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  1. Daffyduck

    Cambridgeshire Birding

    Birding Boat trip from Ely 15th May Hi folks if anyone is going to be in the area on 15th May the local Cambridge RSPB group have arranged two boat trips on the River Ouse. Its an nice relaxing way to get some birding in and from a very different aspect. You can read last year's trip via this...
  2. Daffyduck

    Cambridgeshire Birding

    Hi, welcome to Cambs Cheersm8, yep its not a bad area once you start to get to know the patches. re. the voles - my cats are both bringing lots of voles and shrews at the moment |:$| so in my opinion they are quite a few around! I had a great garden tick this morning - a kingfisher went right...
  3. Daffyduck

    Cambridgeshire Birding

    Hi Sim it was reported on Cam Bird club messages yesterday - try this link it may help you in your quest! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cambirds/messages?o=1 tina
  4. Daffyduck

    Cambridgeshire Birding

    Paxton Pits last night (walking around heronry lakes): We counted 10 singing nightingales, lots of garden warblers, willow warblers, 1 x yellowhammer, 30+ common terns feeding at Heronry Nth, blackcaps, green woodpecker calling, chiffchaffs and all the other usual suspects. In all a lovely...
  5. Daffyduck

    Cambridgeshire Birding

    Hi sorry bit of a late post.... Went to Paxton Pits on Easter Monday - nightingales singing (one really close near the main path near Heron Hide), GS woody, 4 Green Woody's, no sign of the R C Pochard or the Med gulls. Cetti's warbler singing well, and plenty of chiff chaff. Also caught sight...
  6. Daffyduck

    Cambridgeshire Birding

    American black vulture spotted over Sandy (The Lodge) this morning around 11am - probably an escapee from the Shuttleworth collection...........
  7. Daffyduck

    Cambridgeshire Birding

    Thanks for the info Mark - especially the road. People are amazed at the place I take my car to and it is usually the scruffiest in the street because of the muddy routes I take!
  8. Daffyduck

    Cambridgeshire Birding

    Well didnt find the cam washes - got a bit lost |:$|- but now that Ive been told where it is will take a look this week.:t: Went to RSPB reserve near Mepal yesterday and got good views of treesparrows near visitor centre along with reed bunting and usual tits. On the way saw a small group of...
  9. Daffyduck

    Cambridgeshire Birding

    Had a couple of hours at paxton pits today and finally managed to catch up with the pair of Smew before they leave to go North:t: I kept dipping on that species this year. Also great views of a pair of kingfishers from Heron Hide, chasing each other backwards and forwards - they were such a...
  10. Daffyduck

    Cambridgeshire Birding

    Finally did my last tetrad of the season yesterday at the very edge of South Cambridgeshire. Despite beautiful sunshine and warmer temperatures there was very little about. I was however covering mainly farmland with hedged footpath and normally the fields would be filled with corvids or gulls...
  11. Daffyduck

    Cambridgeshire Birding

    Managed to complete two of my tetrads this week on Wednesday and today. Ive got high numbers of fieldfare around the village at the moment and in surrounding farmers fields - one flock was 100+ does anyone else have this at the moment? In one small tree in a village garden I counted 15 yet I...
  12. Daffyduck

    Cambridgeshire Birding

    Checklist website Hi folks please take a look at this web site: www.printablebirdchecklists.homestead.com extremely useful to take a checklist before you go on hols and an incredible piece of work by this guy. More experienced birders may wish to contact him to advise him if the cambs...
  13. Daffyduck

    Cambridgeshire Birding

    Coveney and Pymoor yesterday 30/1 Thought I would drop by on my way to Norfolk to see if I could get a better picture of the RLB. When I got to the lst layby near the bridge 2 buzzards circling to the north over the trees. Another birder approached and asked if it was the RLB. In bins looked...
  14. Daffyduck

    Cambridgeshire Birding

    Rough Legged Buzzard - Coveney Having dipped :-Con the Penduline Tit at Lakenheath I thought I would go home via Ely. I finally managed to catch up with the RLB today just outside Coveney. Not having been to that area before I had to hunt around for the black barn and the Esso tanker. In...
  15. Daffyduck

    Cambridgeshire Birding

    Hi Mark, just gone back to my notes again to check and they were Yellow Legged Gulls, sorry to give you a shock :eek!: will make sure my shorthand is better next time!
  16. Daffyduck

    Cambridgeshire Birding

    Paxton Pits today Had a couple of good hours at paxton today and it was sooo busy. On the heron lake male and female golden eye displaying, tufties, pochard, gadwall, cormorants nest building along with Herons sitting on nests! Little and Great crested grebes present. At the sailing lake, no...
  17. Daffyduck

    Cambridgeshire Birding

    Red Kite Managed to see a Red Kite today as I was driving up the A1 just North of Peterborough, couldnt believe my eyes - but definate ID, it was right in front of me crossing the A1. Tina
  18. Daffyduck

    Cambridgeshire Birding

    After looking at a few photos I think it was probably too small and more of tufted duck size to be a scaup - probably a hybrid :-C. I will drop by tomorrow on way to work and take my scope for a better look - it will only take a few mins then to ID it. I will let you know tomorrow. Tina
  19. Daffyduck

    Cambridgeshire Birding

    Milton Country park - Scaup? Hi, has anyone been to Milton the last couple of days? I was down there today and spotted a possible Scaup among the gadwall and mallards...but didnt want to put it out if I was wrong! If you are intending to take a look I saw it on Dickersons Pit (from the deep...
  20. Daffyduck

    Cambridgeshire Birding

    Thanks Mark. By the way I heard that the Glossy Ibis goes to Fen Drayton to Roost. Haven't been there for a while so thought I would head down there this week end. You usually get loads of redwing and fieldfare and a good selection of wildfowl in the Autumn/Winter. Tina
  21. Daffyduck

    Cambridgeshire Birding

    Bar headed goose I was watching the glossy ibis on Friday afternoon and noticed the "strange goose" with the swans. Everyone else was focusing on the Ibis so I took a few shots and was trying to identify it (as it was at distance) and I just put it down as a farmyard mix! (and was too...
  22. Daffyduck

    Cambridgeshire Birding

    Yes, its a willow warbler. :t:
  23. Daffyduck

    Cambridgeshire Birding

    Hi HenHarrier, if you are near wicken fen then I would also suggest Lakenheath (although technically its in Suffolk) as a good spot for hobbies, warblers and if you are v. lucky golden oriales and then weeting heath (just round the corner) for stone curlew. You may find out more info on the...
  24. Daffyduck

    Cambridgeshire Birding

    Just heard that there is an organised walk lead by fowlmere's warden - this Saturday through Meldreth wood - 8.45 meeting point Meldreth Church car park - if anyone is interested? Cost - nil - but donations gratefully received.
  25. Daffyduck

    Cambridgeshire Birding

    Good to see this thread moving again, I pop in from time to time but tend to view the Norfolk thread as it is so active! It would be great if we could keep this one going! For your info, another couple of short walks around the Royston Area that has produced good birding over the last 4 weeks...
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