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	Birds in Lincolnshire Part 5. Status of the Birds of the Grantham Area
	Click here to Return to Index Part 5 Game Birds and Waders Black Grouse Tetrao tetrix Extinct, last recorded Stapleford Moor 1883 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Common naturalised resident Grey Partridge Perdix perdix Common resident Common Quail Coturnix coturnix Uncommon summer visitor Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Common naturalised resident Water Rail Rallus aquaticus Rare breeder, regular winter visitor Spotted Crake Porzana porzana Rare passage migrant, 3 records 1 Marston STW 2nd - 19th April 1965 1 singing Marston STW "late April" 1992 (T. Lee) 1 Marston STW 10th September 1995 ( D & S Brooks , A. Lees) Little Crake Porzana parva Vagrant, 1 record 1 killed by a dog, Spanby " 1910" Corn Crake Crex crex Former breeder, now vagrant 1 South Rauceby "early June" 1958 1 Marston STW 11th September 1995 (A. Ball) Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Common resident Common Coot Fulica atra Common resident Common Crane Grus grus Vagrant, 4 records of 5 individuals 1 North Rauceby 26th June - 1st July 1995 (D & S. Brooks et al. ) 2 N Fulbeck 3rd May 1999 (A. Chick) 1 Cotham Flash 4th April 2000 1 N Fenton 27th March 2002 Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Regular passage migrant Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Vagrant, 1 record 1 Marston STW 25th December 1968 to 6th February 1969 . ( G. Johnson) Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta Vagrant, 1 record 1 Marston STW 8th May 2002 (T. Lee et al. ) Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus Rare passage migrant, former breeder around Croxton Kerrial/Waltham on the Wolds 3 Beckingham "September" 1958 1 Cranwell May 24th 1968 1 Fulbeck 9th May - 13th July 1989 & 15th April - 5th June 1990 (G. Hardy, G. Priestley et al. ) 1 South Rauceby 15th April 1996 ( D & S Brooks , A. Lees, T. Lee et al. ) Little Plover Charadrius dubius Scarce breeding summer visitor, regular passage migrant Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula Regular passage migrant Eurasian Dotterel Charadrius morinellus Rare passage migrant, "trips" formerly regular around Rauceby, only recent records: 7 Fulbeck "mid" May 1990 (G. Hardy & G. Priestley) 4 Leadenham 5th May 1993 (per M. Gray) European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria Common winter visitor and passage migrant Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola Scarce passage migrant Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Common resident, declining as a breeder Red Knot Calidris canutus Scarce passage migrant Sanderling Calidris alba Rare passage migrant Little Stint Calidris minuta Uncommon passage migrant Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii Rare passage migrant 3 Marston STW 23rd October 1960 1 Cotham 16th July 2000 3 Marston STW 25th May 2001 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos Vagrant, 2 records 1 Marston STW 30th August 1964 1 Marston STW 29th August 1989 (G. Priestley, A. Ball) Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea Scarce passage migrant Dunlin Calidris alpina Regular passage migrant, rare in winter Ruff Philomachus pugnax Regular passage migrant, formerly regular winter visitor, now rare Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus Scarce winter visitor Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago Common winter visitor, formerly regular breeder Common (left) and Jack Snipe, Marston STW November 1993 (photo A. Lees) Great Snipe Gallinago media Vagrant, 1 record 1 shot Marston STW 12th September 1938 Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Uncommon breeder, common in winter Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa Uncommon passage migrant Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica Rare passage migrant, 2 recent records: 1 Marston STW 23rd April 1995 (A. Lees et al. ) 35 Marston STW 29th December 1995 (T. Lee) Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus Scarce passage migrant Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata Uncommon breeder, regular passage migrant and winter visitor Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus Scarce passage migrant Common Redshank Tringa totanus Rare breeder, formerly regular, common passage migrant Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia Common passage migrant Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus Common passage migrant, uncommon winter visitor Green Sandpiper, Marston STW August 1998 (photo A. Lees) Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola Scarce passage migrant Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos Common passage migrant Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres Scarce passage migrant Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus Rare passage migrant, 3 records 1 Marston STW 26th June - 5th July 1959 1 Marston STW 27th - 28th August 1962 1 Denton Res. (date?) 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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