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Peterborough
Bird Club annual report Goshawk Accipiter gentilis | A* | Rare 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 |
| 2003 |
Rare passage and winter migrant. A male was seen at Eldernell on 4 Jan (SPD et al). |
| 2002 |
Rare passage and winter migrant. Two records of this charismatic but rare raptor: single males were seen at Woodwalton Fen NNR on 1 Jan (the same bird as at the end of 2001) (SPD) and on 21 Apr (RMP). |
| 2001 |
Rare passage and winter migrant. Two records of this rare and often difficult-to-identify Accipiter from Woodwalton Fen NNR, with single birds there 21 Sep (KWa) and an immature male 31 Dec (SPD, MW). |
| 2000 |
Rare, non-breeding resident. Four records. A second-year male was at Monk's Wood NNR 19 Apr (RB). Other birds were seen at Deeping High Bank 27 Apr (DP), at Elton Furze on 2 Nov (RD) and a female was at White Fen on 16 Dec (RES). |
| 1999 |
Rare,
non-breeding resident. The only record was from the Market Deeping bypass: one flew across the road, landing in a tree on 25 Jul (MJW). |
| 1998 |
Vagrant. A female drifted south-west over the garden of the Old Rectory, Market Deeping, on 13 May (TW). A male was at Milton Park on 11 Dec (CBR). |
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