Slavonian Grebe

Slavonian Grebe, Fen Drayton Lakes RSPB, 28th February 2013 © Colin Brown
'Comparison with the adjacent tufties gives an indication of its comparative size 'CB

Tufted Duck

Tufted Duck, Fen Drayton Lakes RSPB, 28th February 2013 © Colin Brown

Robin

Robin, Fen Drayton Lakes RSPB, 28th February 2013 © Colin Brown

Common Snipe

Common Snipe, Fowlmere RSPB, 27th February 2013 © Geoff Harries

Glaucous Gull

Glaucous Gull, Landbeach, 24th February 2013 © Steve Cooper

'This bird was on the flooded arable along the Cottenham Road Landbeach. Again the same details as the previous bird apply to this one only this is a well marked dusky bird and  a complete opposite to the other bird, don't you just love gulls !!' SC

Scaup

Scaup, Paxton Pits, 24th February 2013 © Jamie Wells
'....a record shot of the 1st winter drake and female Scaup at the pit' JW

Whooper Swan

Whooper Swan, Pymore, 23rd February 2013 © Simon Stirrup
Not to everyone's taste but blurred shots like this are now becoming very popular in the USA - and what is the fashion across the pond seems to arrive here sooner or later. ED

Firecrest

Firecrest, Girton, 23rd February 2013 © Jonathan Heath

Glaucous Gull

Glaucous Gull, Long Drove Cottenham, 22nd February 2013 © Steve Cooper
'This is the same bird that has been roosting on the Ouse Washes, the stout pink bill with a dipped in ink black tip and a short primary projection confirm the id and the dark eye and the lack of a pale tip to the black on the bill confirm that it is a juvenile (2cy). The pale plumage is not due to wear but is a plumage trait, some suggest that this is due to different geographical population being involved.'SC

Waxwing

Waxwing, Chesterton Cambridge, 21st February 2013 © Bob Jarman
'A couple of photos of Waxwings...I was SO chuffed at seeing them in my own (very) little garden on the berry bushes I'd planted with the very distant hope that summat interesting would land on them .. and they did..'BJ

Pied Wagtail

Pied Wagtail, Meldreth, 21st February 2013 © Robert Skeen

Sparrowhawk

Male Sparrowhawk, Meldreth, 21st February 2013 © Robert Skeen

Lesser Redpoll

Lesser Redpoll, Meldreth, 21st February 2013 © Robert Skeen

Nuthatch

Nuthatch, West Cambs, 18th February 2013 © Garth Peacock

Hen Harrier

Female Hen Harrier, Fowlmere RSPB, 18th February 2013 © Geoff Harries

Marsh Harrier

Female Marsh Harrier, Woodwalton Fen, 17th February 2013 © Martin Bell

Pintail

Pintail, Wicken Fen, 16th February 2013 © Roger Cresswell

'Had another walk around Wicken yesterday and saw an unusually large gathering of Pintails, about 20+ birds. Have attached 3 considerably cropped record shots (the ducks were over 2 hundred metres away). The drakes were performing interesting courtship displays.' RC

Red-legged Partridge

Red-legged Partridge, Wicken Fen, 15th February 2013 © Roger Cresswell

Marsh Harrier

Male Marsh Harrier, Great Fen, 15th February 2013 © Leslie Prosser

Barn Owl

Barn Owl, Pymore, 14th February 2013 © Garth Peacock

Woodcock

Woodcock, Little Gransden, 14th February 2013 © Adrian George
Another visitor to Adrians rear garden.

Siskin

Siskin, Little Gransden, 14th February 2013 © Adrian George

Lesser Redpoll

Lesser Redpoll, Little Gransden, 14th February 2013 © Adrian George

Caspian Gull

2CY Female Caspian Gull, Landbeach, 10th February 2013 © Steve Cooper 'Flooded fields along the Cottenham Road at Landbeach have been attracting good numbers of day roosting gulls for the past couple of months. On Sunday this cute female 2cy Caspian Gull was present amongst the brutish ‘argentatus’ Herring Gulls and Greater Black Backs as I drove by... The stretching shot shows the the underwing pattern of variable brown markings on a white background so typical of this species.'SC

Barn Owl

Barn Owl, Woodwalton Fen, 10th February 2013 © Martin Bell

Waxwing

Waxwing, Cambridge, 9th February 2013 © Ben Greig
Taken in Harvey Goodwin Avenue and presumably part of the flock of about 40 that are currently present around Cambridge City.

Hen Harrier

Female Hen Harrier, Fowlmere RSPB, 8th February 2013 © Brian Wallace

Barn Owl

Barn Owl, Fowlmere RSPB, 7th February 2013 © Garth Peacock

Song Thrush

Song Thrush, Wimpole Hall, 7th February 2013 © Geoff Harries

Mistle Thrush

Mistle Thrush, Barrington, 7th February 2013 © Nigel Sprowell

Hawfinch

Female Hawfinch, Wimpole hall, 7th February 2013 © Nigel Sprowell