Rachel Lennard @birdergirl.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Doesn't matter how often I see them. There is no joy like sharing the local fenland countryside with the Cranes! 😊 Beautiful on the Ouse Washes this afternoon @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding 3675
Rachel Lennard @birdergirl.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Glad I twitched the Yellow-browed Warbler at Milton CP this morning. Only my 2nd in Cambs (1st also at Milton!). After an initial wait, it suddenly appeared, vocal and showy. Nice to see some familiar faces there too 🙂 @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding 0252
Rachel Lennard @birdergirl.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Classic Black Redstart - on a construction site. One of 3 enjoying Waterbeach Barracks housing development today. Miraculously, I saw one immediately! A welcome change of form from my usual Restart dipping 😅 @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding 1313
Reposted by Rachel LennardBrendan Doe @laziobirder.bsky.social · 25/09/2026A decent afternoons birding along the Ouse Washes today with 4 Spoonbill (Ad, 3 imm), 2 Short-eared Owls, Wood Sandpiper and 72 Crane the highlights with @birdergirl.bsky.social @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #UKbirding 0203
Rachel Lennard @birdergirl.bsky.social · 18/09/2026One straight from the top of the wishlist! Buff-breasted Sandpiper at Frampton Marsh 🤩 Bit tricky in the wind but could see all its features, and so happy to have finally seen one! 😊 #lifer #ukbirding @lincsbirding.bsky.social 2720
Rachel Lennard @birdergirl.bsky.social · 17/09/2026My 7th Pec Sand. All in Cambs but all at different sites. Surely a chance for me to find one somewhere in the county sometime! 😄 Happy to add it to my Ouse Washes list. This one still at the RSPB reserve, favouring Rickwood Hide @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding 1411
Rachel Lennard @birdergirl.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Missed adding Pec Sand to my Washes list yesterday at Witcham Gravel but heartened to discover a juv Turnstone had arrived today. A Washes tick but also a find tick for me in Cambs 😊 @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding 0301
Rachel Lennard @birdergirl.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Shades of buff today, with two juv Curlew Sand the highlight, and 12 species of wader seen. Photo representative of distance! 😅 Crane flock up to 92 on the Ouse Washes now @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding 0231
Rachel Lennard @birdergirl.bsky.social · 09/09/2026A few nice birds on the Ouse Washes today including Spotshank, 2 Glossy Ibis and the Crane flock, but the most eye-catching was a leucistic Swallow! Hard to capture on my bridge camera. Video below too @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social @laziobirder.bsky.social 2514
Reposted by Rachel LennardJon Heath @jonheath.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Juv Osprey back at the Cambridge Research Park this morning, which the local Red Kites were not pleased about @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social 2577
Rachel Lennard @birdergirl.bsky.social · 03/09/2026A crisp juv Pec Sand on Moore Lake, Fen Drayton Lakes this evening. Mint!👌 Another great find by @brickert.bsky.social @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social 0331
Rachel Lennard @birdergirl.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Nice to be back at the Ouse Washes today. A few Ruff, Snipe and Crane at Cadbury hide but really enjoyed the visitor centre garden with 26 species just from the bench! Spotted Flycatcher didn't seem to mind me for company as it snapped up flies @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding 1441
Rachel Lennard @birdergirl.bsky.social · 17/08/2026A start to my autumn passerine migrants: Whinchat at Longstanton Lagoons yesterday, shimmering in the heat haze. Wheatear present too. My annual attempt to find a Redstart has begun. That and Aquatic Warbler 😂 @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding 0371
Rachel Lennard @birdergirl.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Another mega! 😁 Spent the afternoon with the Long-tailed Shrike. Well beyond my range so a big thank you to @laziobirder.bsky.social for driving and giving me the chance to enjoy such a fine bird. Glorious 😊 #ukbirding 1410
Rachel Lennard @birdergirl.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Delighted to find this juv Med Gull at Longstanton Lagoons tonight. Patch tick! 😁 Tricky one for me to separate from Common Gull. Seemed to have a bit of a mix of features @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding 1331
Rachel Lennard @birdergirl.bsky.social · 13/07/2026That was good! Had to work for it - search, scan, wait, hope! But as the tide went out, the Godwits returned to the Stour shoreline and then suddenly it was there in my scope: mega Hudsonian Godwit! 🤩 Two short flights showed that luscious dark underwing too. Fabulous. Video below #lifer #ukbirding 1732
Rachel Lennard @birdergirl.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Lovely evening for a twitch! Purple Heron along the River Great Ouse near Earith 💜 Just 10 mins from home. Many thanks to Richard Bradbury and @Jeremylindsell.bsky.social @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social 2482
Reposted by Rachel LennardRupert Evershed @rupertevershed.bsky.social · 05/06/2026@birdergirl.bsky.social your Wheatear Anxiety inspired my recent @vervalleysoc.bsky.social Bird Notes 🙏😃 152
Rachel Lennard @birdergirl.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Home from @naturetrek.bsky.social Spring Birding in Bulgaria. Wonderful trip taking in snowy mountains, lush green valleys, Black Sea coast, steppe and reedbed. 37 lifers, over 200 bird species seen! A few pics I haven't shared previously... 0260
Rachel Lennard @birdergirl.bsky.social · 09/05/2026Excited to get a new Wheater today! Pied Wheatear at Kaliakra Cape, Bulgaria. Also an Eagle Owl on our 5th and final attempt! 😅 2300
Rachel Lennard @birdergirl.bsky.social · 08/05/2026More great birds in Bulgaria. Calandra Lark, Long-legged Buzzard and Whiskered Tern were today's lifers, with Middle Spotted Woodpecker and Short-toed Treecreeper yesterday. This spanking Red-breasted Fly maybe bird of the day though. So good seeing everything in breeding plumage! 😍 1460
Rachel Lennard @birdergirl.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Pygmy Cormorant and Booted Eagle were today's lifers, the latter around with 4 Lesser Spotted Eagle, a WTE and 4 Honey Buzzard! But the Collared Pratincoles stole the show, with 64 gathering on some rocks 😮 Point blank Purple Heron was superb too 1300
Rachel Lennard @birdergirl.bsky.social · 05/05/2026One of my most wanted birds today: Blue Rock Thrush 💙😊 with Rock Buntings alongside and 2 Black Vultures over. Around 20 Lesser Kestrel in the afternoon made for another 4-lifer day in Bulgaria 0240
Rachel Lennard @birdergirl.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Magnificent day of birding in Bulgaria. Beautiful scenery, weather & birds including 11 lifers! 🤯 Ls Grey Shrike, Ls Spotted Eagle, Olive-tree Warbler, Cirl Bunting, Sombre Tit, E Orphean Warbler, Syrian Woodpecker, Griffon & Egyptian Vultures, E Olivacious Warbler and Chuka!! 🤩 2340
Rachel Lennard @birdergirl.bsky.social · 03/05/2026Photos not really happening but some great birds today and 4 lifers: Willow Tit, Wallcreeper, Crag Martin, Pallid Swift! 😁 Total lifers for trip so far: 8 Lifers seen at toilet service stops: 4 😂 #Bulgaria 1300
Rachel Lennard @birdergirl.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Made it to Bulgaria! Last minute impulse trip with Nature Trek. Travel day today although still got 4 lifers: Short-toed Snake Eagle, Montague's Harrier (no pics of these), Black Stork and Spanish Sparrow (nesting on White Stork nest!). Proper birding starts tomorrow... 1301
Rachel Lennard @birdergirl.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Not classic Ring Ouzel habitat but this one seemed happy enough and feeding in the Northstowe Secondary College car park! Great find by Ed King this lunchtime 😃👍 @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding 2492
Rachel Lennard @birdergirl.bsky.social · 09/04/2026My annual bout of Wheatear Anxiety sets in around late March. They are an absolute fave & I can't see enough! After a poor year in Cambs last year it's a relief to hear of more sightings this spring. This one at LongstantonLagoons yesterday evening was a tonic 😍 @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding 1281
Rachel Lennard @birdergirl.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Eagle!! 🤩 I missed the Cambs April WT Eagle 4 and 5 years ago - but not this time. Thanks to the reports from others I intercepted it at Ouse Fen before it went north. Nice addition to my county list 😁 @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding 1521
Rachel Lennard @birdergirl.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Kittiwake! 😃 Not easy in Cambs - not that many and they don't stick long. Well worth an early lunch quick twitch. On Ferry Lagoon, Fen Drayton Lakes. Picked up by Richard Grimmett 👍 @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding 0471
Rachel Lennard @birdergirl.bsky.social · 21/03/2026A fine afternoon at RSPB Ouse Washes. Conditions idyllic! 😎 Drake Smew still near Stockdales hide seemed happy in the spring sunshine @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding 3591
Rachel Lennard @birdergirl.bsky.social · 12/03/2026It takes something decent to get me out before breakfast but a Slav Grebe on my doorstep warranted the effort. Tricky conditions on a windy day but pleased to connect! 😁 Thanks @johnyspotter.bsky.social for the find. Ouse Washes, Fortrey's Hall @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding 0321
Rachel Lennard @birdergirl.bsky.social · 10/03/2026A very vocal Curlew on the Ouse Washes at Earith this afternoon was lovely to see. I thought I'd take a video to capture it's haunting call but all you can hear is the wind 😂😂 Very representative of being on the Washes! @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding 1341
Rachel Lennard @birdergirl.bsky.social · 07/03/2026I wouldn't want to be a fish in that channel! Hungry eyes at the Ouse Washes Earith today @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding 1725
Rachel Lennard @birdergirl.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Unexpected Egyptian Goose nesting in the Rookery! It's a fair way up. I wonder what the rooks think! 😅 #ukbirding 2646
Rachel Lennard @birdergirl.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Found this beautiful male Merlin on my patch this afternoon! 🥰 Absolutely delighted. I'm not confident with Merlin because I've seen so few, usually badly or only as 'possibles' in flight. Really great to get a good look! Patch tick ✅ Earith GPs @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding 2661
Rachel Lennard @birdergirl.bsky.social · 07/02/2026This is why I count birds! Two brown geese in a brown field which I hadn't seen until I ran the scope over it to count the Whoopers. Ka-ching! Two Tundra Bean Geese! 🤩 Find tick! 🎉 Behind Rickwood hide, RSPB Ouse Washes @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding 2701
Rachel Lennard @birdergirl.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Nene Washes is hosting spectacular numbers of birds at the moment. Clouds of Lapwing and Pink-footed Geese plus Cranes, Bewick's, Whoopers, Blackwit, Ruff, Dunlin and the usual ducks. Outstanding 🤯 @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding 1471
Rachel Lennard @birdergirl.bsky.social · 16/01/2026Two Smew at Fen Drayton Lakes today. An easy lunchbreak twitch from work. Couldn't resist. Smew is a good duck! 🤩 @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding 5944
Rachel Lennard @birdergirl.bsky.social · 10/01/2026County tick! 😁 Red-breasted Merganser is scarce in Cambs and a bit slippery! So I was pleased to connect at Fen Drayton Lakes with @JoeParham19.bsky.social's bird. Good find! And good team effort to get everyone on it, as it proved mobile & skulky at times @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding 1542
Rachel Lennard @birdergirl.bsky.social · 27/12/2025I wasn't expecting to see snow this Christmas..! 😄 Thank you finder Josh Jones. Deep into the Fens and over the border but worth extending my range for the Snow Goose, and it's selection of classy field mates (Whoopers, Bewick's, Tundra Bean and White-fronted) #ukbirding #lifer 2580
Rachel Lennard @birdergirl.bsky.social · 03/12/2025Two good birds today: the relaxed Red-necked Grebe at Fen Drayton Lakes offering super views, and the frenetic Firecrest in Over offering a photographic challenge! Both lovely to see 😊 Thanks to finders Steve C and Richard T @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding 1451
Rachel Lennard @birdergirl.bsky.social · 24/11/2025Had a look at the Ouse Washes at Fortrey's Hall this lunchbreak and was pleased to see the juv Red-throated Diver, some 9km NE of Earith where I saw it Friday, and it was still going. Hopefully it can get back to the sea! Only about 45km to go! @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding 1371
Rachel Lennard @birdergirl.bsky.social · 21/11/2025I wondered if the plunge to sub-zero temperatures would bring anything good inland. I was thinking a wader but I'll take a Diver!! Red-throated Diver on River Delph by Earith Ouse Washes this morning. Self-found county tick! 😃🎉 @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding 5781
Reposted by Rachel LennardKane Brides 🦆 @kanebrides.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Please keep an eye open for dead & dying Whooper Swans (and other waterbirds), see thread below on how to report for possible sampling & please also report to @birdtrack.bsky.social so we can start to build a comprehensive picture of the spread 👇🏻 21112
Rachel Lennard @birdergirl.bsky.social · 25/10/202596 Cranes at RSPB Ouse Washes today 😍 My highest ever total! Getting close to the big 💯 on the reserve! 11 juvs. Initially feeding between Stockdales and Cadbury hides, they later flew west towards Manea. Video of some of the flock departing @rspb.bsky.social @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding 5955
Rachel Lennard @birdergirl.bsky.social · 16/10/2025The squeal of 42 Pink-footed Geese over my house in Sutton caught my attention this morning as I worked from home. Nice to be on their flight path! 😁 @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding 1442
Rachel Lennard @birdergirl.bsky.social · 15/10/2025The noisy neighbours are back! 😂 And I'm pleased they are. It's like welcoming home returning friends. At Ouse Washes this morning. Skein of Pink-footed Geese over my house tonight too! House tick! 🤩 @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding 0624
Rachel Lennard @birdergirl.bsky.social · 27/09/2025On my way back south with a pitstop at Musselburgh. Managed a quick visit to the Lagoons where the Marsh Sandpiper was very obliging. Can't beat a wader lifer! 🥳 Will return tomorrow for a longer visit and to look for ducks! #ukbirding 1530
Rachel Lennard @birdergirl.bsky.social · 25/09/2025Saw two absolutely cracking Black Grouse today having a face off through a fence! Another iconic Scottish bird, another lifer! 😊 #ukbirding #highlandbirds 1592
