Local Patch & Beyond 2023

Tried Farmers Lane again but much same as yesterday: Buzzard - 1, Kestrel - 2 & 50 Feral Pigeon.

Black Bank FS:  14.15 - 16.15 Windy & Sunny

Long-tailed Tit - 2
Chaffinch - 6
Chiffchaff - 1 (landed next to car on ground).
GSW - 1f
Bullfinch - 1 (first have seen in ten to twelve years and first one here in twenty years of going, well chuffed)
Great Tit - 4
Robin - 3
Reed Bunting - 2
Tree Creeper - 1
Blackbird - 2
Dunnock - 2
Greylag - 2
Wood Pigeon - 2
Blue Tit - 2
Crow - 8

It was a struggle to get out again but well pleased seeing a Bullfinch. Time for a rest to charge me batteries!

John

A struggle to get out but enjoyed fresh air.

Farmer's Lane - Brumby Common West: 14.10 - 14.55

Buzzard - 1
Kestrel - 2 
Skylark - 2
Feral Pigeon - c200
Mallard - 3m
Jackdaws

Triplinghows Bridleway (Yaddlethorpe) Strong wind was whipping sand up.

Common Tern - 1
Mallard - 2m
Jackdaws

MSQ Car Park: 15.40 - 17.40 Sunny & Windy

Chiffchaff - 2
Tufted Duck - 2
Greylag - 2
Blue Tit - 2
Great Tit - 2
Robin - 2
Dunnock - 1
Magpie - 2
Cetti's Warbler - 1
Fox 

John 

After delivering a birthday card decided to have a look at two sites, both proved worth it after a week off.

Tuetoes: 16.00 - 16.20.  Sunny & drizzle. 

Little Owl - 2 
Buzzard - 1
Robin - 1
Chaffinch - 3

Black Bank:  16.25 - 17.35.  Sunny and heavy showers.

GSW - 1 female
Tree Creeper - 1
Kestrel - 2
Mallard - 6 male
Greylag - 42
Canada - 2
Reed Bunting - 1 male
Great/Blue & LT Tits
Chaffinch
Robin - 1
Corvids & assorted pigeons.

Enjoyable and tiring.

John

Sunny but chilly in wind.

Nebraska Wetlands:  Midday - 13.10

Wheatear - 2
Coot -10
Shoveler - 4
Mallard - 7
Teal - 2
Gadwall - 7
Mute Swan - 2
Little Egret - 1
Black-head Gull - 2
Greylag - 5
Wigeon - 1
Magpie - 6
Hare - 3
Canada - 1
Pied Wag - 1
Crow - 18
Reed Bunting - 1
Blackbird - 2
Goldfinch - 4
Rook - 6
Tufted Duck - 4
Jackdaw - 20

Black Bank:  13.50 - 16.30 

Kestrel - 1
Buzzard - 4
Jackdaws
Crows
Linnet -1f
Reed Bunting - 5
Robin - 1
GSW - 1f
Chaffinches
Starlings
Wood Pigeons
Moorhen - 1
Dunnock - 1
Mallard - 1

At BB met up with Alan & Carol  for an update etc. Another decent watching day.

John 

Glad you managed to hear Bittern booming, not a sound from him today

Carr Dyke PS: last visit there was broken glass at entrance, now there is more litter and garden rubbish, turned round and left disgusted! A Buzzard & Moorhen.
Tuetoes:  Mute Swan, Mallard - 2 & a Moorhen.
Called at Scotton Common Reserve, first visit in 18 months, all I saw was a single Blue Tit!

MSQ Car Parks: 

Buzzard - 5 in air same time, 3 over Grebe Lake & 2 over the entrance.
Bittern heard booming ( not heard one anywhere in last 15 years)
Sand Martin - 1
Tufted Ducks
Great Tit
Black-head Gulls
Canada & Greylag Geese
Shoveler

Black Bank: Eastern End upto farm.

Reed Bunting - 1f, 4m & 1 fcy m
Great Tit - 2
Blue Tit - 2
Dunnock - 2
Chaffinches - 5
Greylag - 11
Mallard - 2
Kestrel - 3
Yellowhammer - 2

Sunny and warm but not when sun behind clouds.

John