by Alexander C. Lees, Centre for Ecology, Evolution & Conservation, University of East Anglia
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Part 7 - Owls and Woodpeckers
Little Auk Alle alle
Vagrant, 2 records
1 "near Grantham" 9th November 1957
1 Kirkby Underwood 30th October 1983
Stock Pigeon Columba oenas
Common resident
Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
Common resident
Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
Common resident
European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur
Declining summer visitor
Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
Vagrant from naturalised populations, 1 record
1 Rauceby Warren , 29th March 1988
Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
Summer visitor
Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
Vagrant, 1 record
1 Rauceby Warren 18th - 19th October 1987 (D & S Brooks et al. )
Barn Owl Tyto alba
Uncommon resident
Little Owl Athene noctua
Common naturalised resident
Tawny Owl Strix aluco
Common resident
Long-eared Owl Asio otus
Uncommon resident, at least two major winter roosts within recording area
Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
Uncommon winter visitor
Short-eared Owl, Marston STW December 2001 (photo A. Chick)
European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
Former breeder (last 1988), now irregular passage migrant
Common Swift Apus apus
Common summer visitor
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
Resident
Common Kingfisher, Ancaster GP, July 1997 (photo P. Lees)
European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
Vagrant, 1 record
1 shot Ingoldsby July 1879
Hoopoe Upupa epops
Rare passage migrant 7 records
1 Denton 9th April 1958
1 Rauceby 12th May 1965
1 Silk Willoughby 28th April 1983
2 Rauceby Warren 12th - 22nd June 1984
1 Grantham 24th April 1987
1 Twyford Wood 29th April - 1st May 1987
Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
Rare passage migrant
1 Cranwell 8th September 1962
1 Temple Wood 1st September 1986
1 Ancaster September circa 1981
1 Caythorpe 19th April 2004
Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
Common resident
Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
Common resident
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos minor
Uncommon resident
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