January 2025

31/1/2025
Belton House/Park
Hawfinch (2), Greenfinch (5), Great Black-Backed Gull, Red Kite (4), Siskin (8), Great Spotted Woodpecker (2), Rook (72), Redwing (45), Sparrowhawk (1), Treecreeper (2), Nuthatch (1)
Anderby Creek
Black-Tailed Godwit (2), Curlew, Dunlin, Lapwing, Kestrel (10, Herring Gull, Pintail (1), Shoveler, Shelduck (4), Water Rail (1), Sanderling, Marsh Harrier (1), Gadwell, Teal
RSPB Frampton Marsh
Hen Harrier (1), Bewick Swan, Whooper Swan (1), Skylark, Stonechat (2), Merlin, Great White Egret, Bar-Tailed Godwit (6), Brent Goose, Curlew (8), Dunlin, Goldeneye (9), Lapwing, Herring Gull, Pintail, Ruff (4), Pochard (23), Shelduck, Shoveler, Snipe (2)
Pyewipe/Grimsby Docks
Stonechat (1), Shoveler (7), Shelduck, Redshank, Lapwing (250), Kestrel (1), Dunlin, Curlew, Bar-Tailed Godwit, Black-Tailed Godwit
Kirkby Moor Nature Reserve
Great Spotted Woodpecker, Redwing (3), Stonechat (2), Song Thrush, Jackdaw, Green Woodpecker
Far Ings Nature Reserve
Whooper Swan (1), Redwing (5), Tufted Duck (6), Cormorant (1), Wigeon (6)
Langtoft Gravel Pits
Shoveler (2), Red-Crested Pochard (4), Pochard (14), Goldeneye (5), Goosander (2), Red Kite (2), Great Spotted Woodpecker (1), Kestrel (1), Skylark (1)
Hobhole Bank Pumping Station
Brent Goose (800), Whooper Swan (110), Shelduck (2), Oystercatcher (2), Lapwing (16), Curlew (1), Redshank (4), Snipe (1), Gadwell (4), Mute Swan (3)
Little Bytham
Red Kite (1), Great Spotted Woodpecker (4), Rook (50), Redwing (4), Fieldfare (15), Yellowhammer (8), Redpoll (1), Brambling (3)
Deeping Lakes
Cattle Egret, Glossy Ibis (20, Goldeneye, Goosander, Great Crested Grebe, Great White Egret, Kestrel, Shoveler, Teal, Little Egret, Little Grebe, Wigeon, Grey Heron, Green Woodpecker, Barn Owl (1), Egyptian Goose
Lincolnshire CCP
Hen Harrier, Pintail, Goosander, Black-Tailed Godwit, Dunlin (2), Sanderling, Snipe, Kingfisher, White-Fronted Goose, Merlin

30/1/2025
Lincolnshire CCP
Barnacle Goose (3), Black-Tailed Godwit (30, Curlew (37), Goosander (10, Kestrel (3), Lapwing (480), Linnet (60), Merlin (10, Redshank (7), Pintail (1), Rook (70), Skylark (2), White-Fronted Goose (3), Tree Sparrow (3), Shoveler (17) Shelduck (5), Snipe (4), Marsh Harrier (1), Pink-Footed Goose (1300)
Baston and Langtoft Pits
Ring-necked Duck (Drake)
Willow Tree Fen
Common Crane (12)
Messingham Sand Quarry
Bittern (1), Bullfinch (2), Goldeneye (3), Great Spotted Woodpecker (1), Redpoll, Shelduck, Shoveler, Sparrowhawk (1), Buzzard (1), Pochard, Red-Legged Partridge, Pheasent, Mute Swan, Marsh Harrier (1), Cormorant (26)
Louth
Black Redstart, Woodcock (1), Great Spotted Woodpecker, Herring Gull, Goldcreast (3), Jackdaw, Song Thrush, Goldfinch, Dunnock, Chaffinch, Buzzard (2)
RSPB Frieston Shore
Brent Goose (62), Goldeneye (5), Lapwing (580), Pintail (560), Redshank (26), Spotted Redshank (1), Turnstone (8), Whooper Swan (34), Golden Plover (250), Reed Bunting (2), Wigeon (1200)
Howdens Pull Over (Between Donna Nook and Saltfleet)
Spoonbill, Short-eared Owl (2), Brent Goose (600), Whooper Swan (10), Yellowhammer, Perigrine Falcon, Shelduck, Redshank, Curlew, Marsh Harrier
Holywell Lake
Red Kite (1), Skylark (1), Redwing (4), Fieldfare (2), Linnet (10), Treecreeper (1), Gadwell (20), Mallard (16), Coot (13), Little Grebe (7), Moorhen (8), Greylag Goose (60, Canada Goose (18)
Caistor- Westmoor Ponds, Woods and Fields
Herring Gull (2), Kestrel (2), Rook (5), Greenfinch (1), Linnet (12), Yellowhammer (7), Starling (16), Great Tit (2), Goldcreast (1), Carrion Crow (1), Woodpigeon (8)
Boultham Mere
Pintail (2), Pochard (1), Redwing (2), Rook, Shoveler (5), Snipe (2), Teal (34), Wigeon (1), Dunnock (2), Cettis Warbler (1), Coot (45), Blue Tit (10)
Deeping Lakes
Cattle Egret (2), Goldeneye, Goosander (2), Great Creasted Grebe (1), Kestrel (2), Skylark, Red Kite (2), Sparrowhawk (1), Pochard, Long-eared Owl (3), Little Egret, Little Grebe
Gibraltar Point
Black-Tailed Godwit (9), Brent Goose (250), Fieldfare (1), Great Northern Diver (1), Great Spotted Woodpecker (1), Greenfinch (2), Kestrel (1), Merlin (1), Marsh Harrier (1), Red-Throared Diver (3), Redshank, Redwig (2), Skylark (10), Stonechat (2), Water Rail (1), Whooper Swan (4), Turnstone (20), Shoveler (28), Shelduck (14), Water Pipit (2), Barn Owl (1)
Pyewipe/Grimsby Docks
Black-Tailed Godwit, Curlew, Dunlin, Herring Gull, Great Black-Backed Gull, Lapwing (100), Redshank, Shoveler, Lesser Black-Backed Gull, Grey Plover, Golden Plover (1000), Canada x Greylag Goose (1), Gadwell (21)

29/1/2025
Gibraltar Point
Water Rail (2), Water Pipit (3), Stonechat (1), Skylark (12), Redwing (6), Red-Throated Diver (9), Oystercatcher (15), Greenfinch (1), Eider (150), Curlew (36), Brent Goose (270), Black-Tailed Godwit (9), Bar-Tailed Godwit (1)
RSPB Tetney Marshes
Brent Goose (301), Bullfinch, Cattle Ehret (1), Curlew, Kestrel, Linnet (30), Siskin, Redshank (15)
Louth (St James Church)
Black Redstart
Sutton On Sea
Red-necked Grebe
Crook Bank
Caspian Gull
Willow Tree Fen
Common crane (16), Berwicks Swan (3), Greenfinch, Filedfare, Lapwing, Shelduck, Shoveler, Stonechat (1), Whooper Swan (3), Marsh Harrier (3), Snipe (1), Green Woodpecker (1), Little Egret (1)
Deeping Lakes
Long-eared owl (2)
Huttoft Bank
Bar-Tailed Godwit, Curlew, Skylark, Sanderling, Common Gull, Black-Headed Gull
Deeping High Bank
Goosander (11), Great Creasted Grebe (3), Kestrel (1), Marsh Harrier (1), Stonechat, Whooper Swan (370), Mute Swan (140), Egyptian Goose (20, Heron (1), Green Woodpecker (1), Little Egret (1) 
Boultham Mere
Great Spotted Woodpecker (1), Shoveler (4), Cormorant (6), Gadwell (2), Dunnock (1), Little Egret (4)
North Killingholme
Shoveler (6) Water Rail (1), Lapwing (120), Curlew (50), Black-Tailed Godwit (1), Redshank (85), Redwing (3), Skylark (9)
Caistor- Sandbraes/Canada Lane
Kestrel (2), Rook (3), Bullfinch (2), Greenfinch (1), Linnet (8)
RSPB Frampton Marsh
Whooper Swan (55), Shelduck (20), Pintail (75), Pochard (60, Goldeneye (1), Oystercatcher (2), Curlew (30), Ruff (8), Great Creasted Grebe (1), Kestrel (1), Marsh Harrier (1), Skylark (7), Stonechat (2), Linnet (15), Peregrine Falcon (2), Shoveler (20), Black-Tailed Godwit, Redshank (9), Dunlin (50)
RSPB Frieston Shore
Pintail (788)

28/1/2025
Huttoft Bank
Red Throated Diver (12), Linnet, Shelduck (4)
Louth (St James Church)
Black Redstart (recorded on the webcam)
Cleethorpes Country Park
Great Creasted Grebe (1), Water Rail (1), Mediterranean Gull (2), Tufted Duck (30), Gadwell (16)
Whisby Nature Reserve
Goosander, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Red Kite, Goldeneye, Great Creasted Grebe, Shoveler, Treecreeper, Chaffinch, Song Thrush
Anderby Creek
Black-Tailed Godwit (4), Curlew, Dunlin, Lapwing (400), Oystercatcher (2), Redshank, Marsh Harrier, Sanderling, Robin, Pheasant, Teal Jackdaw, Shelduck (3), Shoveler
Sleaford
Redpoll (1), Greenfinch, Blackcap (2), Coal Tit (1), Blue Tit (5), Goldfinch (5)
Tattershall Thorpe
Goldeneye (5), Stonechat (2), Shoveler (10), Wigeon (87), Greylag Goose (99), Gadwell (6), Tufted Duck (21), Canada Goose (19), Jackdaw (6), Mute Swan (11), Robin (2)
Deeping Lakes
Goldeneye, Kingfisher, Pochard, Egyptian Goose, Gadwell, Cormorant, Wigeon, Tufted Duck
Little Bytham
Red Kite (1), Rook (58), Redwing (4), Filedfare (50), Yellowhammer (8)
RSPB Frieston Shore
Brant Goose (320), Whooper Swan (10), Shelduck (3), Shoveler (50), Pintail (646), Goldeneye (2), Lapwing (300), Curlew (78), Black-Tailed Godwit (59), Ruddy Turnstone (7), Redshank (12), Skylark (3), Linnet (22), Rock Pipit (1), Little Grebe (15), Little Egret (3), Cormorant (3)
Pyewipe/Grimsby Docks
Bar-Tailed Godwit, Curlew, Dunlin, Lapwing (30), Herring Gull, Great Black-Backed Gull, Redshank, Shelduck, Shoveler
RSPB Frampton Marsh
Brent Goose, Whooper Swan, Pintail, Shoveler, Great Creasted Grebe, Lapwing, Ruff, Black-Tailed Godwit, Lapwing, Peregrine Falcon, Kingfisher, Snipe, Marsh Harrier, Avocet

 

Redpoll taken on Garden Feeder in Sleaford - Image © Stewart Wilson

27/1/2025
Norvartis Ings/Humber Bank
Black-Tailed Godwit (42), Curlew (11), Dunlin (3), Herring Gull (25), Lapwing (39), Redshank (280, Shoveler (4), Shelduck (28), Wigeon (23), Little Egret (1), Tufted Duck (11),  Greylag Goose (3)
RSPB Frampton Marsh
Hen Harrier (male), Peregrine Falcon, Skylark, Stonechat, Greenfinch
Willow Tree Fen
Filedfare, Lapwing, Shoveler, Golden Plover, Buzzard, Chaffinch, Teal, Wigeon, Heron
Mablethorpe (Queens Park)
Black Redstart
Deeping High Bank
Yellowhammer (5), Linnet (70), Fieldfare (8), Skylark (5), Kestrel (2), Merganser (10), Whooper Swan
Baston Fen
Whooper Swan (104), Skylark, Rook, Lapwing (150), Kestrel (1), Heron (1), Starling (200), Little Owl (1), Stock Dove
Boultham Mere/Swanpool
Greenfinch (4), Herring Gull (1), Kestrel (1), Redwing (30), Rook, Shoveler (2), Treecreeper (1), Teal (22), Song Thrush (2), Pink Footed Geese (1), Meadow Pipit (2), Jay (2), Greylag Geese (81)
Deeping Lakes
Redwing, Kestrel, Red Kite, Herring Gull, Merganser, Goldeneye, Pochard, Whooper Swan, Cattle Egret, Green Woodpecker, Little Grebe, Cormorant, Tufted Duck, Teal, Mute Swan
Caistor- Westmoor Ponds, Woods and Fields
Herring Gull (10, Kestrel (2), Rook (4), House Sparrow (12), Linnet (12), Yellowhammer (5), Wren (2), Coot (1), Goldfinch (6), Jackdaw (12)
Whisby Nature Reserve
Great White Egret (1), Pochard (1), Shoveler (4), Goldeneye (2), Great Creasted Grebe (1), Cormorant (1), Little Egret (1)
Pyewipe/Grimsby Docks
Bar-Tailed Godwit, Curlew, Dunlin, Shoveler (4), Great Black-Backed Gull, Herring Gull, Lapwing (80), Shelduck, Redshank, Grey Plover, Ringed Plover, Greylag Goose (2), Teal (32), Tufted Duck (11), Mute Swan (3), Whooper Swan (1), Little Egret (1)
Gibraltar Point
Black-Tailed Godwit (9), Black-Throated Diver (1), Brent Goose (191), Common Scoter (3), Curlew (19), Eider (55), Fieldfare (1), Great Black-Backed Gull (2), Great Creasted Grebe (6), Herring Gull (40),Lapwing (70, Oystercatcher (28), Pochard (3), Pintail (4), Red-Throated Diver (34), Redshank (12), Redwing (18), Shelduck (14), Shoveler (28), Whooper Swan (4), Water Rail (1), Sparrowhawk (1)

26/1/2025
Caistor
Red Kite (2)
Chowder Ness
Glaucous Gull - Flew over site
Sutton On Sea
Red-necked Grebe
Baston Fen
Bewick Swan (2)
Tallington Lakes
Ring-necked Duck, Greater Scaup (2)
Marston STW
Jack Snipe, Linnet, Barnacle Geese
Alkbourgh Flats
Russian White Fronted Geese (2) - Flew over site
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis (1)
Cleethorpes (North Shore)
Turnstone, Redshank, Oystercatcher, Knot, Herring Gull, Grest Black-Backed Gull, Dunlin, Sanderling
Gibraltar Point
Brent Goose (357), Scoter (2), Curlew (12), Great Spotted Woodpecker (1), Red Throated Diver (2), Redshank (3), Redwing (22), Whooper Swan (11), Water Rail (1), Shoveler (18), Shelduck (14), Sparrowhawk (2), Snipe (1)
Witham Bank (Homestead)
Goosander (2), Redshank (3), Redwing (13)
Cleethorpes (Shoreline)
Curlew, Dunlin, Redshank, Herring Gull, Shelduck, Turnstone, Ring Plover
RSPB Frampton Marsh
Whooper Swan (12), Skylark (5), Shoveler (28), Shelduck (15), Ruff (5), Redshank, Pochard (15), Pintail (19), Linnet (1), Lapwing (500), Great White Egret (10, Goldeneye (5), Dunlin (15), Brent Gooses (100), Black-Tailed Godwit (10), Cormorant (2), Ringed Plover (1), Rock Pipit (1), Pink Footed Geese (7)
East Halton Marshes To East Holten Skitter (Winters Pond)
Barnacle Geese (13), Shelduck (6), Shoveler (2), Goldeneye (2), Merganser (2), Black-Tailed Godwit (16), Dunlin (91), Redshank (26), Hen Harrier (1), Kestrel (1), Great Spotted Woodpecker (1), Rook (5), Skylark (1), Redwing (11), Stonechat (1), Greenfinch (1), Linnet (4), Yellowhammer (40), Avocet (49), Little Owl (1), Tawny Owl (2), Merlin (2)

 Jack Snipe at Marston STW - Image © Matt Dineen

25/1/2025
Whisby Nature Reserve
Barnacle Goose (2), Bullfinch (2), Great Creasted Grebe (3), Great White Egret (1), Kingfisher (1), Water Rail (1), Redwing (20), Snipe (2)
Saltfleetby All Saints
Russian White-Fronted Geese (2)
Weelsby Woods
Mediterranean Gull
Sutton On Sea
Red-necked Grebe (1), Linnet, House Sparrow, Herring Gull
Deeping Lakes
Long-eared Owl (3)
Mablethorpe (Queens Park)
Black Redstart
Spalding-River Welland
Red-Breasted Merganser
Saltfleetby/Theddlethorpe Sand Dunes
Snow Bunting (16)-on the beach near brickyard Lane
Humber Bank
Bar-Tailed Godwit, Curlew, Dunlin, Herring Gull, Kestrel (1), Redshank, Shelduck, Shoveler
Huttoft Bank
Curlew, Redshank, Skylark, Stonechat (1), Pink-footed Geese (300)
Anderby Creek
Dunlin, Curlew, Lapwing, White-fronted Geese (2), Redshank, Shoveler, Shelduck, Song Thrush (1)
RSPB Frampton Marsh
Brent Goose (500), Hen Harrier, Shelduck (20), Shoveler (10), Pintail (10), Goldeneye (2), Lapwing (1000), Whimbrel (1)- Flew towards east side from the wash, Curlew (3), Black-Tailed Godwit (1), Dunlin (20), Stonechat (2), Wigeon (1000) Reed Bunting (2)
Messingham Sand Quarry
Goldeneye, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Lesser Redpoll, Marsh Harrier, Pochard, Shoveler, Shelduck, Siskin, Teal, Cettis Warbler, Goldfinch, Coal Tit, Dunnock, Tufted Duck
Marston STW
Curlew (9), Water Rail (3), Fieldfare (3), Marsh Harrier (1-female), Greylag Goose, Canada Goose

24/1/2025
Sutton Brick Pit
Red-necked Grebe
Sutton on Sea
Great Black-Backed Gull (5), Pintail, Shelduck (4), Sanderling (2), Herring Gull (27)
North Somercoates Warren
Kingfisher (1)
Fishtoft (Oak Farm)
Cattle Egret (1)
Huttoft Bank
Curlew, Fulmar (1), Greenfinch (1), Herring Gull, Marsh Harrier (1), Wigeon (140), Stock Dove (13), Canada Goose
Gibraltar Point
Grey Phalarope (1)- Flew south of shore, Bar-Tailed Godwit, Brent Goose (68), Common Scoter (10), Eider (10), Fulmar (1), Dunlin, Curlew, Great-creasted Grebe (7), Linnet (2), Pintail (2), Red Breasted Merganser (7), Red-Throated Diver (7), Shelduck (17), Shoveler (21), Turnstone, Velvet Scoter
Saltfleetby-Theddlethorpe NNR
Black-Tailed Godwit (1), Cattle Egret (3), Great White Egret (1), Lapwing (1), Redshank (4), Little Egret (7), Starling (50), Teal, Mute Swan (2)
Rimac/Sea View
Black-Tailed Godwit (1), Cattle Egret, Curlew (2), Great White Egret (1), Shelduck, Shoveler, Snipe (2), Teal, Tufted Duck, Wigeon, Redshank (4), Cormorant (3)
RSPB Frampton Marsh
Brant Goose (1000), Pochard (4), Goldeneye (7), Lapwing (1200), Black-Tailed Godwit (6), Curlew (2), Ruff (1), Dunlin (145), Kestrel (1), Marsh Harrier (2), Stonechat (2), Pintail (6), Avocet (4), Chiffchaff
Deeping Lakes
Shoveler (1), Merganser (6), Goldeneye (9), Cattle Egret (1), Stonechat (1), Bullfinch (2), Long-eared Owl (2), Gadwell (100), Wigeon (307), Mallard (34)

23/1/2025
Wolla Bank
Common Scoter, Guillemot, Oystercatcher, Red-Throated Diver
Tongue End
Sort-eared Owl
Cleethorpes Country Park
Ruddy Shellduck (6)
Rimac
Pintail (2), Cattle Egret
Deeping Lakes
Great Creasted Grebe, Greenfinch, Kestrel, Linnet, Marsh Harrier, Red Kite, Rook, Great White Egret, Long-eared Owl (3), Egyptian Goose (2)
Cress Marsh (Skegness)
Great Black-Backed Gull (8), Herring Gull (74), Lapwing (44), Linnet (30), Pochard (1), Wigeon (115), Teal (14), Tufted Duck (20), Greylag Goose (210), Little Egret (1)
Willow Tree Fen
Goosander (48), Fieldfare, Lapwing, Shelduck, Marsh Harrier (26), Shoveler, Water Rail (1), Whooper Swan (103), common crane (23)
Caistor-Westmoor Ponds,Woods and Fields
Greenfinch (1), Kestrel (2), Rook (2), Redwing (8), Linnet (5), Meadow Pipit (2), Chaffinch (1), Reed Bunting (2), Red Kite (1)
RSPB Frampton Marsh
Whooper Swan, Brent Goose, Goldeneye, Pintail, Water Rail, Cattle Egret, Shelduck, Peregrine Falcon, Heron, Cormorant, Spotted Redshank, Dunlin, Ruff, Curlew, Black-Tailed Godwit, Avocet (4), Jack Snipe
Pyewipe/ Grimsby Docks
Shoveler (10), Shelduck, Lapwing (100), Curlew, Dunlin, Black-Tailed Godwit, Bar-Tailed Godwit, Cormorant (3), Canada Goose (2), Gadwell (8), Moorhen, Greylag Goose (1)

 

Ruddy Shelduck at Cleethorpes Country Park - Image © Jim Wright

22/1/2025
Seacroft Marsh SSSI (Skegness)
Curlew (90), Skylark (3), Stonechat (1), Rock Pipit (1)
Boultham Mere/Swanpool
Greenfinch (30, Shoveler (17), Stonechat (1), Redwing (30) ,Long-tailed Tit (2), Green Woodpecker (2), Cormorant (8), Dunnock (1), Cettis Warbler (1)
Deeping Lakes
Long-eared Owl (4)
Mablethorpe (Queens Park)
Black Redstart
Humberstone (Fitties)
Russian White-Fronted Geese (4)-Flew over heading in NW direction, Barnacle Goose (28), Curlew (2), Greenfinch (53), Kestrel (1), Skylark (11), Herring Gull (4)
Barrow Haven
Shoveler (3), Goldeneye (7), Lapwing (26), Tufted Duck (5), Greylag Geese (77)
Culverthorpe Lake
Great Creasted Grebe (1), Great White Egret (1), Great Spotted Woodpecker (1), Rook (12), Fieldfare (14), Redwing (11), Teal (10), Wigeon (8)
Gibraltar Point
Bar-Tailed Godwit, Brent Goose, Curlew, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Greenfinch, Herring Gull, Lapwing, Shelduck, Shoveler, Skylark, Water Rail, Wigeon, Redshank, Reed Bunting, Dunnock
Marston Stw
Red Kite (1), Water Rail (1), Stonechat (2), Sparrowhawk (2), Chiffchaff (2), Cettis Warbler (2)
Far Ings Nature Reserve
Goldeneye (2), Greenfinch (1), Pochard (3), Gadwell, Dunnock, Cormorant (1), Tufted Duck (8)
RSPB Frampton Marsh
Hen Harrier, Marsh Harrier, Stonechat, Water Rail, Pintail, Whooper Swan, Brent Goose, Lapwing, Dunlin, Black-Tailed Godwit, Curlew, Avocet
Pyewipe/Grimsby Docks
Bar-Tailed Godwit, Balck-Tailed Godwit, Dunlin, Lapwing (100), Cormorant (2), Shelduck, Shoveler (6), Little Egret, Gadwell, Golden Plover (200), Greenfinch (1), Herring Gull, Great Black-Backed Gull

21/01/2025
Willow Tree Fen
Hen Harrier (male), Berwick Swan, Whooper Swan, Marsh Harrier (Leucistic)
Gibraltar Point
Velvet Scoter, Hen Harrier, Water pipit (2)
Deeping Lakes
Long-eared Owl (3), Glossy Ibis (2), Kingfisher, Great White Egret, Red Kite, Whooper Swan, Kestrel, Goosander, Fieldfare
Sutton Ings Brick Pit
Red-necked Grebe
Anderby Creek
Curlew (1), Dunlin (6), Great Black Backed Gull (1), Herring Gull, Lapwing (300), Kestrel (2), Red-throated Diver (3), Shelduck (2), Shoveler, Redshank, Sandling (5), Pink-footed Geese, Jackdaw
Clay Bank- Heckington Pumping Station
Great White Egret
Kirkby Gravel Pits
Goldeneye (16), Siskin, Shoveler (2), Gadwell (6), Coot (16), Tufted Duck (6)
Holywell Lake
 Teal, (20), Rook (50), Great Spotted Woodpecker (1), Red Kite (1), Yellowhammer (15)
Trent Port
Rook (60), Redwing (3), Fieldfare (1), Yellowhammer (2), Bullfinch (3), Dunnock (4), Song Thrush (1), White Wagtail (2)
Sea Farm-Louth
Shoveler (2),Teal (9), Phesant (3), Western Barn Owl, Great Spotted Woodpecker (1), Rook (158), Linnet (6), Yellowhammer (2)
Hobhole Bank Boston
Lapwing (4), Dunlin (4), Curlew (1), Western Barn Owl (1), Great Spotted Woodpecker, Oystercatcher (1), Meadow Pipit, Dunnock, Greenfinch (3)
Witham Mouth (Tabs end)
Eider, Bar-Tailed Godwit, Oystercatcher
RSPB Frampton Marsh
Ruff, Hen Harrier, Stonechat, Perigrine Falcon (2), Pintail (6), Lapwing (5000), Brent Goose, Greylag Goose (300)

 

Red-necked Grebe, Sutton Ings Brick Pit - Image © Roger Labbett

20/1/2025
Willow Tree Fen
Hen Harrier (1-male)
RSPB Frieston Shore
Spotted Redshank
Tallington Lakes
Russina White-Fronted Goose (3)
Belton House
Hawfinch
Spalding (River Welland)
Goosander, Red Breasted Merganser
RAF Coningsby
Whooper Swans (4), Rook (3)
Gibraltar Point
Black-Throated Diver, Red-Throated Diver , Water Rail, Bar-Tailed Godwit (5), Black-Tailed Godwit (5), Great Crested Grebe (2), Eider (5), Red Breasted Merganser (5), Teal (135), Velvet Scoter
Baston Gravel Pits
Water Rail (2), Kestrel (2), Redwing (6)
Hallington Arable Fields
Teal (2), Yellowhammer (25)
Kirkby Gravel Pits
Teal, Shoveler, Pochard, Goldeneye (7), Siskin (5), Greylag Goose (30), Egyptian Goose(2)
Tetney Marshes
Bar-Tailed Godwit, Brent Gooses, Black-Tailed Godwit, Curlew, Dunlin, Herring Gull, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Knot, Shelduck, Shoveler, Skylark, Stonechat, Yellowhammer
RSPB Frampton Marshes
Black-Tailed Godwit, Brent Goose, Dunlin, Great White Egret, Lapwing, Marsh Harrier, Merlin, Shelduck, Shoveler, Stonechat, Whooper Swan, Curlew Sandpiper
Pyewipe/ Grimsby Docks
Shoveler (11), Shelduck, Lapwing (140), Dunlin, Curlew, Bar-Tailed Godwit, Black-Tailed Godwit, Cormorant, Canada Goose (71)

19/1/2025
Willow Tree Fen
Shoveler (10), Lapwing, Merganser (4), Whooper Swan (520), Berwick Swan (14), Common Crane (19), Goosander (69)
Tallington Lakes
Red-Creasted Pochard (48), Great Crested Grebe, Red Kite
Trent Port
Teal (26), Rook (40)
Winters Pond
Barnacle Goose (6), Shelduck (6), Shoveler (2), Teal (2), Goldeneye (1), Lapwing (250), Curlew (46)
Post Mill North Hykeham
Lesser Redpoll (15), Siskin (10)
Tounge End Bourne
Common Crane (18)
Deepings Lakes
Red-Breasted Merganser (1), Goldeneye (5), Great Spotted Woodpecker (1), Long-Eared Owl (4)
Anthonys Bank
Curlew, Dunlin, Brent Gooses, Great Black-Backed Gull, Herring Gull, Shelduck, Oystercatcher, Turnestone, Redshank
RSPB Tetney Marshes
Brent Goose (3), Curlew, Lapwing (20), Shoveler (9), Shelduck, Snipe, Golden Plover (40), Little Egret (2), Little Grebe (2)
Gibraltar Point
Brent Goose (1), Common Scoter (18), Curlew, Great Northern Diver (1), Pintail (3), Pochard, Red-Breasted Merganser (1), Red-Throated Diver (1), Rook (1), Shelduck (11), Shoveler (12), Water Rail (4), Woodcock (1), Kestrel (1), Herring Gull (60), Great Black Backed Gull (3)
East Halton/Skitter Marshes
Teal (8), Shoveler (30, Curlew (172), Lapwing (15), Black-Tailed Godwit (1), Dunlin (357), Kestrel (1), Peregrine Falcon (1), Rook (10), Skylark (4), Stonechat (4), Linnet (2), Siskin (10), Yellowhammer (14), Avocet (1)
RSPB Frampton Marshes
Brant Goose (500), Whooper Swan (10, Shelduck (4), Shoveler (92), Pintail (12), Teal (5), Goldeneye (2), Lapwing (100), Black-Tailed Godwit (1), Curlew (6), Ruff (16), Dunlin (12), Stonechat (2), Great White Egret (1), Kestrel (1)

18/1/2025
Cleethorpes Country Park
Great Black Backed Gull, Great Creasted Grebe (1), Greenfinch (1), Herring Gull, House Sparrow, Tufted Duck (18), Cormorant, Goldfinch (38)
Tetney Lock
Goosander (2), Kestrel (1), Lapwing (180), Little Grebe (5), Heron (1), Fieldfare (40) Redwing (1), Buzzard (2)
Tetney Marshes
Brent Goose (12), Curlew, Linnet (1), Lapwing (200), Shelduck, Marsh Harrier (1), Little Egret (3), Cormorant (4)
Huttoft Bank
Scoter (20), Curlew, Grest Black Backed Gull, Herring Gull, Kestrel (2), Rook, Teal (3), Wigeon (112), Sanderling
Metheringham/Blankney
Great Spotted Woodpecker (2),Yellowhammer (2), Red Kite (1), Mistle Thrush (2), Song Thrush (2), Long-Tailed Tit (8), Coal Tit (4)
Wolla Bank
Eider
Timberland Fen
Linnet (5), Rook (8)
Chapel Six Marshes
Curlew, Water rail (1), Barn Owl (1)
Deepings Lakes
Bullfinch, Glossby Ibis (2), Goldeneye, Goosander, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Greenfinch, Kestrel, Lapwing, Little Owl (1), Shoveler, Stonechat, Teal, Red-Breasted Merganser
Messingham Quarry
Bullfinch, Goldeneye, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Lapwing, Siskin, Lesser Redpoll, Rook, Water Rail, Woodcock
RSPB Frampton Marsh
Brent Goose, Black-Tailed Godwit, Curlew, Dunlin, Goldeneye, Herring Gull, Lapwing, Ruff, Shelduck, Shoveler, Stonechat, Whooper Swan, Teal, Pheasant
RSPB Frieston Shore
Shoveler (29), Goldeneye (6), Curlew (92), Lapwing (400), Black-Tailed Godwit (14), Skylark (3), Greenfinch (2), Linnet (18)

17/1/2025
Wolla Bank
Red Throated Diver, Shelduck, Guillemot
Alkbourough Flats
Water Pipit (4), Stonechat, Skylark, Shoveler, Pintail (13), Dunlin, Curlew, Greater Spotted Woodpecker, Lapwing, Bullfinch (3), Greenfinch, Linnet, Kestrel, Black-Tailed Godwit
Deepings Lakes
Red-Breasted Merganser, Goosander, Glossy Ibis (2),Teal, Goldeneye (8), Merganser (8)
Anderby creek
Curlew, Dunlin (4) Great Black-Backed Gull (3), Kestrel (1), Lapwing (100), Red-Throated Diver (1), Shelduck (2), Shoveler (24), Redshank (3), Sanderling (1), Wigeon (520)
Lapwing Field
Greater Spotted Woodpecker (1), Linnet (2), Rook (3), Yellowhammer (1), Meadow Pipit, Long Tailed Tit (8)
River Witham (Tattershall)
Great White Egret (1), Goosander (8), Grey Heron, Little Egret (4), Little Grebe (2), Egyptian Gooses (2)
Tattershall Thorpe
Goldeneye (2), Great White Egret (1), Shoveler (23), Tufted Duck (37),Wigeon (162), Teal (59), Little Egret (1)
RSPB Frieston Shore
Cattle Egret (6), Corn Bunting (27), Spotted Redshank
Gibraltar Point
Tundra-Bean Goose (2), Hen Harrier, Water Pipit
Sleaford Road, Tattershall
Goosander (8), Great White Egret (1)
Brigg Marina
Smew (Drake)
Tallerton Lakes
Ferruginous Duck (Male)
Londonthorpe/Bellmont Woods
Bullfinch (2), Red Kite (1), Kestrel (1), Fieldfare (8), Dunnock (1), Green Woodpecker (1)
Pyewipe/Grimsby Docks
Shelduck, Black-Tailed Godwit, Dunlin, Curlew, Herring Gull, Great Black Backed Gull

 Smew on the marina, Brigg - Image © Rob Stevenson

16/1/2025
Tallerton Lakes
Ferruginous Duck, Greater Scaup (2- male and female)
Deepings Lakes
Long-Eared Owl (2-still near hide), Bittern, Red Breasted Marganser
Lapwing Field
Greater Spotted Woodpecker (2), Kestrel (1), Linnet (3), Rook (2), Jay, Stock Dove, Yellowhammer, Egyptian Goose (2), Woodpigeon (200)
Gibraltar Point
Woodcock (6), Hen Harrier, Corn Bunting (16)
Wolla Bank Pit
Short-Eared Owl
Marston Stw
Barnacle Goose (1), Linnet (2), Red Kite (1), Water Rail (1), Meadow Pipit (1), Long-Tailed Tit (1)
Cleethorpes Shoreline
Curlew, Dunlin, Great Black-Backed Gull, Herring Gull, Shelduck, Redshank, Ringed Plover
Boston (Hobhole Bank)
Brant Goose, Black-Bellied Plover (2), Lapwing (3), Curlew (1), Blackcap (1), Redshank (5), Little Grebe (1), Gadwell (2)
Pyewipe/Grimsby Docks
Shelduck, Shoveler (8), Curlew, Lapwing (80), Bar-Tailed Godwit, Black-Tailed Godwit, Kestrel (1), Dunlin, Skylark

15/1/2025
Saltfleetby Crook Bank
Dunlin (8), Linnet (20), Snow Bunting (15), Great Black-Backed Gull, Sanderling (12), Grey Plover (2), Pink Footed Goose (12)
North Scarle (The Wet Meadow)
Greater Spotted Woodpecker (4), Linnet (18), Rook (2), Redwing (2), Yellowhammer (1)
Belton House
Hawfinch (2)
RSPB Frieston Shore
Spotted Redshank, Russian White-Fronted Goose
Anderby Creek
Herring Gull, Lapwing, Dunnock, Meadow Pipit (1), Redshank (1), Wigeon, Teal, Jackdaw, Goldcrest (2), Gadwell
Pyewipe/Grimsby Docks
Bar-Tailed Godwit, Black-Tailed Godwit, Curlew, Dunlin, Kingfisher (1), Shelduck, Meadow Pipit (4), Shoveler (12), Lapwing (40), Skylark (1), Reed Bunting (1), Tufted Duck (16)
Deepings Lake
Shoveler, Pintail,Teal, Goldeneye, Merganser, Pheasant, Lapwing, Herring Gull, Great Crested Grebe, Cattle Egret, Kingfisher, Long-Eared Owl (3- by the hide in the main lake)
Toft Newton Reservoir
Goldeneye (10), Great Crested Grebe (3), Shelduck (1), Shoveler (2), Rook (15), Kestrel (1), Teal (67), Little Egret (2), Little Grebe (23)
Covenham Reservoir
Shoveler (60), Goldeneye (37), Merganser (1), Herring Gull (20), Grest Crested Grebe (12), Cormarant (75), Gadwell (12), Mallard (80)

14/1/2025
Trent Port
Linnet (100), Bullfinch (3), Fieldfare (55), Green Woodpecker, Greylag Goose (218), Bar-Headed Goose (1), Great Tit (4)
Anderby Creek
Black-Tailed Godwit (1), Curlew, Dunlin (10), Great Black-Backed Gull, Herring Gull,Kestrel (1), Lapwing (100), Rook, Shoveler, Sanderling, Marsh Harrier, Pink-Footed goose (360)
Lincoln (North Kyme)
Stonechat (2)
Ruskington Fen
Stonechat (2)-Male and Female
Bourne (Twenty)
Bewick Swan, Whooper Swan (315)
Covenham Reservoir
Smew (Adult Male) Flew off at 14.00 Hours
Timberland Fen
Kestrel, Rook, Siskin, Stonechat, Fieldfare, Goldfinch, Egyptian Goose, Reed Bunting, Greenfinch, Meadow Pipit, House Sparrow
RSPB Freiston Shore
Greater White-Fronted Goose, Pintail, Lapwing, Brant Goose, Dunlin,Curlew, Teal, Stonechat, Skylark
Gibraltar Point
Brant Goose, Shelduck, Shoveler, Whooper Swan, Black-Tailed Godwit, Pintail, Teal, Great-Spotted Woodpecker, Kestrel, Linnet
Swanholme Lakes
8 Goosander
Hartsholme Park
4 Goosander

13/1/2025
Cleethorpes Country Park
Water Rail (1), Siskin (1), Bullfinch (1)
Cleethorpes South 
Snow Bunting (5)
Deepings Lake
Glossy Ibis (2), Cattle Egret (1), Goldeneye, Goosander (6), Pintail (2), Red Kite, Shovelar
Barton Sailing Pit
Great Northern Diver
Tallington Lakes
Ferruginous Duck, Greater Scaup (2)
Covenham Reservoir
Smew, Twite (9)
Pyewipe/ Grimsby Docks
Bar-Tailed Godwit, Curlew, Great Black-Backed Gull, Redwing (1), Herring Gull, Kingfisher (1), Shelduck, Wren (1), House Sparrow (8)
Huttoft Bank
Curlew, Kestrel (1), Herring Gull, Cormorant (2), Wigeon, House Sparrow
Ancholme Walk
Goosander (8), Whooper Swan (3)
Whisby Nature Reserve
Shoveler, Teal, Goldeneye, Great-Crested Grebe, Kestrel, Tufted Duck
Toft Newton Reservoir
Goldeneye (5), Herring Gull (2), Rook (1), Lapwing (25), Great-Crested Grebe (2), Little Grebe

 Snow Buntings at Cleethorpes South sand Dunes - Images © Jim Wright

12/1/2025
Boultham Mere
Bullfinch (1), Sparrowhawk, Pink-Footed Geese (62)
Barton Pits
Goldeneye (120), Great Northern Diver
North Hykeham (Residential Area)
Lesser Redpoll (5), Siskin (2), Chaffinch (1)
RSPB Tetney Marshes
Curlew, Great Black-Backed Gull, Lapwing (3), Linnet (1), Smew (1), Yellowhammer (1), Redshank, Teal (30), Cormorant (3)
Tetney Lock
House Sparrow (4), Goosander (1), Kestrel (1), Kingfisher (1), Lapwing (5), Stonechat (3), Dunnock (2), Redshank (1)
Covenham Reservoir
Goldeneye (30), Goosander (2), Greater-Spotted Woodpecker (1), Kestrel (1), Ruddy Shelduck (6), Shoveler (10), White-Fronted Goose (3), Cormorant (130), Pintail (2)
Tallington Lakes
Ferruginous Duck (1), Goldeneye (13), Gooseander (2), Red-Creasted Pochard (78), Pochard (60), Ring-Necked Duck (1), Red Kite (1), Scaup (1)
Branston (Residential Area)
Greater-Spotted Woodpecker (1), Stonechat, Skylark, House Sparrow
Marston Stow
Kingfisher (1), Water Rail (1), Curlew (9), Lapwing (13), Green Sandpiper (1)

Great Northern Diver at Barton Pits - Images © Graham Catley

11/1/2025
Deepings Lake
Barn Owl (1), Kestrel (1), Red Kite (1), Stonechat, Shovelar
Rosper Road Pools-Houltons Court
Bar-Tailed Godwit (2), Bullfinch (1), Lapwing (5), Shovelar (12), Pintail (4), Snipe (1), Stock Dove (3)
Winters Pond
Barnacle Goose (4), Curlew, Herring Gull, Linnet (1), Kestrel (1), Lapwing (100), Skylark (10), Shovelar (11), Rock Pipit (2)
Willow Tree Fen
Great White Egret (1), Rook, Stonechat (1), Whooper Swan, Stock Dove, Snipe, Goosander (1), Marsh Harrier (8)
RSPB Frampton Marsh
Black-Tailed Godwit, Shovelar, Stonechat, Curlew, Skylark, Whooper Swan, Goldeneye, Snipe, Ruff, Unidentified Gull, Dunlin
Whisby Nature Reserve
Bullfinch, Goldeneye, Kingfisher, Pochard, Shovelar, Tufted Duck, Little Grebe
RSPB Frieston Shore
Cattle Egret, Curlew, House Sparrow, Herring Gull, Eider (2), Merlin, Lapwing, Skylark (4), Marsh Harrier, Grey Heron, Ringed Plover, Turnstone (1), Stock Dove, Oystercatcher (1)
Baston Gravel Pits
Whooper Swan, Shovelar, Teal, Red-Creasted Pochard, Great-Creasted Grebe, Red Kite, Kestral, Rook, Skylark, Stonechat, Green Woodpecker, Greater-Spotted Woodpecker, Egyptian Goose, Fieldfare, Redwing
Pyewipe/Grimsby Docks
Bar-Tailed Godwit, Black-Tailed Godwit, Curlew, Great Black-Backed Gull, Goldfinch (4), Golden Plover (39), Grey Plover, Ringed Plover (2), Turnstone (20)

10/1/2025
Mablethorpe South
Red-Throated Diver (2), Velvet Scoter (1), Herring Gull, Great Black-Backed Gull
Pyewipe/Grimsby Docks
Canada x Greylag Goose (Hybrid), Curlew, Bar-Tailed Godwit, Great Black-Backed Gull
Covenham Reservoir
Herring Gull, Skylark, Goldeneye, Shovelar, Red-Breasted Merganser, Great-Creasted Grebe, Little Grebe
Grantham (Residential Area)
Hawfinch (3)
Horseshoe Point
Hen Harrier
Rimac
Cattle Egret (2)
Boultham Mere
Whooper Swans (11), Woodcock, House Sparrow, Teal (60), Coal Tit
Tallington Lakes
Scaup, Ferruginous Duck
Anderby Creek
Curlew, Eider (5), Greater Black-Backed Gull, Herring Gull, Kestrel (1), Lapwing (40), Oystercatcher (1)
Willow Tree Fen
Common Cranes (33)

9/1/2025
Louth (Residential Area)
Black RedStart
Middlemarsh Far
Tundra Bean Goose (2), Herring Gull (700), Kestrel (3), Curlew (22), Great Black-Backed Gull
Covenham Reservoir
Teal, Shovelar, Merganser, Green Sandpiper, Kestrel, Ruddy Shelduck (6), Herring Gull, Black-Headed Gull, Cormorant
Manby and Carlton Flashes
Buzzard (3), Fieldfare (1), Kestrel (1), Herring Gull (1), Little Egret (1), Skylark (1),Great White Egret (1), Shovelar (4), Pink-Footed Geese (250), Greylag Geese (230)
Gibraltar Point
Whooper Swans (5 in total 3 of which Juveniles)
Fiskerton
Common Cranes (6)

Common Cranes at Fiskerton - Images © Russell Hayes

8/1/2025
Tetney
Red-Throated Diver (2), Whooper Swan (3), Hen Harrier (1), Marsh Harrier (5), Peregrine Falcon (2), Kestrel (2), Merlin (1), Short-Eared Owl (10), Stone Chat (2), Twite (1) Linnet (30), Corn Bunting (11)
Louth (Residential Area)
Black Redstart
Covenham Reservoir
Ruddy Shelduck (1), Goosander (1), Greylag Goose (14)
Belton House
Hawfinch (20)
Barton-on-Humber Pits
Great Northern Diver
Cabourne
Kestrel (1), Red Kite (1), Jackdaw (7), Rook (20)
East Halton Skitter
 Teal, Curlew, Grey Heron, Pied Avocet

7/1/2025
Market Rasen (Residential Garden)
Black Redstart
PyeWipe/Grimsby Dock
Bar-Tailed Godwit, Black-Tailed Godwit, Kestrel (2), Skylark (15), Grey Heron, Greater Black-Backed Gull, Shoveler (15), Little Egret, Reed Bunting (2), Gadwall (12)
Saltfleet (Louth)
Brent Goose (7), Buzzard, Dunlin, Lesser Black-Backed Gull, Redwing, Rook, Herring Gull, Skylark, Velvet Scoter, Curlew
Langtoft
Hawfinch (2)
Frampton Marsh
Black-Tailed Godwit (6), Wigeon (350), Curlew (1), Redshank (12), Snipe (1), Pintail (3), Greylag Goose (47), Lapwing (200), Canadian Geese (15)
Anderby Creek
Black-Throated Diver (1), Red-Throated Diver (1), Curlew, Greater Black-Backed Gull, Herring Gull, Common Scoter (5), Yellowhammer (3), Bullfinch (1)

6/1/2025
Cleethorpes Beach
Bar-Tailed Godwit (2), Herring Gull (1), Knot (52), Redshank (19), Turnstone (48) Sanderling (16)
Donna Nook
Black-Tailed Godwit (10), Herring Gull, Curlew, Linnet, Short-Eared Owl, Kestrel (1), Brent Goose (250)
Humberstone Fitties
Curlew, Bar-Tailed Godwit, Herring Gull, Great Black-Backed Gull
Frampton Marsh
Water Pipit (4)
Louth (Residential Area)
Black RedStart

 Black Redstart in Louth (Residential area) - Images © Roger Labbet

5/1/2025
Deepings Lake
Glossy Ibis (2)
Huttoft Bank
Curlew, Herring Gull, Black Headed Gull
Pyewipe/Grimsby Dock
Bar-Tailed Godwit, Black-Tailed Godwit, Curlew, Dunlin, Wigeon (31), Greater Black-Backed Gull, Herring Gull, Lapwing (60)
Branston Fen
Whooper Swans (20), Lapwings (70)
Willow Tree Fen
Cattle Egret (4), Great White Egret (1), Snipe, Jack Snipe, Water Rail (1), Stonechat (2), Whooper Swans (100+)

4/1/2025
Cut End
Cattle Egret (6), Black-necked Grebe (2)
Crook Bank
Snow Bunting (15), Shore lark (2), Peregrine Falcon (1), Fieldfare (200), Golden Plover (400)
Messingham Quarry
Lesser Redpoll (2), Woodcock (1), Long Tailed Tit (2), Red Wing (2), Pink-Footed Geese (30), Green Woodpecker (1)
Alkbourgh Flats
Black-Headed Gull, Black-Tailed Godwit (7), Merlin (1), Skylark, Curlew, Water-Pipit (4), Whooper Swan (11)

3/1/2025
Witham Mouth
Slovonian Grebe, Cattle Egret (3), Red-Necked Grebe, Red-Breasted Merganser (2), Jack Snipe (2)
Crook Bank
Snow Bunting (13)
Rimac
Black-Tailed Godwit (9), Curlew (7), Skylark (5), Meadow Pipit (3), Little Egret (7), Wigeon (100)
Pyewipe
Dunlin, Black-Tailed Godwit, Bar-Tailed Godwit, Grey Plover, Great Black Backed Gull, Golden Plover (1000)
Cleethorpes (Rock Armour)
Purple Sandpipers (2)

 Purple Sand Pipers at Cleethorpes (Rock Armour) - Image © Jim Wright

 2/1/2025
Crook Bank
Shore lark (2), Snow bunting
RSPB Frampton Marsh
Curlew, Skylark, Merlin, Lapwing, Whooper swans, Golden Plover, Sparrow Hawk, Pink-Footed Geese, Snipe, Great Creasted Grebe
Anderby Creek
Black-tailed Godwit (4), Curlew, Dunlin (18), Greater Black-Backed Gull, Kestrel, Sanderling (3), Snipe (12), Stonechat, Song Thrush. Redshank (6)
Boultham Mere
Whooper Swans (10), Cormorant (15), Cetti's Warbler, Tufted Duck (11)
Gibraltor Point
Black-Tailed Godwit (16), Corn Bunting (12),Curlew (35),Water pipit (1), Linnet (16), Merlin (1), Kittiwake (9), Pink-Footed Geese (600), Gannet (2)
Willow Tree Fen
Crane (19), Marsh Harrier (20), Barn Owl, Gooseander (50), Whooper Swan (200), Bewick Swan (2)

 1/1/2025
Happy New Year, and thank you Chris.
Saltfeetby/Theddlethorpe
Jack Snipe, 9 Cattle Egret, Snow Bunting
Tallington Lakes
Ring-Necked Duck
Gibraltar Point
Slovenian Grebe, Eider
Huttoft Bank
Curlew, Kestral (2), Great-Black Backed Gull, 160 Wigeon, Skylark (2)
Winters Pond
Curlew, Red-Necked Grebe, Little Egret, Little Grebe, Dunnock
Boultham mere
11 Whooper swans, 23 Shoveler, Buzzard, Water rail, Egyptian goose, Little Egret (2), Pink Footed Goose

 

 

 

December 2024

31/12/2024
Today is my last post on here. Good luck to Jo who I understand is taking over from me in the morning
Happy New Year

Doddington Park
2 Cormorant, 2 Cormorant, 4 Lesser Redpoll
Donna Nook
2 Hen Harrier (1 male), 1 Spotted Redshank
Gibraltar Point
Water Pipit
Grainthorpe Haven
Hen Harrier

30/12/2024
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis, Long-eared Owl
Grainthorpe Haven
Hen Harrier
Langtoft
Ring-necked Duck
Willow Tree Fen
4 Barn Owl, 14 Common Crane, 6 Cattle Egret, 13 Great White Egret, 22 Little Egret, 71 Goosander, 20 Marsh Harrier, 170+ Whooper Swan
Winter's Pond
Ring-necked Duck

29/12/2024
Deeping Lakes
3 Long-eared Owl
Dunsby
Firecrest (trapped and ringed)
Gibraltar Point
3 Water Pipit
Tetney Marsh
Hen Harrier
Willow Tree Fen
19 Common Crane, 11 Cattle Egret
Winter's Pond
Ring-necked Duck, Scaup (on the Humber)

28/12/2024
Anderby Creek
Caspian Gull
Boultham Mere
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 11 Whooper Swan
Doddington Park
5 Lesser Redpoll
Langtoft
Ring-necked Duck

27/12/2024
Deeping High Bank
3 Short-eared Owl
Frampton Marsh
Spoonbill
Humberston
3 Ruddy Shelduck

26/12/2024
Deeping Lakes
Long-eared Owl
Donna Nook 
Twite
Willow Tree Fen
8 Common Crane

25/12/2024
Beckingham 
Short-eared Owl
Boultham Mere
Goldcrest, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Great White Egret
Doddington Park
Buzzard, 2 Lesser Redpoll, Great Spotted Woodpecker
Frampton Marsh
Water Pipit
Freiston Shore
2 Bewick's Swan
Lea Marsh
Chiffchaff, Peregrine Falcon, Goosander, Raven, 3 Shelduck, 25 Skylark, 15 Wigeon
Uffington
Hawfinch
Swanpool cow-fields (or CharterHolme as it is now named)
Great White Egret
Willow Tree Fen
6 Common Crane

24/12/2024
Chowder Ness
Richard's Pipit

Richards that was found at Far Ings and moved to Chowder Ness - Image © Graham Catley

Deeping Lakes
Long-eared Owl
North Thoresby
Hen Harrier
Rimac
4 Cattle Egret, Hen Harrier, Water Pipit
Saltfleetby/Theddlethorpe NNR
Short-eared Owl
Tongue End
2 Bewick's Swan
Willow Tree Fen
10+ Common Crane

23/12/2024
Boultham Mere
Great White Egret, Red Kite, Woodcock
Cleethorpes 
6 Ruddy Shelduck
Callan's Lane Wood
Hawfinch
Huttoft
Red-necked Grebe
Marton
Blackcap
Trent Port
Barn Owl, Raven, 7 Redshank, Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, 40 Wigeon
Willow Tree Fen
Hen Harrier
Winter's Pool
Red-necked Grebe

22/12/2024
Covenham Reservoir
Slavonian Grebe
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Gibraltar Point
Bittern
Winter's Pool
Pink-footed Goose, Russian White-fronted Goose

21/12/2024
Boultham Mere
Raven
Deeping Lakes
Long-eared Owl
Doodington Park
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Frampton Marsh
Peregrine Falcon, Caspian Gull, 2 Hen Harrier (m&rt), Kingfisher, Water Rail, Stonechat, 100 Whooper Swan
Gibraltar Point
Snow Bunting
Humberston Fitties
5 Ruddy Shelduck
Willow Tree Fen
10 Common Crane
Winter's Pond
Red-necked Grebe

20/12/2024
Deeping Lakes
Long-eared Owl
Tallington Lakes
Ring-necked Gull
Winter's Pond
Ring-necked Grebe

19/12/2024
Branston Fen
Litlle Owl, 2 Kestrel 800 Lapwing, 300+ Rook
Cleethorpes
Purple Sandpiper
Covenham Reservoir
Wheatear
Frampton Marsh
6 Avocet, c170 Pink-footed Goose, 5000+ Lapwing, 36+ Pintail, 6000+ Golden Plover, 2 Whooper Swan, 6000+ Wigeon
Gibraltar Point
Slavonian Grebe, Velvet Scoter
Nocton Fen
265 Whooper Swan
Winter's Pond
Ring-necked Duck

18/12/2024
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Gibraltar Point
Velvet Scoter

17/12/2024
Boultham Mere
Cetti's Warbler, Goosander, Kingfisher, Merlin, 10 Whooper Swan, Yellow-browed Warbler

The elusive Yellow-browed Warbler present for a second day at Boultham Mere - Image © Andy Sims

Crook Bank
Shore Lark, Amur Stonechat
Crowland
3 Bewick's Swan, 450 Whooper Swan
Frampton Marsh
Spoonbill
Hubbert's Bridge
Hen Harrier
Throckenholt
2 Bewick's Swan, 15 Whooper Swan
Winter's Pond
Red-necked Grebe

16/12/2024
Anderby Creek
Short-eared Owl
Boultham Mere
Kingfisher, Yellow-browed Warbler

Yellow-browed Warbler Boultham Mere - Image © @ecologykatie

Brickyard Lane
20+ Snow Bunting

One of the twenty or so Snow Bunting present at Brickyard Lane - Image © Russell Hayes

Donna Nook
Spoonbill
Frampton Marsh
Avocet, 3 Marsh Harrier, 6 Snipe, 2 Stonechat, 4 Whooper Swan
Gibraltar Point
Water Pipit
Winter's Pond
Red-necked Grebe

15/12/2024
Halton Marshes
2 Snow Bunting, Red-necked Grebe
Swanholme Lakes
16 Goosander
Tallington Lakes
Ferruginous Duck, Greater Scaup, Ring-necked Duck
Willow Tree Fen
15 Common Crane, 12 Cattle Egret

14/12/2024
Crook Bank
1 Shore Lark
Deeping High Bank
2 Bewick's Swan,  220 Whooper Swan
Deeping Lakes
Long-eared Owl
Frampton Marsh
Hen Harrier
Goxhill Haven
Tundra Bean Goose, Pink-footed Goose
Halton Marshes
Red-necked Grebe
Tallington Lakes
Ferruginous Duck, Ring-necked Duck
Tetney Marsh
2 Ruddy Shelduck
Willow Tree Fen
14 Common Crane, 11 Cattle Egret

13/12/2024
Covenham Reservoir
Caspian Gull
Gibraltar Pont
Bittern, Water Pipit
Halton Marshes
Short-eared Owl
Sandilands
Little Auk
Willow Tree Fen
23 Common Crane

12/12/2024
Brandon
2 Little Owl

One of two Little Owls from near Brandon - Image © Steve Nesbitt

Cleethorpes
Water Pipit
Nunn's Bridge
3 Cattle Egret
Tallington Lakes
Ferruginous Duck, Ring-necl=ked Duck

11/12/2024
Caythorpe
Ring Ouzel
Gedney Drove End
Hen Harrier
Tallington Lakes
Ferruginous Duck, Ring-necked Duck

10/12/2024
Chapel Point
Little Auk
Huttoft
Little Auk
Willow Tree Fen
20 Cmmon Crane

09/12/2024
Chapel Point
63 Little Auk, 3 Curlew, Black-throated Diver, 68 Gannet, 9 Little Gull, Storm Petrel, Puffin, 2 Greater Scaup, 34 Common Scoter7 Great Skua
Donna Nook
Little Auk,  11 Snow Bunting, 45 Twite
Gibraltar Point
14 Little Auk, Long-tailed Duck
Huttoft
20 Little Auk, Black-throated Diver, 5 Little Gull, Sooty Shearwater
Mablethorpe
21 Little Auk, Black-throated Diver, 9 Little Gull, 2 Greater Scaup
Stallingborough
13 Little Auk, Black-throated Diver, 2 Greater Scaup
Sutton on Sea
34 Little Auk, Great Northern Diver, 3 Red-throated Diver, 46 Eider, 56 Gannet, Goosander, Kittiwake 57, 2 Greater Scaup
Tallington Lakes
Ferruginous Duck, Ring-necked Duck
Tetford
Little Auk
Willow Tree Fen
26 Common Crane, 11 Cattle Egret


08/12/2024
Cowbit
Turnstone
Cut End
17 Little Auk, Long-tailed Duck, Ring-necked Duck, Black-necked Grebe, 4 Slavonian Grebe, 4 Puffin
East Halton
2 Russian White-fronted Goose
Gibraltar Point
Little Auk, Long-tailed Duck
Huttoft
17 Little Auk, Black-throated Diver, Little Gull
Sutton on Sea
13 Little Auk, 3 Little Gull




07/12/2024
Gibraltar Point
Long-tailed Duck, Hen Harrier 2 Velvet Scoter
Langtoft
Hawfinch
Willow Tree Fen
8 Cattle Egret

06/12/2024
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Ring-necked Duck
Halton Marsh
2 Russian White-fronted Goose
Rimac 
5 Cattle Egret
Saltfleetby/Theddlethorpe NNR
17 Snow Bunting

05/12/2024
Hartsholme Park
Barn Swallow
Novartis Ings
Caspian Gull
Rimac
5 Cattle Egret
Saltfleetby/Theddlethorpe Dunes
21 Snow Bunting

04/12/2024
Baston Fen
4 Cattle Egret
Covenham Reservoie
Black-necked Grebe
Donna Nook
Hen Harrier, Spoonbill
Londonthorpe Wood
Lesser Redpoll, Mealy Redpoll
Tallington Lakes
Ferruginous Duck, Ring-necked Duck

03/12/2024
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Ring-necked Duck
Covenham Reservoir
7 Red-crested Pochard
Deeping High Bank
Short-eared Owl, 3 Bewick's Swan, 196 Whooper Swan
Huttoft
Red-throated Diver, 120 Pink-footed Goose, Slavonian Grebe
Rimac
6 Cattle Egret, 2 Short-eared Owl

02/12/2024
Donna Nook
Spoonbill
Frampton Marsh
22987 Wigeon
Gibraltar Point
Lapland Bunting
Trent Port
Chiffchaff, 3 Little Grebe, 15 Lapwing, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker

01/12/2024
Deeping Lakes
Ring-necked Duck
Far Ings
Great White Egret
Gibraltar Point
Long-tailed Duck, Water Pipit, Spoonbill
Pyewipe
Caspian Gull
Willow Tree Fen
18 Common Crane, 40 Goosander, 18 Marsh Harrier, Stonechat, 7 Whooper Swan