Lincolnshire Latest Bird News
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Lincolnshire Bird News - May 2020
31/05/2020
Alkborough Flats
2 Spoonbill
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Little Gull
Renew's Drove, Crowland
2 Common Quail
Deeping Lakes NR
2 Garganey
Frampton Marsh
Curlew Sandpiper
Whisby
Black Tern
A distant Black Tern that has present intermittenly for a couple of days - Image © Andy Sims
30/05/2020
Job's Lane
Black Tern (for half an hour)
Trent Port, Marton
Cuckoo, Little Owl, Grasshopper Warbler
RAF Woodhall
Black Tern
29/05/2020
Alkborough Flats
2 Little Gull, Spoonbill
Renew's Drove, Crowland
4 Common Quail
Donna Nook
Hoopoe, Common Quail
Fiskerton Fen
Cattle Egret
Frampton Marsh
200(?) Avocet, Turtle Dove
Avocet at Frampton Marsh - Image © Chris Grimshaw
28/05/2020
Renew's Drove, Crowland
5 Common Quail
Frampton Marsh
Garganey, Temminck's Stint
Fiskerton Fen
Cattle Egret
Marston
Cuckoo
Sleaford area
2 Peregrine Falcons
27/05/2020
Renew's Drove, Crowland
2 Common Quail
Fiskerton Fen
Cattle Egret
Frampton Marsh
Eurasian Spoonbill
Huttoft
Ring Ouzel
26/052020
Cress Marsh
Wood Sandpiper
Renew's Drove, Crowland
4 Common Quail
Doddington
Corn Bunting
Frampton Marsh
Garganey, Curlew Sandpiper
Fiskerton Fen
Cattle Egret
Hykeham
6 Common Whitethroat
Fairfield Pit, New Holland
Garganey but flew off late morning
Whisby
2 Nightingale, 2 Common Buzzard just north of the reserve
Toft Newton Reservoir
Red Kite, Common Pochard, Greater Scaup, Common Scoter
25/05/2020
Alkborough Flats
Garganey
Bardney
Gannet (over) Whooper Swan, (Bardney Lock)
Crowland
Common Quail
Frampton Marsh
Garganey, Little Gull, Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Temminck's Stint
Horseshoe Point
Red-footed Falcon, Purple Heron
Manby Wetlands
Whooper Swan
Whisby
Turtle Dove but no sign of the Golden Oriole up until 13:30
24/05/2020
Bardney
Honey Buzzard
Boultham Mere
Common Tern
Grantham area
Marsh Harrier
Lincoln - Doddington Park
Little Owl
Marston
2 Corn Bunting in the area, Little Grebe, Sedge Warbler, Common Shelduck
Whisby
Golden Oriole - Heard only, early evening
23/05/2020
Bardney Lock
2 Garganey
Deeping Lakes NR
Purple Heron (flew north along Welland and was lost from view)
Manby Wetlands
Whooper Swan
22/05/2020
Baston Fen & Langtoft Pit
Sanderling briefly
21/05/2020
Anderby
2 Red Kite
Baston Fen
Pair of Garganey
Paradise Pool
Wood Sandpiper
20/05/2020
Cleethorpes
Wheatear
Cleethorpes CP
Cetti's Warbler, 2 Grasshopper Warbler
Dunsby area
Spotted Flycatcher, Grey Wagtail
Paradise Pool
Garganey
Thurlby GP
2 Hobby
19/05/2020
Manby Wetlands
Garganey (drake)
Boultham Mere
3 Blackcap, Common Cuckoo, Mistle Thrush, 12 Common Swift, 5 Common Tern, Reed Warbler
Hartsholme Park
7 Grey Heron
Swanholme Lakes
3 Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff, Great Crested Grebe, 2 Garden Warbler, Willow Warbler
Swanpool
4 Blackcap, Common Cuckoo, 2 Grey Heron, 15 House Martin, Little Ringed Plover, 3 Skylark, 2 Barn Swallow, Song Thrush, Garden Warbler, 6 Common Whitethroat
18/05/2020
Alkborough Flats
Terek Sandpiper
The Terek Sandpiper in flight at Alkborough Flats - Image © Graham Catley
Terek Sandpiper this morning at Alkborough Flats - Image © Neil Drinkall
Fiskerton Fen
Cattle Egret
Manby Wetlands
Temminck's Stint
Middlemarsh Farm
Wood Sandpiper
Tetney Lock
2 Shoveler
17/05/2020
Ashby
Common Raven
Blackmoor Bridge
4 Reed Bunting, 3 Common Buzzard, 4 Little Egret, 1 Hobby, Lapwing, House Martin, Barn Swallow, Swift, 5 Yellow Wagtail, Great Spotted Woodpecker
Bluestone Heath Road, Withcall
58 Corn Bunting , 5 Common Quail
Deeping Lakes NR
3 Avocet
Paradise Pool
Garganey
Saltfleetby
Northern Wheatear
Swanholme Lakes
3 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, Great Crested Grebe, 6 Garden Warbler, Song Thrush, Willow Warbler, Great Spotted Woodpecker
Trent Port, Marton
Cuckoo, Egyptian Goose, Little Grebe, Curlew, Oystercatcher, Little Ringed Plover, 3 Shelduck, Yellow Wagtail, Cetti's Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat
Millennium Green
Mandarin Duck, Egyptian Geese
16/05/2020
Bardney
2 Common Crane over, Red Kite over
Croft
Wood Sandpiper
Denton Reservoir
2 Hobby
Fiskerton Fen
Western Cattle Egret
Cattle Egret overhead near Fiskerton - Image © Chris Laycock
Huttoft Pits
Great White Egret
Middlemarsh Farm
Wood Sandpiper
Swanpool
2 Hobby
Toft Newton Reservoir
Hobby, Whimbrel, Whooper Swan
Wellingore
Several Common Swift overhead
15/05/2020
Croft
Iberian Chiffchaff
A stunning photo of a Siberian Chiffchaff at Croft - Image © John Clarkson
North Somercotes
Bee-eater, Black Redstart
Bee-eater, North Somercotes - Image © Mark Johnson 15/05/2020
Whisby/North Hykeham Pits Complex
Chiffchaff, Common Shelduck, 16 Common Swift, Cetti's Warbler, 2 Garden Warbler, Reed Warbler, 20 Willow Warbler
14/05/2020
Alkborough Flats
2 Spoonbill
Deeping Lakes
Temminck's Stint
Kirkby Moor
Cetti’s Warbler, Cetti’s Warbler
Kirkby Tip
4 Hobby
Manby Wetlands
Green Winged Teal
RAF Woodhall
2 Arctic Tern, 30 Common Tern
13/05/2020
Baston Fen
2 Avocet
Deeping Lakes
2 Eurasian Spoonbill, Temminck’s Stint
Grantham area
100+ Swift
Langtoft
2 Common Crane - north east
Green Winged Teal - Image © Owen Beaumont
Manby Wetlands
Green Winged Teal
Walesby Moor
Cuckoo, Spotted Flycatcher, Nuthatch, Mistle Thrush, Song Thrush
12/05/2020
Boultham Mere
2 Common Buzzard, Chiffchaff, 2 Cuckoo, 5 Common Tern
Nothing is private at Boultham Mere - Image © Chris Grimshaw
Pyewipe, Grimsby
Glaucous Gull
Swanpool
Cuckoo, Little Ringed Plover, 16 Swallow
11/05/2020
Cleethorpes
4 Dunlin, Kestrel, 20 Ringed Plover
Covenham Reservoir
House Martin, Ringed Plover,4 Common Sandpiper, Barn Swallow, Common Swift, 2 Yellow Wagtail
Grantham
7 Common Swift
One of seven Common Swift over Grantham - Image © Steve Nesbitt
Manby
Green Winged Teal
Middlemarsh Farm
up to 3 Wood Sandpiper in recent days
Swanholme Lakes
2 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Grey Heron, 16 House Martin, Garden Warbler
Grey Heron - Image © Chris Grimshaw
10/05/2020
Chowder Ness
Purple Sandpiper
Deeping Fen
2 Garganey
Kettleby Quarries
5 Dunlin, Hobby, 2 Whimbrel
Rippingale area
Turtle Dove, Spotted Flycatcher, Barn Owl
Whisby
Hobby, Common Sandpiper, 2 Arctic Tern. 4 Common Tern
09/05/2020
Bardney
Hobby
Manby Wetlands
Green-winged Teal
08/05/2020
Grimsby
Wheatear
Louth area
Common Crane
Common Crane - Image © Owen Beaumont
Skegness (out at sea - on a boat)
Pied Flycatcher
07/05/2020
Anderby Creek
Blyth’s Pipit
Boston Stump
Peregrine eggs hatching
Gibraltar Point
Black Kite
Grantham
7 Swift
Huttoft
Wryneck
Langtoft
Nightingale
Middlemarsh Farm
3 Wood Sandpiper
06/05/2020
Alkborough Flats
Spotted Redshank
Gibraltar Point
Pied Flycatcher
Hartsholme Park
6 Grey Heron, Common Tern
Middlemarsh Farm
Glossy Ibis
Swanholme Lakes
+5 Garden Warbler
08/05/2020
Louth area
Common Crane
Skegness (out at sea - on a boat)
Pied Flycatcher
Fulbeck
Swift
07/05/2020
Anderby Creek
Blyth’s Pipit
Boston Stump
Peregrine eggs hatching
Gibraltar Point
Black Kite
Grantham
7 Swift
Huttoft
Wryneck
Langtoft
Nightingale
Middlemarsh Farm
3 Wood Sandpiper
06/05/2020
Alkborough Flats
Spotted Redshank
Gibraltar Point
Pied Flycatcher
Hartsholme Park
6 Grey Heron, Common Tern
Middlemarsh Farm
Glossy Ibis
Swanholme Lakes
+5 Garden Warbler
05/05/2020
Boultham Mere
3 Oystercatcher
Brampton/Marton
Mediterranean Gull
Sincil Dyke, Lincoln
Common Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper in Sincil Dyke, Lincoln - Image © Ken Haw
Swanholme Lakes
2 Bullfinch, 4 Blackcap, Chiffchaff, 5 Garden Warbler
Whisby
Greenshank
04/05/2020
Bardney
Cuckoo
Baston Fen
Cattle Egret
Boultham Mere
2 Swift
Hartsholme Park
2 Garden Warbler, Tawny Owl down towards Swanholme Lakes
Keelby
Hobby
Swanpool
Cuckoo, Grey Partridge (Pig Lane), 6 Barn Swallow, Mistle Thrush, Grey Wagtail (Pig Lane), White Wagtail (Pig Lane), Lesser Whitethroat, Willow Warbler,
Toft Newton
Blue-headed Wagtail
03/05/2020
Ancaster area
43 Linnet 5 Grey Partridge, c300 Wood Pigeon 69 Skylark, 8 Willow Warbler, 45 Common Whitethroat, 6 Lesser Whitethroat, 39 Yellowhammer
Grimsby
Swift
Kelby, Sleaford
Osprey
Doddington Park, Lincoln
8 House Martin
Linwood Warren
Cuckoo
Marton
Swift
The Wolds
39 Corn Bunting, Hobby, 58 Linnet,10 Yellow Wagtail. 24 Common Whitethroat, 7 Lesser Whitethroat
02/05/2020
Boultham Mere
Hobby
Donna Nook
Great White Egret
Manby Wetlands
Whooper Swan
Market Rasen area
Red-breasted Flycatcher
Tetney
2 Cuckoo, Greenshank Marsh Harrier, Ring Ouzel, Spotted Redshank, 3 Common Sandpiper, 6 Common Scoter, Swift, 5 Whimbrel, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, Whinchat
01/05/2020
Apex Pits
Swift
Cleethorpes CP
Common Sandpiper, Barn Swallow
Dunston
Hobby, Swift
Grimsby
3 Wheatear
Heckington
Ring-necked Duck
Ring-necked Duck discovered today on a lock-down walk - Image © Ray Shrouder
New Holland
2 Common Tern
Swanholme Lakes
2 Gadwall, Garden Warbler, Pochard
Weelsby Wood area
Wheatear
Lincolnshire Bird News - April 2020
30/04/2020
Alkborough
Ring Ouzel
Huttoft
13 Yellow Wagtail, 51 Whimbrel
29/04/2020
Barton Pits
2 Sanderling, Arctic Tern, Little Tern, Whimbrel
Toft Newton Reservoir
Hobby
Snipe Dales
Great White Egret
28/04/2020
Barton Pits
Ring Ouzel
Pyewipe, Grimsby
Glaucous Gull
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Wood Sandpiper
Wainfleet
12 Avocet, Hobby, 6 Sand Martin, 4 Little-ringed Plover, Wood Sandpiper, 30 Swallow, Yellow Wagtail
27/04/2020
Alvingham
Grey Wagtail
Fulbeck
3 Golden Plover
Pyewipe, Grimsby
Glaucous Gull
Healing
70 Fieldfare
Kettleby Quarries
Grasshopper Warbler
New Holland
Common Sandpiper
Rippingale
Cuckoo
North Somercotes
Reed Warbler
Swanholme Lakes
3 Garden Warbler
Swanpool
Cuckoo
26/04/2020
Anderby Creek
4 Buzzard, 2 Marsh Harrier, Merlin, Osprey, Short-eared Owl, Sparrowhawk
Barton Pits
Ring Ouzel
Gibraltar Point
150 Jay in off the sea I read the post correctly
Grantham
4 Swift
Grasby
3 Swallow
Legbourne
Hobby, Osprey
Swanpool
2 House Martin Sand Martin, 15 Swallow,
25/04/2020
Barton Pits
Ring Ouzel
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Common Crane
Boultham Mere, Swanpool
Cuckoo, 2 Grey Partridge, Little Ringed Plover,Sedge Warbler. Common Tern
Common Tern, Boultham Mere - Image © Andy Sims
Keelby
Buzzard, Oystercatcher, 5 Skylark, Mistle Thrush, 3 Treecreeper, Lesser Whitethroat
Walesby Moor
Grey Partridge, 5 Swallow
Toft Newton Reservoir
Blue-headed Wagtail
Temple Wood
30 Blackcap, Cuckoo, 2 Nuthatch, 4 Garden Warbler, 7 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker
24/04/2020
Anderby Creek
Richard’s Pipit
Baston & Langtoft Pits
2 Black Tern
Deeping Lakes NR
Little Gull
Huttoft
Blue-headed Wagtail, 13 Whimbrel
Lincs Coast
Grasshopper Warbler
Swanpool
Buzzard, Fieldfare, Grey Heron, Little Ringed Plover, Garden Warbler, Common Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat,
Buzzard over Skewbridge - Image © Chris Grimshaw
Grantham
Red Kite, Ring Ouzel, Common Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat
Whisby
Cuckoo, Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat
23/04/2020
Cleethorpes CP
Cetti’s Warbler, Garden Warbler, Grasshopper Warbler, Sedge Warbler
Deeping Lakes NR
6 Bar-tailed Godwit
Dunston
2 Common Crane (over)
Kettleby Quarries
2 Grey Plover, Common Sandpiper, Wheatear, Common Whitethroat
Manby Wetlands
Whinchat
Hartsholme Park
3 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 9 Grey Heron
Swanpool
2 Fieldfare, 2 House Martin, 2 Grey Partridge, 4 Barn Swallow, Yellow Wagtail, Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 5 Whitethroat, Green Woodpecker
Toft Newton Reservoir
Black Tern., 4 Common Swift
22/04/2020
Covenham Reservoir
Wheatear
Rippingale
Little Egret, Great White Egret
21/04/2020
Cleethorpes
2 Kingfisher
Covenham Reservoir
2 House MartinCommon Sandpiper, 20 Arctic Tern, Yellow Wagtail, Wheatear,
Pyewipe, Grimsby
2 Little Gull, Glaucous Gull
Swanpool
Fieldfare
20/04/2020
Covenham Reservoir
19 Arctic Tern
Hartsholme Park/ Swanholme Lakes
5 Blackcap, Buzzard, 5 Chiffchaff, 5 Great Crested Grebe, 7 Grey Heron, 2 Shoveler, Willow Warbler 15 Wren
Rimac
Marsh Harrier, Ring Ouzel
Saltfleetby St Peter
Iceland Gull, 23 Arctic Tern
Swanpool
Lesser Whitethroat
Toft Newton Reservoir
2 Avocet, Little Ringed Plover, 2 Common Sandpiper, 9 Arctic Tern, 2 Wheatear, White Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail
19/04/2020
Anwick Fen
Grasshopper Warbler
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Little Gull
West Deeping
White-tailed Eagle
Frithville
Mediterranean Gull
Ness End Farm
Alpine Swift
Swanpool
3 Whooper Swan
Toft Newton Reservoir
4 Wheatear
Wainfleet
6 Bullfinch.9 Blackcap, 16 Chiffchaff, Little Egret, 4 Jay, 2 Song Thrush, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, Sedge Warbler, Yellow Wagtail
18/04/2020
Scunthorpe area
Wryneck in a private garden!!!
What a garden tick - Image © Clare Gillat
17/04/2020
Apex Pits
5 Swallow
Alkborough
4 Ring Ouzel
North Lincs Coast
Hawfinch
Frampton Marsh
Sedge Warbler
Gibraltar Point
2 Common Crane (over)
Toft Newton Reservoir
Blue-headed Wagtail
Rimac
Ring Ouzel
Whisby
Blackcap, Cuckoo, Curlew (over), Peregrine Falcon, Sand Martin, Reed Warbler, Whitethroat
16/04/2020
Grantham
2 Ring Ouzel, Common Scoter
Off-shore Skegness
Black Redstart
Swanpool
Grasshopper Warbler, Grey Partridge
Whisby
2 Whimbrel
15/04/2020
Barnetby
Ring Ouzel
Bottesford
Blackcap, Reed Bunting, Chiffchaff, 6 Collared Dove, Sparrowhawk, 3 Song Thrush
Cleethorpes CP
2 Cetti’s Warbler, 3 Grasshopper Warbler, 6 Sedge Warbler
Norton Disney
4 Common Crane
Frithville
Black Redstart
Not a bad garden tick Black Redstart - Image © Steve Keightley
Grantham
Ring Ouzel
Pyewipe, Grimsby
Glaucous Gull
Somerby
Ring Ouzel
Swanpool
Cuckoo, Goldeneye
North Thoresby
2 Cetti’s Warbler, 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Common Whitethroat, 5 Yellowhammer
14/04/2020
Bardney
Sparrowhawk
Barnetby
Ring Ouzel
Buck Beck, Cleethorpes
2 Swallow
Crowland
Hen Harrier
Eagle
Wheatear
Frampton Marsh
Corn Bunting, Barn Owl
Frithville
Blackcap, Fieldfare, Red Kite
Humberstone Fitties
Red Kite
Pyewipe, Grimsby
Glaucous Gull
Kettleby Quarries
Ring Ouzel
Scooby
2 Buzzard, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Willow Warbler
Swanpool
Common Redstart, Grasshopper Warbler
13/04/2020
Bardney
3 Jay, Green Woodpecker
Dunston
Great White Egret, Red Kite
12/04/2020
Anderby Creek
Richard’s Pipit, 2 Garganey,
Bottesford
4 Chiffchaff, Nuthatch, 2 Skylark, 2 Swallow
Boultham Mere
Little Gull
Goxhill Haven
Ring Ouzel
Howdens Pullover
Wheatear
Keelby
Red Kite
Saltfleet Haven
Great Crested Grebe, Linnet, Common Whitethroat
Trent Port, Marton
Sedge Warbler
North Thoresby area
3 Blackcap, Linnet, Cetti's Warbler, 2 Sedge Warbler, Willow Warbler
Swanpool
Grasshopper Warbler
11/04/2020
Anderby Creek, Barnetby, Brigg, Goxhill Haven, Kettleby Quarries, Elsham, Garthorpe, Tetney Lock
All had Ring Ouzel present
Anderby Creek
7 Marsh Harrier, 8 Sparrowhawk, Wheatear
Barnetby
Common Redstart
Botany Bay Plantation
2 Chiffchaff
Fulbeck
2 Raven
Huttoft Marsh
Green Woodpecker
Kettleby Quarries
2 Common Whitethroat
North Somercotes
Tree Sparrow, Swallow, 4 Wheatear
Swanpool
Ringed Plover 2 Stonechat
Toft Newton
Blue-headed Wagtail
Wainfleet
7 Avocet, 8 Blackcap, 4 Bullfinch, 23 Chiffchaff, 10 Lapwing (7 on nests), 3 House Martin, Little Ringed Plover, 2 Green Sandpiper, 15 Snipe, 5 Swallow, 4 Yellow Wagtail, Willow Warbler, 3 Yellowhammer
10/04/2020
Barton
Lesser Whitethroat
Denton
Ring-necked Parakeet
Doddington Park, Lincoln
Blackcap
Fulbeck
Willow Warbler
Grantham
Wheatear
North Thoresby
3 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Swallow, 2 Mistle Thrush, 1 Willow Warbler
Trent Port, Marton
Blackcap, 90 Fieldfare, Yellow Wagtail, 3 Swallow, Willow Warbler
Rippingale
Lesser Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull, Raven
Saltfleet Haven
Ring Ouzel
Scrooby Top
3 Common Tern
North Somercotes
6 Buzzard
Swanpool, Lincoln
Oystercatcher
09/04/2020
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Reed Warbler
Fillingham
Ring Ouzel, 2 House Martin, 3 Swallow, Yellow Wagtail
Fulbeck
Blackcap
Gibraltar Point
Bluethroat
Huttoft
Hooded Crow, Jack Snipe
Meal Hill area
6 Ring Ouzel
Trent Port, Marton
Yellow Wagtail
Spalding
Black Redstart
Swanpool
Common Whitethroat
08/04/2020
Deeping St James
Common Tern
Old Bolingbroke
c2 Ring Ouzel
Chapel Pit
Firecrest, 2 Mediterranean Gulls
Grantham
2 Peregrines with 4 eggs on St Wulfram’s Church
Healing
Blackcap
Hill Holt Wood
Willow Warbler, Blackcap
Louth
Tawny Owl
North Somercotes
Hooded Crow
North Thoresby
2 Ring Ouzel
07/04/2020
Anderby Creek
Firecrest
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Avocet, Hen Harrier, Common Whitethroat
Bottesford
5 Chiffchaff, Little Owl, Nuthatch, Redwing, 6 Skylark
Deeping High Bank
Yellow Wagtail
Grimsby
Glaucous Gull
Lincoln
Tawny Owl
Louth
Ring Ouzel, 3 Willow Warbler
Trent Port
Blackcap, Great Crested Grebe, 3 Redshank, Swallow
North Somercotes
Hooded Crow
North Thoresby
2 Blackcap, Swallow
06/04/2020
Anderby Creek
Firecrest, 4 House Martin, 4 Sand Martin, Grasshopper Warbler, 4 Swallow, Willow Warbler, Wheatear
Grimsby
Glaucous Gull, Black Redstart (in private garden)
Huttoft
Ring Ouzel
Lincoln, Doddington Park
Siskin
Manby Wetlands
2 Avocet, Buzzard, 50 Linnet, 2 Snipe, 7 Swallow, 8 Whooper Swan,
Swanholme Lakes
2 Blackcap, 5 Chiffchaff
Swanpool
Shelduck
05/04/2020
Anderby Creek
Firecrest
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Sandwich Tern
Far Ings
Spoonbill
Fulbeck
Swallow
Grantham
14 Fieldfare
Keelby
60 Pink-footed Geese
Kettleby Quarries
6 Little Ringed Plover
Lincoln
6 Chiffchaff, 7 Redwing, Sparrowhawk
Saltfleetby
Grey Phalarope
Stamford
25 Golden Plover (over)
Toft Newton Reservoir
Oystercatcher, Sand Martin, Willow Warbler, Wheatear
04/04/2020
Barnetby
Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Sand Martin, Little Ringed Plover
Barton
132 Whooper Swan in two flocks
Cleethorpes
2 Chiffchaff, 4 Redwing
Fishtoft
39 Whooper Swan
Fulbeck
Swallow
Grimsby
2 White-tailed Eagle. Two White-tailed Eagles from the Isle of Wight reintroduction project were tracked through the county and finished within 6 miles of each near Grimsby. Brought up together these two birds have not been together since their release
New Holland
Peregrine Falcon
Huttoft
Willow Warbler
Louth
White-tailed Eagle
Manby Wetlands
8 Avocet, 3 Buzzard, 4 Chiffchaff, 17 Little Egret, 20 Shoveler, Whooper Swan,
Trent Port, Marton
Great White Egret
Toft Newton Reservoir
Yellow Wagtail
Swanpool
Little Ringed Plover, Water Pipit, White Wagtail
White-tailed to the East of Louth - Image © Owen Beaumont
03/04/2020
Alkborough
Swallow
Cleethorpes,
Reed Bunting, 2 Buzzard, Chiffchaff, 24 Curlew, Little Egret, Grey Heron, 6 Linnet, Sparrowhawk
Fillingham
Common Scoter
Grantham
Bullfinch
Legbourne
Common Scoter
Lincoln
Common Scoter
Quadring
2 Common Crane (over a.m.)
Sleaford
Peregrine
Spalding
Common Scoter
Wainfleet
Common Scoter
Swanpool
3 Little Ringed Plover, White Wagtail
02/04/2020
Bottesford
Buzzard, 2 Chiffchaff, Sparrowhawk
Boultham Mere
4 Little Ringed Plover
Louth
Common Scoter
Skegness
Common Scoter
01/04/2020
Bardney
2 Great White Egret
Bottesford
Brambling, Buzzard, Kestrel, Sand Martin, Little Owl, Skylark, 2 Song Thrush
Spalding
Short-eared Owl
Swanpool
2 Little-ringed Plover, 50+Redwing
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