Lincolnshire Latest Bird News - April 2021
30/04/2021
Humberston
Osprey
Frampton Marsh
Dotterel, Peregrine Falcon, Hobby, Short-eared Owl, 3 Spotted Redshank, Siskin, Jack Snipe, Spoonbill, Blue-headed Wagtail, 2 Wheatear, Whimbrel
Gibraltar Farm
Crossbill, 3 Cuckoo, Greenshank, 2 Mediterranean Gull, Hobby, 3 Siskin, 66 Little Tern, 5 Grasshopper Warbler, 12 Whimbrel
Lincoln
Swift
Scotland Farm
5 Egyptian Goose
Whisby
Nightingale
29/04/2021
Alkborough Flats
2 Barnacle Goose, Bittern (booming), Greenshank, Marsh Harrier, Ruff, Grasshopper Warbler (reeling)
Belmont Tower
5 Raven
Chapel Pit
Lesser Scaup
Lesser Scaup at Chapel Pit - Image © Gary Wright
Deeping Lakes
Cattle Egret
Frampton Marsh
Dotterel, Greenshank, Hobby, Short-eared Owl, Jack Snipe, Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
4000 Dunlin, 3800 Bar-tailed Godwit, 12000 Red Knot, 5200 Grey Plover, 1300 Sanderling
Tathwell
6 Corn Bunting, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 4 Wheatear
28/04/2021
Barton
75 Arctic Tern
Baston & Langtoft Pits
3 Black Tern
Covenham Reservoir
10 Swift, 50 Arctic Tern
Deeping Lakes
Cattle Egret
Frampton Marsh
Dotterel, Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
4 Ring Ouzel
Huttoft
Pied Flycatcher
Marton
Ring Ouzel
Messingham
Cuckoo, Arctic Tern
Rimac
2 Great White Egret, Marsh Harrier, Cetti's Warbler, Grasshopper Warbler
Toft Newton
15 Arctic Tern
27/04/2021
Baston
Black Tern
Boultham Mere
Cuckoo, 3 House Martin, 2 Sand Martin, Oystercatcher1, 0 Swallow, Common Tern, Garden Warbler
Far Ings
Hobby, 3 Common Swift, Lesser Whitethroat
Frampton Marsh
Dotterel, Golden Plover. 2 Jack Snipe, 2 Whimbrel
A Dotterel a scarce visitor to Frampton Marsh - An excellent image © by Roy Harvey
Gibraltar Point
Red-throated Diver 3 Fieldfare, 5 Goosander, 6 Redwing. 4 Ring Ouzel, Ring-necked Parakeet, Tree Pipit, Manx Shearwater,2 Jack Snipe, Common Swift, Wheatear, 4 Grasshopper Warbler, 14 Whimbrel,
Raithby
2 Ring Ouzel
SeaView Farm
Cuckoo, Great White Egret, Marsh Harrier, Ring Ouzel, Grasshopper Warbler
Theddlethorpe
4 Cuckoo
26/04/2021
Anderby Creek
Spotted Redshank
Blankney
3 Red Kite
Covenham Reservoir
2 Pochard, 13 Yellow Wagtail and millions of flies
Yellow Wagtail oblivious to the million flies at Covenham Reservoir Image © Chris Grimshaw
Deeping Lakes
Cattle Egret, Grey Plover
Frampton Marsh
Corn Bunting, 2 Black-necked Grebe, Marsh Harrier, Short-eared Owl, Wood Sandpiper, Jack Snipe, Whimbrel
Gibraltar Point
Black RedstartWheatear
Mablethorpe
Wheatear
Marston
Marsh Harrier, Grasshopper Warbler
SeaView Farm
2 Great White Egret, Little Egret, 2 Ring Ouzel (down to one by mid-afternoon), Mistle Thrush, Swallow, Wheatear
Torksey
Hawfinch
25/04/2021
Brickyard Lane to Rimac
4 Chiffchaff, 2 Cuckoo, 2 Garden Warbler, 9 Garden Warbler, 5 Sedge Warbler, 9 Whitethroat, 5 Willow Warbler
Covenham Reservoir
Temminck's Stint, 4 Common Sandpiper, Common Swift
Doddington Park
2 Lesser Redpoll (a far cry from the 200 a few weels ago)
Fillingham
Common Swift
Frampton Marsh
Corn Bunting, 2 Black-necked Grebe, Greenshank, Mediterranean Gull, Jack Snipe, Common Tern, Wheatear, Whimbrel
Gibraltar Point
3 Cuckoo, Little Gull, Mediterranean Gull, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Black Redstart, Spoonbill, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 6 Whimbrel, Wheatear, Lesser Whitethroat
Saltfleetby NNR
Ring Ouzel
Tathwell
Ring Ouzel
RAF Woodhall
3 Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 Common Tern
24/04/2021
Baston Fen
Spotted Redshank, Whimbrel
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Bar-tailed Godwit
Covenham Reservoir
House Martin, 10 Sand Martin, 4 Little Ringed Plover, 6 Common Sandpiper, Temminck's Stint, 30 Swallow, 40 Yellow Wagtail
Deeping Lakes
17 Whimbrel
Deeping St James
4 Common Crane
Doddington Park
2 Lesser Redpoll
Frampton Marsh
Turtle Dove, Black-necked Grebe
Gibraltar Point
Cuckoo, Fulmar, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 5 Ring Ouzel, Short-eared Owl, Ring-necked Parakeet, Black Redstart, 2 Grasshopper Warbler, 3 Whimbrel
Grimsby
2 Lesser Whitethroat
Toft Newton
Whimbrel, 2 Yellow Wagtail, Green Woodpecker
Trent Port
Cuckoo, 20 Sand Martin, Common Sandpiper, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Sedge Warbler, 6 Whitethroat
East Halton Skitter
11 Whimbrel
Whisby
Whimbrel
RAF Woodhall
Bar-tailed Godwit
Wroot
Osprey
23/04/2020
Alkborough Flats
Spoonbill
Culverthorpe
Dark-bellied Brent Goose
Deeping Lakes
18 Little Gull, Scaup
Frampton Marsh
23 Little Gull, Water Pipit, Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
Great White Egret, Garganey, Ring Ouzel, Short-eared Owl, Black Redstart, 2 Grasshopper Warbler
Messingham SQ
Cuckoo, 2 Hobby
RAF Woodhall
Bar-tailed Godwit
Roxholme
10 Corn Bunting, Skylark, 8 Whooper Swan
22/04/2021
Baston Fen
2 Bar-tailed Godwit
Fiskerton Fen
Lesser Whitethroat
Frampton Marsh
2 Black-necked Grebe, Greenshank, Mediterranean Gull, Short-eared Owl, Jack Snipe, Wheatear, Whimbrel
Gibraltar Point
Cuckoo, 2 Little Gull, Short-eared Owl, Spoonbill, Arctic Tern, Wryneck
Healing
White Stork (ringed bird)
A ringed White Stork over Healing - Image © Andy Arbon
Whisby
2 Little Ringed Plover, 4 Snipe, Reed Warbler
21/04/2021
Baston Fen
Bar-tailed Godwit
Doddington Park
9 Lesser Redpoll (still), 2 Sparrowhawk
Frampton Marsh
Spotted Redshank, Jack Snipe, Blue-headed Wagtail, 80 Yellow Wagtail, Reed Warbler, Wheatear, Whimbrel
Spotted Redshank at Frampton Marsh - Image © Ken Haw
Gibraltar Point
Cuckoo, 2 Little Gull, Short-eared Owl, Black Redstart, over 300 terns of four species, 3 Grasshopper Warbler, 2 Whimbrel
Langtoft
Ring-necked Duck
Nocton Fen
2 Great White Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier (female), Little Owl, 6 Grey Partridge, 2 Snipe, Whooper Swan
20/02/2021
Baston Fen
Whimbrel
Deeping Lakes
2 Cattle Egret
Frampton Marsh
Great White Egret, 2 Black-necked Grebe, Med Gull, Marsh Harrier, Barn Owl, Spotted Redshank, Arctic Tern, Blue-headed Wagtail, Wheatear, 2 Whimbrel
Gibraltar Point
Cuckoo, Little Gull Short-eared Owl, Spotted Redshank, Black Redstart, Stonechat
Langtoft
Ring-necked Duck
Rimac
Great White Egret, Grasshopper Warbler, 13 Whimbrel, Willow Warbler, Whitethroat
Scotland Farm
5 Egyptian Goose, Pink-footed Goose, Barn Swallow
Spalding
3 Common Crane (over ine direction of Boston)
Tunman Woods
10 Blackcap, 25 Chiffchaff, 16 Willow Warbler
19/04/2021
Covenham
Garganey
Deeping Lakes
2 Cattle Egret
Doddington Park
Buzzard, 11 Lesser Redpoll, Sparrowhawk
Far Ings
2 Bittern, Garganey, 44 Yellow Wagtail
Frampton Marsh
2 Black-necked Grebe
Gibraltar Point
Cuckoo, 2 Little Gull, Short-eared Owl
Huttoft Bank Pit
Ring Ouzel
Saltfleetby/Theddlethorpe
Cetti's Warbler, 2 Cuckoo, 3 Grasshopper Warbler, 7 Whimbrel
18/04/2021
Alkborough Flats
Garganey (nice photo on the home page)
Deeping Lakes
Scaup
Job's Lane
2 Osprey (high over at the back)
Langford
Ring-necked Duck
Louth
Siskin
Doddington Park
13 Lesser Redpoll
Frampton Marsh
2 Black-necked Grebe
Marton
8 Gadwall, Pink-footed Goose, 40 Linnet, Sand Martin 3 Common Sandpiper 3 Snipe, 3 Shelduck, 3 Tree Sparrow, 3 Wigeon
Welbourne
Wryneck (private garden)
Wryneck in a Welbourne garden - Image © Dr Tony Watts
17/04/2021
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Bar-tailed Godwit
Burgh-le-Marsh
Russian White-fronted Goose
Culverthorpe Lake
Dark-bellied Brent Goose
Doddington Park
2 Blackcap, 15 Lesser Redpoll, 2 Willow Warbler
Goxhill
Wheatear
Manby Wetlands
32 Avocet, Cetti's Warbler
Marston
Jack Snipe, 15 Yellow Wagtail
Moor Farm
8 Common Crossbill
16/04/2021
Far Ings
2 Bittern, 26 Blackcap, Marsh Harrier, 11 Yellow Wagtail, Cetti's Warbler, 2 Common Whitethroat
He tells me it was field-craft that enabled him to capture such an impressive photo of a usually secretive Cetti's Warbler at Far Ings - Image © John Clarson
Gibraltar Point
5 Buzzard, 37 Black-tailed Godwit, 17 Brent Goose, 2 Mediterranean Gull, Short-eared Owl, Common Redstart, 21 Common Scoter, 3 Sandwich Tern, Grasshopper Warbler, 3 Sedge Warbler,
Lincs Coastal Country Park
Curlew, Marsh Harrier, Snipe, Cetti's Warbler
Linwood Warren
4 Chiffchaff, 1pair Common Crossbill, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Siskin, 3 Mistle Thrush,Treecreeper, Willow Warbler, Woodlark, Green Woodpecker
15/04/2021
Black Bank
Kestrel
Dalderby
Ring Ouzel
Deeping Lakes
Cattle Egret, Scaup
Doddington Park
10 Lesser Redpoll
Frampton Marsh
Mediterranean Gull, Marsh Harrier, Sedge Warbler, Short-eared Owl, Swallow, Wheatear
A Sedge Warbler at Frampton - Image © John Clarkson
Gibraltar Point
2 Short-eared Owl
Hanby/Sapperton
400 Fieldfare
Heckington Fen
8 House Martin, 50 Swallow
Owlet Woods
2 Nuthatch, Coal Tit, Great Spotted Woodpecker
Swanpool
Common Whitethroat
Tallington
Ring Ouzel
14/04/2021
Deeping Lakes
Kittiwake, Scaup
Doddington Park
15 Lesser Redpoll
Far Ings
Hobby, Grasshopper Warbler
Gibraltar Point
Grasshopper Warbler, Hen Harrier, Short-eared Owl
Grimsby
White-tailed Eagle (high over)
Tallington Lakes
Ring Ouzel, Osprey
West Deeping
Ring Ouzel
13/04/2021
Doddington Park
17 Lesser Redpoll, Siskin
Frampton Marsh
Barn Owl, Short-eared Owl, Goldeneye, Grey Plover, 12 Pintail, Little Ringed Plover, Spotted Redshank, Ruff, Common Sandpiper, 8 Whooper Swan
12/04/2021
Cress Marsh
Avocet, Curlew, 4 Little Egret, 4 Great Black-backed Gull, 5 Little Ringed Plover
Covenham Resorvoir
2 Kittiwake
Deeping High Bank
Ring Ouzel
Deeping Lakes
2 Cattle Egret
Doddington Park
25 Lesser Redpoll, Siskin
Frampton Marsh
Peregrine Falcon, Goldeneye, House Martin, Mediterranean Gull, Short-eared Owl, Grey Plover, Water Rail, Spotted Redshank, Whooper Swan, 3 Snipe, Swallow, Turnstone, 25 Twite, Yellow Wagtail, 5 Willow Warbler
Freiston Shore
Ring Ouzel
Grantham
Mandarin Duck
The exotic Mandarin Duck in Grantham - Colourful Image © Steve Nesbitt
Laceby
House Martin, Swallow
Nettleton Caravan Park
24 Whimbrel (over)
Rippingale
Osprey
Swanholme Lakes
2 Blackcap, 8 Chiffchaff, Great Crested Grebe, 8 Jay
Toft Newton
Yellow and White Wagtails
11/04/2021
Alkborough Flats
8 Avocet, Bewick's Swan, Bittern, 2 Curlew. Brent Goose, Hen Harrier (male), Spotted Redshank, Bearded Tit, 7 Yellow Wagtail, 10 Cetti's Warbler, Whooper Swan
Beehive Lane Quarry
2 Shelduck, Little Ringed Quarry, Yellow Wagtail
Boultham Mere
2 Grey Partridge, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker
Bourne (area)
6 Red Kite, Raven
Cress Marsh
3 Little Ringed Plover
Deeping High Bank
Hen Harrier (male), Whooper Swan
Deeping Lakes
Cattle Egret, Greater Scaup
Doddington Park
32 Lesser Redpoll
Gibraltar Point
Brambling, 2 Ring Ouzel, Water Pipit, Black Redstart, Redwing, Whimbrel
Grantham
70 Whooper Swan
Job's Lane
Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, 6 Oystercatcher, 2 Willow Warbler, Green Woodpecker
Langtoft Pits
Ring-necked Duck
Risby Warren
Northern Wheatear
Tallington Lakes
Ring Ouzel
Trent Port
Common Sandpiper, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Common Redshank, 2 Shelduck, Wheatear
10/04/2021
Deeping Lakes
Ring-necked Duck
Doddington Park
18 Lesser Redpoll, 3 Siskin, Sparrowhawk
Fillingham Lakes
Ring Ouzel
Frampton Marsh
2 Mediterranean Gull, Short-eared Owl, Spotted Redshank, 8 Whooper Swan, 29 Twite, 21 Yellow Wagtail
Gibraltar Point
Water Pipit
Millennium Green
Tawny Owl
09/04/2021
Anderby Creek
Ring Ouzel
First Ring Ouzel at Anderby Creek closely followed by three more at Barton Pits - Image © James Siddle
Barton Pits
2 Garganey, 4 Otter, 3 Ring Ouzel
Deeping Lakes
2 Cattle Egret, Scaup (male)
Doddington Park
2 Blackcap, 39 Lesser Redpoll, 2 Siskin
Still a few Lesser Redpoll raiding the feeders in Doddington Park - Image © Chris Grimshaw
Dunsby Fen
Marsh Harrier
Frampton Marsh
Peregrine Falcon, 2 Greenshank, Mediterranean Gull, 4 Marsh Harrier, Little Owl, 3 Short-eared Owl, 8 Little Ringed Plover, 28 Twite 8 Whooper Swan, 5 Sedge Warbler
Gibraltar Point
Short-eared Owl, Water Pipit, Spotted Redshank
Messingham
Bittern, 3 Bullfinch, 2 Buzzard, 6 Chiffchaff, 2 Egyptian Goose, Oystercatcher, 70 Sand Martin, 3 Swallow, 8 Cetti's Warbler, Willow Warbler
Saltfleetby (between Sea View and Rimac)
Black Redstart
Black Redstart between Churchill Lane & Rimac - Image © Owen Beaumont
Saltfleetby St Peter
Siberian Chiffchaff
08/04/2021
Far Ings
Bittern
Fiskerton Fen
Brambling, 12 Corn Bunting, Red Kite, 2 Little Ringed Plover
Gibraltar Point
Brambling, Spotted Redshank, 8 Swallow
Langtoft Pit
Ring-necked Duck
Pyewipe
Barn Swallow
Snipe Dales
6 Blackcap, 26 Bullfinch, 63 Chiffchaff, 16 Song Thrush, 2 Willow Warbler
07/04/2021
Far Ings
20 Swallow, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Willow Warbler
Deeping Fen
Common Whitethroat
Deeping Lakes
2 Cattle Egret
Doddington Park
Blackcap, 14 Lesser Redpoll
Frieston Shore
Firecrest
Gibraltar Point
2 Mediterranean Gull, Marsh Harrier, Water Pipit
Langtoft Pits
Ring-necked Gull
Toft Newton
Common Sandpiper, 6 Swallow
Tunman Woods
3 Egyptian Goose (Scotland Farm, Willow Warbler
Whisby
19 Blackcap, House Martin, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 230 Sand Martin, 2 Snipe, 2 Swallow
06/04/2021
Boultham Mere
Marsh Harrier, 2 Grey Partridge, Tree Sparrow, Swallow,
Covenham Reservoir
3 Sand Martin, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 18 Barn Swallow 39 Pied Wagtail
Cress Marsh
2 Little Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, 31 Shelduck
Deeping Lakes
2 Cattle Egret, Scaup
Doddington Park
16 Lesser Redpoll
Gibraltar Point
350 Kittiwake, Water Pipit, Black Redstart, Jack Snipe, 2 Barn Swallow
Trent Port
6 Snipe, Wheatear , Whooper Swan
Saltfleetby/ Theddlerhorpe
2 Sedge Warbler
05/04/2021
Barrow Haven
Ring-necked Duck
Deeping Lakes
2 Cattle Egret, Scaup
Gibraltar Point
Water Pipit
Langtoft Pits
Ring-necked Duck
Scunthorpe
28 Whooper Swan (over Rainham Steel)
Trent Port
Great White Egret, Little Ringed Plover, Jack Snipe
04/04/2021
Barton Pits
Ring-necked Gull (Water Ski Pit)
Deeping Lakes
2 Cattle Egret
Dog Kennel Farm
2 Common Crossbill
Frampton Marsh
Corn Bunting, Mediterranean Gull, Sand Martin, Pintail, Common Sandpiper, Jack Snipe, Barn Swallow, 8 Whooper Swan
Gibraltar Point
Black Redstart
Grantham
3 Red Kite
Huttoft Bank
Iceland Gull
Keelby
Blackcap, 12 Chiffchaff, 5 Jay, Treecreeper, Willow Warbler, Woodcock, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker
Langtoft Pits
Ring-necked Gull
Trent Port
16 Chiffchaff, Pink-footed Goose, Common Redstart, 2 Lesser Redpoll, 2 Barn Swallow, Willow Warbler,
Woodhall Reserves
100 Sand Martin, 2 Pintail, 4 Little Ringed Plover, Woodlark
03/04/2021
Deeping Lakes
Grey Plover
Doddington Park
22 Lesser Redpoll, Sparrowhawk
Frampton Marsh
Peregrine Falcon, 2 Garganey, Mediterranean Gull, Hen Harrier (male), Whooper Swan, Yellow Wagtail
Gibraltar Point
33 Avocet, 8 Chiffchaff, 7 Red-throated Diver, 3 Goldcrest, 5 Pink-footed Goose, Red-breasted Merganser, 2 Bearded Tit, 5 Cetti's Warbler
Langtoft
Ring-necked Duck, Kittiwake
Pyewipe
Glauccous Gull
Swanpool cow-fields
2 Little Ringed Plover, White Wagtail
Little Ringed Plover on the small pool at Swanpool cow-fields - Image © Andy Sims
O2/04/2021
Barton on Humber
Ring-necked Duck, Red-necked Grebe
Deeping Lakes
Grey Plover, Little Ringed Plover, 2 White Wagtail, 8 Yellow Wagtail
Doddington Park
17 Lesser Redpoll (still), 1 Siskin
Frampton Marsh
Corn Bunting, Goldeneye, Hen Harrier, 6 Grey Plover, Water Rail, Spotted Redshank, Whooper Swan
Hill Holt Wood
2 Common Crane (over)
Whisby
4 Blackcap, 5 Buzzard, 15+ Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, 2 Goldeneye, 2 Sparrowhawk, Willow Warbler,
01/04/2021
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Sedge Warbler
Frampton Marsh
2 Mediterranean Gull, Marsh Harrier, Hen Harrier, Water Pipit, Little Ringed Plover, 6 Spotted Redshank, Spoonbill, Swallow, 9 Whooper Swan
Gibraltar Point
Hen Harrier
Marston
Short-eared Owl
