Cambs tick! At least 11 Dotterel still showing well at Gamlingay yesterday evening #birds #photography #birding @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social

Last nights count of 12 Common Sands smashes the previous highest site count for April, which was 5 birds!! @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social

At least 5 of the Grafham Water Great Northern Diver have made it in to May; 3 from dam this afternoon and 2 at Dudney creek - only one is attaining full summer plumage, the others appear to be 2cy/3cy birds @birdguides.bsky.social @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding

A successful trip to RSPB Ouse Fen this evening produced 2 Wood Sandpipers, a drake Garganey and a fly-through Osprey. #UKBirding @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social

Arctic Tern thru Grafham Water this evening, then away high north. 12 Common Sands on dam. 2 Divers still at east end @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social #ukbirding

Some local birding highlights from the last week. Really good to have spring migration in full flow @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social

Smashing Wood Sand at Tanholt Pits until mid-evening the departed high NE. Male Barwit and Greenshank still here @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social #ukbirding

Having twitched the Wood Sand at Tanholt, it was pleasing to find 3 Wood Sands on the pool south of Dog in a Doublet sluice on the way home!!Super birds in their spangly spring attire @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding

At one point five Bittern were flying together. Unfortunately I think they were disturbed by a Paragliding prick that decided to fly across the reserve... Ouse Fen this morning @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social

Will be buzzing if anyone can confirm if this is a Blue-headed Wagtail (2nd year female?). Private site in Huntingdon this evening 😃 @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #UKBirding

Surprised when I looked up to see 2 Bittern circling high over Cambridge Research Park this morning! #PWC2026 #patch #birding @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social

From 7-12 this morning at Grafham Water; 2 Black Terns, 2 Greenshank, Whimbrel, 6 GN Divers, Nightingale & Marsh Harrier @birdguides.bsky.social @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding

3 Hobby circling at RSPB Ouse Fen this lunchtime @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

Wheatear - Gamlingay (Cambridgeshire) 24/4/26 #cambsbirds #ukbirding #ukbirds #birds @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social @btoengland.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social

Striking mandarin duck on the Ouse and a whitethroat (one of many spring arrivals calling) at the Dolphin Meadow St Ives this morning. @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social

6 Dotterel - Gamlingay (Cambridgeshire) 24/4/26 possibly the worst record shot of them due to the heat haze 🥴#cambsbirds #ukbirding #ukbirds #birds @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social @btoengland.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social

At least 16 Black Terns at Dernford Reservoir, Cambs, this evening. 21 reported earlier. Cuckoo also. @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social

6 Dotterel still at Gamlingay (Cambridgeshire) though very hard work to find in the heat haze. Also 1 Wheatear on the track & 2 Raven #cambsbirds #ukbirding #ukbirds #birds @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social @btoengland.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social

At Grafham Water this AM; 3 Whimbrel thru, 5 Sanderling, Greenshank, Dunlin, GN Diver all from the dam @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social #ukbirding

@cambsbirdclub.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social got the info back on this White-tailed Eagle seen at RSPB Ouse Washes on April 8th. Ringed WNAZ at Grevelingen, Holland in May 2025.

@cambsbirdclub.bsky.social @jonheath.bsky.social

Very low cloud over the reservoir yesterday AM!! Five Swifts at Grafham Water yesterday PM were my second earliest ever there (my earliest ever being on April 19th, 2008). The latter is also probably the earliest ever site record @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding

6 Wheatears and a Whinchat at Tev Fen this evening. After a really poor spring last year it has been great to have such a strong passage of Wheatears locally @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social

Nice session at Wilbraham Fen, Cambs, this morning; a brief Wheatear, 2 singing Grasshopper Warblers, Cuckoo, Whitethroats on territory and first Lesser Whitethroats of the year @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #BirdTrack

Oh I love this one...🙂 July 3 2023 - we saw a fresh juvenile limosa at Titchwell ~ Ouse Washes bird, white flag #12. April 16 2026 - there he is, on the Ouse Washes, now a smart adult ♂️, flag readable! So cool to see him again. @linnetincley.bsky.social @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #norfolkbirding

As well as Limosa-fest, there were still Great Egrets galore around Ouse Washes this afternoon plus a fine ♂️ Garganey & decent numbers of wildfowl. Also lovely to meet & chat with @birdergirl.bsky.social ~ you have such a good local patch Rachel! @linnetincley.bsky.social @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social

Another exhilarating afternoon of limosa watching on the Ouse Washes this afternoon. The birds weren't too close but what an experience 🙂 Minimum 15 birds seen, plus 75 islandicas - several new CR birds seen compared to the last visit here. @linnetincley.bsky.social @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social

Every colour-ringed Black-tailed Godwit can tell a story. wadertales.wordpress.com/2018/04/04/j... Blog from 4 April 2018 🎂8️⃣ #ornithology

10 Avocet, 3 Redshank, Oystercatcher & Snipe at Isleham Wash this morning, also my first 3 Common Terns of the year. A Whitethroat in a random hedge en route also NFY. @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #CambsBirds

Really pleased that @simongillings.bsky.social's Ring Ouzel hung around another day. It was showing really well late morning, viewed from the busy towpath at Chesterton Fen @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social

Yesterday's Ring Ouzel on Chesterten Fen still present this morning and showing a bit better. Such smart-looking birds. When not on the ground is somehow completely disappears in a tiny Hawthorn bush #UKBirding @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social

Male Ring Ouzel on Chesterton Fen horse paddocks this afternoon. A long hoped for find, just over a mile from home. #UKBirding @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social

Not classic Ring Ouzel habitat but this one seemed happy enough and feeding in the Northstowe Secondary College car park! Great find by Ed King this lunchtime 😃👍 @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding

The Merlin app does pick up a Bittern's boom but it seems that it has to be really close (and very likely dependent on your phone's microphone quality). With no success at Minsmere two weeks ago, the one recorded yesterday was at Fen Drayton, Cambs. @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social

From 0645-1115. >500 hirundines at Grafham Water, Inc 50+ House Martins. Ad Little Gull and 6 Common Terns through. 5-6 Divers still @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social #ukbirding

All change at Welney! 'Limosa' Black-tailed Godwits are paired up and breeding. 'Islandica' Black-tailed Godwits are preparing to return to Iceland. More here: wadertales.wordpress.com/2016/04/11/g... 🎂🔟 #ornithology @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social @lizziebruce.bsky.social @wwtworldwide.bsky.social

A snippet of my favourite bird sound anywhere... This noisy nominate limosa was one of c25 seen in our two days around the Washes - this one on the Cambridgeshire side on Monday night, where godwit display calls filled the air 🙂 @linnetincley.bsky.social @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #cambsbirding

This Ring Ouzel dropped vertically out of the sky into the tallest elm on this ridge at RSPB Hope Farm today. A nice one for #PWC2026! @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social

albino Reed Bunting singing near Ouse washes today @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social

Lots of Warblers at the Cambridge Research Park this morning with 3 Sedge, 2 Reed and a conservative count of 16 singing Cetti's Warblers across the site! Female Marsh Harrier flew over too. #birding #wildlife #spring #PWC2026 @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social

My annual bout of Wheatear Anxiety sets in around late March. They are an absolute fave & I can't see enough! After a poor year in Cambs last year it's a relief to hear of more sightings this spring. This one at LongstantonLagoons yesterday evening was a tonic 😍 @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding

Summery this evening at Grafham Water. Early Gropper reeling by Mander car park, adult Lt. Gull, House Martins, Whitethroat, 3 White & 10+ Yellow Wags. At least 6 Divers still @birdguides.bsky.social @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding

Eagle!! 🤩 I missed the Cambs April WT Eagle 4 and 5 years ago - but not this time. Thanks to the reports from others I intercepted it at Ouse Fen before it went north. Nice addition to my county list 😁 @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding

Juvenile White Tailed Eagle above Stocksdale Hide on the Ouse Washes earlier @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social

@cambsbirdclub.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social White-tailed Eagle seen from Stockdale hide RSPB Ouse Washes. Caught & fed on a duck.

Only had my phone with me on Cambs bit of Newmarket Heath this afternoon but Curlew heard clearly. Screenshot of Merlin app. @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social

A superb late afternoon & early evening at the superb Ouse Washes RSPB reserve. So many birds. One of the undoubtedly highlights was the pair of Garganey that Lynnette picked up as I was headlong in L3 heaven 🙂 Great find in the throng. @linnetincley.bsky.social @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding

Quick afternoon trip to the dam at Grafham Water has produced GNDiver, common scoter, at least 5 Yellow Wagtails, lots of LRPlover and a Common Sandpiper @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

14 Avocet, 5 Redshank and a pair of Oystercatcher at Isleham Wash. Also Raven calling. @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social

Male Wheatear at Dernford Reservoir, Cambs, from this evening. 2 Swallows and 3 Sand Martins also. @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social