Lincolnshire Bird Sightings - March 2022

31/03/2022
Anderby Creek
2 Garganey
Cleethorpes
2 Chiffchaff, 3 Gadwall, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 10 Red Knot, 30 Oystercatcher, Pochard, 20 Redshank, 100 Sanderling, 2 Shoveler, 13 Tufted Duck
Doddington Park
2 Bullfinch, 3 Siskin
Frampton Marsh
Garganey, Little Gull, White-tailed Lapwing, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 2 Spotted Redshank, Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Little Gull, Mediterranean Gul, Yellow-legged Gull. (See ringing blog for a fuller report)
Swanpool
2 Chiffchaff, Greenfinch, 2 Jay
Water's Edge
Snow Bunting

30/03/2022
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Ring-necked Duck
Frampton Marsh
2 Garganey, Little Gull, Mediterranean Gull, White-tailed Lapwing, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Water Rail, Spotted Redshank, 2 Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Hoopoe, Short-eared Owl, Spotted Redshank  
Water's Edge
Snow Bunting
Whisby
Cetti's Warbler
Willow Tree Fen
Barn Swallow

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 Usually difficult to get such an excellent photo of a Cetti's Warbler - Image © Jacqueline Spindley

29/03/2022
Alkborough Flats
Avocet, 2 Bittern, 8 Buzzard, 7 Garganey (6m 1f), 70 Black-tailed Godwit, 7 Marsh Harrier, 6 Grey Heron, 2 Water Rail, 4 Spotted Redshank, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Spoonbill, 2 Bearded Tir, 6 Cetti's Warbler
Far Ings 
Bittern, Buzzard, Peregrine Falcon, 3 Marsh Harrier, 2 Kingfisher
Frampton Marsh
2 Garganey, Little Gull, Mediterranean Gull, White-tailed Lapwing, Merlin, Barn Owl, Spotted Redshank, Jack Snipe
Gibraltar Point
3 Blackcap, Brambling, 4 Corn Bunting, 28 Eider, 16 Fieldfare, Marsh Harrier, Barn Owl, Short-eared Owl, Black Redstart, 78 Redwing, 320 Sanderling, 27 Song Thrush, Stonechat, Yellow Wagtail, Whimbrel, Willow Warbler, 3 Woodcock
Marston
Barn Swallow
Wolla Bank
Iceland Gull

28/03/2022
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Ring-necked Duck
Donna Nook
Rock Pipit, Twite
Far Ings
Bittern
Frampton Marsh
3 Garganey, White-tailed Lapwing, Spotted Redshank
Gibraltar Point
Buzzard, Pale-bellied Brent Goose, Marsh Harrier, Red Kite, Merlin, Short-eared Owl, Water Pipit, Sparrowhawk, Yellow Wagtail
Scopwick
Common Scoter (over)
Skegness
2 White Stork

27/03/2022
Baston Fen
Bar-tailed Godwit
Denton Reservoir
Grey Wagtail
Frampton Marsh
2 Garganey, White-tailed Lapwing, Spotted Redshank, Little Stint
Irby Dale
c30 Siskin
Job's Lane
8 Chiffchaff, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Oystercatcher
Killingholme
Grey Wagtail
Nebraska Wetland
200 Fieldfare, Goosander
Trent Port
4 Redshank, 32 Redwing, 16 Snipe, 20 Mute Swan, 2 Whooper Swan, 15 Teal,  29 Wigeon

26/03/2022
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Ring-necked Duck

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The long staying Ring-necked Duck at Baston & Langtoft Pits - Image ©  Will Bowell

Far Ings
2 Bittern
Frampton Marsh
8 Garganey, White-tailed Lapwing, Red Kite, Water Rail, Little Ringed Plover Spotted Redshank, Little Stint, Wheatear
Gibraltar Point
Black Redstarrt

25/03/2022
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Ring-necked Duck
Donna Nook
Snow Bunting, 2 Buzzard, Red Kite, 13 Snipe, 21 Twite
Frampton Marsh
3 Garganey (on Reservoir 2m 1f), Great White Egret, Mediterranean Gull, White-tailed Lapwing, Spotted Redshank, Jack Snipe, 2 Little Stint, 2 Twite, 


A cracking shot of a Spotted Redshank at Frampton Marsh - Image © Ian Misselbrook

Gibraltar Point
3 Brambling, 5 Crossbill, Great White Egret, 12 Fieldfare, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 17 Magpie, Merlin, 7 Pintail, 2 Black Redstart, 48 Redwing, 126 Siskin, Jack Snipe, Whimbrel, 5 Woodcock
Toft Newton
2 Garganey
Willow Tree Fen
2 Buzzard, Common Crane, Great White Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Red Kite

24/03/2022
Cogglesford Mill
Black Rdstart


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Black Redstart in Sleaford at Cogglesford Mill - Image © Ian Misselbrook

Donna Nook
Snow Bunting
Swanpool
26 Whooper Swan
Trent Port
11 Chiffchaff, 5 Fieldfare, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Oystercatcher, 5 Redwing, Green Woodpecker


23/03/2022
Alkborough Flats
2 Bittern, 13 Little Egret, 150 Barnacle Goose, 5 Little Gull, 4 Marsh Harrier, 4 Pintail, 5 Water Rail, 55 Shoveler, 11 Cetti's Warbler
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Ring-necked Duck
Doddington Park
2 Bullfinch 20 Goldfinch,14 Siskin, 2 Lesser Redpoll
Frampton Marsh
White-tailed Lapwing, Little Stint, 6 Twite
Freiston Shore
Garganey
Gibraltar Point
11 Corn Bunting, Lapland Bunting, Crossbill, Pale-bellied Brent Goose, Hawfinch, 2 Red Kite, Barn Owl, 6 Pintail, Water Pipit, Black Redstart, Sandwich Tern, 170 Siskin, Starling murmuration
Louth
Buzzard, Long-eared Owl


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Long-eared Owl in Louth - Image © John Clarkson


Messingham
Cattle Egret

22/03/2022
Doddington Park
2 Bullfinch, 6 Lesser Redpoll, 25 Siskin
Far Ings
Sedge Warbler
Frampton Marsh
2 Garganey, White-tailed Lapwing, 3 Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Long-eared Owl
Raithby Lake, Louth
2 Garganey


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One of the Garganey at Raithby Lake - Image © John Clakson

River Bain Pit
2 Garganey 2 Mandarin Duck, 5 Goldeneye, 2 Egyptian Goose. 17 Shoveler
Swanpool
2 Grey Partridge
Water's Edge
Blackcap

21/03/2022
Alkborough Flats
Garganey
Baston & nLangtoft Pits
Ring-necked Duck
Doddington Park
4 Bullfinch, 7 Lesser Redpoll, 22 Siskin
Frampton Marsh
White-tailed Lapwing, Spotted Redshank, 2 Little Stint, 2 Twite, Whimbrel
Gibraltar Point
3 Firecrest, Hawfinch
Killingholme Haven Pit
98 Avocet
Swanpool
3 Chiffchaff, Kingfisher, Treecreeper, Siskin

20/03/2022
Alkborough Flats
American Wigeon
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Ring-necked Duck
Doddington Park
2 Bullfinch, 27 Goldfinch, 9 Lesser Redpoll, 37 Siskin, Great Spotted Woodpecker
Far Ings
3 Glossy Ibis (over west)
Frampton Marsh
Peregrine Falcon, 2 Pale=bellied Brent Goose, White-tailed Lapwing, Pintaill, Little Ringed Plover, Spotted Redshank, Little Stint
Marston
43 Common Snipe
River Witham, Lincoln
Goosander


19/03/2022
Boultham Mere
2 Whooper Swan
Doddington Park
5 Lesser Redpoll, 30+ Siskin
Frampton  Marsh
Garganey, White-tailed Lapwing, 2 Little Stint
Freiston Shore
2 Garganey
Holbeach Marsh
97 Whooper Swan
Langtoft
Ring-necked Duck
Lincoln
20 Whooper Swan
Marston
Brambling
Trent Port
7 Chiffchaff, 10 Gadwall, Sparrowhawk, 24 Whooper Swan, 35 Wigeon
Winter's Pool
The Gull?

18/03/2022
Alford
Treecreeper
Alkborough Flats
Bearded Tit, Cetti's Warbler
Boultham Mere
2 Kingfisher, 10 Shoveler, Sparrowhawk
Deeping Lake
Red Kite
Doddington Park
2 Bullfinch, Lesser Redpoll, 21 Siskin
Frampton Marsh
Peregrine Falcon, White-tailed Lapwing, Little Ringed Plover, 2 Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
2 Firecrest, Woodcock
Heighington Fen
Corn Bunting
Louth
Woodcock
Scunthorpe
Woodlark


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Woodlark, Scunthorpe - Image © Alan Hudson

Trusthorpe
Purple Sandpiper
Winter's Pool
The Gull?

17/03/2022
Anderby Marsh
3 Garganey
Branston 
Water Rail
Doddington Park
3 Bullfinch, 16 Goldfinch, 14 Lesser Redpoll, 34 Siskin
Far Ings
Great White Egret
Frampton Marsh
White-tailed Lapwing, 2 Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Hen Harrier, 3 Firecrest, Black Redstart, Woodlark
Langtoft
Smew (f)
Marston
Brambling
South Ferriby
Red Kite

16/03/2022
Anderby Marshes
3 Garganey
Doddington Park
2 Bullfinch, 6 Lesser Redpoll. 28 Siskin
Frampton Marsh
White-tailed Lapwing, Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
2 Firecrest, Hen Harrier (rt), Sand Martin, Short-eared Owl, Wheatear
Mablethorpe
Purple Sandpiper
Pyewipe , Grimsby
Iceland Gull
Snipe Dales
Blackcap, Brambling, 18 Chiffchaff, 80 Fieldfare, 4 Jay, 60 Redwing, 6 Siskin, 2 Willow Tit, Grey Wagtail
Trent Port
Brambling, 3 Bullfinch, 5 Chiffchaff, 105 Fieldfare, 2 Oystercatcher, Green Woodpecker
Winter's Pool
Mystrery Gull (aka Slaty-backed) still present in the afternoon

15/03/2022
Doddington Park
2 Bullfich, 2 Lesser Redpoll, 10 Siskin
Frampton Marsh
White-tailed Lapwing, Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Hen Harrier (male)
Hartsholme Park
2 Great Crested Grebe, 5 Grey Heron, Shoveler
Messingham
Cattle Egret
Pinchbeck
Common Scoter (flock over during the night), Spoonbill (over)
Swanholme Lakes
6 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Jay, 12 Shoveler, Treecreeper


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Well camouflaged Treecreeper, Swanholme Lakes, Lincoln - Image © Chris Grimshaw

14/03/2022
Alvingham
Hen Harrier

Hen HarrierIMG 500192A splendid shot of a Hen Harrier over Alvingham, Louth - Image © Steve Plant

Black Bank
20 Goosander on the Trent
Branston Hall
Treecreeper
Deeping St Nicholas
Wheatear
Far Ings
Sand Martin, Osprey
Frampton Marsh
White-tailed Lapwing, Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Little Ringed Plover
Winter's Pool
Slaty-backed Gull ????, 11 Curlew, 2 Oystercatcher, Skylark, Sparrowhawk


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The "what is it Gull" showing it's underwing feathering nicely at Winter's Pool, East Halton - Image © Andy Sims


Langtoft Pits
Ring-necked Duck, 2 Smew
Mablethorpe
Purple Sandpiper
Manby
Redwing, Water Rail, 8 Whooper Swan
Marston 
Green Sandpiper, Oystercatcher
Messingham
Cattle Egret, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 65 Pochard, 28 Redwing, 26 Shoveler, 3 Cetti's Warbler
Whisby complex
5 Buzzard, Mediterranean Gull, Red Kite, Sand Martin

13/03/2022
Bratoft
Chiffchaff, Red Kite
Frampton Marsh
White-tailed Lapwing, Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Firecrest
Hartsholme
Chiffchaff, Nuthatch
Jobs Lane
300 Black-head Gull, 2 Common Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 5 Oystercatcher, 3 Shelduck, 14 Shoveler, 50 Wigeon
Langtoft
Ring-necked Duck
Mablethorpe
Possible Siberian Chiffchaff
Messingham
Cattle Egret, Goshawk, 3 Mediterranean Gull

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Cattle Egret showing well at Messingham - Image © Wayne Gilliat

Rimac
Marsh Harrier, 3 Grey Heron
Stanton's Pit
Lapland Bunting
Trent Port
3 Bullfinch, Chiffchaff, 15 Cormorant. 12 Gadwall, Redshank, 14 Teal, 25 Wigeon, 
Tunman Woods
Chiffchaff, 2 Nuthatch, 8 Long-tailed Tit, Treecreeper
Utterby
Red Kite
Whisby (Scotland Farm)
8 Egyptian Goose (just past lake), 2 Oystercatcher

12/03/2022
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Sand Martin, Little Ringed Plover
Frampton Marsh
Peregrine Falcon, Hen Harrier (male), Marsh Harrier,  White-tailed Lapwing, Merlin, Little Ringed Plover, Jack Snipe, Little Stint
Halton Marsh
A possible Slaty-backed Gull, Chiffchaff, Hen Harrier (male), Water Pipit

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A stunning photo of a suspected Slaty-backed Gull at Winter's Pool - Image © Graham Catley


Swanpool
Little Egret, Jay
Willow Tree Fen
Short-eared Owl

11/03/2022
Alkborough Flats
Spoonbill
Deeping Lakes
Long-eared Owl
Frampton Marsh
White-tailed Lapwing, Little Stint
Saltfleetby
Hen Harrier (male)
Wainfleet All Saints
Short-eared Owl
Willow Tree Fen
Common Crane


May be an image of wading bird, nature and grassA Common Crane at Willow Tree Fen - Image Ian Misselbrook

 

10/03/2022
Anderby Creek
Brambling, 345 Chaffinch, 15 Linnet, Mediterranean Gull,  56 Siskin, Woodlark
Baston Fen
Woodlark
Far Ings
Sand Martin
Frampton Marsh
120 Avocet, 6 Bearded Tit,  Peregrine Falcon, Mediterranean Gull, White-tailed Lapwing, 2 Pintail, 2500 Golden Plover, Ringed Plover, Redshank, Spotted Redshank, Common Sandpiper, Little Stint, Turnstone, American Wigeon, Woodlark
Gibraltar Point
10 Crossbill, 3 Brambling, Stonechat, 3 Woodlark
Market Rasen
2 Red Kite
Whisby
45 Goldeneye

09/03/2022
Frampton Marsh
White-tailed Lapwing, Little Stint, American Wigeon

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Inevitable that the White-tailed Lapwing should finish up at Frampton Marsh - Image © Paul Sullivan


Gibraltar Point
15 Corn Bunting, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Water Pipit, Water Rail, 2 Cetti's Warbler

08/03/2021
Anderby Marsh
68 Curlew,170 Dunlin, 64 Gadwall, 20 Black-tailed Godwit, 188 Lapwing, Grey Plover, Ringed Plover, 16 Redshank, 450 Wigeon,
Donna Nook
Hen Harrier (m)
East Halton
Hen Harrier but no sign of the White-tailed Lapwing
Frampton Marsh
Spotted Redshank, Little Stint, American Wigeon

07/03/2022
Deeping Lakes
Long-eared Owl
Eagle
Egyptian Geese with young
Doddington Park
3 Bullfinch, 27 Goldfinch, 12 Lesser Redpoll, 8 Siskin
Frampton Marsh
Hen Harrier, Marsh Harrier, Red Kite, 1000's Golden Plover, Little Stint, 2 Whooper Swan, American Wigeon
Gibraltar Point
Hen Harrier
Hartsholme Park
7 Grey Heron, 2 Shoveler, Treecreeper, Grey Wagtail, Great Spotted Woodpecker
Millennium Green
3 Buzzard, Treecreeper
Morton (SW Lincs)
4 Crane (over)
Rippingale
8 Whooper Swan
Spalding
30 Whooper Swan
Whisby
2 Buzzard, 2 Chiffchaff, 17 Goldeneye, 2 Oystercatcher, 240 Golden Plover, Little Ringed Plover, 14 Redwing

06/03/2022
Frampton Marsh
30 Avocet, 2 Peregrine Falcon, Pale-bellied Brent Goose, Merlin, Pintail, 2 Little Stint, Stonechat, 38 Whooper Swan, American Wigeon
Gibraltar Point
Black-throated Diver
Lincoln
2 Common Crane (over)
East Halton
White-tailed Lapwing
Marston
106 Lesser Redpoll
Tallington Lakes
Ring-necked Duck
Swanpool
4 Buzzard
Trent Port
5 Buzzard, 30 Gadwall, 3 Shelduck, 16 Teal, 110 Wigeon
Witham End
Black-throated Diver, 6 Great Northern Diver, 32 Red-throated Diver, 4 Slavonian Grebe, 1000+ Common Scoter

05/03/2022
Doddington Park
2 Bullfinch, Coal Tit, 10 Lesser Redpoll, 3 Siskin
Frampton Marsh
American Wigeon
East Halton
White-tailed Lapwing
Langtoft
Smew
Mablethorpe
Great Northern Diver, Purple Sandpiper, 2 Velvet Scoter
Trent Port
4 Bullfinch, 26 Cormorant, 18 Gadwall, 2 Goosander, Egyptian Goose, 32 Lapwing, 2 Shelduck, 4 Teal, Green Woodpecker
Weelsby Wood
Mediterranean Gull

04/03/2022
Doddington Park
3 Bullfinch, 9 Lesser Redpoll
Frampton Marsh
American Wigeon
Gibraltar Point
2300 Dunlin, 800 Grey Plover, 650 Sanderling
Rippingale
Siskin
Whisby
Great White Egret, Kingfisher


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A Great White Egret at Whisby - Image © Jacqueline Spindley

03/03/2022
Anderby Marsh
65 Curlew, 14 Dunlin, 86 Gadwall, Mediterranean Gull, 5 Shoveler, 189 Teal, 453 Wigeon
Covenham Reservoir
Great Skua


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Bonxie at Covenham Reservoir this morning - Image © Chris Atkin


Donna Nook
27 Twite, Stonechat
Friskney
Hen Harrier
Greetham/Fulletby
Rough-legged Buzzard
Mablethorpe
Purple Sandpiper
Millennium Green
Brambling, 23 Lesser Redpoll, 19 Siskin
Hartsholme Park
5/6 Grey Heron, 3 Shoveler, Tawny Owl, Treecreeper
Swanholme Lakes
3 Goosander (2m 1f), 4 Great Crested Grebe, Great Spotted Woodpecker
Trent Port
2 Little Egret, 62 Fieldfare, 3 Raven

02/03/2022
Barton on Humber (Llama Land)
Cattle Egret
Frampton Marsh
American Wigeon
East Halton
White-tailed Lapwing
Langtoft
Ring-necked Duck
Mablethorpe
Purple Sandpiper
Stickney
Glossy Ibis

01/03/2022
Akborough Flats
Spoonbill
Far Ings
3 Bittern, Cattle Egret (close by), 4 Marsh Harrier, 20 Cetti's Warbler
Frampton Marsh
Long-tailed Duck, Great White Egret, Marsh Harrier, Merlin, Spotted Redshank, Tree Sparrow, Spoonbill, 3 Little Stint, Stonechat, American Wigeon

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Stonechat at Frampton Marsh - Image © Ian Misselbrook

East Halton
White-tailed Lapwing
Doddington Park
4 Lesser Redpoll, 3 Siskin 
Mablethorpe
4 Snow Bunting, Black-throated Diver, Caspian Gull, 2 Velvet Scoter
Marston
6 Chiffchaff, 2 Siberian Chiffchaff
Saltfleet Haven
Eider,223 Brent Goose, 6 Marsh Harrier
Trent Port
Fieldfare, 9 Gadwall, Sparrowhawk, 15 Teal, 3 Treecreeper, 42 Wigeon
Witham End
Great Northrn Diver, Kittiwake, Purple Sandpiper

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