Cambridgeshire bird news December 2024

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A Penduline Tit was at RSPB Ouse Fen 13th & 18th and a Pallas’s Warbler was at Ferry Meadows CP 14th. A Black Redstart was at Waterbeach Barracks 20th & 25th and another was at Hampton Hargate 23rd.

 

The first winter drake Lesser Scaup remained at Barleycroft Lake until 13th, during which time it visited Berry Fen 6th. It then moved to the RSPB Ouse Fen at Lockspit’s Mere from 17th.

 

Highlights at Grafham Water were a Slavonian Grebe 10th, Little Auk 10th (taken by a Red Kite), Black-necked Grebe 9th-10th, a Long-tailed Duck from 8th, Kittiwake 8th, Red-breasted Merganser 9th-10th, Red-necked Grebe 11th & 15th and then from 29th, and up to two Great Northern Divers. Another Little Auk was found grounded at Woodditton 10th and another Great Northern Diver was on Brampton East Pit until 14th.

 

A Glaucous Gull remained at Cottenham, Long Drove. Other sightings of single Glaucous Gulls were on a flood south-east of Needingworth 13th, RSPB Ouse Fen 17th-20th, Smithy Fen 23rd (with two there 31st), and RSPB Ouse Washes 29th.

 

A Tundra Bean Goose was at Kingfishers Bridge 1st and another was at Sutton North Fen 15th. Three Tundra Bean Geese flew over RSPB Ouse Washes 14th.