Cress Marsh

Had a couple of hours on the site this afternoon: no sign of Spoonbill.
Best birds today were:
Green Sandpiper 2
Common Sandpiper 5
LRP juv 2
RP juv1
Peregrine
Grey Heron 5
And a new site tick....Whimbrel

A bit of work has been done.... row of electricity pylons have been uprighted and bird deflectors added to overhead wires. In the process quite a bit of vegetation had been flattened and path gouged up...

I see that NE Lincs Council have tweeted a video showing five Spoonbill feeding on the main lagoon yesterday.

Hi Joy,

Myself and Steve Routledge "flushed" a pair of juvenile Spoonbill this morning whilst conducting the WeBS count at East Halton Skitter. We assumed that they had flown to Killingholme Haven as they headed in that direction, but clearly kept going and found Cress Marsh. A cracking site "tick" for you!

Spent about 90 mins on site late afternoon.
Highlight was 2 juv Spoonbills on main lagoon. Watched them for approx 15 mins before they disappeared from view.
Also:
Yellowhammer
Grey Heron 1 juv
Common Sandpiper 2
Piedwag 3 juv
Shelduck 1
Ringed Plover1
Swallow
Linnet numerous
Skylark
Herring Gull
LBB Gull many
Common Gull 1
BH Gull. Lots
GBB Gull ....1 bearing metal leg bling.... distressed bird with a large item wedged in its mouth/gullet... attempted to swallow or regurgitate unsuccessfully
Kestrel
Peregrine carrying prey in talons.... Poss skylark
Crows,
Woodpigeons
Pheasant

Butterflies :
Painted Ladies.... were numerous today
Peacock
Large and Small Whites

Roe Deer

Spent approximately 1 1/2 hours at the site this afternoon on my way home from work. Water levels were low, with the majority of the scrapes dry, but plenty of exposed mud around and in the main lagoon. Twenty species of bird and four species of butterfly were recorded during my visit:

Black-headed Gull
Buzzard a single bird soaring over the site.
Carrion Crow
Chaffinch
Common Sandpiper three birds seen feeding around the edge of the main lagoon.
Grey Heron 6 - largest number I have seen so far on site.
Greylag Goose 10
Herring Gull
Kestrel two birds seen hunting over the back of the site. May be the same birds that nest at may place of work, which is not too far away.
Lesser Black Back Gull
Linnet
Little Egret 3
Pheasant
Pied Wagtail 1
Reed Bunting
Ringed Plover single bird seen on one of the islands in the main lagoon.
Shelduck 3 two adults and one juvenile bird
Stock Dove single bird which dropped in and took a drink from the edge of the main lagoon.
Woodpigeon
Yellowhammer

Butterflies:

Meadow Brown
Painted Lady 20+
Small White
Large White
Peacock 20+

It was my first Yellow Wag sighting of the year!