Cleethorpes saltmarsh sightings

Possibly the teal is the same bird that occasionally puts in an appearance on the lake in the country park. Quite a tame bird.

I too have noticed a larger population in the marshes recently. The yellow wags were following the tide line at the Leisure centre yesterday. As for Terns, well there is definitely commons and Sandwich congregating around the sandbar off the Leisure centre now. I have been watching them alight on the buoys during high tide over the past week. Incidentally, a loan solitary Teal has been at the Boating lake for the last week too.

Rain, blustery northerlies and higher-than-normal tides have brought an influx of birds to Cleethorpes saltmarsh.

Most conspicuus were hundreds of swallows and dozens of house martins, plus three swifts,  during my all-too-short survey, lasting about an hour.

There were 20-plus pied wagtails, 20-plus little egrets and a dozen or so each linnets and goldfinches, plus one common sandpiper and one yellow wagtail.

Looking over the saltmarsh to the outer beach, I could see (and hear) the first significant arrival of terns and waders.  

Also noticeable were large flocks of starlings both on the saltmarsh  and on the rooves of houses and other buildings close to the seafront.