Birds in Lincolnshire

Part 1. Status of the Birds of the Grantham Area

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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

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