Paxton Pits is situated near Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire. Birds have been quick to take advantage of the new wetland habitats created by gravel extraction. As scrub and woodland develops around the Pits, other birds move in. Around 70 species breed regularly, with several dozen more spending the winter here. To date, 229 species have been recorded at Paxton Pits, though the 'star' birds are undoubtedly Nightingales, other birds of scrub habitat, Cormorants and the winter wildfowl.