From 01 Jan 2004 To 31 Jan 2004
Compiled by Brian Stone. Data updated 19 Aug 2010.
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PBC Latest Sightings From 01 Jan 2004 To 31 Jan 2004 Compiled by Brian Stone. Data updated 19 Aug 2010. |
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| Date | Species A-Z, Voous | Location | No. | Notes | Observer |
| 31 Jan 04 | Red-breasted Merganser | Crowland | 1 | female with Goosanders at Crowland Bridge. Flew downstream half a mile and landed. | Bob Titman |
| 31 Jan 04 | Goosander | Crowland | 6 | 4 males, 2 females with Red-breasted Merganser at Crowland Bridge | Bob Titman |
| 31 Jan 04 | Little Egret | Newborough | 1 | along Drain Road | Tony Parker |
| 31 Jan 04 | Iceland Gull | Prior's Fen GP | 1 | first winter at Willow Hall End | Kevin Durose |
| 31 Jan 04 | Brambling | South Bretton | 1 | female | Don Gardener |
| 31 Jan 04 | Peregrine | Stamford | 1 | probable over west town | Chris Park |
| 31 Jan 04 | Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | Woodwalton Fen NNR | 1 | calling south of main hide | Mike Weedon |
| 30 Jan 04 | Glaucous Gull | Prior's Fen GP | 1 | first-winter in fields along Willow Hall Lane | Steve Dudley |
| 29 Jan 04 | Little Egret | Nene Washes | 1 | RSPB | |
| 28 Jan 04 | Brambling | Baston & Langtoft GP | 1 | female at Park Farm | Josh Jones |
| 28 Jan 04 | Brambling | South Bretton | 1 | female | Don Gardener |
| 27 Jan 04 | Tree Sparrow | Crowtree, Farcet Fen | 2 | Steve Dudley | |
| 27 Jan 04 | Woodcock | Ferry Meadows | 1 | Don Gardener | |
| 27 Jan 04 | Ruff | Nene Washes | 159 | RSPB | |
| 27 Jan 04 | Chiffchaff | North Bank SW | 1 | Charles Shaw | |
| 26 Jan 04 | Shelduck | Nene Washes | 76 | birds feeding mainly on waste potatoes at Eldernell and March Farmers. | RSPB |
| 26 Jan 04 | Pintail | Nene Washes | 1779 | of which 1680 on Low Wash | RSPB |
| 25 Jan 04 | Smew | Bainton GP | 2 | Both males | Bob Titman |
| 25 Jan 04 | Kingfisher | Eldernell | 1 | Steve Dudley,Katie Fuller | |
| 25 Jan 04 | Shelduck | Maxey GP | 1 | On the new workings | Bob Titman |
| 25 Jan 04 | Goosander | Maxey GP | 33 | 12 males 21 female | Bob Titman |
| 25 Jan 04 | Whooper Swan | Nene Washes | 25 | roosting. Feeding on March Farmers | RSPB |
| 25 Jan 04 | Green Sandpiper | Nene Washes | 1 | Singles regular from June 17th to Aug 17th | RSPB |
| 25 Jan 04 | Water Rail | Prior's Fen GP | 1 | Steve Dudley | |
| 25 Jan 04 | Snipe | Prior's Fen GP | 3 | Steve Dudley | |
| 25 Jan 04 | Green Sandpiper | Stanground | 2 | RSPB | |
| 24 Jan 04 | Peregrine | Blackbush | 1 | imm male | Steve Dudley,Katie Fuller |
| 24 Jan 04 | Hooded Crow | Dogsthorpe Tip | 1 | on tip with other corvids | Mike Weedon |
| 24 Jan 04 | Bittern | Eldernell | 1 | Eldernell Car Park | Steve Gann |
| 24 Jan 04 | Peregrine | Eldernell | 2 | ad male, ad fem - ranging ontot RSPB reserve | Steve Dudley,Katie Fuller |
| 24 Jan 04 | Black-tailed Godwit | Eldernell | 12 | Splash west of The Holt | Steve Gann |
| 24 Jan 04 | Short-eared Owl | Eldernell | 1 | Eldernell east | Steve Gann |
| 24 Jan 04 | Brambling | Eldernell | 2 | Steve Gann | |
| 24 Jan 04 | Brambling | Lord's Holt | 1 | fem | Steve Dudley,Katie Fuller |
| 24 Jan 04 | Black-tailed Godwit | Nene Washes RSPB | 8 | Steve Dudley,Katie Fuller | |
| 24 Jan 04 | Merlin | Stilton | 1 | fast through garden | Janet Darke |
| 23 Jan 04 | Yellow-legged Gull | Eye tip | 1 | adult | Brian Stone,Mike Weedon |
| 23 Jan 04 | Peregrine | Whittlesey | 1 | imm. plucking lapwing, St Mary’s 18.30. by floodlight | Charlie Kitchin |
| 22 Jan 04 | Siskin | Ferry Meadows | 18 | Don Gardener | |
| 22 Jan 04 | Barn Owl | King's Delph | 1 | Steve Dudley,Katie Fuller | |
| 22 Jan 04 | Lesser Redpoll | Whittlesey | 16 | birches in Station Rd and garden | Charlie Kitchin |
| 20 Jan 04 | Peregrine | Whittlesey | 1 | roosting on St Mary's spire | Charlie Kitchin |
| 19 Jan 04 | Hooded Crow | Dogsthorpe Tip | 1 | on tip with other corvids | Brian Stone |
| 16 Jan 04 | Grey Partridge | Blackbush | 16 | Steve Dudley | |
| 16 Jan 04 | Kingfisher | Ferry Meadows | 1 | Don Gardener | |
| 16 Jan 04 | Goosander | Maxey GP | 18 | Brian Stone | |
| 14 Jan 04 | Brambling | Bakewell Rd | 1 | George Walthew | |
| 14 Jan 04 | Lesser Redpoll | Elton | 4 | in birches in garden | Karen Stone |
| 14 Jan 04 | Water Rail | Ferry Meadows | 1 | Don Gardener | |
| 14 Jan 04 | Barn Owl | Park House Farm, Farcet Fen | 1 | Steve Dudley,Katie Fuller | |
| 14 Jan 04 | Stonechat | Stanground Wash | 2 | Matt Francis | |
| 13 Jan 04 | Woodcock | Ferry Meadows | 3 | Don Gardener | |
| 12 Jan 04 | Jay | Ferry Meadows | 1 | Don Gardener | |
| 11 Jan 04 | Red-crested Pochard | Baston & Langtoft GP | 18 | Josh Jones | |
| 11 Jan 04 | Goldeneye | Baston & Langtoft GP | 14 | 2 drakes | Josh Jones |
| 11 Jan 04 | Smew | Baston & Langtoft GP | 1 | redhead on pit near landfill | Josh Jones |
| 11 Jan 04 | Woodcock | Baston & Langtoft GP | 1 | flushed | Josh Jones |
| 11 Jan 04 | Brambling | Baston & Langtoft GP | 1 | female at Park Farm | Josh Jones |
| 11 Jan 04 | Little Egret | Deepings Lakes NR | 3 | at W end of Dandridge's Lake | William Bowell,Trevor Williams |
| 11 Jan 04 | Goldeneye | Deepings Lakes NR | 18 | William Bowell,Trevor Williams | |
| 11 Jan 04 | Smew | Deepings Lakes NR | 3 | redheads | William Bowell,Trevor Williams |
| 11 Jan 04 | Brambling | South Bretton | 1 | female | Don Gardener |
| 10 Jan 04 | Goosander | Baston Fen | 3 | incl 1 male | K K Harrison |
| 10 Jan 04 | Stonechat | Baston Fen | 1 | female | John Redshaw |
| 10 Jan 04 | Brambling | Bretton | 1 | female with Greenfinches in garden | Don Gardener |
| 10 Jan 04 | Whooper Swan | Deeping High Bank | 4 | inc 1 juv | Ray Bowell,William Bowell |
| 10 Jan 04 | Pintail | Deepings Lakes NR | 7 | Josh Jones | |
| 10 Jan 04 | Smew | Deepings Lakes NR | 1 | redhead | Josh Jones |
| 10 Jan 04 | Stonechat | Eldernell | 2 | males | Steve Gann |
| 10 Jan 04 | Yellow-legged Gull | Eye tip | 2 | Kevin Durose | |
| 10 Jan 04 | Glaucous Gull | Eye tip | 1 | first-winter | Kevin Durose |
| 10 Jan 04 | Hooded Crow | Eye tip | 1 | Kevin Durose | |
| 10 Jan 04 | Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | Ferry Meadows | 1 | male in Bluebell Wood | Matt Webb |
| 10 Jan 04 | Lesser Redpoll | Ferry Meadows | 5 | Don Gardener | |
| 10 Jan 04 | Bewick's Swan | March Farmers | 250 | Matt Francis | |
| 10 Jan 04 | Goosander | Maxey GP | 14 | inc 5 males | Trevor Williams |
| 10 Jan 04 | Whooper Swan | Peterborough | 11 | flew N over PC World at 08:30 | Trevor Williams |
| 10 Jan 04 | Waxwing | Peterborough | 12 | at PC World at 09:05 | Josh Jones |
| 10 Jan 04 | Waxwing | Peterborough | 12 | at PC World until 10:00 | Trevor Williams,Phil Ackerman,Amanda Ackerman |
| 10 Jan 04 | Waxwing | Peterborough | 12 | at PC World at 08:25; 09:50 | Colin Head,John Oates |
| 10 Jan 04 | Brambling | South Bretton | 1 | female | Don Gardener |
| 10 Jan 04 | Brambling | Tanholt GP | 1 | male at Tanholt Farm | Ray Bowell,William Bowell |
| 09 Jan 04 | Pintail | Nene Washes | 450 | RSPB | |
| 09 Jan 04 | Waxwing | Peterborough | 9 | at PC World at 09:00 | Steve Dudley |
| 09 Jan 04 | Stonechat | Stanground Wash | 3 | Chris Monk,Brian Stone | |
| 09 Jan 04 | Merlin | Whittlesey | 1 | scared Starlings over garden at 08:20 | Matt Francis |
| 08 Jan 04 | Waxwing | Peterborough | 8 | at PC World at 10:00 | Amanda Ackerman |
| 07 Jan 04 | Peregrine | Eldernell | 1 | over Low Wash | Steve Gann |
| 07 Jan 04 | Golden Plover | Eldernell | 20 | Est. | Steve Gann |
| 07 Jan 04 | Waxwing | Peterborough | 8 | at PC World at 09:00, 11:45 | Trevor Williams,Winnie Fowler |
| 06 Jan 04 | Merlin | Crowtree, Farcet Fen | 1 | female chased and caught Skylark | Steve Dudley |
| 06 Jan 04 | Little Egret | Eldernell | 1 | flew towards March Farmers | Winnie Fowler |
| 06 Jan 04 | Goosander | Maxey GP | 7 | 3 males | Malcolm Holley |
| 06 Jan 04 | Corn Bunting | Park House Farm, Farcet Fen | 5 | Steve Dudley | |
| 06 Jan 04 | Waxwing | Peterborough | 8 | in PC world carpark | Brian Stone |
| 06 Jan 04 | Waxwing | Peterborough | 8 | at PC World at 11:45 | Bernard Dawes |
| 06 Jan 04 | Waxwing | Peterborough | 7 | outside PC World at 08:35 | Debbie Nolan |
| 05 Jan 04 | Barn Owl | Crowtree, Farcet Fen | 1 | over garden | Steve Dudley |
| 05 Jan 04 | Barn Owl | Crowtree, Farcet Fen | 1 | Steve Dudley | |
| 05 Jan 04 | Tree Sparrow | Crowtree, Farcet Fen | 2 | returned to garden. First seen since 26 Nov 2003 | Steve Dudley |
| 05 Jan 04 | European Shag | Dog in a Doublet | 1 | found dead on grass by road - probable victim of road accident | Jim Lawrence |
| 05 Jan 04 | Grey Wagtail | Ferry Meadows | 1 | Don Gardener | |
| 05 Jan 04 | Barn Owl | King's Delph | 1 | Steve Dudley | |
| 05 Jan 04 | Waxwing | Peterborough | 12 | still present at 12:15; 5 flew off W soon after | Brian Stone |
| 05 Jan 04 | Waxwing | Peterborough | 7 | present at 14:10 on berries | Steve Dudley |
| 04 Jan 04 | Goosander | Baston & Langtoft GP | 5 | 1 drake | Josh Jones,William Bowell |
| 04 Jan 04 | Brambling | Baston & Langtoft GP | 3 | females | Josh Jones,William Bowell |
| 04 Jan 04 | Little Egret | Ferry Meadows | 1 | in ditches around Orton - caught a small fish | Matt Webb |
| 04 Jan 04 | Mediterranean Gull | Ferry Meadows | 1 | adult on Gunwade Lake | Matt Webb |
| 04 Jan 04 | Redshank | Padholme Pumping Station | 9 | Howard Butler | |
| 04 Jan 04 | Green Sandpiper | Padholme Pumping Station | 1 | David Hopkins,Monica Marks,Monica & Owen Marks | |
| 04 Jan 04 | Green Sandpiper | Padholme Pumping Station | 1 | Howard Butler | |
| 04 Jan 04 | Chiffchaff | Padholme Pumping Station | 2 | in willows in front of sewage works; one duller, paler bird looked like possible abietinus | Howard Butler |
| 04 Jan 04 | Waxwing | Peterborough | 12 | in PC World car-park, feeding on cotoneaster | Steve Stones |
| 04 Jan 04 | Stonechat | Stanground Wash | 4 | Howard Butler | |
| 04 Jan 04 | Stonechat | Stanground Wash | 5 | 3 males, 2 females | David Hopkins,Monica Marks,Monica & Owen Marks |
| 04 Jan 04 | Dartford Warbler | Stanground Wash | 1 | showed well near large pylon, in association with 5 Stonechats | David Hopkins,Monica Marks,Monica & Owen Marks |
| 04 Jan 04 | Chiffchaff | Stanground Wash | 1 | one showing abietinus characteristics by Millennium Bridge | Kevin Durose |
| 04 Jan 04 | Corn Bunting | Stanground Wash | 10 | Howard Butler | |
| 03 Jan 04 | Chiffchaff | Baston & Langtoft GP | 1 | Phil Ackerman,Amanda Ackerman | |
| 03 Jan 04 | Lesser Redpoll | Crown Lakes CP | 1 | by railway line | Brian Stone,Alex Stone |
| 03 Jan 04 | Whooper Swan | Deeping High Bank | 2 | adult and juvenile flew N | Josh Jones |
| 03 Jan 04 | Goosander | Deeping High Bank | 3 | 2 males, 1 female on R Welland near The Gull | Brian Stone |
| 03 Jan 04 | Short-eared Owl | Deeping High Bank | 1 | Ray Bowell,William Bowell | |
| 03 Jan 04 | Grey Partridge | Deeping St Nicholas | 10 | covey at Greenlands Farm | Brian Stone |
| 03 Jan 04 | Caspian Gull | Dogsthorpe Star Pit | 1 | adult | Kevin Durose |
| 03 Jan 04 | Yellow-legged Gull | Dogsthorpe Star Pit | 2 | Kevin Durose | |
| 03 Jan 04 | Caspian Gull | Dogsthorpe Star Pit | 1 | ad | Steve Dudley |
| 03 Jan 04 | Yellow-legged Gull | Dogsthorpe Star Pit | 2 | Kevin Durose | |
| 03 Jan 04 | Caspian Gull | Dogsthorpe Star Pit | 1 | adult briefly | Kevin Durose |
| 03 Jan 04 | Yellow-legged Gull | Dogsthorpe Star Pit | 1 | 2nd winter | Steve Dudley |
| 03 Jan 04 | European Shag | Eldernell | 1 | still on pit | David Saunders |
| 03 Jan 04 | Little Egret | Ferry Meadows | 1 | around ditches between pitch & putt and Orton Brimbles/Wistow | Matt Webb |
| 03 Jan 04 | Siskin | Ferry Meadows | 3 | Don Gardener | |
| 03 Jan 04 | Green Sandpiper | Flag Fen | 1 | Steve Dudley,Katie Fuller | |
| 03 Jan 04 | Corn Bunting | Flag Fen | 60 | in paddock at Bronze Age centre entrance | Brian Stone |
| 03 Jan 04 | Stonechat | Nene Park | 1 | female | Don Gardener |
| 03 Jan 04 | Whooper Swan | Prior's Fen GP | 6 | over to east | Steve Dudley,Katie Fuller |
| 03 Jan 04 | Stonechat | Stanground Wash | 7 | 4 males, 3 females | Ray Bowell,William Bowell |
| 02 Jan 04 | Waxwing | Crown Lakes CP | 1 | still present in morning | Steve Dudley,Katie Fuller,Mike Weedon |
| 02 Jan 04 | European Shag | Dog in a Doublet | 1 | at 16:20 | Steve Dudley,Katie Fuller |
| 02 Jan 04 | Shelduck | Dog in a Doublet | 1 | Steve Dudley,Katie Fuller | |
| 02 Jan 04 | Marsh Harrier | Eldernell | 1 | Dave Nurney | |
| 02 Jan 04 | Short-eared Owl | Eldernell | 2 | Dave Nurney | |
| 02 Jan 04 | Kingfisher | Eldernell | 1 | Steve Dudley,Katie Fuller | |
| 02 Jan 04 | Mandarin | Elton | 1 | female flew N up river valley | Brian Stone |
| 02 Jan 04 | Glaucous Gull | Eye tip | 1 | first-winter at 14:15 | Steve Dudley |
| 02 Jan 04 | Hooded Crow | Eye tip | 1 | at 14:15 | Steve Dudley,Katie Fuller |
| 02 Jan 04 | Red-throated Diver | Ferry Meadows | 1 | Overton Lake | Ron Clark |
| 02 Jan 04 | Peregrine | Ferry Meadows | 1 | near Gunwade Lake | Matt Webb |
| 02 Jan 04 | Snipe | Ferry Meadows | 1 | Don Gardener | |
| 02 Jan 04 | Merlin | Goosetree | 1 | flew across A605 | Brian Stone |
| 02 Jan 04 | Goosander | Maxey GP | 18 | inc 5 males; on old sailing pit | Malcolm Holley |
| 02 Jan 04 | Goosander | Maxey Village | 5 | inc 4 males on pit N of village High Street, E of church | Malcolm Holley |
| 02 Jan 04 | Grey Wagtail | Stanground Wash | 3 | Steve Dudley,Katie Fuller | |
| 02 Jan 04 | Stonechat | Stanground Wash | 3 | Steve Dudley,Katie Fuller | |
| 02 Jan 04 | Dartford Warbler | Stanground Wash | 1 | still present at 12:35 at approx: TL220978 - first sighting since 17 Dec | Steve Dudley,Katie Fuller |
| 01 Jan 04 | Spotted Redshank | Baston Fen | 1 | John Redshaw | |
| 01 Jan 04 | Grey Partridge | Blackbush | 3+ territories held | Steve Dudley | |
| 01 Jan 04 | Corn Bunting | Blackbush | 6+ territories held | Steve Dudley | |
| 01 Jan 04 | Blackcap | Bretton | 1 | male in garden | Don Gardener |
| 01 Jan 04 | Little Owl | Bunting's Farm, King's Delph, TL2395 Bunting's Farm, King's Delph, TL2395 Bunting's Farm, King's Delph | pair on territory TL2395 | Steve Dudley | |
| 01 Jan 04 | Little Owl | Conquest Farm, Farcet Fen | pair on territory - adults taking food to nest site | Steve Dudley | |
| 01 Jan 04 | Spotted Flycatcher | Conquest House, Farcet Fen | territory held throughout summer | Steve Dudley | |
| 01 Jan 04 | Waxwing | Crown Lakes CP | 3 | Charles Shaw | |
| 01 Jan 04 | Barn Owl | Crowtree Farm, Farcet Fen | adult(s) seen visiting box with prey. Young heard. No young seen fledged. | Steve Dudley | |
| 01 Jan 04 | Tree Sparrow | Crowtree Farm, Farcet Fen | 6 pairs bred, 33 young fledged (2 prs in nest boxes, 2 prs in leylandii with House Sparrows, 2 prs in farm buildings with House Sparrows) | Steve Dudley | |
| 01 Jan 04 | Whooper Swan | Deeping High Bank | 2 | William Bowell,Ray Bowell | |
| 01 Jan 04 | Smew | Deepings Lakes NR | 1 | redhead | Mike Weedon |
| 01 Jan 04 | Goosander | Dog in a Doublet | 1 | redhead | RSPB |
| 01 Jan 04 | European Shag | Eldernell | 1 | fishing around edge of pit until dusk | Mike Weedon |
| 01 Jan 04 | Little Owl | Eldernell | pair on territory | Steve Dudley | |
| 01 Jan 04 | Spotted Flycatcher | Elton | 6 | 3 nests found with at least 2 of them successful | David Housden |
| 01 Jan 04 | Lesser Redpoll | Elton | 1 | adult male in garden | Brian Stone |
| 01 Jan 04 | Grey Partridge | Farcet Fen | 2 territories held. One prob fam party seen | Steve Dudley | |
| 01 Jan 04 | Turtle Dove | Farcet Fen | 2 territories held (Crowtree and Conquest) | Steve Dudley | |
| 01 Jan 04 | Woodcock | Ferry Meadows | 2 | on nature reserve | Don Gardener,Matt Webb |
| 01 Jan 04 | Long-eared Owl | Ferry Meadows | 1 | on nature reserve | Don Gardener,Matt Webb |
| 01 Jan 04 | Kingfisher | Ferry Meadows | 1 | Don Gardener | |
| 01 Jan 04 | Hobby | Froghall Bridge, Farcet Fen | 1 pr bred, fldged three young TL2291 | Steve Dudley | |
| 01 Jan 04 | Little Owl | Froghall Bridge, Farcet Fen | pair on territory - 2 young seen TL2291 | Steve Dudley | |
| 01 Jan 04 | Little Owl | March Farmers | pair on territory at Poplar House Farm | Steve Dudley | |
| 01 Jan 04 | Barn Owl | Milby, Farcet | adult(s) seen visiting box with prey. Young heard. No young seen fledged. | Steve Dudley | |
| 01 Jan 04 | Jay | Milton Park | 1 | Steve Dudley,Katie Fuller | |
| 01 Jan 04 | Little Owl | Park House Farm, Farcet Fen | pair on territory - adults carrying prey to likely nest site | Steve Dudley | |
| 01 Jan 04 | Corn Bunting | Park House Farm, Farcet Fen | 1 unpaired male held territory | Steve Dudley | |
| 01 Jan 04 | Pink-footed Goose | Prior's Fen GP | 1 | Mike Weedon | |
| 01 Jan 04 | Blackcap | Stamford | 1 | male in garden in Ryhall Road | Jonathan Price |
| 01 Jan 04 | Stonechat | Stanground Wash | 1 | Charles Shaw | |
| 01 Jan 04 | Green Sandpiper | Tanholt GP | 1 | Mike Weedon | |
| 01 Jan 04 | Barn Owl | Turf Fen, nr Upwood | bird seen visiting potential nest hole in tree and on a second occasion sat in tree TL2483 | Steve Dudley | |
| 01 Jan 04 | Little Owl | Turf Fen, nr Upwood | pair on territory - birds seen visiting suitable nest hole TL2483 | Steve Dudley | |
| 01 Jan 04 | Marsh Harrier | Whittlesey Mere | 1 pr bred, fledged two young | Steve Dudley | |
| 01 Jan 04 | Little Owl | Woodwalton Fen NNR | pair on territory at entrance | Steve Dudley |