February/March 2001
Compiled by Brian Stone. Last updated 29 April 2001
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PBC News February/March 2001 Compiled by Brian Stone. Last updated 29 April 2001 |
| Date | Location | Sightings | Contributor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | Welland Bank Pits | Snipe, Green Sandpiper, Redshank, Oystercatcher, Little Ringed Plover, 5 Ringed Plover, Chiffchaff, Treecreeper, Redwing, Sand Martin, 2 Herring Gull. | Trevor Williams |
| Baston & Langtoft GP | An Osprey flew north at 18.50 hrs. Also Sand Martin, Chiffchaff, Oystercatcher, Goldeneye, Little Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, 4 Redshank, and 206 Golden Plover, most in summer plumage. | Trevor Williams & William Bowell | |
| Dog In A Doublet | 30 Black-tailed Godwits and a Grey Wagtail reported flying over at the sluice. | Bill Meek & Matt Francis | |
| 30 | Ferry Meadows Country Park | 1 Common Tern, 4+ Sand Martin, 1 Chiffchaff, 51 Pied Wagtail on Heron Meadow, 4 male Reed Bunting on Heron Meadow, 118 Gadwall, 10 Teal, 3 Pochard, 1 Kingfisher | Steve Dudley |
| Collyweston | A Little Owl along the minor road between Collyweston and the A47 at Wittering RAF base. | Noel Corrall | |
| 29 | Baston & Langtoft GP | A Little Ringed Plover, 2 Redshank, 2 Shelduck and 10+ Sand Martins | William Bowell |
| Dog In A Doublet | A group of Sand Martins | Matt Francis | |
| Werrington | A Woodcock flushed between outskirts of Werrington and the Peterborough to Spalding railway line. | Chris Monk | |
| Peterborough | 26 Curlew flew east over Perkins Parkway | Richard Broughton | |
| A Chiffchaff in a garden. | Mike Weedon | ||
| 27 | Ferry Meadows Country Park | 2 Ruddy Duck, c.20 Gadwall, c.20 Shoveler, 18 Pied Wagtail, 11 Meadow Pipit and a pair of Kingfishers displaying in front of prestt hide | Gordon Hamlett |
| Orton Mere | 1 Willow Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 11 Sand Martin, 2 Bullfinch and 11 Pochard | ||
| King’s Dyke LNR | 1 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Jack Snipe and a pair of Ruddy Ducks | George Walthew | |
| 26 | Ferry Meadows Country Park | A flock of 25+ Lesser Redpoll, very flighty, mainly between Bluebell Bridge and the remaining hide, c.15 Chiffchaff, c.20 Reed Buntings and a male and a female Sparrowhawk over wader scrapes. | Charles Harvey |
| 25 | Baston & Langtoft GP | Redshank and Green Sandpiper on the new workings, Oystercatcher and Lapwing on the pit with islands, next to the Long pit and a Curlew on the Long Pit. Also the resident Red-crested Pochards. Abut 500 Golden Plover on fields behind the Long Pit. | William Bowell & Bob Titman |
| Bainton Pits | 10 Chiffchaff, 35 Sand Martin | Bob Titman | |
| Stowe Scrape | 1 Green Sandpiper and 1 Common Sandpiper | ||
| Nene Washes - Eldernell | 1 female Marsh Harrier and 3-4 Tree Sparrows down Eldernell Lane | Matt Francis | |
| Yaxley | 1 female Blackcap in a garden | William Bowell | |
| Elton | Small numbers of Golden Plover and many large gulls mostly Lesser Black-backed passing over heading N. | Brian Stone | |
| 24 | Ferry Meadows Country Park | 6 Lesser Redpoll by the hide, 1 Chiffchaff and a pair of mating Kingfishers at Lynch Lake, 4 Meadow Pipit, 2 Reed Bunting, 6 Shoveler and 10+ Pied Wagtail on the flooded Heron Meadow and 10 Gadwall, 2 Tufted Duck, 2 Shoveler, 2 Teal and 2 Grey Herons on the wader scrape. | William Bowell |
| Dog In A Doublet | 500+ Black-tailed Godwit | Jake Ward | |
| 22 | Dog In A Doublet | 1 Oystercatcher displaying, 4 Ruff, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, many Redshank and masses of wildfowl including good numbers of Pintail | Brian Stone |
| 21 | Longthorpe | 4 Bullfinch in a garden | Gordon Hamlett |
| 19 | Ferry Meadows Country Park | A male Goosander on Lynch Lake | Charles Harvey |
| 18 | Bainton Pits | 22 Sand Martin, Green Woodpecker, a pair of Bullfinch, 1 male Sparrowhawk and 3 Chiffchaff, one with a distinctive tri-syllabic call. | Trevor Williams |
| Deeping High Bank | One Pink-footed Goose with Greylags at Crowland watertower | John Holmes | |
| Elton Hall estate | A Red Kite flying over | Chris Dawn | |
| 17 | Baston & Langtoft GP | 2 Goldeneye, 2 Teal, 1 (escaped) Black Swan, 2 Little Grebes, about 32 Golden Plover and 1 Green sandpiper. | William Bowell |
| Deeping GP | 1 female Goldeneye and 2 Ringed Plovers | William Bowell | |
| 15 | Stanley Park, Peterborough | A Woodcock east at 5pm. | Brian Stone |
| 14 | PBC area | Redwing and Fieldfare reported moving through the area. | Gordon Hamlett, Oliver Patterson & Brian Stone |
| 13 | Ferry Meadows Country Park & Bluebell Wood | A Tawny Owl being mobbed by all and sundry in Bluebell Wood, 1 Lesser Redpoll there too. 1 Redshank on the floods, 2 Bullfinches, 1 Kingfisher and an assortment of wildfowl including 6 Gadwall, 28 Teal and 3 Shoveler. | Gordon Hamlett |
| Dogsthorpe Star Pit | A pair of Great-crested Grebes, trilling Little Grebe, a pair of Pochard, Green Woodpecker and 2 Bullfinch | Richard Broughton | |
| 10 | Baston Fen | 4 Sand Martins, 6 Goosander, Shoveler and Short-eared Owl. Also a Green Sandpiper at Nick Watts’ wader scrape and a Kingfisher at Baston & Langtoft GP | Trevor Williams |
| Deeping High Bank | 2 Little Owls sat together in the willows. Also 1 on 11th, 17th | William Bowell | |
| Yaxley | A Red Kite alongside the road between Yaxley and Farcet | Janet Darke | |
| Bluebell Wood | 2 Red Kite over Bluebell Bridge end | Charles Harvey | |
| 9 | Peterborough Town Centre | A Grey Wagtail over near the Cathedral | Brian Stone |
| Pondersbridge | A Red Kite half a mile north of Pondersbridge flying south | Kevan Wolstencroft | |
| 8 | Stamford Meadows | An Egyptian Goose | Cliff Woolston |
| 24 Feb- 6 Mar | Deeping High Bank | A male Red-breasted Merganser  which is associating with a flock of Goosander on the river Welland, half a mile down stream from the Crowland water-tower. It is regularly displaying to a female Goosander and chasing off the males! |
John Holmes, Trevor Williams & Andy Brown |
| 4 | Deeping High Bank | A male and redhead Smew | Andy Brown |
| 3 | Deeping High Bank | A Little Owl  showing well in the willows 300 yds. east of the Welland Bank Pit entrance gates. |
Trevor Williams |
| Baston Pits | The ’usual’ flock of Red-crested Pochard on the pit north of the Long Pit. | ||
| 1 | Ferry Meadows Country Park & Bluebell Wood | 3 female and 1 male Siskin plus 1 female Redpoll in flock of about 15 Goldfinches in alders near Bluebell Bridge, also two Nuthatch, two Treecreeper, Male and Female Bullfinch and a female Sparrowhawk. Male Reed Bunting near burnt out hide, and a male Goosander on Lynch Lake. | Charles Harvey |
| Date | Location | Sightings | Contributor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | Elton | A male Blackcap in garden | Brian Stone |
| 27 | Peterborough Town Centre | A Grey Wagtail over near the Market | Brian Stone |
| 25 | March Farmers | 100 Whooper Swan  . 1 Barnacle Goose with 5 Bewick’s Swan in field on left of A605 immediately before turn off to Poplar Farm. |
Matt Francis |
| Welland Bank Pits | 2 male & 3 redhead Goosander & 2 Shelduck on river, 1 Green Sandpiper and 400 Black-headed Gulls on the Pits | Andy Brown | |
A Rock Pipit. Click here for pictures  (33kB). Some who have seen these pictures think it shows characters of the Scandinavian littoralis race. What do you think? |
Trevor Williams | ||
| Eldernell | A Peregrine perched in east end of trees immediately in front of car park | ||
| Thorney | A male Merlin at Hill Farm | George Walthew | |
| King’s Cliffe | 3 Buzzards soaring together on western outskirts and 1 Red Kite on eastern edge. | Chris Monk | |
| Nassington | Up to 2 Red Kites together | Brian Stone | |
| Deeping St James | A Canary (escaped). Also a Grey Wagtail present at the Deeping Comp. for a week at least. | William Bowell | |
| 24 | Bulwick, Southwick & Apethorpe | 3 Buzzards between Bulwick and Southwick. 4 Red Kites: 1 at Blatherwycke, 1 between Bulwick and Southwick, 2 at Apethorpe spiralling in the sky together. | Malcolm Holley |
| 23 | Bretton | A Lesser Spotted Woodpecker at the Bretton Centre/Benland by the Iceland supermarket | Gill Green |
| 21 | Pilsgate Sewage Works | Grey Wagtail, 1 Tawny Owl, 18 Fieldfare, 2 Bullfinch, c15 Goldfinch, Treecreeper | Philip Precey |
| March Farmers | 152 Whooper Swan, 821 Bewick’s Swan and a Barnacle Goose | Jonathan Taylor | |
| 20 | Marholm | Little Owl pellets beneath two of the parkland trees, Marsh Tit & Bullfinch in Stamford Road Parkland and 2 Snipe flushed from separate ditches between Woodcroft Road & Stamford Road | Philip Precey |
| Elton | A Woodcock briefly near Aylington Close | Brian Stone | |
| Gunthorpe | A Green Woodpecker adjacent to Car Dyke | Roger Scothern | |
| 18 | Bluebell Wood | 2 Nuthatch, 1 Goldcrest and 1 Green Woodpecker | Matt Francis |
| Baston Fen | 2 Water Rail calling | William Bowell | |
| Deeping Pits | 1 Ringed Plover and 3 Goldeneye | ||
| Baston and Langtoft Pits | 1 female Scaup | William Bowell & Gordon Hamlett | |
| Baston Farm | c. 200 Corn Buntings | Gordon Hamlett | |
| Elton | A male Blackcap | Brian Stone | |
| 17 | March Farmers | c. 500 Bewick’s Swan on field east of track down to the farm. 60 Whooper Swan on water by farm buildings, 2 Ruff, 1 Oystercatcher and 20 Redshank | Matt Francis |
| Holme Fen NNR | A few Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers drumming | William Bowell | |
| 16 | Eldernell | A Bittern seen in flight over Eldernell Pits heading east and a Sparrowhawk in pursuit of Green Woodpecker at Lord's Holt. | Chris Monk |
| Thorpe Wood | Great Spotted and Green Woodpeckers, Treecreeper and Nuthatch | Mike Weedon | |
| 14 | Bluebell Wood | 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker heard drumming twice, 1 Goldcrest and a pair of Bullfinches | Matt Francis |
| Ramsey St. Mary | Grey Wagtail, Chiffchaff and many common species | martin@malda.freeserve.co.uk |