Local Patch & Beyond 2024.

Yaddlethorpe ( TH): warm and sunny

Buzzard - 6
Grey Heron - 1
Swallow - 1
Wood Pigeon - 40
Swift - 8
House Martin - 9
Collared Dove - 1
Sparrowhawk - 1
Common Gull - 4
Also spoke to a Staffie called Arthur & a German Shepherd called Saxon and their owners.

Really enjoyable afternoon.

John

Tuetoes: Hot

House Martin - 25
Swallow - 12 
Swift - 1
Starling - 20
Crow - 50

East Ferry: Hot and no shelter

Rook - c200 most had beaks open
Gulls - c600 comprising of adults and juvs of mostly Common Gull, Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull & LBB Gulls
Feral Pigeons - 20
Wood Pigeon - 10
All the above were on same land that was bare or had recently been combined.
Mallard - 1 pair in stream.

Scotton Reserve: Hot

Buzzard on pylon
Starling - 5 on pylon above.
Also heard a bird call as yet no idea what it is, sounded similar to dove.

Nebraska Wetlands: hot with next to know shelter so no counts for water birds bar two.

Buzzard - 2
Rooks
Greylags
Swallow - 1
Mallards
Tufted Ducks
Lapwings
Little Grebe - 1 + 1 juv being fed.
Mute Swan - 2 + 3 cygnets.
Coots

Despite the heat enjoyed it especially the amount of butterflies.

John
 

After reading latest Lapwings mag decided to visit a reserve have not been to for seventeen years:

Crowle Moor Car Park: 08.10 - 12.10 hot and sunny

Wood Pigeon - 12
Swallow - c20
House Martin - c50
Dunnock - 1
Goldfinch - 5
Grey Wagtail - 1 (highlight of visit) not seen any for years.
LBB Gull - 1
Swift - 3
Starling - 10
Yellowhammer - 1
Stock Dove - 1
Crow - 2
Magpie - 2
Blackbird - 2

Garthorpe: PM

Marsh Harrier - 1 male (very close)

Very enjoyable few hours!

Max 
 

The Pods Scunny:

Buzzard mobbed by bird very high.
Swift - 2

Burringham: midday - !3.10 sunny and warm

Buzzard - 2
Goldfinch - 5
Plenty of butterflies.

Yaddlethorpe: 13.20 - 14.10

Buzzard - 3
Swallow - 2
Black-headed Gull - 5
Common Gull - 1

Enjoyable couple of hours.

Max

MSQ Car Park: 08.30 - 08.40 & 10.45 - 15.00 cloudy, sunny, breezy and showers

Grey Heron - 1
Buzzard - 1
Kestrel - 1
Chiffchaff - 2
House Martin - 5
Not much seen for length of time but had butterflies as well (see section)

Nebraska Wetlands:  08.50 - 10.35 no rain and same as above

Kestrel - 1
Blackbird - 2
Mallard - 15
Swift - 9
Chiffchaff - 3
Whitethroat - 5
Buzzard - 2
Reed Bunting - 2
Greylag - 2
Skylark - 1
Lapwing - 25
Cormorant - 1
Coot - 11
Tufted Duck - 5
Grey Heron - 1
Pied Wagtail - 1
Pochard - 2
Black-headed Gull - 3
Hobby - 1 (never seen on on a road before luckily there was no traffic)

Cleatham: Sunny

Kestrel - 1

John