Lincolnshire Bird News - September 2020

30/09/2020
Chapel Six Marshes
Yellow-browed Warbler
Gibraltar Point
Great White Egret, Spotted Redshank, Yellow-browed Warbler

29/09/2020
Boultham Mere
Great White Egret
Cleethorpes
Black-tailed Godwit, Red Knot, Turnstone
Crook Bank
Jack Snipe, 11 Stonechat, Wheatear
Frampton Marsh
Kingfisher, Merlin, 9 Little Stint,11 Whooper Swan, Swift, Cetti's Warbler
Gibraltar Point
13 Crossbill, Hen Harrier, Kingfisher, Water Pipit, Jack Snipe
Trent Port, Marton
4 Buzzard, 3 Chiffchaff, Little Egret,100 Pink-footed Geese (over), 220 Goldfinch, Jay, Kestrel, Kingfisher, 2 Raven, Lesser Redpoll, 3 Siskin, 2 Snipe, 9 Swallow
Messingham
2 Crossbill, 3 Jay, 5 Siskin, Sparrowhawk, Willow Tit, Great Spotted Woodpecker
Sea-View Farm
3 Yellow-browed Warbler
Swanpool
45 Gadwall (over), Goldcrest
Tetney Marsh
Curlew, 5 Little Egret, 4 Brent Geese,Oystercatcher, 30 Shelduck, 3 Snipe

28/09/2020
Anderby Creek
Yellow-browed Warbler
Frampton Marsh
Great White Egret, 4 Greenshank, Merlin, 12 Spotted Redshank, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Spoonbill, Stonechat, 2 Little Stint, 11 Whooper Swan, Cetti's Warbler
Gibraltar Point
Firecrest, Garganey, 9 Ring Ouzel, 6 Yellow-browed Warbler
Huttoft
Mediterranean Gull, Snipe
Mablethorpe 
Purple Sandpiper

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Purple Sandpiper on the beach at Mablethorpe - Image © Owen Beaumont

Sutton on Sea
15 Buzzard, Black-throated Diver, c300 Pink-footed Goose, 8 Pintail, 132 Common Scoter, Velvet Scoter, Shag, Sandwich Tern

27/09/2020
Bardney Pits
64 Redwing
Boultham Mere
20 Lesser Redpoll, 1 Barn Swallow, Cetti's Warbler
Frampton Marsh
Great White Egret, 4 Barnacle Goose, Hen Harrier, 3 Marsh Harrier, Spoonbill, 4 Little Stint, Stonechat, Common Swift, Whinchat
Gibraltar Point
Brambling, 1000 Pink-footed Geese, 2 Ring Ouzel, Tawny Owl, Short-eared Owl, Grey Phalarope, 2 Common Redstart, Velvet Scoter, Sooty Shearwater, 95 Siskin, Pomarine Skua, Black Tern,
Humber Bridge
40 Gannet, Guillemot
Humber Mouth
2 Gannet
Trent Port, Marton
Blackcap, 7 Chiffchaff, 210 Goldfinch, Kingfisher, 2 Raven, 2 Redwing, 2 Sparrowhawk, Green Woodpecker
Weelsby Woods
Wheatear

26/09/2020
Alkborough Flats
White-tailed Eagle
Chapel Observatory
Fulmar, 118 Gannet, 166 Pink-footed Geese,18 Little Gull, Yellow-legged Gull, Hobby, 4 Kittiwake, Red-breasted Merganser, Leach's Storm Petrel, 50 Pintail, Puffin, 4 Razorbill, Purple Sandpiper, 43 Common Scoter, 5 Manx Shearwater, 7 Sooty Shearwater, 21 Arctic Skua, 78 Great Skua, Long-tailed Skua, 13 Whooper Swan, Arctic Tern, Black Tern, Roseate Tern
Cleethorpes
Gannet, 6 Barnacle Geese, 600 Oystercatcher, 500 Red Knot, 3 Common Scoter, 2 Great Skua
Frampton Marsh
10 Bean Goose sp. Little Gull, 10 Spoonbill, 11 Spotted Redshank, Little Stint 
Gibraltar Point
2 Lapland Bunting, Ring Ouzel, Common (mealy) Redpoll, 100 Great Skua, 4 Pomarine Skua, Yellow-browed Warbler
Huttoft Bank
2 Gannet, Little Gull, 3 Arctic Skua, 2 Pomarine Skua, 2 Sooty Shearwater, Black Tern 
Huttoft Pits
2 Ringed Plover, 14 Whimbrel
Killingholme/Immingham foreshore
Purple Sandpiper
Normanby
Yellow-browed Warbler
Wolla Bank
28 Common Scoter, 5 Arctic Skua, Pomarine Skua, 2 Stonechat

25/09/2020
Chapel Point
13 Little Gull, Fulmar, Kittiwake (a few), 29 Arctic Skua, 14 Great Skua
Gibraltar Point
Sabine's Gull, 194 Arctic Skua, 223 Great Skua, 3 Long-tailed Skua, 11 Pomarine Skua, 15 Barn Swallow
Huttoft Car Terrace
20 Little Gull, 23 Arctic Skua (total from 2 counts), Pomarine Skua, 6 Arctic Tern
Sutton on Sea
Fulmar, 7 Gannet, 7 Little Gull, Red-breasted Merganser, Purple Sandpiper, 3 Common Scoter, Sooty Shearwater, 63 Arctic Skua, 3 Arctic Tern, 3 Sandwich Tern

24/09/2020
Boultham Mere
Great White Egret
Frampton Marsh
Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
2 Lapland Bunting, Great White Egret, Water Pipit, Pomarine Skua
Sea View Farm
Yellow-browed Warbler

23/09/2020
Long Bennington
Grey Plover (over airfield)
Boultham Mere
Great White Egret, Marsh Harrier, Snipe
Killingholme Pits
100 Avocet, Curlew, 1000 Dunlin, 2500 Black-yailed Godwit, 500 Red Knot, 100 Redshank, Ruff,6 Curlew Sandpiper, Little Stint 
Wolla Bank
3 Red-throated Diver, Goldcrest, Goosander, Mediterranean Gull, Short-eared Owl, 26 Siskin

22/09/2020
Anderby Creek
Black-necked Grebe, 20 Red-throated Divers, Wheatear
Boultham Mere
Great White Egret, Marsh Harrier
Frampton Marsh
Lapland Bunting, 7 Curlew Sandpiper, 4 Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
2 Redstart, Stonechat, Wheatear, Whinchat
Humberston
Great White Egret
Humberston Fitties
Cattle Egret
Nocton
Red Kite


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A beautiful study of a Red Kite near Nocton today - Image © Stephen Hinks


Sea-View Farm
Yellow-browed Warbler

21/09/2020
Alkborough Flats
3 Spoonbill
Boultham Mere
2 Buzzard, c100 Gadwall, Kestrel, Great White Egret, Kingfisher, Water Rail, c10 Lesser Redpoll, c100 Shoveler


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Great White Egret at Boultham Mere for at least its third day - Image © Chris Grimshaw

Deeping High Bank
Great White Egret
Frampton Marsh
Little Stint
Keelby 
200 Pink-footed Geese
Gibraltar Point
Little Bunting, Honey Buzzard, Great White Egret, Pied Flycatcher, Red-breasted Flycatcher, Hawfinch, Short-eared Owl, 2 Spotted Redshank, 4 Spoonbill, Yellow-browed Warbler
Sandilands
Pied Flycatcher

20/09/2020
Alkborough
Bearded Tit, Spoonbill, Cetti's Warbler
Frampton Marsh
4 Curlew Sandpiper, 3 Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Lapland Bunting, 225 Curlew, 8000 Dunlin, Great White Egret, 5 Brent Geese, 5700 Bar-tailed Godwit, Little Gull, Sabine's Gull ( a dramatic photo by Ben Ward on the Gib log page), 3 Kittiwake, 85000 Red Knot, Merlin, 13000 Oystercatcher, 4 Redstart, Yellow-browed Warbler
Seaview Farm
Pied Flycatcher
RAF Woodhall
2 Dunlin Cattle Egret, Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper

19/09/2010
Boultham Mere
Great White Egret
Gibraltar Point
Sabines Gull, Purple Sandpiper, 7 Spoonbill, 2 Little Stint
East Halton
Brent Goose, Spotted Redshank, Little Stint, Arctic Tern 
Huttoft Car Terrace
Pomarine Skua, Sooty Shearwater
Sutton on Sea
Snow Bunting, 7 Red-throated Diver, 79 Gannet, Leach's Storm-Petrel, 5 Arctic Skua, 4 Great Skua

18/09/2020
Cleethorpes
Pied Flycatcher
Deeping Lakes
Great White Egret
Frampton Marsh
10 Curlew Sandpiper, 4 Spoonbill, 2 Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Lapland Bunting, Black-throated Diver, Great Northern Diver, 10 Pied Flycatcher, 2 Little Gull, Sabine's Gull, Haffinch, 3 Ring Ouzel, Short-eared Owl, 2 Spotted Redshank, 3 Redwing, 2 Long-tailed Skua, 19 Spoonbill, Little Stint
Grantham
2 flocks of Common Scoter over during night
Saltfleetby
Brambling
Swanpool
56 Pink-footed Geese

17/09/2020
Anderby
Puffin, Long-tailed Skua
Far Ings
Great White Egret
Gibraltar Point
Brambling, Firecrest, 9 Pied Flycatcher, 2 Ring Ouzel, Long-tailed Skua, Barred Warbler, 3 Yellow-browed Warbler, Wood Warbler
Huttoft Car Terrace
Little Auk, 45 Red-throated Diver, 215 Gannet, 410 Common Scoter, 11 Arctic Skua, 4 Great Skua, 6 Manx Shearwater, Sooty Shearwater
Sutton on Sea
2 Long-tailed Skua, Mediterranean Gull, 4 Manx Shearwater
Theddlethorpe St Helens
Pied Flycatcher
Withern
Redwing

16/09/2020
Conisholme & Killingholme Haven
Glossy Ibis
Far Ings 
4 Garganey
Frampton Marsh
Great White Egret, 7 Spotted Redshank, 18 Curlew Sandpiper, Spoonbill,  Little Stint,
Gibraltar Point
Great White Egret, Firecrest, Little Gull, Wood Sandpiper, Pomarine Skua, 16 Spoonbill,
Huttoft Car Terrace
8 Red-throated Diver, 400 Gannet, Great Skua, Purple Sandpiper, Manx Shearwater, Long-tailed Skua, 200 Sandwich Tern
Whisby
2 Garganey


15/09/2020
Deeping High Bank
Great White Egret
Frampton Marsh
2 Peregrine Falcon Cetti's Warbler, 12 Curlew Sandpiper, Spaarrowhawk, 7 Spoonbill, Little Stint, Wheatear
Gibraltar Point
Lapland Bunting, 5 Pied Flycatcher, Pectoral Sandpiper, 24 Spoonbill
Moor Farm
Bullfinch, Spotted Flycatcher

14/09/2020
Croftmarsh
59 Pink-footed Geese
Frampton Marsh
Osprey,10 Spotted Redshank, 19 Curlew Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, 10 Spoonbill, 3 Little Stint, Whinchat, Whooper Swan
Middlemarsh Farm
Glossy Ibis briefly then high south. one seen at Titchwell this afternoon

13/09/2020
Alvingham
2 Great White Egret
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Black-necked Grebe
Deeping Lakes
Great White Egret
Frampton Marsh
Osprey, 27 Curlew Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, 12 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
Lapland Bunting, Black Throated Diver, Short-eared Owl, Spotted Redshank, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper
Ingoldmells
Osprey
Trent Port, Marton
2 Peregrine Falcon, 2 Caspian Gull, 2 Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail
Seacroft to Gibraltar Point
61 Siskin, Wheatear

12/09/2020
Cleethorpes
Great White Egret
Frampton Marsh
25 Curlew Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, 12 Spoonbill, 2 Little Stint
Gibraltar Point 
5 Spoonbill
Messingham
Osprey

11/09/2020
Boultham Mere
Bittern, Marsh Harrier, Kingfisher
Deeping High Bank
Great White Egret
Donna Nook
4 Curlew Sandpoiper, Wryneck (Stonebridge car-park area)
Frampton Marsh
16 Spotted Redshank, 12 Curlew Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point
3 Lapland Bunting, Great White Egret, Short-eared Owl, Spotted Redshank, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, 4 Pomarine Skua, Spoonbill
Marston
Osprey
Stoke Rochford
Osprey

10/09/2020
Boultham Mere
Bittern

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Bittern at Boultham Mere - Image © Andy Sims

Frampton Marsh
Spotted Redshank, Curlew Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper,14 Spoonbill, Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
2 Curlew Sandpiper, Spoonbill
Saltfleet
2 Common Buzzard, Osprey

09/09/2020
Deeping High Bank
Great White Egret
Far Ings
Honey Buzzard
Frampton Marsh
Hen Harrier, 10 Spotted Redshank, 11 Curlew Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 24 Spoonbill, Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Short-eared Owl, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, Pomarine Skua, 13 Spoonbill
Lenton
Hobby 
Saltfleetby Theddlethorpe Dunes NNR
Pink-footed Geese

08/09/2020
Boultham Mere
Bittern, Hobby, 3 Siskin
Frampton Marsh
30 Avocet, 2500 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Barnacle Goose, 6 Grey Plover, Hen Harrier, 100 Ringed Plover, 22 Spotted Redshank, 26 Curlew Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 2 Snipe, 4 Little Stint, 100 Ruff, 26 Spoonbill, Whinchat, Whooper Swan
Deeping High Bank
Great White Egret
Louth
Hobby

07/09/2020
Boultham Mere
Hobby, Kingfisher, Water Rail, 20 Shoveler, 11 Common Swift, 6 Wigeon
Deeping High Bank
Great White Egret
Frampton Marsh
15 Spotted Redshank, 12 Curlew Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 24 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
2 Curlew Sandpiper, 9 Spoonbill, Whinchat
Kirton
7 Turnstone
Hubbard's Hills, Louth
Spotted Flycatcher
Trent Port, Marton
2 Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Little Egret, 49 Goldfinch, 180 Greylag Goose, Kingfisher, 8 Siskin, Treecreeper

06/09/2020
Boultham Mere
2 Bittern, Common Swift
Deeping High Bank
Great White Egret
Dunsby Fen
Kingfisher, Red Kite, 2 Raven, 2 Whinchat
Frampton Marsh
Hen Harrier (ringtail), Hobby, Merlin, 6 Spotted Redshank, 16 Curlew Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 29 Spoonbill, 3 Little Stint, Cetti's Warbler, 3 Whinchat
Freiston Shore
6 Whinchat
Gibraltar Point
Pied Flycatcher, Spotted Flycatcher, Marsh Harrier, Wheatear
Job's Lane
4 Common Buzzard, Hobby, 5 Egyptiam Goose
Sutton on Sea
24 Pink-footed Goose, 60 Sanderling, Manx Shearwater, 5 Arctic Skua 

05/09/2020
Boultham Mere
2 Bittern, 6 Swift, 4 Wigeon
Deeping High Bank
Great White Egret
Frampton Marsh
12 Curlew Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, 2 Little Stint
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Ruff & Pectoral Sandpiper at Frampton Marsh - Image © Ian Misslebrook

Freiston Shore
Short-eared Owl
Gibraltar Point
Common Redstart, Long-tailed Skua, 18 Spoonbill, Wheatear, Wryneck
Spalding
2 Whinchat

04/09/2020
Cleethorpes CP
35 House Martin, 3 Common Swift
Covenham Reservoir
50 Yellow Wagtail
Deeping Lakes
Cattle Egret
Fenton
20 House Martin
Frampton Marsh
Greenshank, Hen Harrier, Marsh Harrier, Kingfisher, Merlin, Pintail, 13 Spotted Redshank, Common Redstart, 9 Curlew Sandpiper, 32 Spoonbill, Little Stint, Grey Wagtail, Wheatear 
Gibraltar Point
Lapland Bunting, Short-rared Owl. 19 Spoonbill
Winthorpe
Cuckoo, 31 Wheatear (near North Shore Hotel)
RAF Woodhall
Great White Egret

03/09/2020
Cut End
8 Gannet, Hobby, Great Skua, Spoonbill, 9 Common Swift, 3 Black Tern, 30 Little Tern, 2 Wheatear, 3 Whinchat
Deeping High Bank
Great White Egret
Frampton Marsh
19 Spotted Redshank, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, 29 Spoonbill, 2 Little Stint, Whinchat
Gibraltar Point
Common Redstart, 2 Long-tailed Skua, 9 Spoonbill, 2 Black Tern
Huttoft Car Terrace
Marsh Warbler (briefly)
Rimac
2 Curlew Sandpiper

02/09/2020
Alford
White Stork (over the school)
Deeping High Bank
Great White Egret
Frampton Marsh
Barnacle & Pink-footed Geese (no totals given), 17 Spotted Redshank, 3 Curlew Sandpiper, 12 Spoonbill, 2 Little Stint
Gibraltar Point 
3 Spotted Redshank, 9 Spoonbill, Whinchat
Swanpool
Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Common Swift, Common Whitethroat

01/09/2020
Baston Fen
Great White Egret
Cut End
15 Little Egret, Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 Marsh Harrier, Grey Heron, 3 Red Breasted Merganser, 40 Shelduck Little Stint, Whinchat
Donna Nook 
Icterine Warbler, Marsh Warbler (probable)
Frampton Marsh
Great White Egret, Pied Flycatcher, 2 Marsh Harrier, 3 Kestrel. 6 Spotted Redshank, Curlew Sandpiper, 26 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
Great White Egret. Short-eared Owl, 5 Spotted Redshank, Curlew Sandpiper 8 Spoonbill
Killingholme Pits
Bittern

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