Birds in Lincolnshire

Part 3. Status of the Birds of the Grantham Area

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Part 3 Wildfowl

Gadwall Anas strepera

Uncommon resident breeder

Eurasian Teal Anas crecca

Common winter visitor, scarce in summer, breeding suspected at Marston STW

Mallard Anas platyrhynchos

Common resident

Northern Pintail

Uncommon winter visitor

Garganey Anas querquedula

Uncommon passage migrant, bred Marston STW 1995

Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata

Common winter visitor, rare breeder

Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina

Vagrant/escape, 1 record

1 Denton Res. 14th December 1996

Common Pochard Aythya ferina

Regular winter visitor, rare in summer

Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula

Resident, uncommon breeder

Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis

Vagrant, 1 record

1 Denton Res. 13th November 1983 ( I. Shepherd)

Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula

Winter visitor in small numbers

Smew Mergellus albellus

Rare winter visitor

1 Denton Res. 24th November 1988

1-2 Denton Res. 7th December 2003 - 5th March 2004

Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator

Vagrant, 1 record

1 Denton Res. "April" 1987 ( I. Shepherd)

Goosander Mergus merganser

Uncommon winter visitor

Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis

Scarce resident/visitor from naturalised populations

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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