September 2024

30/09/2024
Alkborough Flats
2 Ruddy Shelduck
Far Ings
Red-breasted Merganser
Frampton Marsh
Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
Richard's Pipit, Yellow-browed Warbler
Saltfleetby/Theddlethorpe NNR
Yellow-browed Warbler

29/09/2024
Croft Marsh
Russian White-fronted Goose
Donna Nook
Yellow-browed Warbler
Frampton Marsh
Curlew Sandpiper, Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
4 Yellow-browed Warbler
Willow Tree Fen
Cattle Egret

28/09/2024
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Nuthatch, Redwing
Donna Nook
Red-breasted Flycatcher, Siberian Stonechat

The Siberian Stonechat at Donna Nook - Image © Mark Johnson

Still Still showing well on the way to Pye's Hall - Image © Matt Dineen

Far Ings
Red-breasted Merganser
Frampton Marsh
Spotted Redshank
Gibraltar Point
Russian White-fronted Goose, 2 Spoonbill, Barred Warbler, Blyth's Reed Warbler, 4 Yellow-browed Warbler
Huttoft Bank
Siberian Lesser Whitethroat
Mablethorpe
Yellow-browed Warbler
Sandilands
3 Spoonbill, Richard's Pipit, Yellow-browed Warbler
RAF Wainfleet
Yellow-browed Warbler

27/09/2024
Donna Nook
Red-breasted Flycatcher, 3 Greenshank, Hen Harrier, Siberian Stonechat, Yellow-browed Warbler
Gibraltar Point
2 Brambling, 8 Red-throated Diver, 84 Gannet, Marsh Harrier, Mediterranean Gull, 3 Redwing, Common Scoter, 54 Arctic Skua, 8 Great Skua, 5 Long-tailed Skua, Pomarine Skua, 2 Sparrowhawk, 112 Swallow, 8 Whooper Swan, 69 Teal, 22 Arctic Tern, 11 Sandwich Tern, Tree Pipit, Wheatear
Mablethorpe
1 Red-throated Diver, 4 Gannet, 170 Pink-footed Goose, 5 Great  Black-backed Gull, 2 Common Scotter, Arctic Skua, Stonchat, 8 Swallow, 40 Teal, 10 Sandwich Tern, 9 Wigeon
Marston
Hobby
Sutton on Sea
20 Gannet, 2 Guillemot, 24 Great Black-backed Gull, 13 Pintail, 43 Common Scoter, 4 Manx Shearwater, 20 Arctic Skua, 2 Great Skua, 6 Pomarine Skua, 5 Sooty Shearwater, 53 Teal, Little Tern, 6 Wigeon

26/09/2024
Boultham Mere
Great White Egret
Donna Nook
Red-breasted Flycatcher, Siberian Stonechat, Yellow-browed Warbler
Frampton Marsh
7 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
2 Fieldfare, Siberian Lesser Whitethroat, Spotted Redshank, Spoonbill, Little Stint, 5 Yellow-browed Warbler
Whisby
Osprey

25/09/2024
Cleethorpes
Greenshank, Kingfisher, 2 Wheatear
Cress Marsh
Cattle Egret
Crook Bank
Pied Flycatcher
Donna Nook
Red-breasted Flycatcher, Siberian Stonechat

Red-breasted Flycatcher at Donna Nook – Image © Paul Sullivan

Siberian Stonechat, Donna Nook - Image © Stewart Wilson

Frampton Marsh
Spotted Redshank, 2 Red-necked Phalarope, 4 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
Black-throated Diver, 2 Firecrest, Hen Harrier, Black Redstart, Spotted Redstart, Pomarine Skua, Little Stint, 2 Yellow-browed Warbler
Messingham
Buzzard, Great Whiten Egret, 82 Gadwall, 250 Pink-footed Goose, 82 Black-headed Gull, Marsh Harrier, 4 Hobby, Kestrel, 8 Pochard, Water Rail, 32 Shoveler, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Cetti's Warbler, Green Woodpecker

24/09/2024
Barton on Humber
Yellow-browed Warbler
Baston & Langtoft Pits
2 Black Tern
Covenham Reservoir
Greater Scaup, Black Tern
Donna Nook
Pied Flycatcher, Red-breasted Flycatcher, Spotted Flycatcher, Siberian Stonechat, Yellow-browed Warbler

Siberian Stonechat halfway between Stonebridge Car-park and Pye's Hall - Image © Chris Grimshaw

Frampton Marsh
4 Spotted Redshank, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, 5 Spoonbill, 2 Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Ring Ouzel, Yellow-browed Warbler
Huttoft Pit
8 Spoonbill
North Greetwell
Raven

23/09/2024
Cleethorpes
2 Ruddy Shelduck
Donna Nook
Siberian Stonechat, Yellow-browed Warbler
Gibraltar Point
Lapland Bunting, 230 Curlew, Cattle Egret, 2 Hen Harrier, 108.000 Red Knot, 6800 Oystercatcher, 6500 Grey Plover, 300 Ringed Plover,  Ring Ouzel, Curlew Sandpiper, Long-tailed Skua, 25 Spoonbill, Yellow-browed Warbler
Huttoft Pit
7 Spoonbill
Marton
Gannet
Rimac 
Cattle Egret
Sutton on Sea
Black-throated Diver, Balearic Skua, 4 Pomeranian Skua
Stallingborough
7 Gannet, 8 Common Scoter, 2 Pomeranian Skua

22/09/2024
Chapel Six Marshes
Firecrest, Barred Warbler
Frampton Marsh
Spotted Redshank, 4 Curlew Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point
Nuthatch, 2 Spotted Redshank, Curlew Sandpiper, 19 Spoonbill, Yellow-browed Warbler
Huttoft Bank
Red-breasted Flycatcher, Hawfinch
Pyewipe
Caspian Gull, Osprey
Skegness
Caspian Gull

21/09/2024
Chapel Six Marshes
Firecrest, Barred Warbler
Donna Nook
% Redstart, 2 Yellow-browed Warbler
Gibraltar Point
Yellow-browed Warbler
Huttoft Bank
Red-breasted Flycatcher
Marston
Great White Egret, Barnacle Goose, 282 Greylag Goose, 122 Mallard, 2 Green Sandpiper, 18 Snipe
Pyewipe
Osprey
Skegness
Caspian Gull
Trent Port
2 Wheatear

20/09/2024
Churchill Lane
Yellow-browed Warbler
Covenham Reservoir
Greater Scaup
Cut End
Jack Snipe
Frampton Marsh
Spotted Redshank, 3 Greater Scaup, 26 Spoonbill, Little Stint, Black Tern, 
Freiston Shore
Greater Scaup
Gibraltar Point
Honey Buzzard, Cattle Egret, Richard's Pipit, Curlew Sandpiper, 20 Spoonbill, Yellow-browed Warbler
Messingham
2 Buzzard, 7 Chiffchaff, 158 Coot, 8 Cormorant, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 63 Gadwall, 4 Egyptian Goose, Goldcrest, 76 Black-headed Gull, 4 Common Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, Marsh Harrier, Hobby, 2 Jay, Kestrel, Kingfisher. 20 Lapwing, 3 Water Rail, 2 Green Sandpiper, 12 Shoveler. 13 Mute Swan, 137 Teal, Treecreeper, 5 Cetti's Warbler 
Saltfleet Haven
Yellow-browed Warbler
Saltfleetby/Theddlethorpe Dunes
Caspian Gull
Sutton on Sea
Long-tailed Skua, 2 Pomeranian Skua

19/09/2024
Frampton Marsh 
15 Spoonbill, Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Honey Buzzard, Cattle Egret, Pied Flycatcher, Red-breasted Flycatcher, Richard's Pipit, 3 Redwing, Long-tailed Skua, 16 Spoonbill, Yellow-browed Warbler
Saltfleet Haven 
Yellow-browed Warbler

18/09/2024
Boultham Mere
158 Coot, 96 Pink-footed Goose, 48 Shoveler
Chapel Point
Long-tailed Skua
Digby Fen
Yellow-legged Gull
Gibraltar Point
Red-breasted Flycatcher, Long-tailed Skua
Hill Holt Wood
200 Pink-footed Goose
RAF Woodhall Spa
Great White Egret

17/09/2024

Alkborough Flats
Curlew Sandpiper, Little Stint
Anderby Creek
Black-throated Diver, Long-tailed Skua
Covenham Reservoir
Little Gull
Donna Nook
Red-backed Shrike
Frampton Marsh
2 Spoonbill
Freiston Shore
Curlew Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point
Firecrest, Pink-footed Goose, Firecrest, 1 White-fronted Goose
Messingham
3 Buzzard, 15 Chiffchaff, Great White Egret, 2 Hobby, Nuthatch, Water Rail, 3 Green Sandpiper, Snipe, 4 Cetti's Warbler

16/09/2024
Alkborough Flats
Curlew Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis, 4 Black Tern
Donna Nook
2 Red-backed Shrike
Freiston Shore
Curlew Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point
Pied Flycatcher, Common Rosefinch, Sooty Shearwater, 24 Spoonbill

15/09/2024
Alkborough Flats
Garganey, Curlew Sandpiper. Pectoral Sandpiper
Deeping Lakes
Black Tern
Donna Nook
2 Red-backed Shrike
Frampton Marsh 
2 Spotted Redshank, 10 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
Pied Flycatcher, Hen Harrier, 29 Spoonbill

14/09/2024
Alkborough Flats
Curlew Sandpiper, 5 Spotted Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, 2 Spoonbill
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis, 4 Black Tern

The long staying Glossy Ibis at Deeping Lakes -Image © Ian Gordon

West Deeping
Ferruginous Duck (Morecey Hill Pit)
Donna Nook
Red-backed Shrike
Frampton Marsh
26 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
Hen Harrier
Grainthorpe Haven
3 Buzzard, Peregrine Falcon, 130, Pink-footed  Goose, Greenshank, 2 Marsh Harrier, 3 Kestrel, Kingfisher,
Messingham
2 Buzzard, 4 Great White Egret, 200 Pink-footed Goose, Marsh Harrier, Hobby, Kestrel, Kingfisher, Water Rail, 2 Green Sandpiper, Sparrowhawk, Cetti's Warbler
RAF Woodhall Spa
2 Cattle Egret, 2 Great White Egret, Kingfisher, 3 Whinchat, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker
Scunthorpe
4 Buzzard, Osprey
Trent Port
Blackcap, 13 Chiffchaff, Kingfisher, 40 House Martin, Raven, 28 Swallow, Yellow Wagtail 

13/09/2024
Alkborough Flats
Pectoral Sandpiper
Deeping Lakes
4 Black Tern
Doddington Park
Sparrowhawk
Donna Nook
32 Pink-footed Goose, Redstart, 2 Red-backed Shrike, Whinchat
Frampton Marsh
5 Spotted Redshank, Little Stint
Freiston Shore
3 Spotted Redshank
Gibraltar Point
31 Spoonbill
Huttoft
3 Black Tern
Scunthorpe
4 Buzzard

12/09/2024
Baston and Lantoft Pits
Black Tern
Deeping Lake
Glossy Ibis, 4 Black Tern
Donna Nook
2 Red-backed Shrike
Frampton Marsh
Spotted Redshank, 3 Curlew Sanpiper, 21 Spoonbill, Little Stint
Freiston Shore
Spotted Redshank
Gibraltar Point
Hen Harrier, Short-eared Owl
Huttoft
Long-tailed Skua, 24 Black Tern
Morecey Hill Pit
Ferruginous Duck
Sutton on Sea
Long-tailed Skua, 2 Black Tern

11/09/2024
Alkborough Flats
Curlew Sandpiper
Barton upon Humber
Common Crane
Deeping Lakes
3 Black Tern
Donna Nook
2 Red-backed Shrike
Far Ings
Hawfinch
Fishtoft 
Osprey
Gibraltar Point
Pied Flycatcher, 32 Spoonbill
Middlemarsh Farm
Caspian Gull

10/09/2024
Anderby Creek
Fea's type Petrel
Frampton Marsh
Hen Harrier, Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Honey Buzzard (probable), Short- eared Owl, Little Stint
Sutton on Sea
Red-throated Diver, 22 Gannet, 200+ Pink-footed Goose, Mediterranean Gull,  3 Red-breasted Merganser, 14 Arctic Skua, 14 Black Tern, Grey Wagtail, 2 Wheatear

09/09/2024
Churchill Lane
45+ Pink-footed Goose
Crowle 
80 Pink-footed Goose
Gibraltar Point 
2 Marsh Harrier, 34 Spoonbill, 12 Swallow, 2 Whinchat

08/08/2024
Baston & Langtoft
Black Tern
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis, Black Tern
Donna Nook
2 Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Pied Flycatcher, Spotted Flycatcher, Marsh Harrier, Nightingale, Redstart, Red-backed Shrike, 3 Garden Warbler, 2 Wheatear, 3 Common Whitethroat,  8 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Willow Warbler
Ewerby Waithe
Buzzard, 2 Marsh Harrier
Frampton Marsh
Chiffchaff, Greenshank, 3 Kestrel, Linnet, Osprey, Curlew Sandpiper, c30 Spoonbill, Cetti's Warbler
Freiston Shore
Hen Harrier, Yellow Wagtail
Gibraltar Point
Honey Buzzard, Osprey, Richard's Pipit, 28 Spoonbill, Wryneck
Halton Marsh
Garganey
Novartis Ings
Caspian Gull
Pyewipe
Black Tern

07/09/2024
Anderby Marsh
Caspian Gull
Apex Pit
Tawny Owl
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Black Tern
Brickyard Lane
Red-backed Shrike
Chapel St Leonard's
Wheatear

Red-backed Shrike at Donna Nook - Image © Mark Johnson

Wheatear at Chapel St Leonard's - Image © Russ Hayes

Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Donna Nook
3 Pied Flycatcher, 3 Spotted Flycatcher, Marsh Harrier, Tree Pipit,3 Redstart, Red-backed Shrike, Barred Warbler, Wheatear

Common Redstart at Donna Nook - Image © Mark Johnson

Frampton Marsh
Spotted Redshank, 7 Curlew Sandpiper, 40 Spoonbill, Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Great White Egret, Honey Buzzard,  Barred Warbler, Icterine Warbler, Wryneck
Halton Marsh 
Garganey, Caspian Gull
Seacroft
Wryneck

06/08/2024
Anderby Marsh
3 Pied Flycatcher, Little Stint
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Black Tern
Burgh le Marsh
Wryneck
Chapel Six Marshes
Pied Flucatcher
Deeping Lakes
Cattle Egret
Frampton Marsh
Cattle Egret, 11 Curlew Sandpiper 3 Little Stint
Freiston Shore
250 Curlew, 8 Eider, Pied Flycatcher, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 12 Gannet, Pink-footed Goose, 3 Kittiwake, Osprey, 2 Pintail, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, 28 Common Scoter, 2 Black Swan, Common Tern, 55 Turnstone, Little Tern, Whimbrel, 6 Whinchat
Gibraltar Point
6 Spotted Redshank, Long-tailed Skua
Grainthorpe Haven
4 Little Egret, Peregrine Falcon, 2 Greenshank, 2 Kestrel, 4 Swallow, 10 Wheatear
Huttoft
Cory's Shearwater
Messingham
2 Great White Egret, 8 Sand Martin, Water Rail, 4 Green Sandpiper, 2 Swallow, 3 Cetti's Warbler
Saltfleet Haven 
50 Wheatear, 5 Whinchat
Skegness
Caspian Gull
Sutton on Sea
3 Sooty Shearwater

05/08/2024
Anderby Creek
Black-throated Diver, Pied Flycatcher, 7 Sooty Shearwater, Long-tailed Skua, 2 Black Tern
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Caspian Gull, 3 Black Tern
Frampton Marsh
Cattle Egret, Little Gull, Baird's Sandpiper, 18 Curlew Sandpiper, Spoonbill, 6 Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
2 Pied Flycatcher, Long-tailed Skua, 22 Spoonbill
Northcotes Point
Long-eared Owl

04/09/2024
Covenham Reservoir
Greater Scaup
Crook Bank
Pied Flycatcher
Frampton Marsh
Baird's Sandpiper, 17 Curlew Sandpiper, 44 Spoonbill, 5 Little Stint
Freiston Shore
Black Tern
Gibraltar Point
3 Pied Flycatcher, Wryneck

03/08/2024
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Red-necked Phalarope, American Golden Plover, 3 Spotted Redshank, 7 Curlew Sandpiper, 32 Spoonbill, 2 Little Stint
Messingham
Garganey
Gibraltar Point
3 Pied Flycatcher, Red-breasted Flycatcher, Wood Warbler, Wryneck
Saltfleet Haven
Greenish Warbler

The Greenish Warbler close to Saltfleet Haven - Image © Mark Johnson

02/09/2024

Chapel Point
Red-breasted Flycatcher
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Donna Nook
Marsh Harrier, Golden Plover, Black Redstart, 300 Redshank, Common Redstart, Barred Warbler, Wryneck
Frampton Marsh
Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 18 Spoonbill, Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
31 Pied Flycatcher, 23 Redstart, 24 Spoonbill, Icterine Warbler, 11 Whinchat, Wryneck

Wryneck at Gibraltar Point - Image © Stuart Ainsworth

Huttoft
9 Pied Flycatcher, 5 Redstart
Mablethorpe
Little Gull, Black Tern
Saltfleetby/Theddlethorpe Dunes
13 Pied Flycatcher
Wolla Bank
Wryneck

01/09/2024
Anderby Marsh
Caspian Gull
Covenham Reservoir
Greater Scaup
Deeping Lakes
2 Great White Egret, 4 Greenshank, 2 Hobby, Glossy Ibis, Osprey, Green Sandpiper, Whooper Swan
Donna Nook
15 Pied Flycatcher, 14 Redstart, Barred Warbler, 12 Willow Warbler, 5 Whinchat, 7 Wheatear
Frampton Marsh
Cattle Egret, 7 Curlew Sandpiper, Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
2000 Dunlin, 350 Curlew, Sabine's Gull, 650 Ringed Plover, 2 Water Rail, 400 Redshank, 8 Common Redstart, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, 17 Spoonbill, Tawny Owl, 29 Pied Flycatcher, 4 Common Redstart, Black Tern, Wood Warbler
Langtoft
Common Scoter
Mablethorpe
2 Pied Flycatcher
Messingham
2 Buzzard, Great White Egret, 64 Lapwing, Water Rail, Green Sandpiper, Cetti's Warbler
Pinchbeck
Common Scoter
Saltfleetby/ Theddlethorpe NNR
15 Pied Flycather
Sea View
Pied Flycatcher
Swinderby
Raven
Tetney
Buzzard, Greenshank, Kingfisher, Common Sandpiper, Yellow Wagtail

August 2024

31/08/2024
Anderby Creek
Black Tern (past), Barred Warbler (trapped & ringed)
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Gibraltar Point
8 Spoonbill

30/08/2024
Alkborough Flats
Curlew Sandpiper
Elm House Farm
2 Wheatear, 2 Whinchat
Fishtoft
Pied Flycatcher
Frampton Marsh
Garganey, 39 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
Pied Flycatcher, Osprey, Wood Warbler

Wood Warbler at Gibraltar Point - Image © Sam Goddard

Mablethorpe
Pied Flycatcher
North Somercotes
Osprey
Rimac
Redstart, Wheatear
Sea View
Pied Flycatcher
Tetney Marsh
18 Whimbrel
RAF Woodhall
2 Great White Egret, 10 Egyptian Goose, Common Sandpiper, 4 Swallow, Green Woodpeck

29/08/2024
Alkborough Flats
2 Spotted Redshank, Curlew Sandpiper, 7 Spoonbill
Anderby Creek
7 Great White Egret (north), Black Tern
Frampton Marsh 
Caspian Gull, 17 Curlew Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point
Hen Harrier (male), 3 Spotted Redshank, 4 Spoonbill, Little Stint,Stonechat, Wheatear, Whinchat

28/08/2024
Alkborough Flats
7 Spoonbill
Baston Fen
Garganey
Churchill Lane
Hobby, 4 Kestrel, Lesser Whitethroat
Covenham Reservoir
Buzzard, 300+ Coot, 20 Great Crested Grebe, 5 Yellow Wagtail
Frampton Marsh
19 Spotted Redshank, 6 Curlew Sandpiper, 31 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
2 Curlew Sandpiper, Black Tern
Huttoft Bank
Pied Flycatcher
Messingham
Great White Egret, 58 Gadwall, Marsh Harrier, Hobby, Jay, 67 Lapwing, 21 Shoveler, 69 Teal, Cetti's Warbler, Green Woodpecker
North Scarle
Cattle Egret
Saltfleetby?Theddlethorpe
Osprey

27/08/2024
Churchill Lane
Curlew Sandpiper
Frampton Marsh
19 Spotted Redshank, 6 Curlew Sandpiper, 31 Spoonbill
Freiston Shore
Lapwing, Spoonbill

Lapwing at Freiston Shore - Image © Jeremy Eyeons

Gibraltar Point
Little Stint
Trent Port
2 Redstart

26/08/2024
Alkborough Flats
2 Spotted Redshank, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, 24 Spoonbill
Digby Fen
Little Owl
Frampton Marsh
100 Avocet, 500 Dunlin, Peregrine Falcon, c1000 Black-tailed Godwit, Greenshank, Lapwing, Red Knot, Osprey, 3 Oystercatcher, c800 Ringed Plover, Common Redshank, Ruff, c20 Spotted Redshank, Baird's Sandpiper, c25 Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, Snipe, c22 Spoonbill, Whooper Swan, Turnstone, Yellow Wagtail

Difficult to spot among the waderfest at Frampton Marsh, this Baird's Sandpiper led some a merry dance - Image © Andy Sims

Freiston Shore
Cattle Egret, c200 Turnstone
Gibraltar Point
Little Stint
Middlemarsh Farm
Garganey, Caspian Gull
Swanpool Cow-fields
Spotted Flycatcher

25/08/2024
Alkborough Flats
30+ Spoonbill
Boultham Mere
Marsh Harrier, Hobby

Spotted Flycatcher in one of the hedges of the Swanpool Cow-fields - Image © Andy Sims

Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
9 Common Crane, Tundra Bean Goose (reported), Marsh Harrier, Kingfisher, 20 Spotted Redshank, Baird's Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 7 Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Sparrowhawk, 31 Spoonbill, 2 Little Stint, Whooper Swan, Wheatear

Baird's Sandpiper among the Ringged Plover - Image © Kyle Smith

Freiston Shore
Cuckoo, Curlew, Marsh Harrier, Kestrel, White-rumped Sandpiper, Tree Sparrow, Sparrowhawk, Common Tern, Turnstone, Green Woodpecker
Gibraltar Point
Greater Scaup (reported)
Linwood Warren
Chiffchaff, 5 Spotted Flycatcher, Goldcrest, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, Willow Warbler, Great Spotted Woodpecker
Pig Lane
15 House Martin, 20 Swallow
Swanpool Cow-fields
Buzzard, Chiffchaff, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 200 Jackdaw, Redstart, 200 Rook, 5 Willow Warber, Lesser Whitethroat, Green Woodpecker
Trent Port
Buzzard, 4 Chiffchaff, Pied Flycatcher, Hobby, 75 House Martin, 2 Redstart, 60 Swallow, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 5 Willow Warbler

24/08/2024
Alkborough Flats
31 Spoonbill
Anderby Marsh
Greenshank, 14 Black-tailed Godwit, 268 Golden Plover, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 31 Ringed Plover, 4 Common Sandpiper, 11 Snipe. 3 Little Stint, 116 Sandwich Tern
Frampton Marsh
 Short-eared Owl, 13 Spotted Redshank, Baird's Sandpiper, 13 Curlew Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, wood Sandpiper, 33 Spoonbill, 4 Little Stint, Temminck's Stint
Gibraltar Point
Osprey, 7 Spoonbill
Middlemarsh Farm
Osprey

23/08/2024
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Baird's Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpiper (possible), 3 Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Caspian Gull, 4 Spotted Redshank, Cory's Shearwater (possible), 2 Manx Shearwater, Sooty Shearwater, 7 Spoonbill
Manby Wetland
Buzzard, Great White Egret, Black-tailed Godwit, White-fronted Goose, Hobby, Marsh Harrier
Sutton on Sea
10 Gannet, 5+ Manx Shearwater, 4 Little Tern, Whimbrel

22/08/2024
Frampton Marsh
Osprey, 15 Spotted Redshank, Baird's Sandpiper, 9 Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 5 Little Stint, Temminck's Stint
Sutton on Sea
8 Dunlin, 2 Gannet, 4 Arctic Skua, 129 Common Tern, 2 Little Tern, 207 Sandwich Tern

21/08/2024
Anderby Marsh
Caspian Gull, 4 Little Stint
Frampton Marsh
14 Spotted Redshank, 3 Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Wood Sandpiper, 24 Spoonbill, Little Stint, Temminck's Stint
Gibraltar Point
Purple Sandpiper, 15 Spoonbill
Kirkby on Bain
Green Sandpiper
Northcotes Point
Little Stint
Sutton on Sea
Chiffchaff, 3 Common Scoter, 8 Common Tern, 200 Sandwich Tern
RAF Woodhall Spa
Great White Egret, Whinchat, House Martin, Sand Martin, Swallow

The always attractive Whinchat nicely captured, perched on unattractive wire - Image © SF Wilson

20/08/2024
Anderby Creek
Osprey
Doddington Hall
Spotted Flycatcher
Frampton Marsh
3 Great White Egret, Kingfisher, Spotted Redshank, Curlew Sandpiper,  Spotted Redshank, 2 Commonn Sandpiper, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Wood Sandpiper, 28 Spoonbill, Temminck's Stint, Bearded Tit

A splendid Common Sandpiper at Frampton Marsh - Image © Paul Sullivan

Gibraltar Point
144 Avocet, 2 Greenshank, 2 Spotted Redshank, 25 Spoonbill
Sutton on Sea
79 Curlew, 6 Fulmar, 66 Gannet, Common Sandpiper, 6 Common Scoter, 57 Manx Shearwater, 2 Arctic Skua, 2 Arctic Tern, 12 Common Tern, 207 Sandwich Tern, Whimbrel
Swanpool Cow-fields
Common Redstart

19/08/2024
Alkborough Flats
Great White Egret, 40 Little Egret, Garganey, Spotted Redshank, 28 Spoonbill
Frampton Marsh
3 Spotted Redshank, Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 20 Spoonbill, Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Caspian Gull, Curlew Sandpiper, Black Tern
Saltfleetby/Theddlethorpe Dunes
3 Caspian Gull, 2 Little Gull, Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Manx Shearwater, Sooty Shearwater
Tetney Outflow
6 Goosander, Marsh Harrier, 6 Kestrel, 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 3 Greenshank, 20 Swallow, 4 Swift

Goosander at Tetney Outflow - Image © Nick Coulbeck

18/08/2024
Alkborough
1 Garganey, 28 Spoonbill
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Osprey, Little Stint, Wood Sandpiper, Temminck's Stint, 7 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
2 Spotted Redshank, 6 Spoonbill
Ingoldmells
White Stork
Trent Port
Kingfisher, Common Redstart, Grey Wagtail

17/08/2024
Alkborough
Garganey, 12 Spoonbill
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Far Ings
Garganey
Frampton Marsh
6 Spotted Redshank, 21 Spoonbill, Temminck's Stint

The Temminck's Stint at Frampton Marsh - Image © Roy Harvey

Gibraltar Point
5 Water Rail (4 chicks), 3 Spotted Redshank, Curlew Sandpiper, 3 Spoonbill, Little Stint, Black Tern, Sandwich Tern

Mum and three of the four Water Rail chicks that were at Gibraltar Point - Image © Matt Dineen

16/08/2024
Bardney
2 Buzzard, c60 Goldfinch, 2 Marsh Harrier, 4 Kestrel, Little Owl
Caythorpe
Osprey
Crook Bank
Pied Flycatcher
South Ferriby
Hen Harrier (male)
Frampton Marsh
Spotted Redshank, Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Wood Sandpiper, 26 Spoonbill, 2 Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Avocet 142, Buzzard, Chiffchaff 6, Great White Egret, Little Egret, Little Grebe c24, Black-tailed Godwit, Marsh Harrier, Grey Heron 3, Osprey,  Short-eared Owl, Water Rail 3, Spoonbill 23, Little Stint 2, 2 Stonechat, Grasshopper Warbler 3, Whinchat 3, Willow Warbler 8
Saltfleet
Osprey

15/08/2024
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
6 Spotted Redshank, Curlew Sandpiper, 18 Spoonbill, 2 Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Garganey, Redwing, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, Little Stint 3
Messingham
5 Egyptian Goose (3 juveniles), Grey Heron 5, Green Sandpiper 3, Wood Sandpiper 2, Teal 38

14/08/2024
Anderby Creek 
Sabines Gull, Black Tern
Anderby Marsh
Curlew Sandpiper, 3 Wood Sandpiper
Crook Bank
Pied Flycatcher
Freiston Shore
Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
2 Little Stint
Trent Port
Tawny Owl

13/08/2024
Doddington Hall
3 Buzzard, $ Little Grebe, 4 House Martin,10 Swallow
Frampton Marsh
26 Spotted Redshank, Wood Sandpiper, Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Pied Flycatcher, 3 Greenshank, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 145 House Martin, Little Stint, 2 Black Tern, 1700 Sandwich Tern
Linwood Warren
Buzzard, 8 Spotted Flycatcher, Jay
Saltfleet
Pied Flycatcher
Saltfleet Haven
Spotted Redshank
South Rauceby
24 Red Kite
Sutton on Sea
3 Gannet, 6 Sand Martin, 16 Oystercatcher, 139 Common Scoter, 38 Swallow, 134 Teal, 26 Common Tern, 89 Sandwich Tern, 15 Whimbrel

12/08/2024
Alkborough Flats
2 Cattle Egret, 7 Spoonbill
Anderby Marsh
2 Pied Rlycatcher, 3 Wood Sandpiper
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Donna Nook (re-alighment)
4 Curlew, 85 Dunlin, 2 Pied Flycatcher, 5 Greenshank, 398 Golden Plover, 612 Redshank, Ruff, Wood Sandpiper, 2 Snipe, Whimbrel 
Frampton Marsh
Spotted Redshank, Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 25 Spoonbill
Freiston Shore
Pied Flycatcher, Spotted Redhank
Gibraltar Point
Cattle Egret, 15 Spoonbill
Grimsthorpe Castle 
Hobby
Huttoft
Pied Flycatcher
Linwood Warren
8 Spotted Flycatchers
Mablethorpe
3 Black Tern, Caspian Gull
Swanpool cow-fields
Redstart
Willow Tree Fen
Common Crane

11/08/2024
Alkborough Flats
150 Common Scoter
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Donna Nook
5 Dunlin, 140 Redshank, Osprey, 30 Common Scoter
Frampton Marsh
Osprey, 26 Spotted Redshank, Curlew Sandpiper, 3 Wood Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point
3 Cattle Egret, Pied Flycatcher

10/08/2024
Alkborough Flats
Garganey, 5 Spotted Redshank, 30 Spoonbill
Deeping Lakes
Cattle Egret, Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Garganey, 9 Spotted Redshank, 14 Curlew Sandpiper, 3 Wood Sandpiper, 17 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
3 Cattle Egret, Spotted Redshank, 2 Wood Sandpiper, 5 Spoonbill
Read's Island
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willow Tree Fen
5 Buzzard, 4 Marsh Harrier, 4 Kestrel
Winter's Pool
Wood Sandpiper

09/08/2024
Alkborough Flats
2 Great White Egret, 54 Little Egret, 210 Black-tailed Godwit, 15 Spotted Redshank, Pectoral Sandpiper, 15 Spoonbill, Bearded Tit
Deeping Lakes
Cattle Egret, Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
9 Curlew Sandpier, Wood Sandpiper, 17 Spoonbill, 2 Little Stint
Freiston Shore
Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
4 Spotted Redshank, 3 Wood Sandpiper, 7 Spoonbill, Water Rail
Saltfleetby/ Theddlethorpe
Cattle Egret

08/08/2024
Anderby Marsh
16 Little Egret, 27 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Grey Heron, 2 Kestrel, Red Kite, 4 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Ruff, 3 Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 5 Wood Sandpiper, Cetti's Warbler
Freiston Shore
Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Curlew Sandpiper, Cory's Shearwater, Greater Scaup, 35 Spoonbill, Roseate Tern
Manby Wetlands
Grey Wagtail
North Scarle
Cattle Egret
Sutton on Sea
2 Black-tailed Godwit, 40+ Red Knot, 540+ Sandwich Tern, Barn Swallow, Swift, 2 Turnstone, 7 Whimbrel
Willow Tree Fen
16 Common Crane
Wolla Bank
Marsh Harrier, Sandwich Tern

07/08/2024
Alkborough Flats
2 Garganey, 6 Spotted Redshank
Anderby Marsh
White-rumped Sandpiper, 2 Wood Sandpiper
Frampton Marsh
5 Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 5 Spoonbill
Middlemarsh Farm
Cattle Egret

06/08/2024
Alkborough Flats
5 Avocet, 45+ Little Egret, 4 Great White Egret, 5 Garganey, Black-tailed Godwit, Greenshank, 2 Water Rail, Common Redshank, Spotted Redshank, Ruff, Pectoral Sandpiper, Common Snipe, Jack Snipe, Sparrowhawk, 7 Spoonbill, Bearded Tit

Sparrowhawk at Alkborough Flats - Image © Chris Grimshaw

Covenham Reservoir
3 Raven
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Cattle Egret, 7 Spotted Redshank, 6 Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Little Stint, 7 Spoonbill, White-windged Black Tern
Freiston Shore
3 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
3 Spotted Redshank, Greater Scuap, Wood Sandpiper, 25 Spoonbill
Laughton Forest
Nightjar
Messingham
3 Green Sandpiper
Willow Tree Fen
11 Common Crane

05/07/2024
Alkborough
2 Garganey, Pectoral Sandpiper
Deeping Lakes
Cattle Egret, Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
3 Spotted Redshank, 3 Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Little Stint
Willow Tree Fen
11 Common Crane

04/08/2024
Alkborough Flats
Garganey, 4 Spotted Redshank, Pectoral Sandpiper, 2 Spoonbill
Bardney
2 Curlew, 7 Kestrel, Little Owl, Marsh Harrier, Short-eared Owl, 3 Grey Partridge, Green Sandpiper
Cowbit
Little Gull
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Gibraltar Point
Osprey, 3 Spotted Redshank, 4 Curlew Sandpiper, 3 Wood Sandpiper, 20 Spoonbill
Mablethorpe
Caspian Gull

03/08/2024
Alkborough Flats
Pectoral Sandpiper
Deeping Lakes
Cattle Egret, Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Garganey, 5 Spotted Redshank, 4 Curlew Sandpiper, 30 Spoonbill, 2 Wood Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point
2 Spotted Redshank, 2 Wood Sandpiper, 21 Spoonbill

02/08/2024
Anderby Marsh
Wood Sandpiper
Churchill Lane
Cattle Egret
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis, Wood Sandpiper
Frampton Marsh
4 Spotted Redshank, 3 Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Spotted Redshank, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 12 Spoonbill, Black Tern
Messingham
2 Buzzard, Great White Egret, Goldcrest, Kestrel, 2 House Martin, 2 Wood Sandpiper, Sparrowhawk, 4 Swallow, Treecreeper, 3 Reed Warbler, Green Woodpecker
Rimac
Osprey

01/08/2024
Anderby Marsh
2 Curlew Sandpiper, 8 Snipe
Cowbit
Little Gull
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
5 Curlew Sandpiper, 4 Garganey, 40+ Spoonbill, 2 Little Stint, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
3 Arctic Skua, 4 Cattle Egret, Hen Harrier, 4 Garganey, Glossy Ibis, Short-eared Owl, 17 Spotted Redshank, 3 Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 11 Spoonbill, Little Stint
Halton Marshes
Wood Sandpiper
Saltfleet Haven
Osprey
Wolla Bank
Yellow-legged Gull

July 2024

31/07/2024
Alkborough Flats
1700 Common Scoter
Cowbit
2 Curlew Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point 
3 Cattle Egret, Osprey, Spotted Redshank, 10 Arctic Skua
Rimac 
Great White Egret, c500 Sandwich Tern
Sutton on Sea
Gannet, 3 Kittiwake, 500+ Common Scoter, 400+ Sandwich Tern, 30 Whimbrel
Nebraska Wetlands
2 Buzzard
Tuetoes
25 House Martin, 12 Swallow, Swift 
Willow Tree Fen
10 Common Crane, Marsh Harrier

30/07/2024
Barton upon Humber
564 Common Scotter, c114 Swift
Cowbit
Little Gull, 7 Curlew Sandpiper
Deeping Lake
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Cattle Egret, Curlew Sandpiper, Little Stint, Temminck's Stint
Gibraltar Point
Osprey, Spotted Redshank, 3 Curlew Sandpiper
Messingham
Buzzard, 2 Chiffchaff, Hobby, 17 Sand Martin, Wood Sandpiper, Sparrowhawk, Reed Warbler, Green Woodpecker
Willow Tree Fen
5 Common Crane

29/04/2024
Cowbit
Little Gull, 7 Curlew Sandpiper
Frampton Marsh
Cattle Egret. Spotted Redshank, Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 34 Spoonbill
Rimac 
Osprey

28/07/2024
Alkborough
41 Spoonbill
Churchill Lane
2 Cattle Egret
Cowbit
7 Curlew Sandpiper, Little Gull
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton
4 Spotted Redshank, 2 Spoonbill, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Osprey, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 26 Spoonbill
Pyewipe
2155 Common Scoter
Whisby
Garganey


27/07/2024
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Garganey, 2 Spotted Redshank, 7 Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 30 Spoonbill, 2 Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Wood Sandpiper, 13 Spoonbill
Langtoft
Osprey
Rimac
102 Whimbrel
Saltfllet Haven
Osprey

26/07/2024
Cleethorpes CP
5 Swift
Cowbit
Little Gull
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Spotted Redshank, 6 Curlew Sandpiper, 25 Spoonbill, Little Stint 2, Temminck's Stint, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Wood Sandpiper, Long-tailed Skua
Messingham
Buzzard, 3 Chiffchaff, Great White Egret, Little Egret, Goldcrest, Teal, Common Tern 2, Green Woodpecker
North Somercotes
Cuckoo

25/07/2024
Butterwick Low
Black Kite (unconfirmed)
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Bar-headed Goose, (escapee), 2 Curlew Sandpiper, 10+ Spotted Redshank, 24 Spoonbill, 2 Little Stint, Temminck's Stint

The escaped Bar-headed Goose at Frampton Marsh for the last few days - Image © Jeremy Eyons

Gibraltar Point
Montagu"s Harrier

24/07/2024
Cowbit
Little Gull
Frampton Marsh
1500 Dunlin, 2/3 Great White Egret,  Little Gull, Mediterranean Gull, 124 Greenshank, 900 Knot, 48+ Spotted Redshank, 8 Curlew Sandpiper, 25+ Spoonbill, Little Stint, Temminck's Stint, 50+ Common Tern and even a Bar-headed Goose 300
Gainsborough-Beckingham Marsh
15 Cattle Egret (over)
Gibraltar Point
Hen Harrier, Montagu's Harrier, Wood Sandpiper
RAF Woodhall
6 Cattle Egret, Marsh Harrier, 54 Mute Swan

Believe it or not but there was six Cattle Egret and numerous Cormorant in this tree - Image © Chris Grimshaw

Rimac
Osprey

23/07/2024
Alkborough Flats
3 Spotted Redshank
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
4 Spotted Redshank, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, 28 Spoonbill, Little Stint
Pyewipe
9640 Common Shelduck
Theddlethorpe
Little Gull, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 12 Arctic Tern

22/07/2024
Elm House Farm
Wheatear
Ewerby Waithe
2 Grey Partridge
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Curlew Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point
Osprey
Trent Port
Hobby

21/07/2024
Crook Bank
Cattle Egret
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Deeping St Nicholas
Common Quail
Donna Nook
21 Little Egret, 9 Greenshank, 206 Golden Plover,Spotted Redshank
Elm House Farm
Wheatear
Frampton Marsh
16 Spotted Redshank, Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 17 Spoonbill, Lesser Yellowlegs
Tetney Lock
5 Goosander
Theddlethorpe
48 Knot, 45 Sanderling, 67 Sandwich Tern, 21 Whimbrel 
Trent Port
Marsh Harrier

20/07/2024
Alkborough Flats
22 Spoonbill
Cowbit
Garganey, Little Gull
Deeping Lakes
2 Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Spotted Redshank
Gibraltar Point
Hen Harrier (male)
Halton Marsh
Great Northern Diver
Mablethorpe
Caspian Gull

19/07/2024
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Lesser Yellowlegs, Wood Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point
Spotted Redshank, Common ScoterPomarine Skua, 17 Spoonbill, Red-rumped Swallow

18/07/2024
Anderby Marsh
Franklins Gull
Cowbit
Glossy Ibis
Frampton
15 Spoonbii, Little Stint, Lesser Yellowlegs
Navenby
Quail

17/07/2027
Cowbit
Little Gull
Frampton
Little Stint, Wood Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point
Wood Sandpiper, Greater Scaup, Spoonbill
Messingham 
Blackcap,, Buzzard 2, Cettii's Warbler, Chiffchaff 5, Little Gull 4, Marsh Harrier 2

16/07/2024
Cowbit
Glossy Ibis, Turnstone
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Little Stint, Wood Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point
Spoonbill
Huttoft Bank
Black Tern
Mablethorpe
Caspian Tern

15/07/2024
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Farlesthorpe
Osprey
Frampton Marsh
Lesser Yellowlegs
Freiston Shore
Wood Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point
Spotted Redshank

14/07/2024
Cowbit
Little Gull, Glossy Ibis, Sanderling, Wood Sandpiper
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Wood Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point
Spotted Redshank, Greater Scaup, 17 Spoonbill
Mablethorpe
Roseate Tern
Wolla Bank
Hen Harrier (rt)

13/07/2024
Alkborough Flats
c230 Common Scoter, 35 Spoonbill
Deeping Lakes
2 Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Great White Egret, 500 Black-tailed Godwit, Kingfisher, Spotted Redshank, Ruff, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper. Wood Sanpiper, 9 Spoonbill
Freiston Shore
Black-winged Stilt
Gibraltar Point
Greater Scaup (on the sea)
Whisby
2 Garganey

12/07/2024
Cowbit
Wood Sandpiper
Frampton Marsh
Wood Sandpiper
Freiston Shore
Glossy Ibis, Black-wiged Stilt
Gibraltar Point
8 Greenshank, Spotted Redshank
Manby Wetlands
Green Sandpiper
Messingham
Bittern, 2 Buzzard, 2 Marsh Harrier, Hobby, Kingfisher, 7 Oystercatcher, 2 Sheluck, 5 Common Tern, 3 Cetti's Warbler
Skegness
Black Redstart (private garden)

Black Redstart in a Skegness private garden - Image © Stuart Ainsworth

11/07/2024
Anderby Marsh
Glossy Ibis
Cowbit
Little Gull, 56 Little Ringed Plover, Wood Sandpiper
Frampton Marsh
Lesser Yellowlegs
Freiston Shore
Glossy Ibis, Black-winged Stilt
Gibraltar Point
Montagu's Harrier, Green Sandpiper, 25 Common Scoter

10/07/2024
Keelby
Red-backed Shrike
Nebraska Wetlands
Hobby
Sea View
Glossy Ibis
Tetney Outfall
Whinchat

09/07/2024
Blyton
20 Swift
Cowbit
Spoonbill
Deeping Lakes
2 Glossy Ibis
Far Ings
Little Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier, 3 Water Rail, 6 Teal
Gibraltar Point
Montagu's Harrier

08/07/2024
Deeping Lakes
2 Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Lesser Yellowlegs
Messingham
Buzzard, 4 Little Egret, 3 Grey Heron, Hobby, Oystercatcher, 2 Shelduck, 5 Common Tern, Cetti's Warbler
Gibraltar Point
Montagu's Harrier

07/07/2024
Cowbit
Little Gull, Spoonbill
Deeping Lakes 
2 Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Great Scaup, 10 Spoonbill. Lesser Yellowlegs
Swanpool cow-fields
2 Little Ringed Plover

06/07/2024
Deeping Lakes
2 Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Corn Bunting, Great White Egret, Marsh Harrier, Little Ringed Plover, Spotted Redshank, Green Sandpiper, 7 Spoonbill, Whooper Swan, Bearded Tit, Whimbrel
Trent Port
Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, 5 Grey Heron, 35 Sand Martin, 11 Oystercatcher, 40 Swallow Yellow Wagtail

05/07/2024
Bonby Carr
Buzzard, Marsh Harrier, Kestrel, 4 4 Whitethroat
Cowbit
Little Gull
Deeping Lakes
Cattle Egret, 2 Glossy Ibis
Far Ings
Hobby, Common Tern 
Frampton Marsh
Corn Bunting, Mediterranean Gull, 2 Spoonbill, 2 Whooper Swan, Bearded Tit, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Spotted Redshank, Lesser Yellowlegs

04/07/2024
Cowbit
Little Gull, Wood Sandpiper, 7 Spoonbill
Deeping Lakes
2 Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
10 Spotted Redshank, 8 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tetney Lock
Marsh Harrier, 2 Common Sandpiper

03/07/2024
Cowbit
Little Gull, Wood Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point
Hen Harrier (rt), Montagu's Harrier, Spotted Redshank, 17 Spoonbill

02/07/2024
Cranwell
Common Quail
Deeping Lakes
2 Glossy Ibis
Denton Reservoir
Common Quail
Gibraltar Point
Montagu's Harrier

A heavily cropped photo of the Montagu's Harrier at Gibraltar Point again - Image © Phil Hyde

Hemingby
Common Quail
Hibaldstow
Common Quail
Hough on the Hill
Common Quail
Old Bolingbroke
Common Quail
Ruskington
Common Quail
Thurlby Fen
Common Quail

01/07/2024
Frampton 
5 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
Montagu's Harrier, Osprey, 17 Spoonbill

June 2024

30/06/2024
Alkborough Flats
17 Spoonbill
Anderby Marsh
Wood Sandpiper
Cowbit
Bar-tailed Godwit
Deeping Lakes
2 Glossy Ibis, 3 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
Montagu's Harrier

29/06/2024
Anderby Marsh
Cattle Egret, Wood Sandpiper, 5 Spoonbill
Cowbit
Little Gull
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Gibraltar Point
Montagu's Harrier, 2 Jay, Common Quail, Grasshopper Warbler
Market Rasen
Siskin

28/06/2024
Cowbit
Little Gull
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Spotted Redshank, 2 Spoonbill, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Great White Egret, 29 Black-tailed Godwit, Marsh Harrier, 5 Spoonbill
Pyewipe
Montagu's Harrier
Whisby
2 Mediterranean Gull

27/06/2024
Cowbit
Black-crowned Night Heron

The elusive Night Heron that gave some the runaround caught nicely - Image © Will Bowell

Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Little Gull, Spotted Redshank, 5 Spoonbill
Freiston Shore
Wood Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point 
Avocet, Great White Egret, Montagu's Harrier, Peregrine Falcon, Spotted Redshank

26/06/2024
Crowle
Common Quail
Deeping Lakes
2 Glossy Ibis, 8 Spoonbill
Far Ings
Caspian Tern

Caspian Tern at Barton on Humber - Image © Steve Clippo

Frampton Marsh
Little Gull, 5 Spoonbill
Freiston Shore
Wood Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point
Montagu's Harrier

25/06/2024
Cowbit
Cuckoo, Little Gull
Deeping Lakes
Buzzard, Cuckoo, 6 Little Egret, 10 Egyptian Goose, Marsh Harrier, 8 Spoonbill
Frampton Marsh
Little Gull. Spotted Redshank, 5 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
12 Spoonbill

24/06/2024
Anderby Marsh
3 Wood Sandpiper
Cowbit
Avocet, Garganey, Black-crowned Night Heron
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Corn Bunting, Cuckoo, Greenshank, Little Gull, Marsh Harrier, Red Knot, Kingfisher, Ruff, Green Sandpiper, 4 Spoonbill, 2 Whooper Swan
Whaplode Drove
Common Quail

23/06/2024
Cowbit
Garganey, Little Gull, Black-crowned Night Heron, 8 Spoonbill
Frampton Marsh
Common Rosefinch (reported)

22/06/2024
Anderby Marsh
Wood Sandpiper
Cowbit
Black-crowned Night Heron (view from Peak Hill)
Deeping Lakes
2 Glossy Ibis, Red Kite, 8 Spoonbill

Two Glossy Ibis at Deeping Lakes - Image © Andy Sims

Frampton Marsh
6 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
Montagu's Harrier, Spoonbill

21/06/2024
Anderby Marsk
2 Wood Sandpiper
Billingborough
Common Quail
Cowbit
Garganey, Black-crowned Night Heron, 8 Spoonbill
Frampton Marsh
Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Cuckoo, Hen Harrier, 2 Sparrowhawk,  5 Spoonbill, 22 Swift, 3 Little Tern

20/06/2024
Chapel Point
2 Caspian Tern
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis, 8 Spoonbill
Frampton Marsh
100s Avocet, 4 Greenshank, 2 Barnacle Goose, Marsh Harrier, Little Ringed Plover, 3 Spotted Redhank, 2 Spoonbill, 10+ Common Tern, 

Aggresive chick minding Avocet, Frampton Marsh - Image © Chris Grimshaw

One of the three Spotted Redshank that were still at Frampton Marsh - Image © Andy Sims

18/06/2024
Deeping Lakes
6 Spoonbill
Frampton Marsh
Hobby, Kingfisher, Red-crested Pochard, Bearded Tit, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gainsborough
Osprey
Messingham
2 Buzzard, 35 Coot, Cuckoo, 29 Gadwall, Marsh Harrier, 2 Jay, 10 Lapwing, 20 Sand Martin, Shelduck (with young), Mute Swans (with 20 cygnets), Common Tern (2 young)
RAF Woodhall
Cuckoo, Marsh Harrier, Jay, Skylark

17/06/2024
Alkborough Flats
Green-winged Teal
Far Ings
Hobby
Frampton Marsh
Little Gull, 5 Spotted Redshank, 3 Spoonbill, Lesser Yellowlegs

16/06/2024
Boultham Mere
Gadwall (+6 chicks)
Deeping Lakes
2 Spoonbill
Frampton Marsh
5 Little Gull,. Spotted Redshank, 7 Spoonbill, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
7 Spoonbill, Little Tern (with chick)

15/06/2024
Deeping Lakes
8 Spoonbill
Far Ings
Bittern
Frampton Marsh
4 Little Gull, Spotted Redshank, 2 Spoonbill, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
3 Curlew Sandpiper

14/06/2024
Anderby Marsh
Garganey, Spoonbill
Frampton Marsh
Spoonbill
Whisby
Jay

The always colourful Jay at Whisby - Image © theotherjanet

13/06/2024
Anderby Marsh
Garganey, Spoonbill
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis, 5 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
5 Spoonbill

12/06/2024
Anderby Marsh
26 Little Egret, Marsh Harrier, Pintail, c38 Ringed Plover, Shelduck, Swallow Swift, Cetti's Warbler
Cowbit
7 Spoonbill
Crook Bank
Caspian Gull
Frampton Marsh
Little Gull, Glossy Ibis, Red-crested Pochard, Spotted Redshank
Sutton on Sea
Dunlin, 2 Eider, 2 Fulmar, 10+ Gannet, Sanderling, c76 Commom Scoter, 46 House Sparrow, Swallow

11/06/2024
Deeping High Bank
7 Spoonbill
Frampton Marsh
Glossy Ibis, 5 Spoonbill, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
2 Spoonbill
Laceby
Osprey
Saltfleet
Hooded Crow

10/06/2024
Frampton Marsh
2 Little Gull, 2 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
Firecrest, Caspian Gull
Newsham Lake
Purple Heron

09/06/2024
Alkborough Flats
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
550 Avocet (350 chicks), 3 Greenshank, 3 Little Gull. 7 Mediterranean Gull, 4 Marsh Harrier, 2 Red-crested Pochard, 6 Spoonbill, Whooper Swan, 2 Teal, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Quail, Spoonbill
Whisby NR
2 Garganey
RAF Woodhall Spa
Whiskered Tern

08/06/2024
Alkborough Flats
Green-winged Teal
Bourne 
38 Common Crane (over north)
Digby Fen
4 Oystercatcher
Frampton Marsh
Corn Bunting, Greenshank, Little Gull, Red Kite, Red-crested Pochard, Water Rail, 7 Spoonbill, Cetti's Warbler, Lesser Yellowlegs
Kirkby on Bain
Egyptian Goose, Common Tern, Whiskered Tern

The Whiskered Tern this time at Kirkby on Bain - Image © Stuart Ainsworth

RAF Woodhall Spa
House Martin, Sand Martin, Swallow, 100+ Swift, Common Tern, Whiskered Tern

07/06/2024
Cut End
6 Spoonbill
Crowland Marsh
3 Sanderling
Frampton Marsh
Bee-eater, 2 Little Gull, 3 Spoonbill, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Bee-eater
Kirkby on Bain Pits
2 Oystercatcher, Common Tern, Whiskered Tern
Messingham
2 Buzzard, Cuckoo, Marsh Harrier, Hobby, 80+ Sand Martin, Redshank, 10 Shelduck,10 Common Tern
Sandilands
Short-eared Owl

Short-eared Owl at Sandilands - Image © Rikki c

RAF Woodhall
Cuckoo, Egyptian Goose, Swift, Common Tern, Whiskered Tern

The always distant Whiskered Tern at RAF Woodhall Spa - Image © Graham Catley

Withcall
Common Quail

06/06/2024
Frampton Marsh
Little Gull, Red-backed Shrike, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Firecrest, Quail, Spoonbill
Kirkby on Bain
Whiskered Tern
Withcall
Quail

05/06/2024
Anderby Creek
Curlew Sandpiper
Frampton Marsh
Corn Bunting, 3 Greenshank Little Gull, Red-crested Pochard, 3 Spoonbill, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Serin (north)
Kirkby on Bain
Whiskered Tern

04/06/2024
Alkborough Flats
2 Common Crane
Digby Fen
Little Owl, 3 Oystercatcher (2 chicks)

Little Owl Digby Fen - Image © Andy Sims

Frampton Marsh
Cattle Egret, 2 Greenshank, Little Gull, Spoonbill, Lesser Yellowlegs
Freiston Shore
Avocet, Yellow Wagtail
Gibraltar Point
Greenish Warbler
Willow Tree Fen
Common Crane

03/06/2024
Cowbit
Garganey
Crook Bank
Caspian Gull
Frampton Marsh
Little Gull, Spoonbill

02/06/2024
Alkborough Flats
Hooded Crow
Frampton Marsh
7 Little Gull, 3 Spoonbill, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Osprey, 3 Spoonbill, Grasshopper Warbler
Messingham
Buzzard, Cuckoo, 6 Gadwall, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Lapwing, 2 Sand Martin, Oystercatcher, 2 Shelduck, Cetti's Warbler
Sturton by Stow
Common Quail
Tetney Lock
Great White Egret, Sedge Warbler

01/06/2024
Alkborough
Glossy Ibis
Freiston Shore
Honey Buzzard
Stapleford Wood
Blackcap, Buzzard, Cuckoo, Sand Martin Swallow, Cetti's Warbler, Garden Warbler
Swanpool
Cuckoo