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Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus) Norfolk May 2004 (Library photograph)
Cambridgeshire bird news April 2026
A Hoopoe was at Abbots Ripton 13th and Whittlesey 17th. A Pied Flycatcher was at the Etton-Maxey Pits 13th. Several Ring Ouzels were found at scattered sites.
A Black-winged Stilt was on RSPB Nene Washes 900m west of March Farmers 22nd-23rd and up to eleven Dotterel were near Gamlingay from 21st.
A White-tailed Eagle at Fen Drayton Lakes RSPB 7th, RSPB Ouse Washes 8th, Earith 8th, Chain Corner 8th and Manea 8th were presumably a wild continental bird as the one at the RSPB Ouse Washes was bearing a Dutch ring.
A Purple Heron flew over Paxton Pits NR 24th. A female Ferruginous Duck was at the RSPB Ouse Fen on Lockspit's Mere from 25th. Several Black Terns were seen including sixteen at Dernford Farm Reservoir 24th.
Highlights at Grafham Water were up to eight Great Northern Divers and a pair of Red-breasted Merganser 2nd.
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