July 2001
Compiled by Brian Stone. Last updated 3 August 2001
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PBC News July 2001 Compiled by Brian Stone. Last updated 3 August 2001 |
| Date | Location | Sightings | Contributor(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | Longthorpe | A Common Buzzard flying over. | Gordon Hamlett |
| Welland Bank Pits | 4 Green Sandpiper, 7 Common Sandpiper, 1 Ringed Plover, 4 Snipe. | Trevor Williams | |
| 30 | Maxey | 2 Green Sandpiper, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Common Tern and a Hobby taking a Swallow. | |
| 29 | Nene Washes - Dog in a Doublet | 3 Green Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 1 Ringed Plover, Redshanks and Lapwings all on the Nene. | William Bowell |
| Welland Bank Pits | 5 Green Sandpiper, 1 Dunlin, 1 adult Greater Black-backed Gull, 4 Ringed Plovers, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Common Sandpiper, 57 Lapwings, 1 Grey Heron, 50+ Black-headed Gull and 3 Common Gulls. | ||
| 28 | 100+ Lapwings, 1 adult, 2 juvenile Ringed Plovers, 5 Green Sandpiper, 2 Snipe, 3 Gadwall, 1 Kestrel. | ||
| Ferry Meadows Country Park | A female or immature Garganey in front of the hides. A Nightingale moving through where the railway crosses the Nene. At least 7 Spotted Flycatchers. 5 Lesser Whitethroats including 2 by the hides. | Matt Webb | |
| 27 | Baston & Langtoft GP | 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Greenshank, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Turtle Doves, 1 Ringed Plover, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls and lots of Starlings roosting in the reeds. Also a Common Sandpiper at Nick Watts’ wader scrape. | William Bowell |
| 26 | Welland Bank Pits | 1 Wood Sandpiper, 8-10 Green Sandpiper, 5 Common Sandpiper, 5 Ringed Plover, 2 Dunlin and Redshank. | Trevor Williams |
| 25 | Welland Bank Pits | 2 Green Sandpiper, 5 Common Sandpiper and 4 Ringed Plover. | William Bowell |
| Baston & Langtoft GP | 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank, 2 Gadwall, 1 Ringed Plover, 10 Red-crested Pochard. | ||
| Bluebell Wood | A calling Lesser Spotted Woodpecker and a family party of Marsh tits. | Terry Daunt | |
| Nene Washes - High Wash | 2 Ruff and 5 Common Terns. | Philip Precey | |
| Peterborough Town Centre | 1 male Grey Wagtail and 36 Canada Geese along the Embankment. | ||
| Peterborough | Many Black-headed Gulls feeding aerially on emergence of flying ants during 25-27. | Several observers | |
| 24 | Nene Washes - Dog in a Doublet | A Ruff, 3 juvenile Redshank and 10 Snipe on High Wash nearby. Green Sandpiper and Common Sandpiper at the sluice and a eclipse male Pintail on the skating pool. Also the white headed Marsh Harrier was on riverside fence posts. | Trevor Williams |
| 23 | Welland Bank Pits | 6 Green Sandpiper, 8 Common Sandpiper, 5 Ringed Plover including 2 juveniles, Oystercatcher, 12 Common Tern, 2 Green Woodpecker and Hobby. | Trevor Williams |
| Thurlby Fen | 1 Quail calling distantly to the north of the Thurlby Fen road. | Philip Precey | |
| 22 | Nene Washes - High Wash | 1 possible Temminck’s Stint, 2 Redshank, 8 Ruff and and a summer plumaged Dunlin. | Matt Francis |
| Nene Washes - RSPB | 27 Ruff (mixed adults), 8 Ringed Plover, at least 100 Lapwing, 10 Redshank, 3 adult Dunlins, 2 Oystercatcher, several Marsh Harrier including the amazing white-backed/winged young bird and a Green Sandpiper. | Mike Weedon | |
| 21 | Welland Bank Pits | 8 Green Sandpiper, 8 Common Sandpiper, 7 Ringed Plover including 2 juveniles, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 1 white male Ruff in heavy moult, 1 male Red-crested Pochard in eclipse and 2 recently fledged juvenile Sparrowhawks. | Trevor Williams |
| Longthorpe | 1 Hobby. | Mac Bell | |
| 20 | Nene Washes - Dog in a Doublet | A Kingfisher, Shoveler, Shelduck and a few Sand Martin, part of a small passage. | Brian Stone |
| 18 | Ferry Meadows Country Park | 2 Redshank, 2 Green Sandpiper, single Sparrowhawk at the wader scrape. | Terry Daunt |
| 17 | Crowland | 1 Hobby near the radar tower. | Richard Bailey |
| 15 | Nene Washes - Eldernell | 5 Marsh Harriers | Wendy & Martin Phillips |
| 11 | Ferry Meadows Country Park | 23 Mistle Thrushes on Goldie Meadow. | Chris Park |
| 9 | Southey Wood | A very noisy pair of Jays by the covered reservoir. | Philip Precey |
| Wansford | A wing-tagged Red Kite. | ||
| Longthorpe | 1 Spotted Flycatcher in a garden. | Gordon Hamlett | |
| 8 | Stilton | 1 Turtle Dove singing. | Janet Darke |
| 7 | Ferry Meadows Country Park | A Kingfisher at Bluebell Bridge and 10 Mistle Thrushes on the old golf course practice ground. | Mac Bell |
| 6 | Welland Bank Pits | 5 Ringed Plover & 3 Green Sandpiper. | Trevor Williams |
| Ferry Meadows Country Park | 2 Oystercatcher, 13 Lapwing & 10 Pied Wagtail. | Chris Park | |
| 5 | Thorpe Meadows | 2 Oystercatcher in flight at Rowing Lake. | Mike Weedon |
| 4 | Wittering | A Little Owl in the old Willow pollards outside village and a singing Reed Warbler next to small pond on airfield perimeter. | Chris Park |
| 3 | Nene Washes - High Wash | 2 Snipe, 15 Redshank, 5 Ruff and many juvenile Lapwings. | Matt Francis |
| Marholm | An adult Hobby stooping at a House Martin. | Philip Precey | |
| 2 | Marholm | 1 Buzzard over Oxey Wood, Great Spotted Woodpecker and Nuthatch calling in Hayes Wood and 1 Little Owl | |
| 1 | Dogsthorpe | 1 Hobby over a garden. | Ferry Meadows |
| Nene Washes - RSPB | 1 Hobby, 4 Marsh Harriers and 4 juvenile Cuckoos | Steve Dudley | |
| Nene Washes - Eldernell | Great views of Barn Owl hunting, perched and carrying food. | Gordon Shaw | |
| Peterborough | A Grey Wagtail on river between Matalan and Town Bridge. | Mike Weedon |