May 2001
Compiled by Brian Stone. Last updated 21 June 2001
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PBC News May 2001 Compiled by Brian Stone. Last updated 21 June 2001 |
| Date | Location | Sightings | Contributor(s) |
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| 31 | Welland Bank Pits | 4 Ringed Plover, 2 Little Ringed Plovers (with young) and 1 male Pochard. | William Bowell |
| 30 | Welland Bank Pits | 1 Red-footed Falcon flew through. | Gordon Hamlett |
| Ufford | 1 Little Owl | Philip Precey | |
| 25 | Nene Washes - RSPB | 1 Night Heron later seen to be wearing colour rings indicating captive origin. | Steve Dudley |
| 24 | Orton Brick Pit | 1 Grey Partridge and 3+ Hobbies hawking very high over Hampton Vale. | Steve Dudley |
| Southorpe Paddock & Wansford | 1 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel and a Sparrowhawk over Southorpe Paddock nature reserve and a Buzzard over Wansford | Philip Precey | |
| 19-23 | Welland Bank Pits | 1 Great Reed Warbler. Unfortunately this bird was not publicised as access could not be arranged to the private part of this site. | Trevor Williams |
| 20 | Nene Washes | A 1st summer Spoonbill (still present into June), Osprey, 2 Garganey, 2 Hobby, 6+ Marsh Harrier, 15 Black-tailed Godwit, 7 Dunlin, Corn Bunting, several Yellow Wagtail and 2 Ruddy Duck. | Richard Hall, Mark Hawkes, John Oates, Matt Francis, BLEA |
| 19 | Welland Bank Pits | 1 Temminck’s Stint, 1 Sanderling, 1 Grey Plover & 1 Marsh Harrier. | William Bowell |
| 16 | Old Sulehay Forest | 1 Cuckoo, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Hobby. | Charles Harvey |
| Westwood, Peterborough | 1 Hobby | Mike Weedon | |
| 14 | Ferry Meadows Country Park | 2 Black Terns | Don Gardener |
| 12-13 | GPOG 24 hour birdrace | 3 teams of 4 birders competed in this annual event. This generated many records and a report will be published in due course. Below are some of the highlights of the weekend. | |
| Baston & Langtoft GP | 1 Cuckoo calling, Ringed Plover, Little Ringed Plover, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Oystercatcher, 3 Shelduck, 1 Redshank, 5 Red Crested Pochard, 1 Black Tern and a male Wigeon. | Birdrace Teams and other observers | |
| Bainton Pits | Many Nightingale, Common Tern, Garden Warbler, Turtle Dove and many more. | ||
| Welland Bank Pits | 1 Grey Plover, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Little Gull. | ||
| Baston Fen | Barn Owl and 3 Spotted Redshank. | ||
| Nene Washes | 2 Avocet, 1 Spotted Redshank, several Garganey, Arctic Tern, Black Tern, 7 Grey Plover, 1 Turnstone, Dunlin, Greenshank, 1 Whooper Swan, 2 Spotted Crake, Kingfisher, 2 Grey Partridge. | ||
| Orton Malborne | Nightingale, Garden Warbler and Lesser Whitethroat singing at Orton Malborne/Fletton Parkway roundabout in trees at 'SE corner' of roundabout, TL167951 | Rob Woodall | |
| 11 | Nene Washes - High Wash | 2 Whimbrel, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Greenshank | Matt Francis |
| Nene Washes - Eldernell | Up to 7 Marsh Harrier | Bill Meek | |
| Dogsthorpe Star Pit | 3-4 pairs of Little Grebe with young, Turtle Dove singing and a pair of Cuckoos hassling the local Reed Buntings | Philip Precey | |
| 10 | Nene Washes - High Wash | Several Greenshanks and 1 Wood Sandpiper | Charlie Kitchin |
| Priors Fen | 4 Black Tern, 32 Whimbrel, 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Turnstone, 1 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper | George Walthew | |
| Dogsthorpe Star Pit | 1 Common Sandpiper | Philip Precey | |
| 8 | March | A Black Kite reported passing east just outside the PBC area at 11.40AM | Rare Bird Alert |
| 5-6 | Bainton Pits | 14 Arctic Tern on 'Main Pit' | Mike Weedon & William Bowell |
| Ferry Meadows Country Park | A Tree Pipit in sub-song at Milton Ferry Bridge. Also 6 Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Whitethroat and 25 Common Tern | Matt Webb | |
| 3 | Stamford | 4+ Swift | Tony Stones |
| 2 | Helpston | 1 Cuckoo | Philip Precey |
| 1 | Nene Washes - High Wash | 3 Greenshank, 13 male Ruff, 11 Oystercatcher, 16 Gadwall | Steve Dudley |
| Stamford | 1 Cuckoo | Tony Stones |