Wheatear at Maxey Pits

©Peter Beesley

Chiffchaff at Orton Pits

©Peter Beesley

Blackcap ♂ - Ferry Meadows

© Roy Norris
Note the Pollen encrustration on beak.
See. Portland Bird Observatory website (entry 11th April)

Goldeneye - Ferry Meadows

© Roy Norris
Observed in the river East of Ham Bridge.

Red-legged Partridge

©Peter Beesley

At Blackbush Fen

Waxwing at British Sugar, Woodston

© Mike WeedonOne of two birds found by Kevin Du Rose, 28.3.09

Tawny Owl young

Left a nest box on Eastfield Road in Peterborough on 25th March.

Tawny Owl Strix aluco


©Mr Bradley

Female Black Redstart near Swaddywell Pit NR

©Peter Beesley


©Peter Beesley

Bullfinch (Pair) - Ferry Meadows

Male


Female


© Roy Norris
Observed at Ferry Meadows today - SW edge of Gunwade Lake

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.