bird was enjoying the flooding near the central drove, 14.3.09.

Little Egret, Ferry Meadows

Roosting on the island on Overton Lake near the Cormorant colony.

Little Egret Egretta garzetta

© Brian Stone Digiscoped with Canon A640 and Leica APO77 x20

Nuthatch, Bedford Purlieus

Nuthatch

© Brian Stone Digiscoped with Canon A640 and Leica APO77 x20

Nene Washes

A cold morning on the heavily flooded Low Wash at the Nene Washes.

Whooper Swans Cygnus cygnus



Black-tailed Godwits Limosa limosa icelandica


Bewick's Swans Cygnus columbianus


© Brian Stone Digiscoped with Canon A640 and Leica APO77 x20

Little Egret

© Roy Norris
Pair of Little Egrets observed in dike up Drain Road today.

Kestrel

©Peter Beesley

Kestrel at Welland High Bank

Redwings on Ice

© Roy Norris
Observed in Heron Meadow, Ferry Meadows today.

Mallards

©Peter Beesley

Male & Female Mallard on the ice at Ferry Meadows

Grey Heron

©Peter Beesley
Grey Heron at Ferry Meadows

Cormorant

©Peter Beesley
Cormorant Roost at Ferry Meadows

Barnacle Goose

©Peter Beesley

Barnacle Goose , Ferry Meadows

Carrion Crow

©Peter Beesley
Carrion Crow at Ferry Meadows

Snipe - Ferry Meadows

© Roy Norris
Single Snipe in Heron Meadow FM.

Shoveler

© Roy Norris
On Lynch Lake Ferry Meadows today.

Robin

©Peter Beesley
Robin in a Peterborough Garden

Long-tailed Tits

©Peter Beesley

A knot of Long-tailed Tits in a Peterborough Garden

Goosander

©Peter Beesley
Female Goosander at Welland Bank



©Peter Beesley
Male Goosander at Welland Bank

Red-breasted Merganser

©Peter Beesley
Red-breasted Merganser at Welland Bank

Scaup, Ferry Meadows

© Mike Weedon
Moulting first-winter drake still present on Gunwade Lake (with Pochards), 21.1.09

European White-fronted Geese, Deeping Lakes LWT

© Mike WeedonThese shots show part of a flock of 16 (roughly half and half adults and juveniles) found on 17.1.09

Pink-footed Geese at Baston & Langtoft Pits

© Josh Jones

Four birds, which have been wintering in the Langtoft area since mid-December at least.

Whooper Swans at Ferry Meadows

Four of the five Whoopers that dropped into Ferry Meadows this morning. Firstly landing on Lynch Lake and then moving to Overton Lake.






I still have my doubts about the second from right above being a Bewick's
© Roy Norris

Glaucous Gull At Dogsthorpe Tip

© Mike WeedonThis bird was the first white-winged gull we have had locally this winter. It was at the tip on 11.1.09. It can be aged as a second-winter by its generally pale, blotchy plumage, pink bill with darker tip and its pale iris. Iceland Gulls are smaller and gentler looking, with much smaller (generally darker) bill and long wings.

Caspian Gull at Dogsthorpe Tip

(c) Josh Jones

A very smart first-winter present on Friday 9th; phonescoped.

Kestrel

©Peter Beesley
Female Kestrel at Southorpe, Peterborough

Gulls, Tanholt

first-winter argentatus-type Herring Gull


juvenile argentatus Herring Gull


adult Yellow-legged Gull

© Josh Jones
Plenty of gulls around at the moment, though currently a case of quality rather than quantity. Lots of these dark argentatus-type Herrings about this winter, presumably they have come from somewhere a bit further north than here.

Pochard - Ferry Meadows

© Roy Norris
Pochard getting airborne at Ferry Meadows today.

Starling Roost at Maxey

Pre-roost flight.

A superb local spectacle

Nuthatch - Bluebell Wood

© Roy Norris
A big nut.

Pink-footed Goose, Orton Brick Pit

Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus

© Brian Stone Digiscoped with Canon Powershot A640 and Leica APO77 x20