Lincolnshire Bird Sightings - April 2022
30/04/2022
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Ring-necked Duck, Bar-tailed Godwit
Boultham Mere
Common Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point
Great White Egret, Osprey, Redstart, Red-rumped Swallow
Hallington Top
Hobby
North Somercotes
Wryneck

Petr Locking has all the luck, a second Wryneck in his North Somercotes garden -  Image © Mark Johnson

Skidbrooke
15 Whimbrel
Whisby
Black Tern (for an hour only)

29/04/2022
Baston Fen
Wood Sandpiper
Deeping Lakes
Wood  Sandpiper, Whimbrel
Donna Nook
Wryneck

A stunning shot of a Wryneck at Donna Nook - Image © Josh Forrester

Frampton Marsh
Spotted Redshank, Wood Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point
Spotted Redshank, Wood Sandpiper, Red-rumped Swallow

Spotted Redshank at Gibraltar Point - Image © Jeremy Eyeons

Huttoft Bank
Wryneck
Rimac
Ring Ouzel

28/04/2022
Alkborough Flats
3 Common Crane, Wood Sandpiper, 10 Spoonbill
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Little Gull
Croft Marsh
Water Pipit
Crowle
Arctic Tern
Donna Nook
Wryneck
Frampton Marsh
Garganey
Gibraltar Point
2 Garganey, Caspian Gull, Short-eared Owl, Ring Ouzel, Wood Sandpiper, 2 Spotted Redshank, 3 Spoonbill, Red-rumped Swallow, Black Tern

27/04/2022
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Ring-necked Duck, 4 Bar-tailed Godwit, 12 Arctic Tern
Donna Nook
Wryneck
Frampton Marsh
Garganey
Gibraltar Point
Great Northern Diver, Caspian Gull, Ring Ouzel, Short-eared Owl, Water Pipit, 2 Spotted Redshank, 3 Spoonbill, Red-rumped Swallow
Swanholme Lakes
6 Barn Swallow, Treecreeper, Garden Warbler, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker
Trent Port
Oystercatcher, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Common Sandpiper, Whimbrel

26/04/2022
Baston Fen
Short-eared Owl
Deeping Lakes
2 Bar-tailed Godwit
Donna Nook
Wryneck
Frampton Marsh
Garganey, Greenshank, Little Gull, Mediterranean Gull, Merlin, Pintail, Spotted Redshank, 3 Spoonbill, 3 Little Stint, Whimbrel
Freshney 
Cetti's Warbler, Reed Warbler
Gibraltar Point
2 Cuckoo, Turtle Dove, Great White Egret, Hawfinch, Hobby, Spoonbill, 3 Grasshopper Warbler
Sutton on Sea
3 Whimbrel
Trent Port
12 Blackcap, Bullfinch,  11 Chiffchaff, House Martin, Oystercatcher, Shelduck, 4 Willow Warbler, 4 Common Whitethroat, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Green Woodpecker

25/04/2022
Bardney 
Cuckoo
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Turnstone
Callan Lane Wood
Blackcap 8, Buzzard, Chiffchaff, Cuckoo,, 12, Raven 3+, Barn Swallow, 2 Garden Warbler, Willow Warbler, 15, Great Spotted Woodpecker
Donna Nook
Wryneck
Hawthorpe
Buzzard, Red Kite
Hubberts Bridge
Common Crane
Rimac
Ring Ouzel
Swanpool
2 House Martin
Willow Tree Fen
Common Crane

24/04/2022
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Bar-tailed Godwit, 5 Little Gull, Turnstone
Covenham Reservoir
Snow Bunting, Little Gull
Donna Nook
Wryneck

A spendid Wryneck at Donna Nook - Image © Mark Johnson

Far Ings
Bittern, Marsh Harrier
Frampton Marsh
Garganey, Pale bellied-Brent Goose, Greenshank, Little Gull, Mediterranean Gull, Little Stint. Yellow Wagtail, Wheatear, Whimbrel
East Halton
3 Arctic Tern
Saltfleet
Ring Ouzel

23/04/2022
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Ring-necked Duck, Bar-tailed Godwit, Little Gull, 2 Grey Plover
Covenham Reservoir
2 Buzzard, 2 Great Crested Grebe, Little Gull, 2 Common Sandpiper, 4 Shelduck, 75 Barn Swallow, Grey Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail, Common Whitethroat
Frampton Marsh
Little Gull, Greenshank, Little Gull, Mediterranean Gull, Marsh Harrier, Spoonbill, 3 Little Stint,  Sedge Warbler, Wheatear
Harstsholme Park
6 Grey Heron
Lea Marhes
3 Curlew, 6 Lapwing, 2 Grey Partridge, 20 Sand Martin, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Tree Sparrow, 6 Barn Swallow
Rimac
Ring Ouzel
Swanholme Lakes
2 Barn Swallow

22/04/2022
Butterwick Marsh
200 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, Marsh Harrier, 70 Shelduck, Jack Snipe, 15 Whimbrel
Immingham
Fieldfare, 300 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Ruff, Green Sandpiper, Jack Snipe, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, Wheatear
Kirkby Moor
2 Jay, Mistle Thrush, 2 Stonechat
Nocton Fen
3 Marsh Harrier, Yellow Wagtail
RAF Woodhall
Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Little Ringed Plover, Whimbrel
Rimac 
Ring Ouzel

21/04/2022
Ancaster
60 Corn Bunting
Boultham Mere
Cuckoo, Great White Egret
Covenham Reservoir
3 Common Sandpiper, Arctic Tern, 20 Yellow Wagtail
Frampton Marsh
2 Garganey
Freiston Shore
Ring Ouzel
Gibraltar Point
Hawfinch, Ring Ouzel, 3 Spotted Redshank, Red-rumped Swallow
Messingham
33 Gadwall, 2 Marsh Harrier, 6 Lapwing, Ring Ouzel (Horse Paddock, Oystercatcher, 12 Shelduck, Sparrowhawk, Barn Swallow, 2 Arctic Tern,  2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Song Thrush, 6 Cetti's Warbler

20/04/2022
Donna Nook
1 Curlew, 4 Common Redshank, 2 Barn Swallow, 2 Grasshopper Warbler 
Frampton Marsh
Little Gull, 2 Spotted Redshank, 2 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
Hawfinch
Paradise
4 Avocet, 1 Curlew, 4 Common Redshank
Saltfleetby
Ring Ouzel
Swanpool
Yellow Wagtail, Lesser Whitethroat

19/04/2022
Belton Park
2 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, 4 Jay, Coal Tit

A beautuful Goldcrest at Belton Park - Image © Steve Nesbitt

Frampton Marsh
Garganey, Little Gull, Black-necked Grebe, 2 Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Hawfinch, Short-eared Owl, Hen Harrier (m), Spotted Redshank
Rimac
Grasshopper Warbler, Common Whitethroat

Grasshpper Warbler at Rimac - Image © John Clarkson

Marton
Common Sandpiper
Toft Newton
Common Scoter
Water's Edge
2 Bittern, 4 Bullfinch, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Pochard, 2 Common Tern, Barn Swallow, 2 Treecreeper, 10+ Cetti's Warbler, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, 6 Willow Warbler

18/04/2022
Donna Nook
4 Blackcap, 2 Corn Bunting, 2 Cuckoo, Fieldfare, 49 Black-tailed Godwit, Pale-bellied Brent Goose, 2 Greenshank, Sand Martin Common Redstart, 9 Snipe, 5 Barn Swallow, Whimbrel, 4 Wheatear, Common Whitethroat,  Lesser Whitethroat
Far Ings
3 Bittern, 4 Marsh Harrier, Common Sandpiper, Common Tern, Bearded Tit
Gibraltar Point
Ring Ouzel
Halton Marsh
Ring Ouzel, 2 Wheatear
Humber Bank (Pyewipe to Stallingborough)
Black-tailed Godwit, Little Ringed Plover, Wheatear
Humberston
2 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Sedge Warbler
Job's Lane
16 Great Crested Grebe, Black-headed Gull, 4 Oystercatcher, 8 Teal, 2 Wigeon
Millennium Green
Blackcap, Chiffchaff, 2 Egyptian Goose, 5 Great Crested Grebe, Oystercatcher, Song Thrush, Cetti's Warbler, Willow Warbler
Scartho
2 Wheatear
Theddlethorpe
2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 10+ Wheatear
Toft Newton
Channel Wagtail, 60 Yellow Wahtail

Channel/Blue-headed Wagtail at Toft Newton Reservoir - Image © Ged Tranter

Willow Tree Fen
4 Common Crane

17/04/2022
Alkborough Flats
10 Common Crane, 8 Spotted Redshank, 4 Spoonbill

An amazing sight of 10 Common Crane over Alkborough maze this morning - Image © Graham Catley

Anderby Creek
Bittern, 26 Barnacle Goose, Water Pipit, Little Ringed Plover, 7 Swallow, Yellow Wagtail
Baston & Langtoft Pits
2 Avocet, Ring-necked Duck
Caistor
Osprey (SW)
Frampton Marsh
Little Gull
Holbeach Marsh
Great White Egret, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 2 Red-breasted Merganser, White Wagtail, 3 Yellow Wagtail 3 Whimbrel
Millennium Green
Smew (drake)
Rimac
Ring Ouzel
Swanpool
Cuckoo, Common Whitrthroat
RAF Woodhall
Cuckoo

16/04/2022
Alkborough Flats
Meadow Pipit

Meadow Pipit at Alkborough Flats - Image © Geraldine Gray

Boultham Mere
Reed Warbler
Bourne
Cuckoo
Deeping Lakes
Sandwich Tern
Far Ings
Bittern, 2 Marsh Harrier, 10 Yellow Wagtail
Frampton Marsh
Garganey, 2 Pale-bellied Brent Goose, Spotted Redshank, Curlew Sandpiper, Spoonnbill, Little Stint,  2 Whooper Swan, 2 Yellow Wagtail
Gibraltar Point
Hawfinch, Ring Ouzel 3 Grasshopper Warbler
Humberston 
Common Redstart
Scotter
Ring Ouzel

15/04/2022
Alkborough Flats
Garganey, 8 Spotted Redshank, Spoonbill
Eagle
Barn Swallow
Frampton Marsh
Garganey, Spotted Redshank
Gibraltar Point
Garganey, Hawfinch

Hawfinch at Gibraltar Point - Image © Steve Clipperton

Humberston
Ring Ouzel
Moggs Eye
Hen Harrier (male(
Weelsby Woods
Marsh Harrier, Ring Ouzel, Lesser Whitethroat


14/04/2022
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Ring-necked Gull
Boultham Mere
Kingfisher
Far Ings
Marsh Harrier
Frampton Marsh
Cuckoo, White-tailed Eagle (released bird), Little Gull, Common Sandpiper, Spoonbill2 Little Stint, Whitethroat
Gibralter Point
Firecrest, 2 Hawfinch, Red Kite, Ring Ouzel, Tree Pipit, Barn Swallow, White Wagtail, Grasshopper Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Whimbrel, Common Whitethroat, 5 Wheatear
Legbourne
3 White Stork (over)
Marston
Cetti's Warbler, Sedge Warbler, 2 Yellow Wagtail
Pig Lane
Mistle Thrush, Green Woodpecker
Trent Port
36 Fieldfare, 26 Linnet, Grey Partridge, Green Sandpiper, Barn Swallow, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker
Wainfleet Marsh
Avocet, Buzzard, Curlew, Marsh Harrier, Merlin, Golden Plover, Common, RedshankYellow Wagtail

13/04/2022
Alkborough Flats
Cattle Egret
Baston Fen
Spoonbill
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Ring-necked Duck
Cradge Bank - River Welland
Common Redstart
Frampton Marsh
2 Pale-bellied Brent Goose, Curlew Sandpiper, Little Gull, Curlew Sandpiper, Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
Firecrest
Saltfleetby St Clement
6 Cattle Egret (largest total recorded in Lincs)
Whitton
7 Common Crane (over-east) 
Wolla Bank
Siberian Chiffchaff

12/04/2022
Boultham Mere
Marsh Harrier
Frampton Marsh
2 Garganey, Little Gull, 3 Little Stint, 11 Little Ringed Plover, Spotted Redshank, 2 Wheatear
Freiston Shore
Common Whitethroat
Gibraltar Point
Little Ringed Plover, Spotted Redshank
Marton area
Blackcap, 4 Buzzard, 11 Chiffchaff, 2 Shelduck, Treecreeper, Tree Sparrow, 4 Wheatear, 2 Willow Warbler, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker
Whisby
30+ Blackcap, 30+ Chiffchaff, 4 Grey Heron, 20+ Shoveler, 12 Willow Warbler
RAF Woodhall
2 Wheatear, Willow Warbler

11/04/2022
Deeping Pits
Grey Plover
Doddington Park
2 Blackcap
Frampton Marsh
Peregrine Falcon, Garganey, Little Gull, Mediterranean Gull, 3 Little Stint, Yellow Wagtail, Wheatear
Freshney
Kestrel, Blackcap, Ring Ouzel
Jobs Lane
Little Egret, 4 Oystercatcher 
Toft Newton
2 Black-necked Grebe
Whisby
Cattle Egret

Cattle Egret, a first for Whisby - Image © Brian Cocksedge

10/04/2022
Alkborough Flats
Spoonbill, Grasshopper Warbler
Barton Pits
Ferruginous Duck (ringed)
Baston Fen
76 Whooper Swan
Covenham Reservoir
Black-necked Grebe, Yellow Wagtail
Frampton Marsh
Garganey, Little Gull, Short-eared Owl, 3 Little Stint, Wheatear, Willow Warbler
Job's Lane
3 Blackcap, 3 Buzzard, 12 Chiffchaff, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Shoveler, 10 Teal, 4 Wigeon
Messingham
34 Whooper Swan
Skegness
Black Redstart

09/04/2022
Little Bytham
Osprey
Caistor
Blackcap, 2 Sand Martin, 12 Redwing, 2 Tree Sparrow, 4 Barn Swallow
Covenham Reservoir
Black-necked Grebe, Spoonbill

The Black-necked Grebe at Covenham Reservoir - Image © Mark Johnson

Covenham Reservoir
Black-necked Grebe, Spoonbill
Frampton Marsh
3 Garganey, Pale-bellied Brent Goose, Little Gull, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 3 Little Stint, Barn Swallow, Sedge Warbler. The White-tailed Lapwing now looks as though it is at Ken Hill Marsh, Norfolk

08/04/2022
Alkborough Flats
Spotted Redshank
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Ring-necked Duck
Callans Lane Wood
Willow Warbler
Covenham Reservoir
Black-necked Grebe
Deeping Lakes
Osprey, Yellow Wagtail
Donna Nook
Spoonbill
Frampton Marsh
Garganey, Little Gull, Mediterranean Gull, Hen Harrier, Marsh Harrier, Little Ringed Plover, Water Rail, Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Little Gull
Willow Tree Fen
2 Common Crane


07/04/2022
Covenham Reservoir
Black-necked Grebe, Yellow-legged Gull, 4 Sand Martin, 3 Barn Swallow
Far Ings
Barn Swallow
Frampton Marsh
2 Garganey, Little Gull
Hartsholme Park
Lesser Black-backed Gull, 3 Grey Heron, Jay

06/04/2022
Covenham Reservoir
Black-necked Grebe, Little Ringed Plover
Far Ings
Blackcap, Marsh Harrier, 
Frampton Marsh
Cattle Egret, 2 Little Stint
Sibsey
Red Kite
Willow Tree Fen
2 Common Crane

A Common Crane showed briefly at Willow Tree Fen - Image © Andy Sims

05/04/2022
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Ring-necked Duck
Doddington Park
8 Siskin
Frampton Marsh
4 Garganey, Little Gull, Ring Ouzel, Spotted Redshank
Gibraltar Point
Garganey, Spotted Redshank

04/04/2022
Cleethorpes
13 Curlew, 2 Purple Sandpiper, Barn Swallow, Turnstone

Two Purple Sandpiper and a Turstone on The North Promanade Cleethorpes - Image ç Jim Wright

Frampton Marsh
Peregrine Falcon, Garganey, Goldeneye, Little Gull, Mediterranean Gull, Red Kite, Pintail, Spotted Redshank, Little Stint, Sedge Warbler
Gibraltar Point
Brambling, Snow Bunting, Little Gull, Short-eared Owl, Water Pipit, Spotted Redshank, Stonechat

03/04/2022
Doddington Park
11 Siskin
Frampton Marsh
Peregrine Falcon, 5 Garganey, Little Gull, Mediterranean Gull, White-tailed Lapwing (saltmarsh), Merlin, Water Pipit. Water Rail, Spotted Redshank
Gibraltar Point
Marsh Harrier, Short-eared Owl, Water Pipit

02/04/2022
Alkborough Flats
Bewick's Swan
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Ring-necked Duck
Crook Bank
Siberian Chiffchaff
Doddington Park
2 Bullfinch, 8 Siskin
Frampton Marsh
Spotted Crake, Little Gull, Mediterranean Gull, White-tailed Lapwing, Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Lapland Bunting, Garganey, Short-eared Owl
Langtoft
Smew (rh)
Trent Port
13 Buzzard, 8 Chiffchaff, 37 Cormorant, Little Grebe, Raven, Redshank, Grey Partridge, Red-legged Partridge, 10 Redwing, Shelduck, 3 Common Snipe, Jack Snipe, 4 Sparrowhawk, 70 Wigeon

01/04/2022
Alkborough Flats
Water Pipit, Spoonbill
Frampton Marsh
Spotted Crake, Garganey, Little Gull, 5 Mediterranean Gull, Marsh Harrier, White-tailed Lapwing, Pintail, Little Ringed Plover, Water Rail, Spotted Redshank

Spotted Crake on one of the footpaths at Frampton Marsh - Image © Josg Fusiara

Gibraltar Point
Short-eared Owl, Twite
Mablethorpe
Caspian Gull
Nebraska Wetlands - Kirton in Lindsey
American Wigeon
Saltfleet
2 Short-eared Owl