North Bank Sewage Works

This site is often good during cold weather and today held 10 Redshank, 5 Snipe and 3 Green Sandpipers as well as a wintering Chiffchaff and a female Sparrowhawk.

Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita


Snipe Gallinago gallinago


Redshank Tringa totanus


Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus


© Brian Stone Digiscoped with Canon Powershot A640 and Leica APO77x20

Red-crested Pochard at Ferry Meadows

3 males and a female were on the ice-free part of Gunwade Lake.

Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina, males

© Brian Stone Digiscoped with Canon Powershot A640 and Leica APO77x20

Redwing

© Roy Norris
Castor & Ailsworth area

Stonechat - Deeping High Bank

© Roy Norris

Little Grebe - Ferry Meadows

© Roy Norris

Blackcap ♀ - Ferry Meadows

© Roy Norris
Observed today on edge of footpath through wooded area, located on Southern edge of Gunwade lake at Ferry Meadows.
One of the few on "Staycation".

Goosander -Ferry Meadows

© Roy Norris
Observed at Gunwade Lake today (East end)

Glossy Ibis, Maxey Pits, 23.10.09

© Mike Weedon

Now into its third week visiting the site roughly daily

Knot at Maxey Pits, 16.10.09

© Mike Weedon

With friend...

Common Scoter, Ferry Meadows

Found today by Paul Taylor.

Common Scoter Melanitta nigra, male


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

Wheatear, Maxey GP

This rather bright male still at Maxey GP unfortunately has an injured left leg.

Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe, male
© Brian Stone Digiscoped with Canon Powershot A640 and Leica APO77 x20

© Mike Weedon

Glossy Ibis at Maxey pits, 11.10.09

© Mike Weedon
This bird, initially found on 8.10.09 by Leon Smith has been returning fairly regularly to the Etton Road pits for less than an hour in the mid-afternoon before heading off southwards.

Yellow-browed Warbler at Deeping Lakes

© Kev Du Rose
A decent find for Kev Du Rose and Will Bowell this afternoon- a first for the old Deepings recording area.

Grey Wagtail

© Roy Norris
Below road bridge at Etton

Red-crested Pochard, Ferry Meadows

On Lynch Lake this morning with 36 Wigeon.

Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina, first-winter male

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

Magpie, Bedford Purlieus

Magpie Pica pica

© Brian Stone Canon Powershot SX10

Pintail, Ferry Meadows

Pintail Anas acuta


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

Scandinavian Rock Pipit at Ferry Meadows, 1.10.09

© Mike Weedon

Yesterday's Rock Pipit spent most of this afternoon on the south shore of Gunwade Lake near the Watersports Café, giving great views as it fed on the shore in the sunshine.

Scandinavian Rock Pipit, Ferry Meadows

Found by Mike Weedon on the north shore of Gunwade Lake. The white outer tail feathers clearly mark this out as of scandinavian origin; likely in common with most of the birds that come through this area. This was the only acceptable shot from a batch taken in failing light towards the end of the day.

Scandinavian Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus littoralis

© Canon Powershot SX10

Jay - Ferry Meadows

© Roy Norris