Great White Egret at Thurlby Fen on the last day of the motnth
Hawfinches at Southorpe
Bean Geese at the Nene Washes
Two decent flocks of White-fronted Geese (Deeping Lakes; Nene Washes)
Glaucous Gull at Dogsthorpe Tip
Scaup at Ferry Meadows and Deeping High Bank
Last year's Cranes (Nene Washes), Red-breasted Mergansers (Deeping High Bank) and Crossbills (Southey Woods) lingered
Record wintering roost of Little Egrets at Deeping Lakes
The month ended with belated claims of an Arctic Redpoll, 15 Mealy Redpolls and a young male Goshawk at Woodwalton Fen
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Pink-footed Goose, 4, from 1.1.09
Smew, 1, redhead on ARC, 7.1.08
Little Egret, 4, along Cross drain, 1.1.09, peaking at 15 on 14.1.09
Also on 10.1.09:
Redshank, 17
Green Sandpiper, 3
Grey Wagtail, 1
Snipe, several
Kingfisher, 2
Stonechat, 2
Grey Heron, 7
Also on 14.1.09:
Water Pipit, 1, Cross Drain
Hen Harrier, 1, ringtail
Green Sandpiper, 5, minimum - Cross Drain
Goosander, 1, drake on old wader scrape
Redshank, c15
Grey Wagtail, 1, Cross Drain
Kingfisher, 2, Cross Drain
redpoll sp, 10, flew over Old Wader Scrape
© Josh Jones
Four Pink-footed Geese
Bedford Purlieus
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, 1 or 2, on several dates,
Lesser Redpoll, c45, 16.1.09
Deeping High Bank
Red-breasted Merganser, 1, drake 1.1.09, pair on 11-22.1.09 at least
© Peter Beesley
© Kevin Du Rose
Red-breasted Mergansers
Scaup, 2, females, 10-11.1.09
Goosander, up to 7, 17.1.09
Short-eared Owl, 2, up to two present
Deeping Lakes LWT
Little Egret, 31, record roosting count at end of month
European White-fronted Geese, 16, 17.1.09
© Mike Weedon
Part of flock of 16 White-fronted Geese
Smew, 1, drake, 18.1.09 and 28.1.09
Dogsthorpe Tip
Glaucous Gull, 2nd winter on 11.1.09
© Mike Weedon
2nd-winter Glaucous Gull
Caspian Gull, 1, 1st winter 9, 9-11.1.09
© Kevin Du Rose
1st-winter Caspian Gull
Mediterranean Gull, 1, adult on 9.1.09 and 27.1.09
Ferry Meadows
Whooper Swan, 5, 14.1.09, on Lynch and Overton
© Roy Norris
Whoopers at Ferry Meadows
Woodcock, 4, on nature reserve, 1.1.09
Also on 1.1.09Tufted Duck, 225,
Gadwall, 87,
Wigeon, 77,
Pochard, 42
Mediterranean Gull, 2, 1st-winter on Overton near visitor centre, 1.1.09, 10.1.09, adult on 231.1.09
Snipe, at least 50 on Heron Meadows on 6.1.09
Scaup, 1, 1st-winter male on Gunwade lake from 4-21.1.09 at least
© Mike Weedon
1st-winter Scaup, Gunwade Lake, Ferry Meadows
© Mike Weedon
1st-winter Scaup, Gunwade Lake, Ferry Meadows (21.1.09), after a bit of moulting
Maxey pits
Jack Snipe, 1, 1.1.09 at least
Curlew, 1, on two dates, 8 & 9.1.09
Black-tailed Godwit, 2, early on
Goosander, 12, in area, 23.1.09
Nene Washes
Bean Goose, 5, tundra-race birds, late on
© Jonathan Taylor
Tundra-race Bean Geese
Crane, 2, 1km east of car park at Eldernell 1-31.1.09
© Mike Weedon
Wigeon take flight as 2 Cranes and a Peregrine stand in the background, Eldernell
White-fronted Goose, 17, European-race birds east of Eldernell, 18-20.1.09 (8 on 22.1.09)
© Mike Weedon
Some of the 17 European-race Whitefronts between Eldernell and March Farmers
© Mike Weedon
Some of 200 mixed Bewick's and Whooper Swans in the ploughed fields at March Farmers, part of a much larger wintering 'flock' in the washes area
Hen Harrier, 1, ringtail near March Farmers, from 6.1.09
Lapland Bunting, 1, 24.1.09
Egyptian Goose, 1, 24.1.09
Black-tailed Godwit, c5,000
Golden Plover, 3,000 minimum
Turnstone, 1, March Farmers 31.1.09
Ruff, c100,
Redshank, c100,
Corn Buntings, 35, March Farmers, 24.1.09
Water Pipit, 1, March Farmers, 24.1.09
Grey Partridge, 11, March Farmers (24.1.09)
Padholme Pump
Best counts between Fitzwilliam Bridge and Padholme Pumping Station were on 14.1.09:
Stonechat, 8
Kingfisher, 1
Grey Wagtail, 2
Redshank, 16
Green Sandpiper, 5
Rather few Moorhens compared with previous winters.
Ramsey
Rough-legged Buzzard, 1, reported on 8.1.09, but remained unconfirmed
© Brian Stone
Buzzard eating 'rabbit'. Was this bird the reported Rough-leg?
Southey Woods
Crossbill, up to 15, from 1.1.09
Southorpe
Hawfinch, 2, just north of hamlet, 1-5.1.08, at least
©Peter Beesley
Female Kestrel at Southorpe
Tallington,
Goosander, 14, at roost, 1.1.08
Tanholt
Yellow-legged Gull, 2, inc an adult 8.1.09
© Josh Jones
Adult Yellow-legged Gull
Woodwalton Fen
Mealy Redpoll, 2, from 10.1.09 (up to 15 were claimed on 21.1.09)
Bittern, 1, on ice of Gordon's Mere 11.1.09
Hen Harrier, 1, ringtail, throughout
Marsh Harrier, 1, young male, 17.1.09
Arctic Redpoll, 1, , exilipes-race bird reported in early February, 31.1.09
Goshawk, 1, young male reported in early February, 31.1.09
© Mike Weedon
Pintail drake at Gordon's Mere
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