Paxton Pits is situated near Huntingdon. 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.
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