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)
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)
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