Lincolnshire Bird Club News
The Lincolnshire Bird Club makes every possible effort to ensure that the information published on its website is accurate and up to date, but does not accept any responsibility for errors or omissions and reserves the right to make amendments at any time and without prior notice.
The Lincolnshire Bird Club makes every possible effort to ensure that the information published on its website is accurate and up to date, but does not accept any responsibility for errors or omissions and reserves the right to make amendments at any time and without prior notice.
Wednesday, March 31, 2004
Swans: Mystery Swan Deaths at the Brayford
Up to nine Mute Swan have recently died from a mysterious illness at the Brayford Pool, Lincoln. Earlier this year 170 Mute Swans were hospitalised following a mystery illness that badly affected the entire flock, almost all recovered but the cause of the illness was never established. This time the birds seem to be individually affected and appear to be in good health prior to their death.
Tuesday, March 30, 2004
Lincolnshire Butterfly Sightings on the LBC Forum
Please submit any butterfly records to the Lincolnshire Butterfly Sightings area of LBC Forum – see LBC Butterfly Records for further details. Every record will be forwarded to Allan Binding (BC Lincs Branch Recorder). Please include you name, the location of the record (grid ref if possible), date and comments.
Monday, March 29, 2004
Rutland's Osprey Return
This afternoon a male Osprey appeared back at one of the nest sites. Field Officer, John Wright had visited the site at 1 o'clock and found it still vacant. However, at 5 o'clock a male with a white ring on the left leg had taken up occupation. John hasn't yet managed to read the ring number but plumage and behaviour suggest that this is 03(97). He has arrived three days earlier than last year and is the first Osprey to be seen at Rutland Water this season. See for more details - http://www.ospreys.org.uk/AWOP/Update.htm
Tuesday, March 23, 2004
Beached whale dies on sand bank
A post-mortem examination has so far failed to find out why a 36-foot whale died off the Lincolnshire coast. Rescuers tried in vain to save the sperm whale after it became caught on a sandbank near Sutton Bridge on Sunday.
Volunteers worked for more than a day to try to free the whale, but failed to budge the 15-ton animal and it died at about noon on Monday. A decision is yet to be made about what will happen to its carcass while clues as to why it beached are sought. For more details see the BBC Website - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lincolnshire/3557431.stm
Friday, March 12, 2004
Migration Watch 2004
Use the link below to check up on migration in the Lincolnshire Area.
http://www.bto.org/migwatch/dailyresults/index.htm
Tuesday, March 09, 2004
The American Robin is taken by a female Sparrowhawk
The Lincolnshire American Robin (see http://www.lincsbirdclub.co.uk/rare_birds/american_robin.htm) has been taken by a female Sparrowhawk.
Found on the 2nd Jan 2004 it had remained on a Grimsby Industrial Estate for 3 months, until eventually being taken by a female Sparrowhawk. This is the first record of an American Robin in Lincolnshire, and one of only a handful ever to be recorded in the UK.
The bird had taken up residence on a small industrial estate on the edge of Grimsby, and had become a major celebrity in the birdwatching world. Thousands of birdwatchers from all over the country have visited the site since the birds arrival, but it all ended at 12.10pm on the 7th March 2004 when the Sparrowhawk attacked!
Wednesday, March 03, 2004
