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From 01 May 2008 To 31 May 2008
Compiled by Brian Stone. Data updated 19 Aug 2010.

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The following table contains notable data direct from the PBC sightings database for the dates shown. Click on the underlined headings to sort the table by data in that column. Click on the Other Sightings link above to view other months. In future it will be possible to query the entire database. Watch this space!

Date	Species A-Z, Voous	Location	No.	Notes	Observer
31 May 08	Garganey	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	2	males	Chris Lines,Malcolm Holley
31 May 08	Red-crested Pochard	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	2	males	Chris Lines,Malcolm Holley
31 May 08	Avocet	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	4		Chris Lines
31 May 08	Dunlin	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP			Chris Lines,Malcolm Holley
31 May 08	Green Sandpiper	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1		Chris Lines,Malcolm Holley
31 May 08	Yellow Wagtail	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	2		Chris Lines
31 May 08	Cuckoo	Oxey Wood, Helpston	1	calling	Richard Astle
31 May 08	Common Buzzard	Spinney Wood, Ravensthorpe	1	over.Pos same as over Westwood	Tony Parker
31 May 08	Red Kite	Swaddywell Pit	1		Richard Astle
31 May 08	Common Buzzard	Westwood	1	over. Pos same as over Spinney Wood	Tony Parker
31 May 08	Hobby	Woodwalton Church End	2		Max Catterwell
31 May 08	Barn Owl	Woodwalton Church End	1		Max Catterwell
31 May 08	Nightingale	Woodwalton Church End			Max Catterwell
31 May 08	Grasshopper Warbler	Woodwalton Church End			Max Catterwell
30 May 08	Shelduck	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	15		Chris Lines
30 May 08	Garganey	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1		Chris Lines
30 May 08	Red-crested Pochard	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	3	2 male 1 female	Chris Lines
30 May 08	Avocet	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	2		Chris Lines
30 May 08	Green Sandpiper	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1		William Bowell
30 May 08	Barn Owl	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1	ringed bird	Chris Lines
30 May 08	Tree Sparrow	Helpston	1		Richard Astle
30 May 08	Hobby	Milton Park	1		Bill Williamson
30 May 08	Wheatear	Nene Washes RSPB	1	male along central drove - reported to MJW by Laura Ansell	Mike Weedon
30 May 08	Hobby	Orton Brick Pit	1		Paul Taylor
30 May 08	Ringed Plover	Orton Brick Pit	1		Paul Taylor
30 May 08	Black Tern	Orton Brick Pit	1	at 15:00 then flew high east	Paul Taylor
30 May 08	Spotted Flycatcher	Southey Woods			Richard Astle
30 May 08	Turtle Dove	Swaddywell Pit	3		Richard Astle
29 May 08	Little Egret	Nene Washes	1		Max Catterwell
29 May 08	Hobby	Nene Washes	1		Max Catterwell
28 May 08	Garganey	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1		William Bowell
28 May 08	Red-crested Pochard	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	2		William Bowell
28 May 08	Avocet	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	2		William Bowell
28 May 08	Sanderling	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	2	at dusk	Nicola Orchard
28 May 08	Sanderling	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1		William Bowell
28 May 08	Dunlin	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	2		William Bowell
28 May 08	Turnstone	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1		William Bowell
28 May 08	Spotted Flycatcher	Lynch Wood	1		Mike Weedon
28 May 08	Little Egret	Nene Washes High Wash	3		William Bowell
28 May 08	Garganey	Nene Washes High Wash	1	male	William Bowell
28 May 08	Pochard	Nene Washes High Wash	1	on river	William Bowell
28 May 08	Little Ringed Plover	Nene Washes High Wash	1		William Bowell
28 May 08	Black-tailed Godwit	Nene Washes High Wash	5		William Bowell
27 May 08	Ringed Plover	Baston & Langtoft GP	1	New Works	Josh Jones
27 May 08	Common Sandpiper	Baston & Langtoft GP	1	New Works	Josh Jones
27 May 08	Garganey	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1		William Bowell,Peter Beesley,Josh Jones
27 May 08	Red-crested Pochard	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	3	males	William Bowell,Peter Beesley
27 May 08	Oystercatcher	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	2		Chris Lines
27 May 08	Avocet	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	2		William Bowell,Peter Beesley,Josh Jones
27 May 08	Ringed Plover	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	32	incl 9 tundrae birds	Josh Jones
27 May 08	Ringed Plover	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	10	tundrae at least early evening	William Bowell
27 May 08	Sanderling	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	27	reducing to 12 by evening	William Bowell,Peter Beesley,Josh Jones
27 May 08	Dunlin	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	5		Josh Jones,William Bowell,Peter Beesley
27 May 08	Greenshank	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1		William Bowell,Peter Beesley
27 May 08	Barn Owl	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1		Chris Lines
27 May 08	Nightingale	Ferry Meadows	1	singing well near suspension bridge	Mac Bell
26 May 08	Yellow-legged Gull	Baston & Langtoft GP	1	first-summer	Josh Jones
26 May 08	Red-crested Pochard	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1		Chris Lines,Peter Beesley
26 May 08	Avocet	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	2		Chris Lines,Peter Beesley
26 May 08	Grey Plover	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1	summer plumaged	Chris Lines,Peter Beesley
26 May 08	Dunlin	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	6		Chris Lines
25 May 08	Dunlin	Baston & Langtoft GP	1	on New Works	William Bowell
25 May 08	Garganey	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1		Chris Lines,William Bowell
25 May 08	Red-crested Pochard	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1	male	William Bowell
25 May 08	Hobby	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1	first summer	William Bowell
25 May 08	Avocet	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	2		Chris Lines,William Bowell
25 May 08	Ringed Plover	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	12	tundrae	William Bowell
25 May 08	Grey Plover	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1	summer plumaged	William Bowell
25 May 08	Sanderling	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	8		William Bowell
25 May 08	Dunlin	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1		Chris Lines
25 May 08	Dunlin	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1	arrived with Ringed Plovers	William Bowell
25 May 08	Wood Sandpiper	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1		Chris Lines
24 May 08	Hobby	Bainton GP	5		Keith Lawton
24 May 08	Little Egret	Ferry Meadows	1	over	Matt Webb
24 May 08	Black Tern	Ferry Meadows	1	Gunwade Lake pm	Matt Webb
24 May 08	Hobby	Yaxley	1	near Folly Farm	Dave Bradley
23 May 08	Spotted Flycatcher	Bluebell Wood	1		Mike Weedon
23 May 08	Garganey	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1	male	Chris Lines
23 May 08	Avocet	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	2		Chris Lines
23 May 08	Nightingale	Ferry Meadows	1	singing well near suspension bridge	Mac Bell
23 May 08	Curlew Sandpiper	Nene Washes High Wash	1	opposite Holly Tree	Jonathan Taylor,et al
23 May 08	Grey Wagtail	Peterborough	1	over Long Causeway	Brian Stone
23 May 08	Red Kite	Stanley Park, Peterborough	1	over east fairly high and slow at 09:37	Brian Stone
22 May 08	Red Kite	Bainton GP	1		Josh Jones
22 May 08	Hobby	Bainton GP	4	at least	Josh Jones
22 May 08	Marsh Harrier	Baston & Langtoft GP	1	female	Josh Jones
22 May 08	Hobby	Baston & Langtoft GP	8	to 10	Josh Jones
22 May 08	Spotted Flycatcher	Bluebell Wood	2	or 3	Don Gardener
22 May 08	Hobby	Eldernell	1		Max Catterwell
22 May 08	Kingfisher	Eldernell	1		Max Catterwell
22 May 08	Garganey	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1	male	Josh Jones
22 May 08	Avocet	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	2		Josh Jones
22 May 08	Quail	Grummit's Scrape	1	singing to SE at 21:30	Josh Jones
22 May 08	Common Buzzard	Gunthorpe	1	over mobbed by Black-headed Gulls	Keith Lawton
22 May 08	Shelduck	Tanholt GP	1		Brian Stone
22 May 08	Hobby	Tanholt GP	1	at least overhead	Brian Stone
22 May 08	Little Ringed Plover	Tanholt GP	3	on newly extracted section incl one displaying	Brian Stone
22 May 08	Common Buzzard	Wesleyan Road allotments TF190015	1	over at 12:00 mobbed by corvid	Stuart Pedley
21 May 08	Hobby	Bainton GP	4	at least	Brian Stone
21 May 08	Little Egret	Baston & Langtoft GP	1	on New Works	John Saunders
21 May 08	Hobby	Baston & Langtoft GP	10	at least	Josh Jones
21 May 08	Barn Owl	Eldernell	1		Peter Beesley
21 May 08	Kingfisher	Eldernell	1		Peter Beesley
21 May 08	Cetti's Warbler	Eldernell	1		Peter Beesley
21 May 08	Avocet	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	2		John Saunders
21 May 08	Ringed Plover	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1	tundrae	Brian Stone
21 May 08	Sanderling	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1		Brian Stone,John Saunders
21 May 08	Dunlin	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1	small with short bill and restricted black belly markings	Brian Stone,John Saunders
21 May 08	Red Kite	Fletland Mill, Baston (Private)	2		John Saunders
21 May 08	Hobby	Fletland Mill, Baston (Private)	1		John Saunders
21 May 08	Turtle Dove	Fletland Mill, Baston (Private)	1	singing	John Saunders
21 May 08	Kingfisher	Fletland Mill, Baston (Private)	1		John Saunders
21 May 08	Grey Wagtail	Fletland Mill, Baston (Private)	2		John Saunders
21 May 08	Spotted Flycatcher	Fletland Mill, Baston (Private)	2		John Saunders
21 May 08	Little Egret	Nene Washes High Wash	2		Brian Stone
21 May 08	Ruff	Nene Washes High Wash	2		Brian Stone
21 May 08	Redshank	Nene Washes High Wash	18		Brian Stone
21 May 08	Goshawk	Stamford	1	over A1 south of town	Jonathan Newman
21 May 08	Hobby	Stibbington GP	2		Brian Stone
20 May 08	Little Egret	Baston & Langtoft GP	1		Josh Jones
20 May 08	Common Buzzard	Baston & Langtoft GP	2		Josh Jones
20 May 08	Hobby	Baston & Langtoft GP	7	at least	Josh Jones
20 May 08	Little Ringed Plover	Baston & Langtoft GP	3		Josh Jones
20 May 08	Turtle Dove	Baston & Langtoft GP	1	territory near ARC Pit	Josh Jones
20 May 08	Hobby	Elton	1		Brian Stone
20 May 08	Red-crested Pochard	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	3	a pair and a male	William Bowell
20 May 08	Avocet	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	2		Leon Smith,et al
20 May 08	Sanderling	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	2		William Bowell,et al
20 May 08	Dunlin	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	2		Leon Smith,et al
20 May 08	Turnstone	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1		Leon Smith,et al
20 May 08	Turtle Dove	Langtoft Village	1	in garden at east end; also 2 in neighbouring garden for two days	Roger Scothern
20 May 08	Little Egret	Nene Washes High Wash	3		Brian Stone
20 May 08	Oystercatcher	Nene Washes High Wash	1		Brian Stone
20 May 08	Black-tailed Godwit	Nene Washes High Wash	1		Brian Stone
20 May 08	Redshank	Nene Washes High Wash	39	opposite Holly Tree	Brian Stone,Max Catterwell
20 May 08	Turnstone	Nene Washes High Wash	1	opposite Holly Tree	Brian Stone,Max Catterwell
20 May 08	Hobby	Serpentine BP	7		Paul Taylor
20 May 08	Redshank	Serpentine BP	2		Paul Taylor
19 May 08	Turtle Dove	Barnack Hills & Holes	1		Tony Parker
19 May 08	Hobby	Baston & Langtoft GP	2	at least	Josh Jones
19 May 08	Little Ringed Plover	Baston & Langtoft GP	3		Josh Jones
19 May 08	Ringed Plover	Baston & Langtoft GP	3	tundrae	Josh Jones
19 May 08	Common Sandpiper	Baston & Langtoft GP	1		Josh Jones
19 May 08	Turtle Dove	Baston & Langtoft GP	1		Josh Jones
19 May 08	Corncrake	Eldernell		may be heard singing from south bank by walking west from car park	Jonathan Taylor
19 May 08	Red-crested Pochard	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1	male	Brian Stone
19 May 08	Redshank	Ferry Meadows	2	on reserve	Mike Weedon
19 May 08	Common Sandpiper	Ferry Meadows	1	Gunwade Lake	Mike Weedon
19 May 08	Hobby	Flag Fen	1		Brian Stone
19 May 08	Kingfisher	Lynch Wood	1		Mike Weedon
19 May 08	Little Egret	Nene Washes High Wash	7		Brian Stone
19 May 08	Ringed Plover	Nene Washes High Wash	3	tundrae opposite Holly Tree	Brian Stone
19 May 08	Black-tailed Godwit	Nene Washes High Wash	5	opposite Holly Tree	Brian Stone
19 May 08	Redshank	Nene Washes High Wash	30		Brian Stone
19 May 08	Greenshank	Nene Washes High Wash	1	on Duke's Holt	Brian Stone
19 May 08	Turnstone	Nene Washes High Wash	1	opposite Holly Tree all day	Brian Stone
19 May 08	Yellow Wagtail	Nene Washes High Wash	3		Brian Stone
19 May 08	Grey Partridge	Newborough Fen	2	a pair near south end of Willow Drove	Brian Stone
19 May 08	Turtle Dove	Newborough Fen	1	at north end of Willow Drove	Brian Stone
19 May 08	Hobby	Orton Goldhay	1	flew over from Serpentine BP	Brian Stone
19 May 08	Oystercatcher	Prior's Fen	2	near north bank	Brian Stone
18 May 08	Hobby	Bainton GP	3		Brian Stone
18 May 08	Hobby	Bainton GP	2		Josh Jones
18 May 08	Kingfisher	Bainton GP	1		Brian Stone
18 May 08	Little Egret	Baston & Langtoft GP	1		Josh Jones
18 May 08	Ruddy Shelduck	Baston & Langtoft GP	1	on New Works	Josh Jones
18 May 08	Hobby	Baston & Langtoft GP	6	at least	Josh Jones
18 May 08	Ringed Plover	Baston & Langtoft GP	2	tundrae	Josh Jones
18 May 08	Hobby	Eldernell	1		Max Catterwell
18 May 08	Grey Wagtail	Elton	2	at mill	Brian Stone
18 May 08	Common Sandpiper	LB1, Fletton BP	1		Ben Fraser
18 May 08	Little Egret	Nene Washes High Wash	2		Mike Weedon
18 May 08	Shelduck	Nene Washes High Wash	8		Mike Weedon
18 May 08	Oystercatcher	Nene Washes High Wash	2		Mike Weedon
18 May 08	Little Ringed Plover	Nene Washes High Wash	2		Mike Weedon
18 May 08	Ringed Plover	Nene Washes High Wash	1	tundrae	Mike Weedon
18 May 08	Dunlin	Nene Washes High Wash	2		Mike Weedon
18 May 08	Black-tailed Godwit	Nene Washes High Wash	9		Mike Weedon
18 May 08	Redshank	Nene Washes High Wash	28	at least	Mike Weedon
18 May 08	Wood Sandpiper	Nene Washes High Wash	1		Mike Weedon
18 May 08	Yellow Wagtail	Nene Washes High Wash	2		Mike Weedon
18 May 08	Red Kite	Orton Goldhay	2		Rosie Hutchcraft
17 May 08	Hobby	Bainton GP	2		Malcolm Holley
17 May 08	Little Egret	Baston & Langtoft GP	1		Mike Weedon
17 May 08	Little Egret	Baston & Langtoft GP	2	over	Josh Jones
17 May 08	Shelduck	Baston & Langtoft GP	7	adults	Josh Jones
17 May 08	Common Buzzard	Baston & Langtoft GP	1		Josh Jones
17 May 08	Common Buzzard	Baston & Langtoft GP	1	over A15	Mike Weedon
17 May 08	Little Ringed Plover	Baston & Langtoft GP	3		Josh Jones
17 May 08	Ringed Plover	Baston & Langtoft GP	4	tundrae on New Works	Josh Jones
17 May 08	Common Sandpiper	Deepings Lakes NR	1		Mike Weedon
17 May 08	Wheatear	Deepings Lakes NR	1	female along entrance track	Mike Weedon
17 May 08	Hobby	Elton	1		Brian Stone
17 May 08	Red-crested Pochard	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1	male	Mike Weedon
17 May 08	Ringed Plover	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	2	tundrae	Josh Jones
17 May 08	Dunlin	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	3		Josh Jones
17 May 08	Common Sandpiper	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1		Mike Weedon
17 May 08	Turnstone	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	2		Mike Weedon,Josh Jones
17 May 08	Redshank	Ferry Meadows	3	on reserve	Matt Webb
17 May 08	Arctic Tern	Ferry Meadows	1	Overton Lake late morning	Matt Webb
17 May 08	Nightingale	Ferry Meadows	1	singing by Overton Lake late morning	Matt Webb
17 May 08	Temminck's Stint	King's Dyke	2	in private quarry area a.m. Only	Philip Parker
17 May 08	Black-tailed Godwit	Nene Washes High Wash	9	opposite Holly Tree	Mike Weedon
17 May 08	Quail	Nene Washes RSPB	1	singing from field 10 at 21:15	Gordon Shaw
17 May 08	Turtle Dove	North Bank	1	singing at Holly Tree	Mike Weedon
17 May 08	Quail	Stanground Wash	1	singing a.m.	Philip Parker
17 May 08	Hobby	Thorpe Meadows	1	over rowing lake	Jonathan Newman
17 May 08	Mediterranean Gull	Thorpe Meadows	1	adult summer plumage	Jonathan Newman
16 May 08	Little Egret	Nene Washes High Wash	1	on Duke's Holt flood and later opposite Holly Tree	Brian Stone
16 May 08	Black-tailed Godwit	Nene Washes High Wash	8		Brian Stone
16 May 08	Redshank	Nene Washes High Wash	16		Brian Stone
16 May 08	Greenshank	Nene Washes High Wash	1		Brian Stone
16 May 08	Quail	Nene Washes RSPB	1	singing from field 10 at 08:00	Brian Stone
16 May 08	Avocet	Nene Washes RSPB	1	field 12	Brian Stone
16 May 08	Yellow-legged Gull	Nene Washes RSPB	1	3rd cal year on field 12	Mike Weedon
15 May 08	Little Egret	Baston & Langtoft GP	1	New Works	John Saunders
15 May 08	Red-crested Pochard	Baston & Langtoft GP	1	male on New Works	John Saunders
15 May 08	Ringed Plover	Baston & Langtoft GP	1	New Works	John Saunders
15 May 08	Red-crested Pochard	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1	male	John Saunders
15 May 08	Hobby	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1		John Saunders
15 May 08	Ringed Plover	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	2	tundrae	Brian Stone
15 May 08	Dunlin	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	2	summer plumaged; both different from prev day	Brian Stone
15 May 08	Dunlin	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	3		John Saunders
15 May 08	Common Sandpiper	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1		John Saunders
15 May 08	Little Gull	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1	first-winter plumage	Brian Stone
15 May 08	Red Kite	Fletland Mill, Baston (Private)	1		John Saunders
15 May 08	Grey Wagtail	Fletland Mill, Baston (Private)	2		John Saunders
15 May 08	Hobby	Frank's Pit	1		Brian Stone
15 May 08	Cuckoo	Frank's Pit	1	singing	Brian Stone
15 May 08	Little Egret	Nene Washes High Wash	2		Brian Stone
15 May 08	Dunlin	Nene Washes High Wash	1	summer plumaged	Brian Stone
15 May 08	Black-tailed Godwit	Nene Washes High Wash	8		Brian Stone
15 May 08	Redshank	Nene Washes High Wash	8		Brian Stone
15 May 08	Quail	Nene Washes RSPB	1	singing around field 13	Jonathan Taylor
15 May 08	Dunlin	Nene Washes RSPB	2		Jonathan Taylor
14 May 08	Little Egret	Baston & Langtoft GP	1	on New Works	Josh Jones
14 May 08	Ruddy Shelduck	Baston & Langtoft GP	1	on New Works; probably a 2CY male - no neck collar and brownish primaries	Josh Jones
14 May 08	Dunlin	Baston & Langtoft GP	1	on New Works	Josh Jones
14 May 08	Hobby	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	3	through	Brian Stone
14 May 08	Dunlin	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1	summer plumage with restricted black; small bird	Brian Stone
14 May 08	Common Sandpiper	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1		Brian Stone
14 May 08	Yellow Wagtail	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1		Brian Stone
14 May 08	Hobby	Frank's Pit	8	at least feeding over Frank's Pit and arable fields to south	Brian Stone
13 May 08	Temminck's Stint	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1		Many observers
13 May 08	Cuckoo	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1	through	Brian Stone
13 May 08	Yellow Wagtail	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1		Peter Beesley
13 May 08	Ringed Plover	Ferry Meadows	1	by Watersports Centre on Gunwade Lake	Mike Weedon
13 May 08	Yellow-legged Gull	Ferry Meadows	1	Gunwade Lake	Matt Webb
13 May 08	Red Kite	Helpston	1	yellow tagged; feeding on small mammal in air	Richard Astle
13 May 08	Turnstone	Nene Washes High Wash	1	summer plumaged	Brian Stone
13 May 08	Hobby	Serpentine BP	13		Paul Taylor
13 May 08	Grey Partridge	Serpentine BP	1		Paul Taylor
12 May 08	Ruddy Shelduck	Baston & Langtoft GP	1	New Works	Josh Jones
12 May 08	Turtle Dove	Baston & Langtoft GP	1		Josh Jones
12 May 08	Hobby	Blackbush	1	at south end	Brian Stone
12 May 08	Red-legged Partridge	Blackbush	1	at south end	Brian Stone
12 May 08	Grey Partridge	Blackbush	2	a pair along Daw's Drove	Brian Stone
12 May 08	Temminck's Stint	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1		Many observers
12 May 08	Red Kite	Gunthorpe	1	circling over garden pm	Keith Lawton
12 May 08	Hobby	King's Dyke	1		Max Catterwell
12 May 08	Red Kite	Werrington	1	over	Dave Bradley
12 May 08	Common Buzzard	Werrington	1	over	Dave Bradley
11 May 08	Little Egret	Baston & Langtoft GP	3	New Works	Josh Jones
11 May 08	Little Gull	Baston & Langtoft GP	3	second calendar year birds on the Ocean	Josh Jones
11 May 08	Red Kite	Deeping Gate	1	drifted south	Trevor Williams
11 May 08	Hobby	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1		Trevor Williams
11 May 08	Temminck's Stint	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1		Many observers
11 May 08	Red Kite	Ferry Meadows	1	over playing field at 15:00	David Manton
10 May 08	Short-eared Owl	Etton	1	near gravel pits	Mark Ward,et al
10 May 08	Hobby	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1	north	Brian Lawrence
10 May 08	Temminck's Stint	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1		Mark Ward,et al
10 May 08	Greenshank	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1		Brian Lawrence
10 May 08	Wood Sandpiper	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1		Paul Taylor
10 May 08	Wood Sandpiper	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1		Mark Ward,et al
10 May 08	Common Sandpiper	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1		Richard Astle,et al
10 May 08	Grey Partridge	Grummit's Scrape	2	a pair reported	Witheld
10 May 08	Hobby	Langtoft Village	1	over at 13:00	David Manton
10 May 08	Honey Buzzard	Swaddywell Pit	1	over high north at 15:45: one was reported flying slowly north from Paxton GP at 14:00	Richard Astle
09 May 08	Nightingale	Bainton GP	2	at entrance	Terry Dixon
09 May 08	Grasshopper Warbler	Bainton GP	1	singing by main road 250m north of entrance	Terry Dixon
09 May 08	Wood Warbler	Bainton GP	1	singing by main road 250m north of entrance	Terry Dixon
09 May 08	Little Gull	Baston & Langtoft GP	1	first summer on Ocean; diff to prev day's bird	Josh Jones
09 May 08	Little Gull	Baston & Langtoft GP	1	first summer on Ocean at 20:00	Josh Jones
09 May 08	Black Tern	Baston & Langtoft GP	7	at least on Ocean	Josh Jones
09 May 08	Black Tern	Baston & Langtoft GP	7	on Ocean at 20:00	Josh Jones
09 May 08	Wheatear	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1		Brian Stone,Josh Jones,Mike Weedon,Leon Smith
09 May 08	Black Tern	Ferry Meadows	5	Gunwade Lake 11:30	Don Gardener
09 May 08	Black Tern	Ferry Meadows	4	at least on Gunwade Lake at 16:30	Garry Heath
09 May 08	Black Tern	Ferry Meadows	7	Gunwade Lake from 18:00 onward	Brian Stone,Mike Weedon,Jonathan Newman
09 May 08	Hobby	LB1, Fletton BP	1	over	Ben Fraser
09 May 08	Ringed Plover	Nene Washes High Wash	2		Brian Stone
09 May 08	Greenshank	Nene Washes High Wash	2		Brian Stone
09 May 08	Hobby	Northminster, Peterborough	1	over	Ben Fraser
09 May 08	Spotted Flycatcher	Ramsey	2	pair in garden	Luise Addison
08 May 08	Greenshank	Baston & Langtoft GP	3	New Works	Josh Jones
08 May 08	Little Gull	Baston & Langtoft GP	1	first summer on Ocean	Josh Jones
08 May 08	Black Tern	Baston & Langtoft GP	1		Josh Jones
08 May 08	Ringed Plover	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	4	tundrae early a.m.	Mike Weedon
08 May 08	Grey Plover	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1	moulting bird 08:15 only	John Saunders
08 May 08	Dunlin	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1	in early moult to summer plumage	Mike Weedon,John Saunders
08 May 08	Greenshank	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	5	on scrape before flying east at 06:50	Mike Weedon
08 May 08	Short-eared Owl	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1	08:15	John Saunders
08 May 08	Wheatear	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1	female showing characters of Greenland race	Brian Stone,Leon Smith
08 May 08	Wheatear	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1	female showing characters of Greenland race	Brian Stone
08 May 08	Black Tern	Ferry Meadows	3	Gunwade Lake at 13:45	Mike Weedon
08 May 08	Black Tern	Ferry Meadows	2	Gunwade Lake at 09:45	Peter Beesley
08 May 08	Little Egret	Nene Washes High Wash	1	opposite Holly Tree	Mike Weedon,Brian Stone
08 May 08	Ringed Plover	Nene Washes High Wash	2	tundrae opposite Holly Tree	Brian Stone
08 May 08	Greenshank	Nene Washes High Wash	2	opposite Holly Tree	Mike Weedon,Brian Stone
08 May 08	Black Tern	Nene Washes RSPB	14	flew in to the NE end of the low wash from the east at 08:15 and flew off east shortly after	Brian Stone
07 May 08	Ruddy Shelduck	Baston & Langtoft GP	1	on New Works	Josh Jones
07 May 08	Red Kite	Baston Village	1	over south	Rod Fox
07 May 08	Hobby	Etton	1	over village	Brian Stone
07 May 08	Hobby	Etton	1	over	Brian Stone
07 May 08	Common Sandpiper	Etton GP	1		Brian Stone,Mike Weedon
07 May 08	Grey Plover	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1	moulting bird	William Bowell,Trevor Williams
07 May 08	Grey Plover	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1	moulting bird	Brian Stone,Mike Weedon
07 May 08	Ruff	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1	rufous male	Brian Stone,Mike Weedon
07 May 08	Ruff	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1	rufous male	William Bowell,Trevor Williams
07 May 08	Green Sandpiper	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1		William Bowell,Trevor Williams
07 May 08	Wood Sandpiper	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	4	in evening flew off north	William Bowell,Trevor Williams
07 May 08	Common Sandpiper	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1	moulting bird midday	Brian Stone
07 May 08	Short-eared Owl	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1		William Bowell,Trevor Williams
07 May 08	Red Kite	Ferry Meadows	1	over Gunwade Lake	Mike Weedon
07 May 08	Little Gull	Ferry Meadows	4	on Gunwade Lake a.m.; 3 first-winter and one adult winter with a little black on head	Chris Park
07 May 08	Little Gull	Ferry Meadows	6	on Gunwade Lake; 5 first-wnter and one second-winter winter at 20:15 and 3 flew east with Common Terns at 21:00	Matt Webb
07 May 08	Little Gull	Ferry Meadows	6	on Gunwade Lake midday; 5 first-wnter and one second-winter winter	Mike Weedon
07 May 08	Common Tern	Ferry Meadows	115	on Gunwade Lake at 20:15	Matt Webb
07 May 08	Cuckoo	Ferry Meadows	1	showing well	Chris Park
07 May 08	Cuckoo	Ferry Meadows	1	or 2 heard	Matt Webb
07 May 08	Nightingale	Ferry Meadows	1	mobile bird singing on Heron Meadow	Matt Webb
07 May 08	Redshank	Ikea flood, Fletton	2		Ben Fraser
07 May 08	Marsh Harrier	King's Dyke NR			Philip Parker
07 May 08	Common Buzzard	King's Dyke NR	3		Philip Parker
07 May 08	Hobby	King's Dyke NR	1		Philip Parker
07 May 08	Turtle Dove	King's Dyke NR	3	singing	Philip Parker
07 May 08	Reed Warbler	King's Dyke NR	20	at least singing	Philip Parker
07 May 08	Spotted Flycatcher	LB1, Fletton BP	2	in scrub at SW of lake	Ben Fraser
07 May 08	Red Kite	Lynch Wood	1		Mike Weedon
07 May 08	Common Buzzard	Milton Estate	2	over	Chris Park
07 May 08	Hobby	Orton Brick Pit	2		Peter Beesley
07 May 08	Black Tern	Orton Brick Pit	6		Howard Butler,Peter Beesley
07 May 08	Nightingale	Orton Brick Pit	1		Peter Beesley
07 May 08	Mandarin	Papley Gorse	1	flushed from near road and brook at 21:00	Brian Stone
07 May 08	Grey Partridge	Papley Gorse	1	calling to the SE at 21:00	Brian Stone
06 May 08	Hobby	Beeby's BP	1		Dave Bradley
06 May 08	Whimbrel	Darlows Farm, Woodwalton Fen (Private)	9	on wet fields west of WWF reserve	Brian Stone
06 May 08	Little Egret	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1	at 18:00	Chris Lines
06 May 08	Grey Plover	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1	still at 19:30	Mike Weedon
06 May 08	Grey Plover	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1	moulting bird	Brian Stone
06 May 08	Sanderling	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1	summer plumaged at 18:00	Chris Lines
06 May 08	Dunlin	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	2	summer plumaged	Brian Stone
06 May 08	Dunlin	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	3	at 18:00	Chris Lines
06 May 08	Ruff	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1	rufous male at 19:30	Mike Weedon
06 May 08	Ruff	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1	rufous male	Brian Stone
06 May 08	Greenshank	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1	at 19:30	Mike Weedon
06 May 08	Barn Owl	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1	at 19:30	Mike Weedon
06 May 08	Yellow Wagtail	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	2	at 18:00	Chris Lines
06 May 08	Black Tern	Ferry Meadows	12	flew in at 07:15	Brian Stone
06 May 08	Black Tern	Ferry Meadows	12	present at midday but only 6 at 08:45	Mike Weedon,et al
06 May 08	Cuckoo	Orton Brick Pit	2	chasing each other	Dave Bradley
06 May 08	Nightingale	Orton Brick Pit	3		Dave Bradley
06 May 08	Common Buzzard	Ramsey Heights	1	over north of village	Brian Stone
05 May 08	Little Egret	Baston & Langtoft GP	1	north side	Josh Jones
05 May 08	Ruddy Shelduck	Baston & Langtoft GP	1	New Works	Josh Jones
05 May 08	Grey Plover	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1	moulting bird	Chris Lines,Brian Stone
05 May 08	Dunlin	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	4	summer plumaged birds at 09:40	Brian Stone
05 May 08	Dunlin	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1		Chris Lines
05 May 08	Ruff	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1	rufous male	Chris Lines,Brian Stone
05 May 08	Redshank	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	7	at least	Chris Lines
05 May 08	Turtle Dove	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1		Chris Lines
05 May 08	Red Kite	Ferry Meadows	1	over at c.16:00	Matt Webb
05 May 08	Common Buzzard	Ferry Meadows	1	over high south at c.16:00	Matt Webb
05 May 08	Oystercatcher	Ferry Meadows	2	on Lynch Lake island	Terry Daunt
05 May 08	Nightingale	Ferry Meadows	1	or 2 singing on Heron Meadow near footpath NE of Overton	Mike Wilson
05 May 08	Wheatear	Flag Fen	1	along Storeys Bar Road	Matt Francis
05 May 08	Yellow Wagtail	Holme Fen	7		Gavin Paterson
05 May 08	Wheatear	Holme Fen	4		Gavin Paterson
05 May 08	Spotted Flycatcher	Holme Fen NNR	1		Gavin Paterson
05 May 08	Common Buzzard	Maxey Village	1	with white tail	Chris Lines
05 May 08	Red Kite	Stanground	2	over at 14:45	Richard Rodriguez
05 May 08	Red Kite	Stilton Golf Course	1	over	Janet Darke
05 May 08	Hobby	Whittlesey	1	over garden in east of town	Max Catterwell
05 May 08	Marsh Harrier	Woodwalton Fen NNR	1		Gavin Paterson
05 May 08	Hobby	Woodwalton Fen NNR	1		Gavin Paterson
05 May 08	Turtle Dove	Woodwalton Fen NNR	3		Gavin Paterson
05 May 08	Cuckoo	Woodwalton Fen NNR	1		Gavin Paterson
05 May 08	Grasshopper Warbler	Woodwalton Fen NNR	1		Gavin Paterson
04 May 08	Ruddy Shelduck	Baston & Langtoft GP	2	pair flew over Hack's Drove	Josh Jones
04 May 08	Osprey	Baston & Langtoft GP	1	north at 16:29	Josh Jones
04 May 08	Greenshank	Baston & Langtoft GP	3	New Works late p.m. moved through quickly	Josh Jones
04 May 08	Wood Sandpiper	Baston & Langtoft GP	1	on New Works early a.m.	Trevor Williams,et al
04 May 08	Black Tern	Baston & Langtoft GP	2	1 over Jetski Pit and 1 over Ocean	Josh Jones
04 May 08	Red Kite	Darlows Farm, Woodwalton Fen (Private)	1		Duncan McNiven,Debbie Pain
04 May 08	Whimbrel	Darlows Farm, Woodwalton Fen (Private)	8		Duncan McNiven,Debbie Pain
04 May 08	Cetti's Warbler	Eldernell	1	singing	Mike Weedon,et al
04 May 08	Montagu's Harrier	Elton	1	adult female 15:40-15:45 flew NNW from near Tookey Farm at TL115915 keeping west of Bullock Road and lost to view just south of Water Newton Lodge at TL102947 still on same course. Plotting a line back from these two points goes directly to Little Paxton	Brian Stone
04 May 08	Garden Warbler	Elton	1	singing in garden at 06:30 but no further sign	Brian Stone
04 May 08	Green Sandpiper	Etton GP	1		Mike Weedon,et al
04 May 08	Grey Plover	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1	moulting bird	Mike Weedon,et al
04 May 08	Hobby	Ferry Meadows	1	north at 17:00	Matt Webb
04 May 08	Dunlin	Ferry Meadows	3	east over Gunwade a.m.	Matt Webb
04 May 08	Common Sandpiper	Ferry Meadows	1	Overton Lake a.m.	Matt Webb
04 May 08	Nightingale	Ferry Meadows	2	singing on NE side of Overton Lake close to path	Terry Daunt
04 May 08	Nightingale	Ferry Meadows	1	Heron Meadow near path around Overton	Matt Webb
04 May 08	Greenshank	Grummit's Scrape	2	mid-morning moved through quickly	Josh Jones
04 May 08	Wheatear	Grummit's Scrape	1	female	Josh Jones
04 May 08	Red Kite	Langtoft Village	1	over	Gareth Jones
04 May 08	Turtle Dove	Morborne Hill	2		Mike Weedon,et al
04 May 08	Firecrest	Morborne Hill	1	singing near main tower	William Bowell,et al
04 May 08	Golden Plover	Nene Washes	1	moulting bird on central drove	Mike Weedon,et al
04 May 08	Tawny Owl	Old Sulehay	1	mobbed by Song Thrushes in Yarwell Quarter	Mike Weedon,et al
04 May 08	Lesser Spotted Woodpecker	Old Sulehay	1	male in Yarwell Quarter calling and seen well	Mike Weedon,et al
04 May 08	Cuckoo	Orton Brick Pit			Dave Bradley
04 May 08	Nightingale	Orton Brick Pit		plenty singing	Dave Bradley
04 May 08	Red Kite	Stilton Golf Course	1	over low	Janet Darke
04 May 08	Cuckoo	Wash Northey	1		Max Catterwell
04 May 08	Barn Owl	Woodwalton Fen NNR	2	a pair in dancing display flight	Mike Weedon,et al
03 May 08	Hobby	Bretton	1	over wood	Tony Parker
03 May 08	Turtle Dove	Crown Lakes CP	1	also on 2/5	Kevin Eldred
03 May 08	Marsh Harrier	Eldernell	2		Max Catterwell
03 May 08	Common Tern	Eldernell	2		Max Catterwell
03 May 08	Kingfisher	Eldernell	1	along Morton's Leam	Max Catterwell
03 May 08	Cetti's Warbler	Eldernell	1	singing	Max Catterwell
03 May 08	Cuckoo	Elton	1	south	Brian Stone
03 May 08	Nightingale	Ferry Meadows	1	singing on NE side of Overton Lake	Charles Shaw
03 May 08	Hobby	March Farmers	1		Max Catterwell
03 May 08	Turtle Dove	March Farmers	2		Rod Wilson
03 May 08	Wheatear	Newborough Fen	1	near Crowland	Mike Weedon
03 May 08	Garden Warbler	Spinney Wood, Ravensthorpe	1	singing	Tony Parker
03 May 08	Hobby	Westwood	1	over	Tony Parker
03 May 08	Common Buzzard	Whittlesey	1	over north	Max Catterwell
03 May 08	Marsh Harrier	Woodwalton Fen NNR			James Hanlon
03 May 08	Whimbrel	Woodwalton Fen NNR	8		James Hanlon
03 May 08	Cuckoo	Woodwalton Fen NNR			James Hanlon
03 May 08	Barn Owl	Woodwalton Fen NNR			James Hanlon
02 May 08	Barn Owl	Crown Lakes CP	1		Kevin Eldred
02 May 08	Whinchat	Deeping High Bank	1		William Bowell
02 May 08	Cuckoo	Ferry Meadows	1		Mac Bell
02 May 08	Nightingale	Ferry Meadows	1		Mac Bell
02 May 08	Red Kite	Ravensthorpe	1		Rod Wilson
02 May 08	Cuckoo	Shire Hill Lodge Woods, Southwick	5	singing	Brian Stone
02 May 08	Nightingale	Shire Hill Lodge Woods, Southwick	4	singing	Brian Stone
02 May 08	Grasshopper Warbler	Shire Hill Lodge Woods, Southwick	3	singing including 2 new territories making 6 at least so far	Brian Stone
02 May 08	Garden Warbler	Shire Hill Lodge Woods, Southwick	10	singing	Brian Stone
02 May 08	Red Kite	Stilton Golf Course	1	over	Janet Darke
02 May 08	Cuckoo	Thorpe Wood	1	on golf course	Terry Daunt
02 May 08	Cuckoo	Woodston	1	over	Tony Parker
01 May 08	Dunlin	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	3	summer plumaged	Brian Stone,John Saunders
01 May 08	Ruff	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	2	rufous and white males	Brian Stone
01 May 08	Wheatear	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	1	female in morning showing characters of leucorhoa and different bird from previous day	Brian Stone
01 May 08	Wheatear	Etton Road Pit, Maxey GP	2	females in evening one showing characters of leucorhoa and different bird from previous day	John Saunders
01 May 08	Common Tern	Ferry Meadows	100	at least on Gunwade Lake in evening	Terry Daunt
01 May 08	Cuckoo	Ferry Meadows	1	on reserve	Terry Daunt
01 May 08	Wheatear	Flag Fen	1		Mike Weedon
01 May 08	Woodcock	Monk's Wood			Richard Broughton
01 May 08	Nightingale	Monk's Wood			Richard Broughton
01 May 08	Garden Warbler	Monk's Wood	2	a pair	Richard Broughton
01 May 08	Nuthatch	Monk's Wood	12	6 pairs	Richard Broughton
01 May 08	Hobby	Nene Washes	1		Mike Weedon
01 May 08	Wheatear	Nene Washes	1	along central drove	Mike Weedon

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