Lincolnshire Latest Bird News - June 2021

30/06/2021
Gibraltar Point
2 Cuckoo, 2 Spoonbill
Scopwick
2 Common Quail

29/06/2021
Barton Pits
Caspian Tern
Deeping Lakes
Russian White-fronted Goose
Frampton Marsh
Turtle Dove, 1000 Bar-tailed Godwit, 3500 Red Knot, Short-eared Owl, 3 Spotted Redshank, 7 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point 
4 Spoonbill
Scopwick
2 Common Quail 

28/06/2021
Bardney Lock
2 Common Crane, Glossy Ibis
Gibraltar Point
Short-eared Owl, 5 Spoonbill, 5 Spotted Redshank
Water's Edge
Caspian Tern

27/06/2021
Barton Sailing Pit
Caspian Tern
Frampton Marsh
Hobby, 3500 Red Knot Barn Owl, 3 Spotted Redshank, 2 Sandwich Tern, Green Sandpiper, Ruddy Shelduck, 11 Spoonbill, Whimbrel
Gibraltar Point
5 Spoonbill
Tetney Lock
2 Bee-eater

26/06/2021
Barton Sailing Pit
Caspian Tern (also seen at Read's Island and South Ferriby and at Lound in Notts early morning)
Frampton Marsh
Cuckoo, 1000 Bar-tailed Godwit, 4 Barnacle Goose, 3000 Red Knot, Short-eared Owl, Little Ringed Plover, Ruddy Shelduck, 11 Spoonbill, 2 Yellow Wagtail
Haconby
White-tailed Eagle (possible)
Swanpool
Common Quail

25/06/2021
Bardney Lock
Glossy Ibis, no sighting of the Cranes reported by 18:35
Barton Sailing Pit
Caspian Tern (again)
Gibraltar Point
Spoonbill
North Hykeham (private garden)
Serin (reported)

24/06/2021
Gibraltar Point
5 Spoonbill
Kirkby on Bain
Glossy Ibis (until 13:00 at least)
Messingham
2 Blackcap, 2 Buzzard, 3 Chiffchaff, Cuckoo, Little Egret 3, 2 Kestrel Lapwing 10, 6 Sand Martin, Oystercatcher 2, Swallow 2, Common Tern 4 (including 2 juveniles), Cetti's Warbler, 6 Reed Warbler
Scopwick
Common Scoter (sound recorded over)

23/06/2021
Bardney Lock
2 Common Crane, Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Spotted Redshank, 4 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point 5
Short-eared Owl, Spoonbill
Huttoft Bank
Red-footed Falcon (in off)
Lincoln
Cuckoo (over bypass), Turtle Dove (to west of city)
Long Sutton
Rosy Starling
Scopwick
Common Quail
Swanpool
Common Quail
Withcall
2 Common Quail

22/06/2021
Bardney Lock
2 Common Crane, Glossy Ibis, 2 Spotted Redshank, Whooper Swan

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A distant Glossy Ibis and Whooper Swan at Bardney Lock - Image © Russell Hayes

Frampton Marsh
10 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
Short-eared Owl, 2 Spoonbill

21/06/2021
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Caspian Tern (04:20 then flew off south)
Bardney Lock
2 Common Crane, Glossy Ibis
Donnington on Bain
Common Quail
Scopwick
Common Quail
Swanpool
Common Quail

20/06/2021
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Caspian Tern
Bardney (wetland)
2 Common Crane, Glossy Ibis
Cress Marsh
Avocet, Peregrine Falcon, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Oystercatcher (with young), Shelduck, Cetti's Warbler
Gibraltar Point
2 Cuckoo, Red-throated Diver, Mediterranean Gull, Green Sandpiper, Spoonbill, 
Swanpool
Common Quail

19/06/2021
Bardney (wetland)
2 Common Crane, Glossy Ibis
Barton Sailing Pit
Caspian Tern

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Caspian Tern at Barton Sailing Pits - Image © Graham Catley

Frampton Marsh
Corn Bunting, 1500 Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 Greenshank, 3000 Red Knot, Barn Owl, Short-eared Owl, Red-crested Pochard, Green Sandpiper, 8 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
Short-eared Owl, Cetti's Warbler
Reed's Island
Ruddy Shelduck

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Ruddy Shelduck, Reed's Island - Image © Neil Drinkall

Sturton
Common Quail (between Sturton and Scampton)
Swanpool
Common Quail

18/06/2021
Swanpool, Lincoln
Common Quail

17/06/2021
Frampton Marsh
Spotted Redshank
Gibraltar Point
Cetti's Warbler, Cuckoo
Saltfleetby/Theddlethorpe Dunes
8 Cuckoo, 2 Turtle Dove, Great White Egret, Marsh Harrier, Barn Owl, Short-eared Owl, Marsh Warbler,

16/06/2021
Eagle
Tawny Owl
Nocton
Hobby, Nuthatch, 2 Tawny Owl, Treecreeper, Woodcock,


Image

Tawny Owl at Nocton - Image © Andrew Chick

Frampton Marsh
White-tailed Eagle (high NE), Great White Egret, 4 Spotted Redshank, 7 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
8 Spoonbill

15/06/2021
Eagle
Turtle Dove
Gibraltar Point
2 Cuckoo, Barn Owl, Short-eared Owl, 4 Spoonbill
Messingham SQ
3 Buzzard, 4 Chiffchaff, Cuckoo, 5 Sand Martin, Red-legged Partridge, Red-crested Pochard, 2 Song Thrush, Cetti's Warbler

14/06/2021
Alkborough Flats
2 Bittern, 3 Great White Egret, 20 Little Egret, Marsh Harrier, 15 Grey Heron, Spotted Redshank, 6 Spoonbill, Bearded Tit

Frampton Marsh
2 Corn Bunting, Cuckoo, Great White Egret, 1000 Bar-tailed Godwit, Black-necked Grebe, 1000 Red Knot, Water Rail, Spotted Redshank, Spoonbill, 3 Sandwich Tern
Gibraltar Point
Garganey
Swanpool
Skylark

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Skylark on the Swanpool cow fields - Image © Andy Sims

13/06/2021
Alkborough Flats
3 Great White Egret, Glossy Ibis, 8 Spoonbill
Cress Marsh
Little Egret, 70 Herring Gull, 50 Lesser-black Backed Gull, 5 Grey Heron, 7 Oystercatcher, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Yellow Wagtail
Tetney
Common Quail
Frampton Marsh
Spoonbill
Freiston Shore
Little Gull
Gibraltar Point
Spoonbill
Saltfleetby/Theddlethorpe Dunes
7 Turtle Dove, 2 Grasshopper Warbler

12/06/2021
North Cotes
Common Quail
Doddington Hall
2 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, Grey Partridge, 4 Yellowhammer
Frampton Marsh
Cuckoo, 3 Brent Goose, Black-necked Grebe, 2 Mediterranean Gull, Short-eared Owl, Red-crested Pochard, Green Sandpiper, 7 Spoonbill, Lesser Whitethroat
Gibraltar Point
2 Cuckoo, 15 Spoonbill

11/06/2021
Frampton Marsh
Black-necked Grebe, Western Osprey

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Osprey over Frampton Marsh - Image © ∆ohn Clarkson

Gibraltar Point
2 Cuckoo, Turtle Dove, Spotted Flycatcher, Hobby, Cetti's Warbler

10/06/2021
Frampton Marsh
Corn Bunting, Cuckoo, Black-necked Grebe, 2 Mediterranean Gull, Short-eared Owl, Little Ringed Plover, Ringed Plover
Freiston Shore
2 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
Cuckoo, Great White Egret, 6 Spoonbill, 220 Swift

09/06/2021
Frampton Marsh
Little Gull, Short-eared Owl, Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Little Gull, Pintail, 7 Spoonbill
Scopwick
3 Common Quail (males)
Wolla Bank
Bee-eater

08/06/2021
Far Ings
Osprey
Gibraltar Point
Short-eared Owl, Tree Pipit, 4 Spoonbill
Lincoln (A57 Bishops Bridge Layby)
2 Bee-eater
Scopwick
2 Common Quail

07/06/2021
Blyton, Gainsborough
Rosy Starling (in private garden)
Far Ings
Bittern, Little Egret, Otter, Bearded Tit
Gibraltar Point
Short-eared Owl, 6 Spoonbill
Linwood Warren
4 Mistle Thrush, 2 Green Woodpecker
Swanpool 
Grey Partridge
Willingham Woods
Spotted Flycatcher, Great Spotted Woodpecker

06/06/2021
Blyton, Gainsborough
Rosy Starling (in private garden)
Cress Marsh
6 Avocet, 50+ Lesser black-Backed Gull, 5 Little Ringed Plover (3 chicks), Cettis's Warbler
Frampton Marsh
Cuckoo, 200 Bar-tailed Godwit, 7 Barnacle Goose, Mediterranean Gull, Red Kite, Red Knot, Short-eared Owl, 2 Spoonbill, Grasshopper Warbler
Gibraltar Point 
2 Cuckoo, Marsh Harrier, 4 Spoonbill, 2 Cetti's Warbler
Marston
House Martin, Oystercatcher

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Excellent capture of a House Martin at Marston - Image © Steve Nesbitt

Trent Port, Marton
2 Cuckoo, Goldcrest, Kingfisher, Treecreeper,
Scopwick
2 Common Quail ( possibly three)

05/06/2021
Croft Marsh
Little Gull
Frampton Marsh
Corn Bunting, 300 Bar-tailed Godwit, 11 Barnacle Goose, 2 Brent Goose, Black-necked Grebe, Little Gull, Buzzard, Hobby, 70 Red Knot, 2 Short-eared Owl, Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
2 Spoonbill

04/06/2021
Croft Marsh
Little Gull
Gibraltar Point
2 Cuckoo, 2 Spoonbill, Rosy Starling
Scopwick
Common Quail

03/06/2021
Churchill Lane
Hobby
Cress Marsh
4 Avocet, Cetti's Warbler, 6 Little Ringed Plover, 7 Shelduck, Yellow Wagtail
Gibraltar Point
2 Cuckoo, 2 Mediterranean Gull, Rosy Starling (in off)
Huttoft Bank
Rosy Starling
Scopwick
Common Quail

02/06/2021
Biscathorpe 
Little Tern
Croft Marsh
Little Gull
Deeping Lakes
Little Gull
Frampton Marsh
Peregrine Falcon, Black-necked Grebe, Little Gull, Hobby, Red Knot, Spoonbill, Yellow Wagtail, Lesser Whitethroat
Gibraltar Point
Bee-eater (over), Firecrest, Tawny Owl, Whimbrel, Marsh Warbler (Sykes Farm)

01/06/2021
Croft Marsh
2 Little Gull
Frampton Marsh
Spoonbill
Freiston Shore
Hobby, Spoonbill, Little Stint

May be an image of wading bird and nature
A close up of a Spoonbill at Freiston Shore - Image © Paul Sullivan


Gibraltar Point 
Spoonbill
Kirkby on Bain GP's
Squacco Heron (a possible fly over)
Holbeach Clough
Rosy Starling

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Another good garden bird in Lincolnshire - Image © Peter Gray

Messingham
Bittern, Cuckoo, Hobby, Red-crested Pochard, 3 Cetti's Warbler
Rimac
3 Blackcap, 2 Cuckoo, 2 Turtle Dove, 5 Common Whitethroat

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