Lincolnshire Latest Bird News
This page will be updated on a regular basis, to provide a convenient news service to scarce & rare birds found within Lincolnshire. This is a free service and LBC Members wishing to get more up to the minute information should check commercial news services. The Sightings page and @Lincsbirding Twitter feed are intended to alert birders to rare (RED) and scarcer (BLUE) species that they might be interested in seeing within the County. For a full details on Gib Point remember to check their up to date blog at http://gibraltarpointbirdobservatory.blogspot.com/ which gives far more details than shown here…
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Lincolnshire Bird Sightings - December 2022
31/12/2022
Holbeach Marsh
Short-eared Marsh
30/12/2022
Cleethorpes
Purple Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point
Great Northern Diver, Hen Harrier, Scaup
Lincoln Cathedral
Peregrine Falcon
Westwoodside
5 Bewick's Swan
29/12/2022
Boultham Mere/ Swanpool cow-fields
2 Goosander, 15 Lesser Redpoll, 14 Shoveler, 16 Teal, Song Thrush
Farmers Lane, Brumby Common West
Buzzard 3, Little Egret, Peregrine Falcon, Kestrel 2. Linnet 200, Merlin 1, Tree Sparrow 2, Sparrowhawk 2, Yellowhammer 40
Covenham Reservoir
Great Northern Diver
Gibraltar Point
25 Snow Bunting (At the point itself), Black-throated Diver, Hen Harrier, Scaup (Female, Tennyson Sands)
Female Scaup with male Tufted Duck on Tennyson Sands - Image © Chris Grimshaw
Frampton Marsh
Hen Harrier
Freiston Shore
Hen Harrier
East Halton Marsh
19 Russian White-frontrd Goose
Novartis Ings
Iceland Gull
Saltfleetby
6 Snow Bunting
Westwoodside
7 Bewick's Swan
28/12/2022
Gibraltar Point
15 Snow Bunting, Scaup (female)
Willow Tree Fen
Cattle Egret, Hen Harrier
Westwoodside
7 Bewick's Swan
27/12/2022
Cress Marsh
Buzzard, 60 Gadwall, 370 Lapwing, 9 Meadow Pipit, 3 Golden Plover, Redshank, Song Thrush
Doddington Park
18 Lesser Redpoll
Fillingham Lake
Smew (male)
Frampton Marsh
4 Avocet, 2 Pergrine Falcon, 2 Marsh Harrier, Pintail, Water Rail, 2 Stonechat, 4 Whooper Swan
Gibraltar Point
Greater Scaup (female), 20 Snow Bunting
Halton Marsh
19 Russian White-fronted Goose
Pyewipe
Iceland Gull
Trent Port
110 Fieldfare, Goldcrest, 2 Raven, 65 Redwing, 10 Teal, 14 Mute Swan
26/12/2022
Doddington Park
45+ Lesser Redpoll
Gibraltar Point
20 Snow Bunting
25/12,2022
Gibraltar Point
Hen Harrier, Water Pipit
Huttoft
Swallow
North Hykeham Pits
4 Mealy Redpoll
Trent Port
Little Egret, 90 Fieldfare, 1100 Lapwing, Kingfisher, Sparrowhawk
24/12/2022
Belton Park
Woodcock
Cleethorpes
2 Pochard, 3 Stonechat
Culverthope
Pink-footed Goose, 25 Lesser Redpoll
Halton Marsh
19 Russian White-fronted Goose, Merlin, Water Pipit, 5 Stonecat, 3 Woodcock
Willow Tree Fen
4 Common Crane, Cattle Egret
Withcall
Brambling, 33 Corn Bunting, 322 Linnet, 2 Raven
23/12/2022
No sightings - heavy rain most of the day
22/12/2022
Gibraltar Point
27 Snow Bunting
Grimsby
3 Waxwing
Middlemarsh Farm
Caspian Gull
Nebraska Wetlands
2 Shelduck, 9 Shoveler, 16 Teal, 31 Wigeon
21/12/2022
Alkborough Flats
Water Pipit
Baston Fen
Cattle Egret
Frampton Marsh
Great White Egret, Peregrine Falcon, 500 Fieldfare, Hen Harrier, 5 Marsh Harrier
Jobs Lane
Buzzard, 4 Dunlin, 4 Fieldfare, Goldeneye, 3 Egyptian Goose, 22 Redwing, Green Woodpecker
Mablethorpe
Velvet Scoter
Saltfleetby
12 Snow Bunting, Hen Harrier
Whisby (village)
2 Buzzard
Willow Tree Fen
8 Common Crane, Cattle Egret, Great White Egret
20/12/2022
Baston Fen
Cattle Egret
Covenham Reservoir
Great Northern Diver
Crook Bank
3 Waxwing
Doddington Park
Redwing, Sparrowhawk
Gibraltar Point
21 Snow Bunting
Grimsby
2 Waxwing
Humberside Airport
60 Golden Plover
Messingham
Buzzard, Great White Egret, 17 Gadwall, 3 Goldcrest, Marsh Harrier, Kestrel, 5 Shelduck, 8 Shoveler, Siskin, Cetti's Warbler
Pyewipe
Iceland Gull
Saltfleetby
31 Snow Bunting
Trent Port
Little Egret, 140 Fieldfare, Goldcrest, 180 Redwing, Sparrowhawk, Treecreeper, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker
Willow Tree Fen
3 Common Crane, Cattle Egret
19/12/2022
Ancaster
5 Buzzard, Great Black-backed Gull, 10 Red Kite, 4 Raven, 100 Skylark
Baston Fen
Cattle Egret
Saltfleetby/Theddlethorpe Dunes
4300 Pink-footed Goose, 44 Linnet, 420 Teal, 330 Wigeon
Willow Tree Fen
4 Common Crane, Cattle Egret
18/12/2022
Cut End
Great Northern Diver
Doddington Park
Lesser Redpoll, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker
Halton Marsh
Snow Bunting
Scunthorpe
4 Greenfinch, 30 Starling, Song Thrush, Coal Tit
17/12/2022
Baston Fen
Cattle Egret
Cleethorpes
Purple Sandpiper
Halton Marsh
19 Russian White-fronted Goose, 2 Water Pipit
Healing
4 Waxwing
Millennium Green
30 Goldeneye, 2 Goosander, 2 Pochard
Tallington Lakes
Greater Scaup
Willow Tree Fen
4 Common Crane, Cattle Egret
16/12/2022
Cleethorpes
3 Snow Bunting, 6 Grey Plover, 30 Sanderling and a Bumble Bee!
Gibraltar Point
Great Northern Diver
North Thoresby
30 Blackbird, 30 Fieldfare, 40 Redwing, Mistle Thrush
Swanpool cow-fields
Little Egret, Goldcrest, 2 Grey Heron, Common Snipe, 2 Stonechat
Trent Port
120 Fieldfare, 3 Kingfisher, 125 Redwing, 3 Snipe, Grey Wagtail, Green Woodpecker
Willow Tree Fen
Bittern, 4 Common Crane, Great White Egret, 25 Ccommon Snipe, Jack Snipe
15/12/2022|
Boultham Park
Buzzard, Goldfinch, Kestrel, Treecreeper, 2 Grey Wagtail
Cut End
8 Russian White-fronted Goose
Two Russian White-fronted Geese in the prison Fields at Cut End - Image © Dave Roberts
Deeping High Bank
1 Bewick Swan, Whooper Swans
Stowgate
2 Bewick Swan
Swanpool cow-fields
Buzzard, Little Egret, 8 Fieldfare, 2 Lapwing Tawny Owl, 6+ Snipe, 2 Stonechat
Willow Tree Fen
Cattle Egret, Great White Egret, 32 Goosander, Hen Harrier (rt), 7 Marsh Harrier, 10 Whooper Swan
14/14/12/2022
Baston Fen
Cattle Egret
Gibraltar Point
Lapland Bunting
Grimsby
4 Waxwing
Saltfleetby/Theddlethorpe Dunes
13 Snow Bunting, Hen Harrier (rt), 5 Marsh Harrier, 70 Kittiwake, 2 Merlin, 2 Pintail, 2 Jack Snipe
Great shot of a Merlin on the coast - Image © Andy Sims
Sculpholme
Barn Owl
Barn Owl with prey near Sculpholme - Image © Andy Sims
Spalding
4 Common Crane, Waxwing
Temple Wood
19 Tundra Bean Goose
Waithe
Great White Egret
Winthorpe
Bewick's Swan
Willow Tree Fen
550 Blackbird, 6 Common Crane, Cattle Egret, Great White Egret, Peregrine Falcon, 350 Fieldfare, 106 Goosander, 2200 Pink-footed Goose, 6 Marsh Harrier, 3 Barn Owl, Little Owl, Short-eared Owl, Stonechat, 19 Whooper Swan
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13/12/2022
Boultham Mere
Great White Egret, 20 Shoveler, 2 Stonechat, 45 Teal
Bottesford Beck
2 Collared Dove, Little Egret, 9 Common Gull, 28 Lapwing, 16 Golden Plover, 20 Redwing, 30 House Sparrow, Grey Wagtail
Hartsholme Park
Goosander (f), 2 Grey Heron
Middlemarsh Farm
Cattle Egret
Skegness
Bean Goose
North Somercotes
Hen Harrier (m)
Spanby
Cattle Egret
Swanholme Lakes
Goosander (6m, 3f) ,103 Gadwall, 1 Pochard, 5 Teal, 100 Tufted Duck, 108 Wigeon
Trent Port
Chiffchaff, 2 Pink-footed Goose, Kingfisher, 130 Redwing, 2 Snipe, Stonechat, 2 Green Woodpecker
12/12/2022
Baston Fen
Cattle Egret
Freiston Shore
Cetti's Warbler
Not so secretive today even in the fog, Cetti's Warbler at Freiston Shore - Image © Paul Sullivan
Holbeach Marsh
5 Twite
Middlemarsh Farm
Caspian Gull
Swanpool cow-fields
Great White Egret, Little Egret, Kingfisher, 2 Stonechat, 4 Song Thrush
Trent Port
3 Bullfinch, 150 Fieldfare, 46 Goldfinch, Goosander, Kingfisher, 110 Redwing
11/12/2022
Cleethorpes
Snow Bunting, 20 Skylark, 2 Stonechat, 20 Yellowhammer
Covenham Reservoir
152 Coot, Great Norther Diver, 284 Mallard, 34 Gadwall, 48 Goldeneye, 3 Pink-footed Goose, 33 Pochard, 450 Redwing, Greater Scaup, Velvet Scoter, Whooper Swan, 147 Tufted Duck, Grey Wagtail
Halton Marsh
19 Russian White-fronted Goose
Marston
150 Fieldfare, Marsh Harrier, Kestrel, 43 Lapwing, Water Rail, 100 Redwing, Green Sandpiper, 96 Teal, Grey Wagtail, Cetti's Warbler, Woodcock
Millennium Green
Jay, 3 Whooper Swan
Saltfleetby
18 Snow Bunting
Trent Port
Peregrine Falcon, Kingfisher, 220 Redwing, Green Sandpiper, 6 Snipe 55 Wigeon, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker
10/12/2022
Baston Fen
Cattle Egret
Branston
Fieldfare, Redwing
Covenham Reservoir
Great Northern Diver, Greater Scaup, Velvet Scoter
A stunning close-up of the Velvet Scoter at Covenham Reservoir - Image © Owen Beaumont
Crowle
17 Grey Partridge
Gibraltar Point
Hen Harrier
Lincoln City FC
1500 Black-headed Gull (over)
Mablethorpe
Hooded Crow
North Thoresby
Blackcap, 5 Mistle Thrush, Great Spotted Woodpecker
Swanpool cow-fields
140 Lesser Redpoll
09/12/2022
Deeping Lakes
2 Long-eared Owl
Doddington Park
Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Redwing
Gibraltar Point
11 Snow Bunting
Marston
3 Chiffchaff, 12 Snipe, 2 Stonechat
Messingham SQ
2 Goldcrest, 270 Mallard, Jay, 12 Shelduck, 45 Siskin, 19 Shoveler, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker
Swanpool Cow-Fields
Jay, Great White Egret, Great Spotted Woodpecker
08/12/2022
Boultham Mere
11 Common Gull, Siskin
Chapel Hill
Great White Egret
Culverthorpe Lake
2 Goosander
Gibraltar Point
Lapland Bunting, Velvet Scoter, 2 Waxwing
Mablethorpe
6 Velvet Scoter
Millenium Green
Goosander 15 Pochard
Swanpool Cow-fields
1 Tawny Owl
07/12/2022
Alkborough Flats
70 Curlew, Marsh Harrier, 11 Water Pipit, 3 Ruff
Covenham Reservoir
Slavonian Grebe, Velvet Scoter
Deeping High Bank
6 Common Crane
Mablethorpe
Hooded Crow
North Somercotes
2 Waxwing
Swanpool Cow-fields
1 Tawny Owl
06/12/2022
Boultham Mere
4 Goosander
Doddington Park
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Frampton Marsh
Buzzard, Pink-footed Goose, 6 Marsh Harrier, Rock Pipit, Green Sandpiper, Stonechat, Great Spotted Woodpecker
Marton
Great White Egret, 500 Fieldfare, Kingfisher, 210 Lapwing, 280 Redwing, 2 Stonechat, Treecreeper, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker
Swanholme Lakes
Little Egret 21 Goosander (13 male, 8 female), 3 Grey Heron, Kingfisher,Treecreeper, Great Spotted Woodpecker
Grey Heron up a tree alongside Pike Drain, Swanholme Lakes - Image © Chris Grimshaw
05/12/2022
Black Bank
2 Buzzard
Boultham Mere
Marsh Harrier, 22 Gadwall, 20 Shoveler
Chaper Six Marshes
2 Little Auk, Mediterranean Gull, 48 Kittiwake, 3 Little Owl, Short-eared Owl, Puffin, 4 Great Skua, Pomarine Skua
Deeping Lakes
2 Greater Scaup
Donna Nook
Snow Bunting
Doddington Park
60 Goldfinch, Great Spotted Woodpecker
Frampton Marsh
Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Arctic Redpoll
Great Gonerby
Waxwing
Huttoft Bank
Black Guillemot
Kirkby on Bain - unfortunately the hide at Kirkby on Bain has been vandalised and partially burnt and consequently is now closed to visitors
Scunthorpe (Farmers Lane)
Merlin
Swanpool
Raven
Trent Port
2 Little Egret, 46 Fieldfare, Kingfisher, 55 Redwing, Whooper Swan, 38 Teal, Grey Wagtail, 25 Wigeon, Green Woodpecker
04/12/2022
Covenham Reservoir
Slavonian Grebe, Velvet Scoter
Deeping High Bank
6 Common Crane
Gibraltar Point
Snow Bunting, Short-eared Owl
Pyewipe
Jack Snipe
Scunthorpe (Farmers Lane)
Buzzard. Peregrine Falcon, 200 Linnet, Merlin, 500 Feral Pigeon, 3 Tree Sparrow
Sutton Bridge
16 Tundra Bean Goose
03/12/2022
Bagmoor
Long-tailed Duck
Covenham Reservoir
Great Northern Diver, Goosander 10/12 (all female), Slavonian Grebe, Velvet Scoter
Gibraltar Point
11 Snow Bunting, 3 Little Gull
Halton Marshes
19 Russian White-fronted Goose
North Somercotes
Waxwing
02/12/2022
Apex Pits
2 Common Scoter
Barton Sailing Pit
Waxwing
Covenham Reservoir
Great Northern Diver, Slavonian Grebe. Velvet Scoter
Deeping Lakes
Red-flanked Bluetail (am but not pm)
Novartis Ings
2 Caspian Gull, Iceland Gull
Nocton Fen
Peregrine Falcon, 300 Greylag Goose, 200 Lapwing, 1000 Starling, 380+ Whooper Swan
Willow Tree Fen
6 Common Crane
Wroot
26 Whooper Swan
01/12/2022
Covenham
Great Northern Diver, Slavonian Grebe, Velvet Scoter
Deeping High Bank
19 Russian White-fronted Goose, Red-flanked Bluetail
Gibraltar Point
Black-throated Diver, Greater Scaup
Halton Marsh
Snow Bunting
Novartis Infs
3 Caspian Gull
Washingborough
Ring-necked Parakket
Ring-necked Parakeet in a Washingborough garden - Image Ken Haw
Wroot
37 Whooper Swan
Lincolnshire Bird Sightings - November 2022
Broxholme
55 Pink-footed Goose, Green Sandpiper, Grey Wagtail
Crook Bank
Lapland Bunting, 11 Snow Bunting, Great Northern Diver, Jack Snipe
Crowland
Barn Owl
Deeping High Bank
4 Grey Partridge
Barn Owl on the Welland near Crowland - Image © Mike Weedon
Gibraltar Point
Snow Bunting, Black-throated Diver, Hawfinch, 2 Hen Harrier, Greater Scaup
Grantham
2 Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail
29/11/2022
Covenham Reservoir
Slavonian Grebe
Halton Marsh
19 Russian White-fronted Goose
Mablethorpe
Little Auk
Scopwick
Snow Bunting (sound recorded)
Scunthorpe
37 Goldfinch
Tetney Marsh
Little Auk
Water's Edge
Greater Scaup
28/11/2022
Covenham Reservoir
Great Northern Diver, Slavonian Grebe, Ruff, Velvet Scoter, 2 Pintail, 3 Grey Wagtail
Deeping High Bank
4 Common Crane
RAF Digby
Short-eared Owl
Doddington Park
6 Lesser Redpoll
Mablethorpe
Caspian Gull, Common Scoter, 7 Velvet Scoter
Scunthorpe
Blackcap
27/11/2022
Boultham Mere
30 Lesser Redpoll
Covenham Reservoir
Velvet Scoter
Cress Marsh
Buzzard, 3 Green Sandpiper
Frampton Marsh
Hen Harrier
Freiston Shore
Slavonian Grebe
Halton Marsh
19 Russian White-fronted Goose
Scunthorpe
Blackcap
Tetney Lock
30 Brent Geese, 30 Curlew, 150 Golden Plover, 11 Redwing, 300 Starling, Cetti's Warbler, Great Spotted Woodpecker
26/11/2022
Covenham Reservoir
Great Northern Diver, Slavonian Grebe, Velvet Scoter
Epworth
Hen Harrier
Gibraltar Point
Little Auk, 8 Snow Bunting, Great White Egret, 10 Little Gull
Goxhill Haven
19 Russian White-fronted Goose, Water Pipit
Marston
Wheatear
Trent Port
220 Fieldfare, 125 Redwing, Woodcock
25/11/2022
Covenham Reservoir
Slavonian Grebe, Velvet Scoter
Gibralter Point
Brambling, Red-throated Diver, Marsh Harrier, Red Kite, Red-breasted Merganser, 9 Rock Pipit, Greater Scaup, Stonechat, Swallow
Howdens Pullover
Hen Harrier
Mablethorpe
Velvet Scoter
Messingham
Great White Egret, Gannet, Kingfisher, 8 Pochard, 4 Lesser Redpoll, 2 Shelduck, 6 Siskin, 2 Cetti's Warbler
RAF Wainfleet
2 Hen Harrier, Merlin, Barn Owl
Short Ferry
700 Lapwing, 500 Golden Plover
24/11/2022
Covenham Reservoir
Snow Bunting, Velvet Scoter
Deeping High Bank
Great Northern Diver, Kittiwake
Freiston Shore
Hen Harrier
Gibralar Point
2 Great Northern Diver, Little Gull, Water Pipit
Grimsby
2 Waxwing
23/11/2022
Donna Nook
Common Redstart
Mablethorpe
10 Velvet Scoter
Sutton on Sea
Short-eared Owl
22/11/2022
Covenham Reservoir
Snow Bunting, Great Northern Diver, Slavonian Grebe, Yellow-legged Gull, Velvet Scoter, Grey Wagtail
Gibraltar Point
Waxwing
Mablethorpe
2 Little Auk, 2 Velvet Scoter
21/11/2022
Covenham Reservoir
Snow Bunting, Great Northern Diver, Velvet Scoter
Frampton Marsh
Hen Harrier
Gibraltar Point
Lapland Bunting
Mablethorpe
Little Auk, Caspian Gull, Woodcock
Winters Pool
Blue-winged Teal
20/11/2022
Baston Fen
Common Crane
Chapel Point
2 Little Auk
Covenham Resrvoir
Snow Bunting, Great Norther Diver, Velvet Scoter
Velvet Scoter at Covenham Reservoir Imge © Russell Hayes
Epworth
Hen Harrier
Gibraltar Point
18 Snow Bunting, Black-throated Diver, 2 Great Northern Diver, 10 Little Gull, Water Pipit, Velvet Scoter, Twite
Marshchapel
Hen Harrier
19/11/2022
Baston Fen
Spotted Redshank
Chapel Point
Sabine's Gull
Covenham Reservoir
10 Goosander, Meditterrean Gull, 2 Pintail, 2 Velvet Scoter
Frampton Marsh
Russian White-fronted Goose
Gibraltar Point
4 Little Auk, 6 Snow Bunting, White-throated Diver, 3 Little Gull, Short-eared Owl, Velvet Scoter, Sooty Shearwater, 2 Pomarine Skua
Goxhill Haven
14 Snow Bunting
Halton Marsh
3 Little Auk, Great Northrn Diver, Little Gull, Blue-winged Teal, Greater Scaup
Huttoft Bank
Little Auk
Toft Newton
Kittiwake
Witham Mouth
Black-throated Diver
18/11/2022
Anderby Creek
Sabine's Gull
Barton on Humber
Little Auk
Covenham
Great Northern Diver, 52 Little Gull, Kittiwake, 2 Reb-breasted Merganser, Black Redstart
Gibraltar Point
Iceland Gull
Huttoft Bank
Osprey
Pyewipe
5 Caspian Gull, 3 Little Gull, Iceland Gull
Rimac
Short-eared Owl
Sutton on Sea
8 Little Auk, 45 Little Gull, 36 Common Scoter, Arctic Tern
Wolla Bank
Pomarine Skua
17/11/2022
Anderby Creek
Little Auk, Little Bunting, 15 Snow Bunting, Great Northern Diver, Little Gull, Velvet Scoter
Deeping High Bank
Hen Harrier
Frampton Marsh
Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Great Northern Diver, 4 Little Gull, Greater Scaup, Velvet Scotter
Mablethorpe
Pallid Swift
Rosper Road Pools
Garganey
Rimac
Hooded Crow, Short-eared Owl, Jack Snipe
Stickney
Little Auk
16/11/2022
Gibraltar Point
Great Northern Diver, Little Gull, Greater Scaup, Velvet Scoter
Rosper Road Pools
Garganey
Stickney
Little Auk
15/11/2022
Covenham Reservoir
Great Northern Diver
Frampton Marsh
Little Stint
14/11/2022
Doddington Park
Tawny Owl
Covenham Reservoir
Great Northern Diver
Frampton
Pintail, Little Stint, Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler
Gibraltar Point
62 Brent Goose, Marsh Harrier, 2 White-fronted Goose, 4 Rock Pipit, Raven, 7 Stonechat, 95 Shoveler, Barn Swallow, 485 Teal
Mablethorpe
Red-throated Diver, 40 Eider, 6 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 1 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 60 Linnet, Red-breasted Merganser, 120 Connon Scoter
Dark and Pale-bellied Brent Geese, NE Mablethorpe - Image © Andrew Chick
Swineshead Bridge
Cetti's Warbler
13/11/2022
Alkborough Flats
Bearded Tit
Anderby Creek
Siberian Chiffchaff
Bardney Pits
American Wigeon
Boultham Mere
Marsh Harrier, Redwing
Covenham Reservoir
Great Northern Diver
Frampton Marsh
Black Redstart
Freiston Shore
Black Redstart
Gibraltar Point
Merlin
Goxhill Haven
18 Snow Bunting, Spotted Redshank
Halton Marsh
Spotted Redshank
Trent Port
2 Goldcrest, Pink-footed Goose, 2 Kingfisher, Whooper Swan, Grey Wagtail, 55 Redwing
South Willingham
Buzzard, 250 Fieldfare, 80 Common Gull, 2 Raven, 100 Redwing
12/11/2022
Churchill Lane
18 Snow Bunting
Bardney Pits
American Wigeon
Frampton Marsh
Hen Harrier
Gibraltar Point
14 Snow Bunting, 2 Short-eared Owl, Spotted Redshank
Hartsholme Park
Nuthatch
Trent Port
2 Goldcrest, 13 Moorhen, Green Woodpecker, 62 Redwing
Whisby
50 Lesser Redpoll, Mealy Redpoll
11/11/2022
Doddington Park
2 Goldcrest
Frampton Marsh
Brambling, Goldeneye, Lapwing, Goldcrestr, Golden Plover, 2 Pochard, 3 Rock Pipit, Siskin, 20 Skylark
Gibraltar Point
Snow Bunting, Great Northern Diver, White-tailed Eagle, Caspian Gull, 2 Bearded Tit
Harstholme Park, Pike Drain
3 Goosander (female)
10/11/2022
Bardney Pits
Buzzard, Goldeneye, Kestrel, Whooper Swan, American Wigeon
Gibratar Point
2 Waxwing
Holywell Lake, Stamford
Barn Swallow
Messingham
Tundra Bean Goose
Nocton Fen
500 Fieldfare, 3000 Starling
RAF Woodhall
4 Black-tailed Godwit, Goldeneye, Pintail, 6 Redshank, Snipe, 2 Stonechat, 35 Whooper Swan
Owt about? RAF Woodhall Spa - Image © Dave Roberts
09/11/2021
Bardney
American Wigeon
Coningsby
5 Whooper Swan
Deeping High Bank
Short-eared Owl
Donna Nook
15 Snow Bunting
Halton Marshes
Snow Bunting
Messingham
6 Buzzard, Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, 2 Goldcrest, Marsh Harrier, 3 Jay, 40 Lapwing, Shelduck, 11 Long-tailed Tit, Cetti's Warbler, Great Spotted Woodpecker
Saltfleetby/Theddlethorpe
Merlin
08/11/2021
Alkborough Flats
Hen Harrier (ringtail)
Bardney
American Wigeon
Mabblethorpe
8 Snow Bunting
07/11/2022
Bardney
American Wigeon
Crook Bank
Lapland Bunting, 2 Twite
Frampton Marsh
2 Goldeneye, 4 Marsh Harrier, 2700 Pink-footed Goose. 3300 Lapwing, Merlin, 117 Pintail, Siskin, Stonechat, 5 Whooper Swan, 3000 Teal, 5200 Wigeon
Gibraltar Point
Black-throated Diver
Mablethorpe
6 Snow Bunting
Pyewipe
Sand Martin
Toft Neweon Reservoir
Snow Bunting
Towthorpe Lakes
12 Mandarin
Mandarin Ducks at the Tow thorpe Lakes on the Belton Estate - Image © Steve Nesbitt
06/11/2022
Bardney Pits
2 American Wigeon (male)
Birchwood
200 Starling
Black Bank (Messingham)
Buzzard, 4 Field Fare, 2 Kestrel, Kingfisher, 4 Grey Partridge, 23 Redwing, 150 Rook, 3 Whooper Swan, Coal Tit
Cress Marsh
Buzzard, Little Egret, 2 Kestrel, Common Sandpiper, 26 Shoveler
Gibraltar Point
4 Snow Bunting, Black-throated Diver
Trent Port
37 Pink-footed Goose, Barn Owl, 5 Red-legged Partridge, 2 Stonechat, Great Spotted Woodpecker
05/11/2022
Belvoir Estate
43 Red Kite
Denton/Barrowby
9 Red Kite
Donna Nook
Corn Bunting, Snow Bunting, Hooded Crow, 88 Chaffinch, Raven, 25 Twite
Frampton Marsh
Pink-footed Goose
Gibraltar Point
Hen Harrier
Normanby
2 Hawfinch
04/11/2022
Baston Fen
2 Common Crane
Marston
Jack Snipe
Jack Snipe at Marston - Image © Stewart Wilson
Scawby
Hen Harrier
Whisby (Grebe Lake)
20 Brambling
Brambling at Whisby - Image © Jackie Spindley
Wolla Bank
2 Snow Bunting, Pomarine Skua
03/11/2022
Covenham Reservoir
Snow Bunting
Frampton Marsh
Olive-backed Pipit (probable)
Gibraltar Point
Avocet, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, 75 Brent Goose, 420 Pink-footed Goose, 2 Marsh Harrier, Short-eared Owl, 8 Rock Pipit, Velvet Scoter, 4 Siskin, 3 Stonechat, 680 Teal, Whimbrel, 300 Wigeon
Grantham
Grey Wagtail
Marston
Marsh Harrier
Rimac
3 Twite, Waxwing
02/10/2022
Frampton Marsh
2 Hen Harrier (m&f)
Gibraltar Point
Snow Bunting, 3 Velvet Scoter
Grantham
Little Egret, Goosander
Goosander in Queen Elizabeth Park, Grantham - Image © Steve Nesbitt
Halton Marsh
4 Twite
Huttoft
3 Velvet Scoter
Sandilands
Black-throated Diver
Tawthorpe Hollow, Belton Park
7 Mandarin
Winters Pool
Blue-winged Teal
01/10/2022
Rimac
Swift Sp.
Trent Port
46 Fieldfare, 3 Goldcrest, 45 Goldfinch, Kingfisher, Red Kite, 72 Lapwing, 2 Sparrowhawk, 3 Treecreeper, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker
Winter's Pool
Blue-winged Teal
Lincolnshire Bird Sightings - October 2022
31/10/2022
Belton Park
9 Goldcrest, 8 Jay, Kingfisher, Red Kite, 2 Nuthatch, Raven,10 Redwing, 5 Siskin, Treecreeper, 3 Green Woodpecker
Cleethorpes
Dunlin, Knot, Grey Plover
Crook Bank
2 Jack Snipe,12 Twite
Deeping High Bank
Short-eared Owl
Market Rasen
400 Pink-footed Goose
Rimac
Hen Harrier
Willow Tree Fen
14 Common Crane
Winter's Pit
Blue-winged Teal
30/10/2022
Cress Marsh
Buzzard, 14 Fieldfare, 24 Goldfinch, 30 Teal
Frampton Marsh
Curlew Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point
Waxwing (South)
Halton Marsh
Water Pipit
Holbeach Marsh
4 Red-throated Diver, 100 Little Egret, 2 Red-brested Merganser, Merlin, Marsh Harrier, 6 Pintail, 5000 Golden Plover
Kirton Marsh
Cattle Egret
Winter's Pool
Blue-winged Teal
29/10/2022
Allington
600 Pink-footed Goose
Gibraltar Point
Lapland Bunting, 4500 Dunlin, 4 Eider, Peregrine Falcon, 5500 Bar-tailed Godwit, 250 Brent Goose, 3 Marsh Harrier, 3500 Oystercatcher, 13 Pintail, 34 Rock Pipit, 3450 Grey Plover, 89 Teal, Arctic Tern, 22 Turnstone, 468 Wigeon
East Halton
Water Pipit, 5 Twite
Marston
150 Pink-footed Goose, Goldcrest, Marsh Harrier, 3 Cetti's Warbler
Tetney
Osprey
Winter's Pool
Blue-winged Teal
28/10/2022
Black Bank
5 Buzzard, 3 Kestrel, 12 Pied Wagtail, 33 Yellowhammer
Cradge Bank
Short-eared Owl
Deeping High Bank
14 Common Crane, Whooper Swan
Gibraltar Point
1450 Pink-footed Geese, Hen Harrier, 4 Marsh Harrier, 1200 Lapwing, 8 Lesser Redpoll, 6 Siskin
Novartis Ings
Spotted Redshank
Whitton
Bearded Tit
Willow Tree Fen
3 Buzzard, 4 Common Crane, 5 Goosander, 8 Pink-footed Goose, 400 Mallard, 11 Marsh Harrier, 3 Kestrel, 3 Barn Owl, Tawny Owl, Snipe, 2 Stonechat, 12 Whooper Swan, 300 Teal, 100 Wigeon
27/10/2022
Deeping High Bank
Bearded Tit
Frampton Marsh
Hen Harrier
Freiston Shore
Yellow-browed Warbler
Gibraltar Point
2 Brambling, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Eider, Peregrine Falcon, Brent Geese, 48 Goldcrest, Hobby, Kingfisher, 20000 Knot, Water Rail, 9 Siskin, 2 Stonechat, 14 Whooper Swan
Heighington Fen
100 Whooper Swan
Novartis Ings
Whimbrel
26/10/2022
Crook Bank
Rough-legged Buzzard
Donna Bank
Rough-legged Buzzard
Gibraltar Point
Ring Ouzel, Water Pipit
Humberston Creek
Red-throated Diver (probable)
Waddingham
400 Pink-footed Goose
Willow Tree Fen
4 Common Crane (into roost)
Wolla Bank
Yellow-browed Warbler
25/10/2022
Deeping High Bank
Whooper Swan
Goxhill Haven
Twite
Ingham
Short-eared Owl
Pyewipe
Yellow-browed Warbler
Saltfleetby/ Theddlethorpe Dunes
Chiffchaff, Snow Bunting, 4 Eider, 12 Goldcrest, 20 Pink-footed Goose, Marsh Harrier, House Martin, 24 Sanderling, 65 Scoter, Grey Wagtail, Lesser Whitethroat
Whisby
Bittern
24/10/2020
Anderby Creek
Red-rumped Swallow
Brumby Common
3 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 60 Linnet, 6 Whooper Swan
Cleethorpes
Stonechat, 7 Whooper Swan
Crook Bank
4 Jack Snipe
Deeping High Bank
Hen Harrier, 2 Short-eared Owl
Donna Nook
5 Barnacle Goose, Hooded Crow, Yellow-browed Warbler
Gibraltar Point
Hen Harrier
Humber Bridge
Pomarine Skua
Kirton Marsh
Cattle Egret
Riseholme Lake
Kingfisher, Nuthatch, Shoveler, Teal
Saltfleetby
Red-rumped Swallow, Common/Pallid Swift, Twite
23/10/2022
Gibraltar Point
Yellow-browed Warbler
East Halton
Brent Goose, 2 Marsh Harrier, 4 Pintail, 8 Ruff, 3 Stonechat, Grey Wagtail
Hartsholme Park
3 Goosander
Pyewipe
Yellow-browed Warbler
Riseholme Lake
Marbled Duck
22/10/2022
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Rock Pipit , Bearded Tit
Donna Nook
Firecrest, Goldcrest, 17 Little Grebe, 250 Redshank, Black Redstart, 500 Teal, 600 Starling, 5 Whooper Swan
Gibraltar Point
Snow Bunting, Hen Harrier, 2 Ring Ouzel, Mealy Redpoll, Black Redstart, Yellow-browed Warbler
Black Redstart at Gibraltar Point - Image © Russell Hayes
Pyewipe
Spotted Redshank
Rimac
Garganey, 2 Hen Harrier, 2 Ring Ouzel
Riseholme Lake
Marbled Duck
Saltflleetby
Black Redstart
Saltfleet Haven
10 Little Egret, 9 Pink-footed Goose, 13 Sanderling, 17 Shelduck
Sutton on Sea
Black Redstart
21/10/2022
Belton Park
Marsh Tit
Donna Nook
Firecrest, 12 Goldcrest, 20 Redwing, 2 Willow Warbler
Messingham
11 Great White Egret
Riseholme Lake
Marbled Duck (Woodhall bird?)
Marbled Duck on Riseholme College Lake - Image © Ian Birch
Trent Port
3 Bullfinch 110 Fieldfare, 6 Goldcrest, Jay, Kingfisher, 54 Redwing, Mistle Thrush, 24 Long-tailed Tit, Grey Wagtail, Green Woodpecker
20/10/2022
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Rock Pipit
Donna Nook
Yellow-browed Warbler
Far Ings
Jack Snipe
Gibrraltar Point
Ring Ouzel, Swift sp.
Huttoft Bank
Black Redstart
Saltfleetby
Hen Harrier, 2 Ring Ouzel, Short-eared Owl
19/10/2022
Anderby Creek
Mealy Redpoll
Belton Park
Snipe
Belvoir Castle
1200 Redwing, 44 Golden Plover
Deeping Fen
Golden Plover, Grey Plover
Doddington Park
7 Redwing
Gibraltar Point
Hawfinch, Ring Ouzel, Short-eared Owl, Pomarine Skua, Curlew Sandpiper, 6 Bewick's Swan, Yellow-browed Warbler
Huttoft
Short-eared Owl
Rimac
Dusky Warbler
Stamford
Spotted Redshank
18/10/2022
Donna Nook
4 Greenshank, 200 Redshank, 500 Teal
Frampton Marsh
Common Crane (over), Collared Pratincole (over), 2 Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Ring Ouzel
Kirton Marsh
2 Cattle Egret
Winter's Pool
3 Pintail, 7 Whooper Swan, Blue-wiged Teal
17/10/2022
Black Bank
Kestrel, 14, Linnet
Brumby Common West
Buzzard, Kestrel, 60 Lapwing 70 Goldfinch
Gibraltar Point
Lapland Bunting, Slavonian Grebe
Hartsholme Park/Swanholme Lakes
18 Shoveler 10 Wigeon
Great Crested Grebe, Pike Drain, Hartsholme Park - Image © Chris Grimshaw
Winter's Pool
Blue-winged Teal
16/10/2022
Baston Fen
2 Common Crabe
Baston & Langtoft Pits
162 Red-crested Pochard
Some of the impressive number of the Red-crested Pochard at Baston & Langtoft Pits complex - Image © Josh Jones
Covenham Reservoir
2 Slavonian Grebe
Cress Marsh
Cattle Egret, 20 Goldfinch, Kestrel, 25 Teal
Job's Lane
3 Little Egret, 34 Little Grebe 200 Jackdaw, 14 Pochard 14 Shoveler
Kirton Marsh
2 Cattle Egret
Stanton's Pit
2 Black Redstart
Winter's Pool
Blue-winged Teal
15/10/2022
Alkborough Flats
Pratincole Sp (over)
Covenham Reservoir
Slavonian Grebe
Huttoft Pit
Long-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher at Huttoft Pit today -Image © Garry Wright
Kirton Marsh
2 Cattle Egret
Lea Marsh
110 Goldfinch, 197 Greylag Goose, 2 Goosander (f), 53 Pink-footed Goose, Kingfisher, 8 Grey Partridge, 6 Redwing, 16 Skylark, 3 Swallow, 52 Pied Wagtail
Nebraska Wetlasnds
22 Whooper Swan
Winter's Pool
Blue-winged Teal
The Blue-winged Teal found by Steve Routledge at Winter's Pool today - Image © Graham Catley
14/10/2022
Cliff Farm Path
Buzzard, Kestrel
Doddington Park
3 Jay, Sparrowhawk
Frampton Marsh
3 Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Long-eared Owl
Kirton Marsh
Cattle Egret
Nocton Fen
Peregrine Falcon, 200 Lapwing, Barn Owl, Kingfisher, 35 Whooper Swan, Cetti's Warbler
Barn Owl down Nocton Fen - Image © Russell Hayes
Novartis Ings
Spotted Redshank
Rimac
Great White Egret, Red-breasted Merganser, Rock Pipit 35 Snipe, 6 Jack Snipe
RAF Woodhall
12 Whooper Swan
13/10/2022
Alkborough Flats
Beardrd Tit
Anderby Creek
Bean Goose
Boultham Mere
32 Pink-footed Goose, 21 Whooper Swan, 2 Cetti's Warbler
Far Ings
Hen Harrier
Frampton Marsh
3 Little Stint, 2 Curlew Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point
Snow Bunting
Hartsholme Lakes
2 Kingfisher, 2 Shoveler
Nocton Fen
Raven, 20 Whooper Swan
North Hykeham
Lapland Bunting
Swanholme Lakes
3 Goldcrest, 4 Jay
12/10/2022
Gibraltar Point
8000 Dunlin, Peregrine Falcon, 4000 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1000 Pink-footed Goose, 50000 Knot, Merlin, 17 Pintail, 80 Ringed Plover, 2500 Sanderling, 4 Whooper Swan, Arctic Tern
Novartis Ings
Caspian Gull
Saltfleetby
Caspian Gull
11/10/2022
Boultham Mere
Water Tail, Snipe, 6 Whooper Swan
Far Ings
Jack Snipe
Frampton Marsh
Short-eared Owl
Gibraltar Point
Spotted Redshank
Nebraska Wetlands
3 Buzzard, 40 Common Gull, 150 Lapwing, Ring Ouzel (possible), 54 Whooper Swan
Novartis Ings
Spotted Redshank, Curlew Sandpiper
10/10/2022
Alkborough
Stonechat
Black Bank
Buzzard, 60 Pink-footed Geese, 2 Kestrel
North Cotes
Redwing
Frampton Marsh
7 Red-breasted Grebe, Merlin, Rock Pipit, Grey Plover, Curlew Sandpiper, 5 Little Stint, Whooper Swan
Huttoft
Great Northern Diver, 8 Gannet, 350 Pink-footed Goose, 2 Sandwich Tern
Marton
6 Chiffchaff, Kingfisher, Redwing, Great Spotted Woodpecker
Marston
Grey Wagtail
Messingham
Buzzard, 10 Cormorant, Great White Egret, 4 Little Egret, 4 Goldcrest, 240 Black-headed Gull, 83 Lapwing, 2 Green Sandpipoer, Sparrowhawk, 160 Teal, 2 Cetti's Warbler
Gibraltar Point
4 Stonechat
Riseholme
Hawfinch
Wainfleet
538 Curlew, 3500 Pink-footed Goose, Merlin, Barn Owl, Short-eared Owl, 4 Grey Partridge, 14 Whooper Swan
09/10/2022
Boultham Mere
13 Cormorant, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Ringed Plover, 56 Shoveler, 4 Snipe, 21 Whooper Swan, 102 Teal
Covenham Reservoir
Purple Sandpiper, Little Stint, 15 Whooper Swan
Cress Marsh
30 Goldfinch, Pink-footed Goose, 2 Common Sandpiper, Sparrowhawk, 2 Stonechat, 52 Teal
Deeping Lakes
Whooper Swan
One of the sights and sounds of the forthcoming winter. Whooper Swan at Deeping Lakes - Image © Mike Weedon
Frampton Marsh
Curlew Sandpiper, 7 Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Snow Bunting, 3 Stonechat, 5 Whooper Swan
Immingham
Snow Bunting, Curlew Sandpiper
Lincoln, Doddington Park
3 Siskin (earliest)
Marston
12 Curlew, 2 Great White Egret, Water Rail
Marton
3 Chiffchaff, 3 House Martin, 20 Long-tailed Tit, 95 Wigeon
Millennium Green
Cetti's Warbler
Pyewipe
Spotted Redshank, Jack Snipe
Whisby
Jack Snipe
08/10/2022
Cleethorpes
42 Whooper Swan
Covenham Reservoir
Purple Sandpiper, 32 Whooper Swan
A splendid photograph of a Piurple Sandpiper at Covenham Reservoir - Image © John Clarkson
Frampton Marsh
2 Curlew Sandpiper. 8 Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Ring Ouzel, Twite, Yellow-browed Warbler
Hill Holt Wood
150 Pink-footed Goose
Saltfleet
10 Brent Goose, 2500 Pink-footed Goose (leaving roost), Lapland Bunting, 17 Rock Pipit, 27 Whooper Swan
Marton
2 Bullfinch, 4 Chiffchaff, Coal Tit, House Martin, 12 Skylark, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker
Tetney Marsh
37 Pink-footed Goose
07/10/2022
Frampton Marsh
12 Dunlin, Cattle Egret, 2 Little Egret, 20 Black-tailed Godwit, 50 Pink-footed Goose, 7 Red-breasted Goose, Marsh Harrier, Red Kite, 5 Ringed Plover, 6 Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Snow Bunting, Yellow-browed Warbler
Novartis Ings
Spotted Redshank, Curlew Sandpiper
RAF Woodhall
Great White Egret, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, Marsh Harrier, 2 House Martin, 2 Ruff, Stonchat, Swallow
Saltfleetby
Lapland Bunting
06/10/2022
Bardney
Red kite
Boultham Mere
4 Sparrowhawk
Louth
Little Owl
Novartis Ings
2 Curlew Sandpiper
RAF Woodhall
Marbled Duck (present for about a week not ringed and fully winged)
05/10/2022
Frampton Marsh
Jack Snipe
Gibraltar Point
Great Northern Giver, Cattle Egret, Grey Phalarope
04/10/2022
Frampton Marsh
7 Red-breasted Goose, Jack Snipe, 3 Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
8 Avocet, 2 Chiffchaff, 24 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Goldcrest, 385 Pink-footed Goose, 4 Rock Pipit, 2 Grey Plover, 8 Redwing, Jack Snipe, 2 Sparrowhawk, 620 Teal, Grey Wagtail, Yellow-browed Warbler
Messingham SQ
Buzzard, 14 Cormorant, Great White Egret, Goldcrest, Marsh Harrier, Grey Heron, Kingfisher, 202 Lapwing 18 Shoveler, 5 Snipe, Song Thrush, Cetti's Warbler
Novartis Ings
Curlew Sandpiper
Toft Newton
Rock Pipit
03/19/2022
Black Bank
Lesser Black-backed Gull, Grey Heron, Kestrel, 27 Linnet, 16 Grey Partridge, 6 Pied Wagtail
Boultham Mere
Ringed Plover, 12 Snipe, Sparrowhawk
Brumby Common West
40 Carrion Crow, Marsh Harrier, 22 Linnet, Stonechat, 6 Pied Wagtail, 2 Yellowhammer
Cleethorpes
Curlew 187 86 Brent Geese, 78 Black-tailed Godwit, 160 Redshank, Great Skua, 27 Turnstone
Doddington Park
300 Jackdaw (north to roost in 10 minutes)
Gibraltar Point
Hawfinch, 2150 Red Knot, Ring Ouzel, 260 Oystercatcher,
Tetney
100+ Golden Plover
02/10/2022
Ancaster
3 Cattle Egret (3 possibles high over),125 Pink-footed Goose, Meadow Pipit, Skylark
Covenham Reservoir
2 Egyptian Goose
Frampton Marsh
Cattle Egret, Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Snow Bunting
Grimsby
Sparrowhawk (in a Supermarket)
Stainton-le-Vale
3 Buzzard, 14 Coot, Little Grebe,78 Common Gull, 110 Linnet, 27 Mallard, 13 Tree Sparrow, 4 Yellowhammer
Pyewipe
Curlew Sandpiper
Swanpool
Mistle Thrush
Mistle Thrush in local gaden - Image © Andy Sims
Tetney Marsh
Little Stint
Trent Port
Little Egret, Kingfisher, Redwing, Sparrowhawk, 2 Stonechat
East Halton Skitter
Curlew Sandpiper
01/10/2022
Cleethorpes
Yellow-browed Warbler
Covenham Reservoir
7 Swallow, 2 Whooper Swan
Crook Bank
Jack Snipe
Deeping High Bank
2 Whooper Swan
Deeping Lakes
Rock Pipit
Donna Nook
Rough-legged Buzzard
Frampton Marsh
Hen Harrier
Freshney
Goosander
Gibraltar Point
27 Avocet, 2 Lapland Bunting, Snow Bunting, Buzzard, Curlew, Dunlin, Pink-footed Goose, Hen Harrier, 2 Marsh Harrier, 1000's Knot, Short-eared Owl, Grey Plover, Rock Pipit, Ringed Plover, Sanderling, Siskin, Sparrowhawk, 2 Stonechat, 11 Whooper Swan, Marsh Tit, 2 Yellow-browed Warbler, Whimbrel
Pair of Stone chat at Gibraltar Point - Image © Chris Grimshaw
Halton Marsh
Spotted Redshank, Curlew Sandpiper
Messingham
Jack Snipe
Lincolnshire Bird Sightings - September 2022
30/09/2022
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Rock Pipit
Boultham Mere
Cetti's Warbler, 14 Redwing, 66 Shoveler, 18 Snipe, 176 Teal
Cleethorpes
Puffin (injured)
Frampton Marsh
8 Curlew Sandpiper, 9 Little Stint
Novartis Ings
Curlew Sandpiper
Scartho
100 Pink-footed Goose
29/09/2022
Donna Nook
3 Peregrine Falcon, 3 Greenshank, Ruff, 2 Stonechat, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker
Far Ings
Spotted Redshank
Freiston Shore
Black Brant (offshore)
Saltfleetby St Peter
Osprey
Sutton on Sea
5 Red-throated Diver
Trent Port
Blackcap, 5 Chiffchaff, 58 Pink-footed Goose, 2 Kingfisher,, Raven, 8 Redwing, 2 Swallow, 21 Whooper Swan, 3 Treecreeper, 2 Green Woodpecker
28/09/2022
Donna Nook
7 Whooper Swan, Yellow-browed Warbler
Freiston Shore
Pectoral Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point
Snow Bunting
Huttoft
Yellow-browed Warbler
Messingham SQ
Buzzard, Great White Egret,120 Pink-footed Goose, 4 Common Gull,180 Black-headed Gull, Jay, Kingfisher, 110 Lapwing, 3 House Martin, 37 Snipe, Pintail, 78 Teal, 2 Cetti's Warbler
Novartis Ings
Little Stint
27/09/2022
Donna Nook
Spoonbill
Frampton Marsh
7 Red-breasted Goose, 2 Little Stint, 2 Curlew Sandpiper
Freiston Shore
Pectoral Sandpiper
Rippingale
Ring-necked Parakeet
Saltfleetby NNR
650 Pink-footed Goose
26/09/2022
Boultham Mere
Dunlin, 20 Snipe
Deeping Lakes
Great White Egret
Gibraltar Point
Yellow-browed Warbler
Huttoft
Little Stint
25/09/2022
Boultham Mere
130 Gadwall, 2 Kingfisher, Water Rail, 20 Snipe, 104 Teal
Cress Marsh
3 Buzzard, 60 Goldfinch, Kestrel, Common Sandpiper, Snipe, 2 Sparrowhawk
Donna Nook
Pacific Golden Plover, Yellow-browed Warbler
Fillingham
280 Pink-footed Goose, Hawfinch (over), Hobby, 38 Meadow Pipit, 200 Redwing, Green Woodpecker
Green Woodpecker showing nicely at Fillingham - Image © Colin Scott
Frampton Marsh
5 Spotted Redshank, 21 Curlew Sandpiper, 11 Little Stint
Freiston Shore
Pectoral Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point
Snow Bunting, Honey Buzzard (over), Ring Ouzel, 3 Yellow-browed Warbler
East Halton Marshes
Peregrine Falcon, 2250 Pink-footed Goose, 2 Red-breasted Merganser, 4 Pintail, 2 Arctic Skua, 4 Stonechat, Arctic Tern
Keelby
78 Pink-footed Goose
Trent Port
8 Chiffchaff, Spotted Flycatcher, 250 Pink-footed Goose, 2 Kingfisher, 5 Redwing
24/09/2022
Donna Nook
22 Reed Bunting, Curlew, 36 Dunlin, 10 Little Egret, 58 Pink-footed Goose, 7 Grey Heron, 12 Meadow Pipit, 150 Redshank, Little Stint
Frampton Marsh
Nightjar, 5 Spotted Redshank, Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Brambling, Ring Ouzel, Little Stint, Yellow-browed Warbler
East Halton Marshes
1400 Pink-footed Goose, Long-tailed Skua
Swanpool
141 Pink-footed Goose
Trent Port
Blackcap, 6 Chiffchaff, 55 Pink-footed Goose, 2 Kingfisher, Golden Plover, 22 Long-tailed Tit, Treecreeper, 15 Skylark, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, 5 Yellowhammer
23/09/2022
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Whinchat
Beltoft
3 Buzzard
Boultham Mere
13 Snipe
Churchill Lane
Yellow-browded Warbler
Gibraltar Point
Firecrest, 2 Pied Flycatcher, 53 Pink-footed Goose, Marsh Harrier, Redwing, 2 Little Stint, 2 Yellow-browed Warbler
Novartis Ings
Curlew Sandpiper
22/09/2022
Crowle
Osprey
Frampton Marsh
7 Red-breasted Goose, 3 Curlew Sandpiper, 9 Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Yellow-browed Warbler
Humberston Fitties
250 Redshank
Manby Wetlands
Garganey
Tetney Lock
4 Dunlin, 4 Green Sandpiper
21/09/2022
Anderby Creek
1940 Meadow Pipit, Redwing, Spoonbill
Baston & Langtoft Pits
2 Cattle Egret
Bonby Carr
Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 40 Linnet
Covenham
Richard's Pipit
Crowle
Osprey
Dunsby Fen
4 Buzzard, 4 Chiffchaff, 5 Kestrel, 3 Red Kite, 16 House Martin, Tawny Owl, Meadow Pipit, Tree Pipit, 4 Swallow
Humberston
150 Pink-footed Goose
Huttoft
4 Curlew Sandpiper, Yellow-browed Warbler
Read's Island
Avocet, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 2091 Pink-footed Goose, 90 Mallard, 18 Ringed Plover, 4 Redshank, 2 Spotted Redshank, 20 Teal
Saltfleetby
Hawfinch
Trent Port
Buzzard, 5 Chiffcaff, Hobby, Kestrel, 2 Raven, Common Sandpiper, 120 Starling
20/09/2022
Deeping Lakes
Bittern
Frampton Marsh
Cattle Egret, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, 10 Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Pied Flycatcher, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Common Rosefinch
Huttoft Pit
Redstart, Uurlew Sandpiper, Yellow-browed Warbler
Sandilands
Yellow-browed Warbler
Skegness
Caspian Gull
Sutton on Sea
Great Northern Diver, 6 Gannet, Guillemot, 16 Common Scoter, 15 Sandwich Tern
North Thoresby
Blackcap, 7 Chiffchaff, Green Woodpecker, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker
19/09/2022
Baston & Langtoft Pits
2 Curlew Sandpiper, Whinchat
Donna Nook
Snow Bunting
Frampton Marsh
7 Red-breasted Goose, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, 6 Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
2 Pomarine Skua, Yellow-browed Warbler
Middlemarsh Farm
Red-necked Phalarope
Toft Newton
Osprey
18/09/2022
Baston & Langtoft Pits
2 Curlew Sandpiper
Deeping Lakes
Bittern
Bittern in the reeds at Deeping Lakes - Image © Mikw Weedon
Gibraltar Point
5 Brambling, 4 Redwing, Yellow-browed Warbler
Middlemarsh Farm
Red-necked Phalarope
Toft Newton
Osprey
Trent Port
2 Chiffchaff, 2 Stonechat, Treecreeper, Green Woodpecker
Swanpool
61 Pink-footed Goose
17/09/2022
Alkborough Flats
8 Spoonbill
Boultham Mere
Dunlin, 11 Snipe
Cress Marsh
Buzzard, 40 Goldfinch, 3 Pink-footed Goose, 2 Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper
Deeping Lakes
Curlew Sandpiper
Fillingham
82 Pink-footed Goose
Frampton Marsh
2 Cattle Egret, 7 Red-breasted Goose, 19 Curlew Sandpiper, 21 Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Spotted Redshank
Job's Lane
46 Little Grebe
Kirton Marsh
Cattle Egret
Middlemarsh
Red-necked Phalarope
Novartis Ings
Caspian Gull
Pyewipe
Curlew Sandpiper
16/09/2022
Bardney
2 Raven
Black Bank
Buzzard, Grey Heron, 2 Kestrel, 34 Linnet
Chapel Point
Snow Bunting, Red-throated Diver, 14 Kittiwake, Curlew Sandpiper, 75 Arctic Skua, 2 Great Skua, 4 Long-tailed Skua, 2 Pomarine Skua, 2 Arctic Tern, 36 Common Tern
Cut End
2 Long-tailed Skua
Deeping Lakes
Little Stint
Frampton Marsh
7 Red-breasted Goose, 30 Curlew Sandpiper, 22 Little Stint
East Halton
Great White Egret, 957 Pink-footed Goose, Hobby, 5 Ruff, Arctic Skua
Huttoft Carr Terrace
7 Curlew, Red-throated Diver, 510 Dunlin, 8 Gannet,, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 275 Pink-footed Goose, 3 Pintail, Rock Pipit, 66 Sanderling, 9 Arctic Skua, Pomarine Skua, Great Skua, Storm- Petrel, 16 Swallow, 3 Common Tern, 66 Sandwich Tern
Huttoft Pit
4 Curlew Sandpiper, Little Stint
Manby
14 Ruff, 3 Snipe, 2 Ringed Plover, 2 Little Stint
Marton
170 Pink-footed Goose, Marsh Harrier
Nebraska Wetlands
4 Buzzard, 30 Mallard, 30 Gadwall, 18 Lesser Black Gull, 58 Common Gull, 230 Black-headed Gull Grey Heron, Hobby, 2 Kestrel, 19 Teal, 10 Long-tailed Tit 50 Lapwing
Novartis Ings
3 Curlew Sandpiper
Scartho
1000 Pink-footed Goose
15/09/2022
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Whinchat
East Butterwick
2 Buzzard, 350 Black-headed Gull, 40 Common Gull, 3 Kestrel, 14 Linnet, 200 Starling
Covenham Reservoir
Ringed Plover, 2 Common Sanpiper, Wryneck
A stunning photo of the Wryneck at Covenham Reservoir - Image © IanB
Frampton Marsh
2 Cattle Egret, 7 Red-breasted Goose. (escapees) 50 Curlew Sandpiper
Huttoft
Pomarine Skua
Killingholme
Spotted Redshank, Little Stint
Manby Wetland
8 Dunlin, 26 Ruff, Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 17 Snipe, 3 Little Stint
Marston
Spotted Crake
Rimac to Seaview Farm
5 Buzzard, 800+ Pink-footed Goose, 2 Marsh Harrier, Stonechat
Witham End
Pomarine Skua
14/09/2022
Alkborough Flats
8 Spoonbill
Deeping Lakes
2 Spoonbill
Covenham Reservoir
Pectoral Sandpiper, Wryneck
Frampton Marsh
2 Cattle Egret, 7 Red-breastwed Goose, Citrine Wagtail (possible over)
Gibraltar Point
Pied Flycatcher, 5 Spotted Redshank, Common Redstart, Citrine Wagtail (possible)
Manby
Garganey, 3 Little Stint
13/09/2022
Cleatham
Barn Owl
Covenham Reservoir
Wryneck
Frampton Marsh
2 Cattle Egret, 7 Red-breasted Goose, 8 Greenshank, 8 Spotted Redshank 100 Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 32 Little Stint
One of the seven Red-breasted that dropped in to Frampton Marsh - Image © Marc Linby
Freiston Shore
Brent Goose
Freshney
Osprey
Novartis Ings
Wood Sandpiper
Pyewipe
515 Curlew, 5 Curlew Sandpiper, 1650 Shelduck
12/09/2022
Anderby Creek
161 Dunlin, Little Gull, Kittiwake, Osprey, 98 Swallow,
Frampton Marsh
2 Spotted Redshank, 122 Curlew Sandpiper, Little Stint, 7 Grey Wagtail,
Gibraltar Point
Barred Warbler
Huttoft
Little Stint
Nebraska Wetlands
150 Black-headed Gull, 2 Common Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Grey Heron, 150 Lapwing, 5 Swallow
Saltfleetby/Theddlethorpe
2 Arctic Skua, Marsh Harrier, Merlin, Sparrowhawk, 2 Wheatear
Scopwick
Common Scoter (sound recorded)
Toft Newton
Osprey
11/09/2022
Alkborough Flats
Spoonbill
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Whinchat
Cress Marsh
Buzzard, 40 Goldfinch, 2 Common Sandpiper, Stonechat
Frampton Marsh
Spotted Redshank, 14 Curlew Sandpiper, Little Stint
Huttoft
490 Meadow Pipit
Marston
Marsh Harrier, Meadow Pipit, Grey Wagtail
Halton Marsh
Pectoral Sandpiper
Rimac
1050 Meadow Pipit
Sutton on Sea
134 Meadow Pipit
Tetney Lock
2 Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, 7 Redshank, Spotted Redshank, 3 Common Sandpiper, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper at Tetney Lock - Image © Jim Wright
10/09/2022
Boultham Mere
Bittern Grey Heron, Kingfisher, Common Sandpiper, Shoveler, 8 Snipe
Frampton Marsh
Garganey, 32 Curlew Sandpiper, 14 Little Stint, Black Tern
Gibraltar Point
18 Spoonbill
Huttoft
Pomarine Skua
Killingholme Haven
4 Spotted Redshank
Novartis Ings
112 Avocet, 2 Buzzard, Water Rail, 18 Ruff, Wood Sandpiper, 3 Snipe, Stonechat
Wood Sandpiper at Novartis Ings (Pyewipe) - Image © Joe Eckersley
Read's Island
2 Little Stint
Scopwick
Nightjar (sound recorded late evening over)
09/09/2022
Baston & Langtoft Pits
2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 Curlew Sandpiper
Covenhsam Reservoir
Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
2 Pied Flycatcher, Short-eared Owl, 2 Spotted Redshank, Spoonbill
Manby Wetland
Garganey, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, Little Stint
Messingham
Pintail, 2 Ringed Plover, Wood Sandpiper, Cetti's Warbler
08/09/2022
Baston & Langtoft Pits
2 Curlew Sandpiper
Frampton Marsh
Garganey, Pectoral Sandpiper, 5 Spotted Redshank, 83 Curlew Sandpiper, 18 Spoonbill, 15 Little Stint
Killingholme
5164 Black-tailed Godwit
Manby
Garganey, 2 Gurlew Sandpiper, Little Stint
07/09/2022
Baston & Langtoft Pits
2 Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper
Black Bank
Buzzard, 250 Black-headed Gull, 150 Common Gull, 5 Kestrel, 45 Linnet
East Butterwick
19 Linnet, 6 House Martin, 4 Swallow
Frampton Marsh
Cattle Egret, 3 Spotted Redshank, 70 Curlew Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, 2 Spoonbill, 13 Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Little Gull, Sooty Shearwater, Long-tailed Skua, Pomarine Skua, 2 Black Tern
Huttoft Pit
4 Greenshank, Pintail, 3 Common, Redstart. 6 Ruff, 4 Common Sandpiper, Curlew Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 2 Wood Sandpiper, 92 Teal, 6 Turnstone
Manby
Garganey, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, Little Stint
Marton
Common Redstart
Saltfleetby
Pied Flycatsher
06/09/2022
Alkborough Flats
Bearded Tit
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Grey Plover, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper
Frampton Marsh
Spotted Redshank, 47 Curlew Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, 22 Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Pied Flycatcher, Hawfinch, 5 Spotted Redshank, Common Redstart, Long-tailed Skua,15 Spoonbill
Marston
Common Redstart
Novartis Ings, Pyewipe
2 Wood Sandpiper
Seaview
Hen Harrier
05/09/2022
Baston & Langtoft Pits
2 Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Black Tern
Crook Bank
Pied Flycatcher, Whinchat
Denton Reservoir
Osprey
Frampton Marsh
Cattle Egret, 13 Spotted Redshank, 40 Curlew Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
2 Pied Flycatcher, Red-breasted Flycatcher, 7 Spotted Redshank, Spoonbill, Black Tern
Manby Wetlands
Red-necked Phalarope (briefly am), 7 Curlew Sandpiper
Mablethorpe
Red-footed Falcon (south)
Novartis Ings - Pyewipe
Wood Sandpiper
Trent Port
Blackcap, Hobby, Kingfisher, Red Kite, Redstart, Sparrowhawk, Treecreeper, Whinchat, 3 Whitethroat, Green Woodpecker
04/09/2022
Baston & Langtoft Pits
2 Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper
Boultam Mere
Hobby, 9 Snipe
Deeping Lakes
Kittiwake (subsequently died)
East Halton Marsh
119 Common Tern, 7 Sandwich Tern
Gibraltar Point
Pied Flycatcher, Greenshank, Spotted Redshank, Ruff, Little Stint
Messingham
Kingfisher
Frampton Marsh
8 Spotted Redshank, 26 Curlew Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, 4 Little Stint
Marton
Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff, Little Egret, Kingfisher, Common Redstart, Whitethroat
Marston SW
Red-backed Shrike (trapped & ringed)
A Red-backed Shrike - A surprise visitor to Marston SW - Image © Alan Ball
Winter's Pool
Great White Egret
03/09/2022
Barkston
2 Whinchat
Baston & Langtoft Pits
2 Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper
Digby Fen
Buzzard, 5 Kestrel, Barn Owl, Little Owl
Frampton Marsh
Peregrine Falcon, 26 Curlew Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, 6 Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Red-necked Phalarope, 2 Curlew Sandpiper
Novartis Ings
Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper
Whisby
Baltic Gull (possible)
02/09/2022
Alkborough
2 Spoonbill
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Spotted Redshank, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper
Frampton Marsh
5 Curlew Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point
8 Pied Flycatcher, Long-eared Owl,16 Spotted Redshank, Curlew Sandpiper, Little Stint, Wryneck
Holywell Bourne
2 Pied Flycatcher
Mablethorpe
Marsh Harrier, 200 Common Scoter, Arctic Skua, 8 Sandwich Tern, 13 Sanderling, 4 Wheatear
Manby Wetlands
12 Dunlin, 3 Greenshank, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 30 Lapwing, 5 Ringed Plover, 8 Ruff, 3 Common Sandpiper, 6 Green Sandpiper, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, 10 Snipe
Pyewipe
Curlew Sandpiper, Dunlin, Wood Sandpiper, Little Stint
Saltfleetby NNR
Pied Flycatcher
01/09/2022
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Wood Sandpiper
Boultham Mere
2 Great White Egret, Little Egret, Hobby, 8 Snipe
Cress Marh
2 Buzzard, Peregrine Falcon, Kestrel, 40 Linnet, 2 Yellow Wagtail
Deeping Lakes
2 Garganey, Curlew Sandpiper
Frampton Marsh
Pectoral Sandpiper, 37 Curlew Sandpiper, Little Stint, Wryneck
Gibraltar Point
Long-eared Owl, Long-tailed Skua
Huttoft Bank
Sooty Shearwater
Mablethorpe
3 Sooty Shearwater (1N, 2s)
Manby Wetland
Garganey, 2 Curlew Sandpiper
Swanpool Cow-fields
10 Linnet, 3 Skylark, 2 Green Woodpecker
Lincolnshire Bird Sightings - August 2022
31/08/2022
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Osprey, Curlew Sandpiper
Boultham Mere
Bittern, 2 Great White Egret, Common Sandpiper, 9 Snipe, Grey Wagtail
Bittern and Grey Heron posing nicely at Boultham Mere - Image © Andy Sims
Chapel Point
Long-tailed Skua
Deeping Lakes
Gannet
Frampton Marsh
25 Curlew Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, 30 Spoonbill, 3 Little Stint
Huttoft Bank
2 Long-tailed Skua
Mablethorpe
Black Tern
Manby Wetlands
5 Dunlin, 3 Greenshank, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, Greylag Goose, Grey Heron, 4 House Martin, 5 Ringed Plover, 5 Ruff, 3 Common Sandpiper, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, 8 Green Sandpiper, 20 Pied Wagtail
Sutton on Sea
4 Pink-footed Goose
Swanpool cow-fields
Spotted Flycatcher
Toft Newton
Dunlin
30/08/2012
Boultham Mere
Great White Egret, Kingfisher, 2 Common Sandpiper, 8 Snipe
Frampton Marsh
Pectoral Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point
70000 Red Knot, Pied Flycatcher 2 Sooty Shearwater, 14 Spoonbill
Mablethorpe
Long-tailed Skua
Manby Wetlands
Dunlin, Garganey, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Greenshank, Marsh Harrier, 3 Ringed Plover, 4 Ruff, 2 Common Sandpiper, 12 Green Sandpiper, 9 Snipe, Whinchat
Market Deeping
Whinchat
Sutton on Sea
2 Red-throated Diver, 8 Arctic Skua, Common Scoter 150+, 2 Long-tailed Skua, Wheatear, Whimbrel
29/08/2022
Boultham Mere
Bittern, 2 Buzzard, Spotted Crake, Great White Egret,10 Grey Heron, Kingfisher, 2 Common Sandpiper, 7 Snipe
Deeping Lakes
Garganey
Frampton
Pectoral Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point
11 Spoonbill
Halton Marsh
2 Peregrine Falcon, Pintail, Little Ringed Plover, 9 Common Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 14 Common Tern
28/08/2022
Deeping Lakes
Garganey
Frampton Marsh
11 Spotted Redshank, 26 Curlew Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, 49 Spoonbill, Little Stint
The Pectoral Sandpiper present at Frampton Marsh today - Image © Kyle Smith
Gibraltar Point
114 Common Buzzard, Honey Buzzard, 16 Spoonbill
Marton
Redstart (in private garden)
Messingham
Wood Sandpiper
Pyewipe
Wood Sandpiper
Swanpool cow-fields
4 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 4 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Lesser Whitethroat
Tetney
Greenshank
Whisby
5 Little Egret, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 5 Egyptian Goose, 5 Grey Heron, 5 Garganey, 150+ Lapwing, 2 Ringed Plover
27/08/2022
Ancaster
Great White Egret, Kingfisher
Deeping High Bank
Great White Egret
Gibraltar Point
18 Spoonbill
Halton Marsh area
Peregrine Falcon, 3200 Black-tailed Godwit, Greenshank, 2 Wood Sandpiper
Jobs Lane
7 Little Egret, 2 Egyptian Goose, 4 Pochard, Common Sandpiper, Green Woodpecker
Kirkby
150 Lapwing, Ruff, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 6 Snipe
Saltfleetby/ Theddlethorpe
198 Curlew, 5500 Black-headed Gull, Common Gull, 23 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Marsh Harrier, 58 Oystercatcher, 89 Ringed Plover, 67 Redshank, 22 Sandwich Tern, Sparrowhawk
Timberland Fen
Peregrine Falcon, Roller
Perseverence eventually pays off, the European Roller at Timberland Fen - Image © Graham Catley
RAF Woodhall
Buzzard, Great White Egret,10 Barnacle Goose. Hobby, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper
26/08/2022
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Garganey
Butterwick Low
Wryneck
Covenham Reservoir
Little Gull
Fillingham area
Whinchat
Whinchat from near Fillingham - Image - © Colin Scott
Frampton Marsh
6 Curlew Sanpiper
Gibraltar Point
Pied Flycatcher, 7 Spotted Redshank, 2 Redstart, 5 Spoonbill
Messingham
Kestrel, Kingfisher, 220 Lapwing, 2 Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 3 Snipe, Sparrowhawk
Timberland Fen
Buzzard, Marsh Harrier, Roller, Sparrowhawk
Whisby (Teal Lake)
5 Garganey
25/08/2022
Baston & Langtoft Tits
Garganey
Boultham Mere
Great White Egret, Grey Heron, Red Kite, 3 Common Sandpiper, 30 Shoveler, 8 Snipe, 55 Swallow, 35 Teal
Far Ings
Kingfisher, Water Rail, Bearded Tit, Reed Warbler
Water Rail at Far Ings - Image © Jaqueline Spindley
Frampton Marsh
10 Spotted Redshank, Wood Sandpiper, 50 Spoonbill, 4 Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
2 Common Redstart, 10 Arctic Skua, 3 Arctic Tern, 2 Black Tern, 55 Common Tern, 550 Sandwich Tern
Huttoft
Long-tailed Duck, 9 Common Scoter, Long-tailed Skua
Manby
Garganey, Wood Sandpiper
Teal Lake
5 Garganey
Willow Tree Fen
3 Whinchat
24/08/2022
Baston & Langtort Pits
Garganey, Whinchat
Cut End
Osprey (north)
Frampton Marsh
12 Spotted Redshank, Pectoral Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 30 Spoonbill, 4 Little Stint
Marston
2 Cetti's Warbler (trapped and ringed)
Pyewipe
2 Caspian Gull, Black Tern
Saltfleetby
Pied Flycatcher
Spalding
Bee-eater (heard only)
Swanpool Cow-fields
Spotted Flycatcher
23/08/2022
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Pied Flycatcher
Black Bank Messingham
2 Buzzard, 300 Black-headed Gull, 20 Common Gull, Hobby, 4 Kestrel
Boultham Mere
2 Buzzard, Kingfisher, Common Sandpiper
Frampton Marsh
26 Spoonbill, 2 Little Stint
Freiston Shore
Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
Pied Flycatcher, Long-eared Owl, Redstart, 6 Spoonbill,
22/08/2022
Ancaster
Great White Egret
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Garganey
Boultham Mere
Black-tailed Godwit, Rook 70+
East Halton Skitter
Black Redstart
A splendid Black Redstart at East Halton Skitter - Image © Steve Routledge
Gibraltar Point
3 Spoonbill
Manby Wetlands
Garganey, Wood Sandpiper
Willow Tree Fen
4 Common Crane
21/08/2022
Ashbyville Lake
2 Bullfinch, 8 Great-crested Grebe, Kingfisher, Common Sandpiper, Sparrowhawk
Gibraltar Point
Pied Flycatcher, Redstart, 5 Whinchat
Trent Port Marton
Spotted Flycatcher
East Halton Skitter
Black Redstart, Wood Sandpiper
Winter's Pool
Wood Sandpiper
20/08/2022
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Garganey
Frampton Marsh
Garganey, 3 Spotted Redshank, 36 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
2 Pied Flycatcher, Marsh Harrier, 6 Tree Pipit, 2 Redstart, 2 Sparrowhawk, Little Stint, 25 Willow Warbler
Halton Marsh
Wood Sandpiper
Manby Wetlands
Garganey
Messingham
Garganey
Winter's Pond
Wood Sandpiper
Wolla Bank
2200 Swallow, 352 Yellow Wagtail
19/08/2022
Doddington Park
Little Owl
Frampton Marsh
Garganey, 3 Spotted Redshank, 36 Spoonbill, Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
5 Pied Flycatcher, Garganey, 6 Spoonbill, Roseate Tern
Mablethorpe
Caspian Gull
Manby Wetlands
Garganey
Messingham
Chiffchaff 12, 3 Coal Tit, 6 Little Egret, 30 Gadwall, 2 Goldcrest, Lapwing 93, Green Sandpiper 2, Shoveler 12, Great Spotted Woodpecker
Nebraska Wetlands
2 Buzzard, 3 Lesser black-Backed Gull, 10 Lapwing, 50 Linnet, 40 Rook
Theddlethorpe
Raven
Winter's Pool
Wood Sandpiper
18/08/2022
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Garganey
Chapel Observatory
7 Fulmar, 3 Little Gull, 3 Kittiwake, 883 Oystercatcher, 67 Arctic Skua, 14 Great Skua, 2 Pomarine Skua, 21 Manxs Shearwater, 9 Arctic Tern, 3 Black Tern, 30 Common Tern, 13 Little Tern, 400 Sandwich Tern
Frampton Marsh
8 Spotted Redshank, 26 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
Pied Flycatcher, Spotted Redshank, 20 Spoonbill, Little Stint
Manby Wetlands
Dunlin, Garganey, 2 Greenshank, Ruff, Common Sandpiper, 21 Green Sandpiper
Willow Tree Fen
4 Whinchat
17/08/2022
Baston & Langtoft Pits
2 Common Crane, Caspian Gull
Boultham Mere
3 Common Sandpiper
Chapel Point
3 Little Gull, 2 Pomarine Skua , 3 Black Tern,
Deeping Lakes
Turnstone
Frampton Marsh
Avocet, 2 Barnacle Goose, Dunlin, 20 Little Egret, Peregrine Falcon, 5000 Black-tailed Godwit, Greenshank, Kittiwake, Red Knot, House Martin, Sand Martin, 20 Ringed Plover, Redshank, Spotted Redshank, Common Sandpiper, 48 Spoonbill, Little Stint, Barn Swallow, 5 Swift
In contrast to the nine (below) at RAF Woodhall today, this tame bird in front of Reedbed Hide, Frampton wasn't in the least wary - Image © Chris Grimshaw
Gibraltar Point
4 Little Gull, 2 Spotted Redshank, 12 Spoonbill, Pomarine Skua, 3 Little Stint, 5 Black Tern
RAF Woodhall Spa
9 Barnacle Goose, 7 Egyptian Goose, House Martin, Swallow, Sand Martin Ringed Plover, 3 Green Sandpiper, 2 Snipe
An unusual sighting at RAF Woodhall Spa this afternoon. Nine Barnacle Geese - Image © Andy Sims
Sutton on Sea
Eider, 3 Fulmar, 57 Gannet, 239 Oystercatcher, 6 Manx Shearwater, Sooty Shearwater, 16 Arctic Skua, 3 Great Skua, Pomarine Skua, 3 Black Tern, 17 Common Tern
Trent Port
3 Curlew, Little Egret, Goldcrest, 2 Grey Partridge, 10 Swallow, Yellow Wagtail
Whisby
2 Garganey, Barnacle Goose, Black-tailed Godwit, Red-crested Pochard, Ruff, Green Sandpiper
16/08/2022
Alkborough Flats
Spotted Redshank
Baston & Langtoft
Garganey
Boultham Mere
350 Black-headed Gull, 5 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 7 Grey Heron, 2 Lapwing, 2 Sand Martin
Frampton Marsh
Spotted Redshank, 4 Little Stint
Freiston Shore
Curlew Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point
2 Pied Flycatcher12 Spoonbill, Little Stint
Huttoft
Black Tern
Nocton Heath
Common Crane
Pig Lane
4 Grey Partridge
Swanpool cow-fields
Buzzard, Great Spotted Woodpecker
Wolla Bank
Red-necked Phalarope
15/08/2022
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Garganey
Boultham Mere
Greenshank, 2 Lapwing, Snipe
Covenham Reservoir
Ringed Plover, Redshank, Common Tern, Yellow Wagtail
Frampton Marsh
Greenshank, Common Sandpiper, White-rumped Sandpiper, 40 Spoonbill, Little Stint
Freiston Shore
Curlew, Little Gull, 3 Whinchat
Gibraltar Point
8 Spoonbill
Manby Wetlands
3 Dunlin, 3 Greenshank, 16 Green Sandpiper, Little Stint, Black Tern, 6+ Little Tern
Rimac
Spotted Flycatcher
Sutton on Sea
Great White Egret, Gannet, 88 Oystercatcher, 82 Swallow, 38 Teal, 6 Common Tern, 183 Sandwich Tern, Whimbrel, Great Spotted Woodpecker
14/08/2022
Alkborough Flats
17 Spoonbill
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Garganey
Frampton Marsh
Pied Flycatcher, 40 Spoonbill, White-rumped Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point
Pied Flycatcher, 12 Spoonbill
Pig Lane-Lincoln
Wheatear
Gibraltar Point
Pied Flycatcher, 12 Spoonbill
Mablethorpe
3 Bee-eater (south), Pied Flycatcher (Quebec Road)
Sutton on Sea
Fulmar, 11 Gannet, 250 Sandwich Tern, 300 Oystercatcher, 2 Arctic Skua
13/08/2022
Boultham Mere
Dunlin, Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, Common Gull. Lesser Black-backed Gull, 12 Grey Heron, 5 Lapwing, 9 Common Sandpiper, Yellow Wagtail
Frampton Marsh
White-rumped Sandpiper
Rimac/Churchill Lane
3 Pied Flycatcher
Trent Port
6 Little Egret, 45 Lapwing, 25 House Martin, Green Woodpecker
12/08/2022
Baston & Langtoft Pits
3 Garganey
Boultham Mere
4 Raven
Frampton Marsh
15 Spotted Redshank, White-runped Sandpier, 53 Spoonbill, Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
2 Pied Flycatcher, Caspian Gull, Long-eared Owl, Spotted Redshank, 13 Spoonbill
Saltfleetby/Theddlethorpe Dunes
Cuckoo, Red Hite
Teal Lake - Whisby
3 Garganey
11/08/2022
Boultham Mere
Snipe 2
Bourne
Mandarin Duck
Far Ings
Common Crane (reported as recently)
Gibratar Point
2 Pied Flycatcher, 13 Spoonbill
10/08/2022
Alkborough Flats
Whinchat
Boultham Mere
Great White Egret, Little Egret
Deeping Lakes
Temminck's Stint
Frampton Marsh
6 Spotted Redshank, 41 Spoonbill, Wood Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point
Pied Flycatcher, 2 Spotted Redshank, Curlew Sandpiper, 3 Spoonbill
Willow Tree Fen
3 Whinchat
One of the three whichat that were at Willow Tree Fen - Image © Ian Misselbrook
Winter's Pit
300 Black-tailed Godwit, Ruff
09/08/2022
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Garganey
Deeping Lakes
Temminck's Stint
Frampton Marsh
8 Spotted Redshank, 38 Spoonbill
Manby Wetland
Little Stint
Saltfleetby
Pied Flycatcher
08/08/2022
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Cattle Egret, Garganey
Black Bank (Scunthorpe)
Little Owl
Frampton Marsh
8 Spotted Redshank,Wood Sandpiper, 44 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
4 Spoonbill
Killingholme Pit
Curlew Sandpiper
Manby Wetlands
Black-tailed Godwit, Little Ringed Plover, 3 Green Sandpiper, 2 Snipe, Little Stint
Roxby
Marsh Harrier, Jay
Saltfleetby
Pied Flycatcher
Winteringham
Buzzard, Peregrine Falcon, Marsh Harrier
07/08/2022
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Garganey
Gibraltar Point
Long-eared Owl, Black Tern
Frampton Marsh
Pectoral Sandpiper
Manby Wetlands
Little Stint
06/08/2022
Culverthorpe Lakes
Spotted Flycatcher
Two young Spotted Flycatchers at Culverthorpe Lakes - Image © Dave Roberts
Donna Nook
Black Tern (off-shore)
Gibraltar Point
Pied Flycatcher, Kestrel, 17 Spoonbill, Swallow, Wheatear
East Kirkby
Common Crane
Frampton Marsh
5 Curlew Sandpiper, 27 Spoonbill
Freiston Shore
5 Spotted Redshank
Manby Wetlands
Little Gull, Little Stint
Messingham SQ
Black-winged Stilt (between two and six reported)
05/08/2022
Baston Fen
Garganey
Frampton Marsh
Hen Harrier (male), 4 Curlew Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, 25 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
Cuckoo, 20 Spoonbill
Killingholme
Avocet, Dunlin, 1000 Black-tailed Godwit, Red Knot, Redshank
Messingham
90 Lapwing, Little Ringed Plover, 3 Green Sandpiper, 6 Black-winged Stilt (Potteric Carr birds), 6 Shelduck, Common Tern
One of the adults (cropped) that was in front of Wader Hide today at Messingham SQ, the rest of the family (five) showed well too - Image © Chris Grimshaw
Saltfllet Haven
2 Short-eared Owl
Winter's Pool
10 Little Egret, 100 Black-tailed Godwit
04/08/2022
Alkborough Flats
Bittern, 5 Spoonbill, Stilt Sandpiper
A slendid shot of a Bittern at Alkborough - Image ç Richard Willison
Cress Marsh
4 Yellow Wagtail
Culverthorpe Lakes
Cuckoo
Frampton Marsh
6 Curlew Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point
20 Spoonbill
03/08/2022
Alkborough Flats
Stilt Sandpiper
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Garganey
Frampton Marsh
130 Avocet, 2000 Dunlin, 2000+ Black-tailed Godwit, 21 Greemshank, 2 Marsh Harrier, 600+ Red Knot, Water Rail, 12 Spotted Redshank, 3 Little Stint, Black Tern, Curlew Sandpiper, 35 Spoonbill, Whimbrel
A stunning shot of the Black Tern at Frampton Marsh shortly before it flew off north early this morning - Image © Ian B
Gibraltar Point
Wood Sandpiper, 23 Spoonbill
Teal Lake
Yellow-legged Gull
Willow Tree Fen
Whinchat
02/08/2022
Alkborough Flats
Stint Sandpiper
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Garganey
Boultham Mere
Green Sandpiper
Frampton Marsh
Black Tern, 34 Greenshank, 10 Spotted Redshnk, 12 Spoonbill, Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
30 Spoonbill
Langtoft
Common Quail
Swanholme
3 Jay
01/08/2022
Alkborough Flats
Stilt Sandpiper
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Garganey
Boultham Mere
Goosander, 2 Water Rail
Frampton Marsh
Spoonbill, Black Tern
Gibraltar Point
Curlew Sandpiper
Mablethorpe
Black Tern
Messingham
72 Coot, Goldcrest, Marsh Harrier, Grey Heron, 200 Lapwing, 4 Green Sandpoper, Sparrowhawk, 14 Teal, Yellow Wagtail
Trippling Hows Bridleway, Messingham
Buzzard, 2 Jay, 2 Kestrel, Swallow, Swift, 4
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