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Latest sightings - late May 2008

The following records are taken from entries in the sightings book which is located in the Visitor Centre.

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Date

Species

Notes

31.05.2008

Hairy Dragonfly

Baker’s/Adventurer’s Fen

 

4 Spot Chaser

Baker’s/Adventurer’s Fen

 

Red eyed Damselfly

Baker’s/Adventurer’s Fen

 

Azure Damselfly

Baker’s/Adventurer’s Fen

 

Large Red Damselfly

Baker’s/Adventurer’s Fen

 

Little Grebe

Baker’s/Adventurer’s Fen

 

Redshank

Baker’s/Adventurer’s Fen

 

Lapwing

Baker’s/Adventurer’s Fen

 

Shoveler

No 1,  Baker’s/Adventurer’s Fen

 

Wigeon

No 1,  Baker’s/Adventurer’s Fen

 

Marsh Harrier

No 3,  Baker’s/Adventurer’s Fen

 

Little Egret

No 2,  Baker’s/Adventurer’s Fen

 

Garganey

No 2, Baker’s/Adventurer’s Fen

29.05.2008

Roe Deer

 

 

Muntjac

 

 

Herring Gull

 

 

Skylark

 

 

Whitethroat

 

 

Stock Dove

 

 

Turtle Dove

No 3,

 

Hobby

No 6, Adventurer’s Fen

 

Blackcup

 

 

Willow Warbler

 

 

Sedge Warbler

 

 

Reed Warbler

 

 

Garden Warbler

 

 

Snipe

No 2,

 

Garganey

Baker’s Fen

 

Cranes

No 2,  Guinea Hall

28.05.2008

Water Vole

No 2,  Baker’s Fen

 

Pied Wagtail

No 2,  Baker’s Fen

 

Stock Dove

No 3,  Baker’s Fen

 

Black Headed Gull

No 17,  Baker’s Fen

 

Redshank

No 9,  Baker’s Fen

 

Lapwing

No 16,  Baker’s Fen

 

Little Ringed Plover

No 3,  Baker’s Fen

 

Moorhen

No 2,  Baker’s Fen

 

Shoveler

No 1,  Baker’s Fen

 

Mallard

No 12,  Baker’s Fen

 

Shelduck

No 3,  Baker’s Fen

 

Canada

No 4,  Baker’s Fen

 

Greylag

No 6,  Baker’s Fen

 

Little Egret

No 3,  Baker’s Fen

 

Heron

No 2,  Baker’s Fen

27.05.2008

Pied Wagtail

No 3,  Baker’s Fen

 

Black Headed Gull

No 25,  Baker’s Fen

 

Redshank

No 12,  Baker’s Fen

 

Lapwing

No 9  Baker’s Fen

 

Moorhen

No 3,  Baker’s Fen

 

Shoveler

No 3,  Baker’s Fen

 

Mallard

No 30 +,  Baker’s Fen

 

Shelduck

No 4,  Baker’s Fen

 

Canada Geese

No 16,  Baker’s Fen

 

Greylag

No 5,  Baker’s Fen

 

Little Egret

No 3,  Baker’s Fen

 

Heron

No 3, Baker’s Fen

26.05.2008

Reed Bunting

Bird table next to Cafe

25.05.2008

Great Tit

 

 

Cuckoo

Heard from Roger Clarke Hide

24.05.2008

Common Tern

 

 

Redshank

 

 

Wigeon

 

 

Little Grebe

 

 

Great Crested Grebe

No 2

 

4 Spot Chasers

 

 

Hairy Dragonfly

 

 

Variable Damselfly

 

 

Azure Damselfly

 

 

Blue Tailed Damselfly

 

 

Red eyed Damselfly

 

 

Large Red Damselfly

 

 

Early Marsh Orchid

Spinney Bank

23.05.2008

Water Vole

No 4, Dusk Chorus Walk

 

Reed Bunting

Dusk Chorus Walk

 

Blue Tit

Dusk Chorus Walk

 

Longtailed Tit

Dusk Chorus Walk

 

Song Thrush

Dusk Chorus Walk

 

Robin

Dusk Chorus Walk

 

Chaffinch

Dusk Chorus Walk

 

Willow Warbler

Dusk Chorus Walk

 

Blackcap

Dusk Chorus Walk

 

Garden Warbler

Dusk Chorus Walk

 

Sedge Warbler

Dusk Chorus Walk

 

Chiffchaff

Dusk Chorus Walk

 

Reed Warbler

Dusk Chorus Walk

 

Grasshopper Warbler

No 3,  Dusk Chorus Walk

 

Pied Wagtail

Dusk Chorus Walk

 

Yellow Wagtail

Dusk Chorus Walk

 

Cuckoo

Dusk Chorus Walk

 

Turtle Dove

Dusk Chorus Walk

 

Collared Dove

Dusk Chorus Walk

 

Black Headed Gull

Dusk Chorus Walk

 

Redshank

No 9+,  Dusk Chorus Walk

 

Lapwing

No 15 +,  Dusk Chorus Walk

 

Little Ringed Plover

No 4,  Dusk Chorus Walk

 

Moorhen

Dusk Chorus Walk

 

Kestrel

Dusk Chorus Walk

 

Hobby

Dusk Chorus Walk

 

Shoveler

Dusk Chorus Walk

 

Teal

Dusk Chorus Walk

 

Mallard

Dusk Chorus Walk

 

Shelduck

Dusk Chorus Walk

 

Canada Geese

Dusk Chorus Walk

 

Greylag Geese

Dusk Chorus Walk

 

Heron

Dusk Chorus Walk

 

Cormorant

Dusk Chorus Walk

 

Little Grebe

Dusk Chorus Walk

22.05.2008

Black Headed Gull

No 9,  Bakers Fen

 

Snipe

No 1,  Bakers Fen

 

Redshank

No 16, Bakers Fen

 

Lapwing

No 15,  Bakers Fen

 

Little Ringed Plover

No 2,  Bakers Fen

 

Moorhen

No 5,  Bakers Fen

 

Teal

No 3 ♂,  Bakers Fen

 

Mallard

No 10  Bakers Fen

 

Shelduck

No 4,  Bakers Fen

 

Greylag

No 4,  Bakers Fen

 

Little Egret

No 1,  Bakers Fen

 

Heron

No 5, Bakers Fen

 

Brimstone Butterfly

No 2

 

Little Egret

No 2

 

Hobbies

No 6

 

Chaffinch

No 2 ♂,  Lode Bank

 

Reed Bunting

No 5 ♂,  Lode Bank

 

Song Thrush

No 1♂,  Lode Bank

 

Chiffchaff

No 2 ♂,  Lode Bank

 

Whitethroat

No 2 ♂,  Lode Bank

 

Willow Warbler

No 3 ♂,  Lode Bank

 

Sedge Warbler

No 7,  Lode Bank

 

Reed Warbler

No 9,  Lode Bank

 

Cuckoo

No 3 ♂,  Lode Bank

 

Turtle Dove

No 3,  Lode Bank

 

Willow Warbler

 

 

Longhorn beetle

 

21.05.2008

Jay

No 2,  Lode Bank

 

Chaffinch

No 3,  Lode Bank

 

Reed Bunting

No 5,  Lode Bank

 

Songthrush

No 2,  Lode Bank

 

Chiffchaff

No 2,  Lode Bank

 

Willow Warbler

No 4,  Lode Bank

 

Blackcap

No 1,  Lode Bank

 

Garden Warbler

No 2,  Lode Bank

 

Whitethroat

No 2,  Lode Bank

 

Sedge Warbler

No 5,  Lode Bank

 

Reed Warbler

No 12,  Lode Bank

 

Grasshopper Warbler

No 1,  Lode Bank

 

Cuckoo

No 2,  Lode Bank

 

Turtle Dove

No 2,  Lode Bank

 

Mute Swan

No 2, Lode Bank

 

Pied Wagtail

No 2,  Bakers Fen

 

Yellow Wagtail

No 2,  Bakers Fen

 

Black headed Gull

No 9,  Bakers Fen

 

Snipe

No 2,  Bakers Fen

 

Greenshank

No 1,  Bakers Fen

 

Redshank

No 15,  Bakers Fen

 

Lapwing

No 11,  Bakers Fen

 

Ringed Plover

No 1,  Bakers Fen

 

Marsh Harrier

No 1, male  Bakers Fen

 

Shoveler

No 2,  Bakers Fen

 

Teal

No 5,  Bakers Fen

 

Gadwall

No 2,  Bakers Fen

 

Mallard

No 10,  Bakers Fen

 

Shelduck

No 3,  Bakers Fen

 

Canada Geese

No 10,  Bakers Fen

 

Greylag

No 12,  Bakers Fen

 

Heron

No 2,  Bakers Fen

20.05.2008

Water Vole

No 6,  Bakers Fen

 

Snipe

No 3,  Bakers Fen

 

Greenshank

No 3,  Bakers Fen

 

Redshank

No 18,  Bakers Fen

 

Dunlin

NO 3,  Bakers Fen

 

Lapwing

No 15,  Bakers Fen

 

Little ringed Plover

No 3,  Bakers Fen

 

Ringed Plover

No 1,  Bakers Fen

 

Teal

No 10,  Bakers Fen

 

Mallard

No 12,  Bakers Fen

 

Shelduck

No 6,  Bakers Fen

 

Canada Geese

No 8,  Bakers Fen

 

Greylag Geese

No 10,  Bakers Fen

 

Heron

No 5,  Bakers Fen

 

Water Vole

No 5

 

Common Crane

Flying over Mere

19.05.2008

Garganey

Bakers Fen

 

Ringed Plover

No 4,  Bakers Fen

 

Little ringed Plover

No 3,  Bakers Fen

 

Dunlin

No 4,  Bakers Fen

 

Greenshank

No 1,  Bakers Fen

 

Wood Sandpiper

No 1, Bakers Fen

18.05.2008

Speckled Wood

No 1

 

Brimstone Butterfly

No 1

 

Lapwing

No 1

 

Cettis Warbler

No 4

 

Willow Warbler

No 20+

 

Cuckoo

 

 

Gadwall

 

 

Greenshank

 

 

Marsh Harrier

 

 

Hobby

 

 

Little Egret

 

17.05.2008

Kingfisher

 

 

Water Vole

 

 

Yellow Wagtail

No 2,  Bakers/Adventurers Fen

 

Lapwing

 

 

Shelduck

No 4,  Bakers/Adventurers Fen

 

Woodpecker

No 1,  Bakers/Adventurers Fen

 

Cuckoo

No 1,  Bakers/Adventurers Fen

 

Marsh Harrier

No 1,  Bakers/Adventurers Fen

 

Redshank

No 3,  Bakers/Adventurers Fen

 

Ringed Plover

No 7,  Bakers/Adventurers Fen

 

Greenshank

No 7, Bakers/Adventurers Fen

 

Sedge Warbler

 

 

Snipe

 

 

Lapwing

 

 

Green Woodpecker

 

 

Long-tailed Tit

 

 

Reed Bunting

 

 

Marsh Harrier

 

 

Cettis Warbler

 

 

Cuckoo

 

16.5.2008

Common Sandpiper

1 Baker Fen 101

 

Redshanks

12+  

 

Dunlin

2    

 

Lapwing

16  

 

Little ringed plover

10+   

 

Ringer plover

18+   

 

Pied wagtail

2    

 

Kestrel

1    

 

Hobby

1    

 

Marsh Harrier

1    

 

Shoveler

4    

 

Teal

6    

 

Gadwall

2    

 

Mallard

16   

 

Shelduck

6    

 

Canada

4   

 

Greylag

4    

 

Mute Swan

2    

 

Heron

3 Baker Fen 101

 

Red Kite

Near railway crossing on Stretham/Wicken ropad

 

Song thrush

1 area not recorded

 

Common sandpiper

1  

 

Green woodpecker

1  

 

Cuckoo

1  

 

Turtle dove

1 near track of west hide

 

Kestrel

1 area not recorded

 

Marsh Harrier

1  

 

Greylag geese

6   

 

Lapwing

Pair  

 

Shovelers

3   

 

Willow

1   

 

Teal

Pair