June 2001
Compiled by Brian Stone. Last updated 4 July 2001
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PBC News June 2001 Compiled by Brian Stone. Last updated 4 July 2001 |
| Date | Location | Sightings | Contributor(s) |
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| 30 | Oxney Road Industrial Estate | A Quail calling from barley field opposite. | Steve Dudley |
| Nene Washes - High Wash | 2 Green Sandpiper, 12 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Ruff. 1 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Ringed Plover & 100+ Lapwings including at least 30 juveniles. | Matt Francis | |
| 27 | Peterborough | 1 (possibly 2) Lesser Whitethroat singing at Butterfly end of Longthorpe rowing lake, Grey Wagtail at opposite (Orton Mere) end. Also Lesser Whitethroat singing by Roundhead car park, Bretton. | Mike Weedon |
| Woodcroft Road area, Marholm | Yellow Wagtail and Corn Bunting both singing at the northern end (north of the railway crossing), and a Little Owl on territory. | Philip Precey | |
| Ferry Meadows Country Park | 3 Green Sandpiper, Kingfisher & Cuckoo on the scrape. | Ferry Meadows | |
| Nene Washes | A female Pochard was on Eldernell Pit and a male Pintail, a Ruff and a Green Sandpiper was at the Dog in a Doublet. | William Bowell | |
| 26 | Welland Bank Pits | A pair of Little Ringed Plover with a juvenile, 42 Coot, 2 Oystercatcher, 4 Green Sandpiper and a pair of Lesser Black-backed Gull apparently summering. | Trevor Williams |
| Ferry Meadows Country Park | 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Greenshank, 1 Redshank on the scrape. | Ferry Meadows | |
| Nene Washes - High Wash | 3 (possibly 5) Green Sandpiper, 8 Black-tailed Godwit, 12 Ruff. Also 2 Snipe in the pool next to the Dog in a Doublet bridge. | Matt Francis | |
| Woodcroft Road area, Marholm | 1 Little Owl. Green Woodpeckers in Steeping Wood. | Philip Precey | |
| 23-5 | Yaxley | Up to 4 Quail between Yaxley & the drove to Pretoria Farm. | Kevan Wolstencroft et al. |
| 25 | Ferry Meadows Country Park | 1 Green Sandpiper on the scrape. | Ferry Meadows |
| Nene Washes - High Wash | 7+ very colourful Ruff, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Ringed Plover, 1 Green Sandpiper, 20+ Redshank, 50+ Lapwing, 1 Teal. Also 2 Oystercatcher further west. | Matt Francis | |
| Woodcroft Road/Maxham's Green Lane, between Etton and Marholm | 1 Little Owl, a family of Great Spotted Woodpeckers, Green Woodpecker, 2+ Yellow Wagtail, 2+ Corn Bunting. | Philip Precey | |
| 24 | Orton Longueville | 1 Osprey over high. | Steve Dudley |
| 22 | Baston & Langtoft GP | 4 Little-ringed Plover, 3 Green Sandpiper, 10 Red-crested Pochard, 6 Pochard, a Little Owl apparently using a rabbit burrow for nesting?!, 1 male Sparrowhawk, Oystercatcher, 2 Turtle Dove. | Trevor Williams |
| Nene Washes - March Farmers | 1 Ruff, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 11 Mistle Thrushes | Matt Francis | |
| 21 | Nene Washes - RSPB | 1 Ruff, 1 adult Hobby, 2 male Marsh Harriers and a Grass Snake | Philip Precey |
| 20 | Netherton, Peterborough | An adult male Hobby. | jcapari@aol.com |
| Nene Washes | A Bittern reported standing in the middle of a field recently. | Charlie Kitchin | |
| 18 | Welland Bank Pits | 14 Oystercatcher in addition to the breeding birds and 2 male Teal | Bob Titman |
| Wansford | Lesser Whitethroat & Turtle Dove singing, a Hobby & 28 Lapwing | Philip Precey | |
| Elton | A Little Owl near north end of Bullock Road and 4 Common Terns over the village. | Brian Stone | |
| 17 | Nene Washes - March Farmers | 1 Little Egret. | Trevor Williams |
| Nene Washes - RSPB | 2 male + 1 other Garganey | Chris Batty, Tom Lowe | |
| Orton Mere | Up to 2 male Grey Wagtails with another pair at Castor Mill. | Ferry Meadows | |
| Mucklands Wood, Bretton | 1 Hobby & 2 recently fledged Nuthatches. | Chris Dawn | |
| 15 | Orton Centre | 1 Hobby. | |
| 14 | Ferry Meadows Country Park | 1 imm. Little Gull with 20+ Common Terns. | Ferry Meadows |
| Nene Washes - March Farmers | 1 1st summer Little Gull, 3 or 4 Greenshank, 1 Spotted Redshank, 6+ Little Ringed Plover, 3+ Ringed Plover, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 male Wigeon, 1 female Marsh Harrier, 2 Yellow-legged Gull. | Steve Dudley | |
| 13 | Nene Washes - March Farmers | 1 imm. Spoonbill, 1 Little Egret, 1 imm. Little Gull, 20 Grey Heron, 130 Shelduck with broods of 4 and 8, 1 female Marsh Harrier, 1 Hobby, 6 Oystercatcher, 8 Little Ringed Plover, 13 adult + 2 juvenile Ringed Plover, 2 Little Stints. | Monica and Owen Marks |
| 11 | Nene Washes - RSPB | A Little Tern & 4 Greenshank. | Mike Weedon |
| Deeping St James | 1 Hobby | Philip Precey | |
| 10 | Welland Bank Pits | 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Little ringed Plover, 6 Shelduck, 3 Teal and 1 Kestrel. Also 4 Bar-headed Geese along Deeping High Bank. | William Bowell |
| Baston & Langtoft GP | 1 Hobby & Sparrowhawk. | ||
| Nene Washes - RSPB | 1 Garganey, 2 Greenshank, 3 Ringed Plover, 800 to 1000 Swift, 100 House Martin. | Monica and Owen Marks | |
| Nene Washes - March Farmers | 1 male Marsh Harrier, 1 Greenshank, 800 to 1000 Swifts. | ||
| 9 | Southwick to Bulwick | 4 or 5 Common Buzzard, 1 Kestrel and an Osprey. | William Bowell |
| Peterborough | 1 Hobby. | Chris Monk | |
| Wansford | 1 Little Owl. | ||
| 7 | Bridge Street, Peterborough | 1 1st summer Hobby. | Steve Dudley |
| 6 | Castor Hanglands | 1-2 male Cuckoos & 2 Turtle Doves. | Philip Precey |
| Deeping St James | 1 adult Hobby. | ||
| Nene Washes | Hobby, 1 second calendar year Yellow-legged Gull & c.4 Garganey. | Dick Newell | |
| 5 | Nene Washes - March Farmers | 10 Temminck’s Stints | Peter Clement |
| 4 | Nene Washes - Eldernell | A Spoonbill, at least 4 Marsh Harriers. 1 Cuckoo & 1 Turtle Dove. | Matt Francis, BLEA |
| 3 | Welland Bank Pits | 1 Ringed Plover, 2 Little Ringed Plover (with young), 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Cuckoo calling, 5 Shelduck. | William Bowell |
| Bainton Pits | 1 male Pochard, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Green Woodpecker. | ||
| Nene Washes - Eldernell | 1 male, 1 female Marsh Harrier, several Black-Tailed Godwits, 1 Snipe drumming & several Yellow Wagtails. | Steve Foster |