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	Birds in Lincolnshire Part 8. Status of the Birds of the Grantham Area
	Click here to Return to Index Part 8 - Larks, Pipits, Wagtails and Trushes Wood Lark Lullula arborea Rare passage migrant, 6 records of 9 individuals 2 Morkery Wood 22nd October 1981 1 SE South Witham 20th October 1983 2 S South Witham 24th October 1988 1 Grimsthorpe January 15th 1992 1 South Witham 17th October 1993 2 S South Witham 21st October 1995 Sky Lark Alauda arvensis Common resident Sand Martin Riparia riparia Common passage migrant, local breeder Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Common summer visitor House Martin Delichon urbica Common summer visitor Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis Uncommon passage migrant, scarce breeder Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Local breeder, common passage migrant and winter visitor Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus Scarce passage migrant 3 records, all referring to the Continental race littioralis . 1 Marston STW 26th March - 10th April 1996 (T. Lee) 1 Marston STW 9th April 2001 (T. Lee et al. ) 1 Denton Res. 10th October 2004 (A. Lees) Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta Scarce winter visitor, 3 records of 5 birds 1 Marston STW 31st March - 5th April 1994 (T. Lee et al. ) 3 Marston STW November 1995-February 1996 (A. Lees et al. ) 1 Marston STW 13th November 1999 (A. Lees) 1 Marston STW 2nd January 2002 (T. Lee) Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava Declining summer visitor, 1 bird wintered in 1992/1993 at Marston STW. Blue-headed wagtail ( M. f. flava ), scarce passage migrant, one record of Grey-headed wagtail ( M. f thunbergi ): 1 Marston STW 15th - 17th May 1994 (T. Lee et al. ) Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Local breeder, common winter visitor Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Common resident, White wagtail ( M. a. alba ) scarce passage migrant) Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus Irruptive winter visitor, less than annual Bohemian Waxwings, Grantham March 1997 (photo A. Lees) Winter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Common resident Hedge Accentor Prunella modularis Common resident European Robin Erithacus rubecula Common resident Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos Declining summer visitor Bluethroat Luscinia svecica Vagrant, 1 record 1 Marston STW 13th September 1959 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros Scarce passage migrant, less than annual Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus Uncommon passage migrant, occasional breeder, most recently at Temple Wood and Belvoir Whinchat Saxicola rubetra Regular passage migrant, has recently prospected, formerly regular breeder, one summered Long Bennington 1999, 2000. Stonechat Saxicola torquata Regular passage migrant and uncommon winter visitor Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe Regular passage migrant Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus Scarce passage migrant Common Blackbird Turdus merula Common resident Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Common resident Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Common resident Redwing Turdus iliacus Common resident Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Common 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

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