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Status of the Birds of the Grantham Area
by Alexander C. Lees, Centre for Ecology, Evolution & Conservation, University of East Anglia

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Part 1 Divers - Herons

Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata

Vagrant, 1 record

1 picked up injured Barkston Heath Airfield 18th April 1967

Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica

Vagrant, 1 record

1 Denton Res. 10th February 1984 ( I. Shepherd)

Great Northern Diver Gavia immer

Vagrant, 1 record

1 Culverthorpe Lake 13th February - 26th March 2005

Great Northern Diver, Culverthorpe Lake February 2005 (photo A. Lees)

Great Northern Diver, Culverthorpe Lake February 2005 (photo A. Lees)

Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis

Common resident

Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus

Common resident

Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena

Vagrant, 1 record

1 Denton Res. November 1982 ( I. Shepherd)

Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus

Vagrant, 2 records

1 Denton Res. 3rd May 1981 ( I. Shepherd)

1 Knipton Res. 16th October 1988

Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis

Vagrant, 2 records

1 Denton Res. 3rd May 1981

1 Marston STW 10th September 2000

Leach's Storm-petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa

Vagrant, 1 record

1 Grantham 25th September 1987

Northern Gannet Morus bassanus

1 Manthorpe "late April" 1981 (T. Lee)

1 Knipton Res. 26th May 2002 (S. Lister)

Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo

Common non-breeding resident, formerly rare

European Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis

Rare visitor, 3 records

1 Burton Coggles 21st October 1980

1 Denton Res. 9th - 13th February 1983

1 Grantham "February" 1983

  Great Bittern Botaurus stellaris

Vagrant, 2 records

1 Caythorpe 24th February 1971

1 Grimsthorpe 15th February 1987

Little Egret Egretta garzetta

Vagrant, 2 records

1 Marston STW 22nd September 1999 (M. Gill)

1 Marston STW 2nd May 2002

Grey Heron Ardea cinerea

Common resident

White Stork Ciconia ciconia

Vagrant, 2 records

1 Denton Res. 6th April 1983 ( I. Shepherd)

1 South Witham 19th August 2001 (T. Cleves et al. )

White Stork, South Witham August 2001 (Photo A. Lees)

White Stork, South Witham August 2001 (Photo A. Lees)


Birds of Grantham Part 1 - Divers to Herons
Birds of Grantham Part 2 - Swans, Geese and other Wildlfowl
Birds of Grantham Part 3 - Wildfowl cont...
Birds of Grantham Part 4 - Birds of Prey
Birds of Grantham Part 5 - Game Birds and Waders
Birds of Grantham Part 6 - Gulls and Terns
Birds of Grantham Part 7 - Owls and Woodpeckers
Birds of Grantham Part 8 - Larks, Pipits, Wagtails and Trushes
Birds of Grantham Part 9 - Warblers, Tits, Sparrows, Crows and Finches

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