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Ferruginous Duck at Barton Pits (16-28th Feb 2001) - Lincolnshire Review

Ferruginous Duck at Barton Pits (16-28th Feb 2001) by Graham Catley

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Ferruginous Duck at Barton Pits (16-28th Feb 2001) © Graham Catley 2001 The Barton bird has been on a restricted access site throughout its stay and thus has not been on general release.

Review of the Lincs Status

There have been just 12 accepted records of Ferruginous Duck involving 14 birds all of those having been sexed have been males apart from a female shot at Baston pits on November 21st 1959. The species is a true rarity with most of the records being historical and with just four birds having been reliably recorded in the last 25 years. There have been a number of Ferruginous type hybrids seen in the last 15 years and a few claims that have not been supported by documentation. All records are listed below:

Newsham Lake Brocklesby 1-2 birds February 3-24th 1929
Holywell Lake male December 25-27th 1957
Baston pits female shot November 21st 1959
Goxhill Marsh 1-2 September 4-26th 1960
Wisbech Sewage Farm male July 22-August 10th 1972
Boston male March 16-24th 1974
Covenham Reservoir male November 4-5th 1974
Chapel Pit male July 11th 1976
Chapel Pit male January 24-30th 1980
North/South Killingholme male March 5-6th 1981
Kirkby Pits male October 1998

Graham Catley 2001

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