Lincolnshire Latest Bird News
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Lincolnshire Bird Sightings - July 2022
31/07/2022
Alkborough Flats
2 Spoonbill, Stilt Sandpiper
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Garganey
Cleethorpes CP
2 Great Crested Grebe, Kingfisher
Boultham Mere
Peregrine Falcon, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, Kingfisher
One of the two Kingfishers that showed well at Boultham Mere - Image © Andy Sims
Deeping Lakes
Turnstone
Frampton Marsh
Pectoral Sandpiper
30/07/2022
Alkborough Flats
Bittern, Black-tailed Godwit, Greenshank, Marsh Harrier, Water Rail, Redshank, Spotted Redshank, Stilt Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper
Frampton Marsh
120 Avocet, 11 Dunlin, 1500 Black-tailed Godwit, Barnacle Goose, Pink-footed Goose, 2 Marsh Harrier, 136 Lapwing, 12 Spotted Redshank, 56 Ruff, 28 Golden Plover, 10 Little Ringed Plover, 6 Ringed Plover, 8 Common Sandpiper, 4 Curlew Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Snipe, Little Stint, Temminck's Stint, 44 Spoonbill, 10 Swallow, Whimbrel
Gibraltar Point
2 Spotted Redshank, 16 Spoonbill
29/07/2022
Alkborough Flats
Stilt Sandpiper
Frampton Marsh
22800 Black-tailed Godwit, 30 Greenshank, Marsh Harrier, 80 Ruff, Pectoral Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 29 Spoonbill, Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
3 Greenshank, 4 Spotted Redshank. 2 Green Sandpiper, 16 Spoonbill, Grasshopper Warbler
Jobs Lane
Buzzard, 7 Little Egret, Egyptian Goose, 40 Great Crested Grebe, 22 Little Grebe, Lapwing, 2 Oystercatcher, 8 Pochard
28/07/2022
Alkborough Flats
2 Spotted Redshank, Stilt Sandpiper
Boultham Mere
2 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron
Frampton Marsh
Dunlin, 6 Spotted Redshank, 29 Spoonbill, 2 Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
3 Greenshank, Spotted Redshank, 2 Green Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 18 Spoonbill, Grasshopper Warbler
Messingham
3 Arctic Tern
Teal Lake, Whisby
Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Yellow-legged Gull
West Halton
Common Quail
27/07/2022
Alkborough Flats
Curlew, Dunlin,Black-tailed Godwit, Ruff, Sand Martin, Stilt Sandpiper, 8 Spoonbill, Swallow
Anderby Creel
Cory's Shearwater (probable)
Bardney Pits
Garganey
Deeping Lakes
6 Spoonbill
Splendid photo of the two wide awake Spoonbills at Deeping Lakes - Image © Will Bowell
Frampton Marsh
5 Spotted Redshank, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, 14 Spoonbill, Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
3 Spoonbill
Messingham
Savis Warbler (possible)
Rimac
2 Spoonbill
26/07/2022
Alkborough Flats
20 Bearded Tit, 4 Marsh Harrier, 3 Water Rail, 6 Spotted Redshank,10 Ruff, Stilt Sandpiper, 22 Spoonbill, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Cetti's Warbler
Anderby Creek
Caspian Tern (S)
Bardney Pits
Garganey
Boultham Mere
Great White Egret, 4 Little Egret, Kingfisher, 4 Lapwing, 15 Barn Swallow
Saltfleetby/Theddlethorpe NNR
Cuckoo, Short-eared Owl, Red Kite, Pacific Golden Plover (possible)
The possible Pacific Golden Plover that was at Saltfleetby this morning - Image © Phil Hyde
A juvenile Cuckoo at Saltfleetby/Theddlethorpe NNR - Image © John Clarkson
25/07/2022
Alkborough Flats
Peregrine Falcon, 7 Barnacle Goose, 4 Marsh Harrier, Water Rail, Ruff, Stilt Sandpiper, 19 Spoonbill, Bearded Tit, Yellow Wagtail
Anderby Creek
1500 Swift (S)
Frampton Marsh
Little Egret, Black-tailed Godwit, Kestrel, Common Tern
Gibraltar Point
Little Egret, Little Grebe, Kestrel, Common Tern
Little Egret at Gibraltar Point - Image © Jacqueline Spindley
24?07/2022
Alkborough Flats
Stilt Sandpiper
Boultham Mere
Great White Egret
Chapel Point
Cory's Shearwater
Denton Reservoir
2 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Mandarin Duck
2 Mandarin Duck at Denton Reservoir - Image © Dave Roberts
Frampton Marsh
Hen Harrier, Wood Sandpiper, 2 Spoonbill
West Halton
2 Common Quail
23/07/2022
Alkborough Flats
3 Spotted Redshank, Spoonbill, Stilt Sandpiper, Bearded Tit
Deeping Lakes
Cattle Egret
Fillingham Lake
Russian White-fronted Goose
Frampton Marsh
Avocet, Curlew Sandpiper. 16 Spoonnbill, Little Stint
Freiston Shore
Wood Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point
Spoonbill
Whisby
Yellow-legged Gull
22/07/2021
Alkborough Flats
Stilt Sandpiper
Baston Fen
23 Little Egret, Kestrel
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Cattle Egret, 8 Goosander, 2 Red Kite, 200 Sand Martin, Little Ringed Plover, 5 Common Redshank, 16 Red-crested Pochard, Sparrowhawk, 30 Common Tern
Messingham
2 Little Egret, 33 Gadwall, Marsh Harrier, 54 Lapwing, 4 Green Sandpiper, 14 Shelduck, Sparrowhawk, 6 Teal
Monkery Wood
3 Spotted Flycatcher, Nuthatch, Marsh Tit, Treecrepper
Whisby
Arctic Tern, 10 Little Tern
Willow Tree Fen
Buzzard, 2 Marsh Harrier, Whinchat
21/07/2022
Alkborough Flats
20 Spoonbill, Stilt Sandpiper
Baston & Langtoft Pits (Wader Pool)
Gull-billed Tern
Gibraltar Point
3 Spotted Redshank, 12 Spoonbill
Messingham
Avocet, 3 Buzzard, 2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank, Hobby, Red-crested Pochard, 14 Shelduck, Sparrowhawk, 4 Teal, 3 Cetti's Warbler
Swanpool, Lincoln
4 Green Woodpecker
An unusual black-headed Green Woodpecker in a Swanpool garden - Image © Andy Sims
Ropsley
Common Quail
20/07/2022
Alkborough Flats
Avocet, Dunlin, Little Egret, Black-tailed Godwit, Greenshank, Marsh Harrier, Kestrel, Lapwing, Sand Martin, Water Rail, Stilt Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Spoonbill, Swift,Cetti's Warbler,
Anderby Creek
11 Curlew, 120 Dunlin, Great White Egret, 14 Bar-tailed Godwit, Mediterranean Gull, 63 Red Knot, 70 Sand Martin, 3 Grey Plover, 17 Sanderling, 2 Green Sandpiper, Spoonbill, 5 Swallow, 21 Teal, 600 Swift, 7 Whimbrel
Baston & Langtoft Pits (Wader Pool)
Gull-billed Tern
Messingham
Avocet, Egyptian Goose, 150 Lapwing, 2 Redshank, 4 Green Sandpiper, 6 Shelduck, Common Tern, Green Woodpecker
19/07/2022
Alkborough Flats
Stilt Sandpiper
Anderby Marsh
Black-tailed Godwit, 8 Little Ringed Plover, Ruff, 2 Green Sandpiper, Snipe
Baston & Langtoft Pits (Wader Pool)
Gull-billed Tern
Teal Lake
Caspian Gull
18/07/2022
Alkborough Flats
Bittern, 4 Common Crane, 31 Little Egret, Great White Egret, 260 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Marsh Harrier, 9 Spotted Redhank, Stilt Sandpiper, 20 Spoonbill, 10 Bearded Tit, 5 Cetti's Warbler
Baston Fen
2 Cattle Egret
Boultham Mere
Common Sandpiper
Frampton Marsh
7 Spotted Redshank,13 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
10 Spoonbill
17/07/2022
Alkborough Flats
11 Spotted Redshank, Stilt Sandpiper (05:30 and again later), 21 Spoonbill, Turnstone
Ashbyville Lake
2 Chiffchaff, Little Egret, Kestrel, Kingfisher, 7 House Martin, 4 Whitethroat,
Baston & Lagtoft Pits
Whooper Swan
Boultham Mere
11 Little Egret
Frampton Marsh
Wood Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point
Green Sandpiper
Lincoln
White-tailed Eagle (high over Brayford)
Trent Port
60 Lapwing, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Shelduck, 20 Swift, Sparrowhawk, 26 Swallow, Green Woodpecker
16/07/2022
Alkborough Flats
Redshank, 30 Spoonbill, Stilt Sandpiper (mobile and elusive)
Gibraltar Point
Short-eared Owl, Spotted Redshank, 10 Spoonbill
North Hykeham Pits
Nuthatch (possible first?)
15/07/2022
Alkborough Flats
Stilt Sandpiper (only brifely)
Stilt Sandpiper briefly at Alkborough Flats - Image © Neil Drinkall
Frampton Marsh
8 Spotted Redshank, 5 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
Short-eared Owl, Spoonbill
Halton Marsh
Spotted Redshank
Winter's Pool
Redwing
Whisby
Garganey, 3 Hobby
14/07/2022
Alkborough Flats
18 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
16 Spoonbill, 4 Spotted Redshank, Common Rosefinch, Wood Sandpiper
Grantham
Buzzard, Red Kite
13/07/2022
Baston Fen
6 Cattle Egret
Gibraltar Point
Short-eared Owl
Laughton Forest
Little Owl, 3 Nightjar, Woodcock
Messingham
2 Little Egret, 52 Lapwing, Marsh Harrier,, Water Rail, 4 Redshank, Common Sandpiper, 15 Shelduck, 10 Swallow, 2 Teal
Whisby
3 Garganey, Black-tailed Godwit, 10 Egyptian Goose, Yellow-legged Gull, 15 Common Tern 2 Redshank, Snipe
12/07/2022
Frampton Marsh
Spotted Redshank, 15 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
18 Spoonbill, Roseate Tern
Stubton
2 Kingfisher, Tawny Owl, 4 Yellow Wagtail 2 Green Woodpecker, Sparrowhawk, Treecreeper
11/07/2022
Gibraltar Point
Spotted Redshank, Wood Sandpiper
Frampton Marsh
2 Spotted Redshank, 6 Spoonbill
South Willingham
Buzzard, Kestrel, Red Kite, House Martin, Barn Swallow, Swift
Red Kite over South Willingham - Image © Richard Taylor
10/07/2022
Cress Marsh
Buzzard, 4 Little Egret, Peregrine Falcon, 3 Kestrel, 3 Shelduck, Yellow Wagtail
Gibraltar Point
13 Spoonbill
Willow Tree Fen
4 Common Crane
09/07/2022
Far Ings
Bearded Tit, 4 Bittern (recently fledged), 5 Marsh Harrier (recently fledged)
Frampton Marsh
Spotted Redshank, 12 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
16 Spoonbill
Kirkby Pits
3 Little Egret, 9 Egyptian Goose, 2 Yystercatcher, 30 Common Tern
Market Rasen
2 Siskin (possibly breeding in Willingham Woods)
08/07/2022
Frampton Marsh
Avocet, Spotted Redshank, Ruff, 12 Spoonbill
Freiston Shore
Wheatear (juvenile)
Gibraltar Point
7 Sppoonbill
Kirkby Pits
2 Little Egret, 9 Egyptian Goose,2 Oystercatcher, 30 Common Tern
Wolla Bank
Cory's Shearwater (flying north)
07/07/2022
Frampton Marsh
300 Avocet, 185 Black-tailed Godwit, 12 Greenshank, Hobby, Mediterranean Gull, 2 Marsh Harrier, 4 Pink-footed Goose, Little Owl, Spotted Redshank, 16 Ruff, 8 Common Sandpiper, 7 Green Sandpiper, 4 Spoonbill, 120 Common Tern
Freiston Shore
2 Chiffchaf, 226 Curlew, 48 Dunlin, 314 Black-headed Gull,Mediterranean Gull, 10 Oystercatcher, 110 Common Tern, 10 Sandwich Tern, 2 Tree Sparrow, 2 Wigeon, Yellow Wagtail
Gibraltar Point
14 Spoonbill
Grasby
Common Quail
Withcall
Common Quail
06/07/2022
Gibraltar Point
2 Little Gull, 2 Spoonbill
05/07/2022
Rimac
5 Black-tailed Godwit, Little Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Temminck's Stint
Saltfleetby
Wood Sandpiper
Scunthorpe
Goldfinch
Unusual Goldfinch in the Scunthorpe area - Image © Alan Hudson
Tunman Woods
3 Buzzard, Raven, Barn Swallow, 3 Gardwen Warbler
04/07/2022
Gibraltar Point
Short-eared Owl, 2 Spoonbill
Rimac
Temminck's Stint
Temminck's Stint at Rimac Image © Owen Beaumont
Willow Tree Fen
6 Common Crane (family group of four plus two interlopers)
03/07/2022
Cleethorpes
House Martin, Barn Swallow
A pleasing shot of a barn swallow at Buck's Beck, Cleethorpes - Image © Nick Coulbeck
Cress Marsh
Buzzard, Little Egret, 72 Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Barn Swallow, Cetti's Warbler
Gibraltar Point
12 Spoonbill
Trent Port
Little Egret, Goldcrest, Pink-footed Goose
02/07/2022
Alkborough Flats
9 Spotted Redshank, 7 Spoonbill
Donna Nook
Grasshopper Warbler
Grasshopper Warbler at Donna Nook - Image © Phil Hyde
Far Ings
Bittern
Gibraltar Point
3 Spotted Redshank, Wood Sandpiper, 9 Spoonbill
Manby Wetlands
Spotted Redshank
North Hykeham Pits
4 Mediterranean Gull, Wood Sandpiper
Trent Port
22 Cormorant, 25 Swift, 2 Green Woodpecker
Willow Tree Fen
4 Common Crane
01/07/2022
Baumber
Bullfinch, 9 Song Thrush
Frampton Marsh
6 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
Short-eared Owl, Spotted Redshank, 6 Spoonbill
Manby Wetlands
92 Lapwing, 5 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Water Rail (chicks), 19 Green Sandpiper
Withcall
59 Corn Bunting, Hobby, 12 Common Quail (Blue stone Heath Road)
Lincolnshire Bird Sightings - June 2022
30/06/2022
Gibraltar Point
Green Sandpiper
Marston
33 Gadwall (31 ducklings)
Whisby
Chiffchaff, Cuckoo, 9 Egyptian Goose, 3 Mediterranean Gull, Kingfisher, Raven, Garden Warbler, Sedge Warbler
29/06/2022
Anderby Creek
17 Avocet, Little Gull, 4 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Water Rail, 4 Green Sandpiper, 7 Wood Sandpiper, 2 Spoonbill, Sandwich Tern, Whimbrel
Brigg
Red Kite
Frampton Marsh
10 Spotted Redshank, 9 Spoonbill
Gedney
Corncrake (possible)
Whisby
Caspian Gull
28/06/2022
Gibraltar Point
Spotted Redshank, Wood Sandpiper, 8 Spoonbill
27/06/2022
Boultham Mere
2 Mediterranean Gulls
Mediterranean Gulls at Boultham Mere - Image © Andy Sims
Frampton Marsh
Little Gull, 4 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
Short-eared Owl, Spotted Redshank
Messingham
Buzzard, Kestrel, 37 Lapwing, 3 Oystercatcher, Ringed Plover, 2 Red-crested Pochard, 2 Teal, 12 Common Tern
26/06/2022
Cress Marsh
Buzzard, 152 Black-tailed Godwit, 25 Lesser-black Backed Gull, Great-black backed Gull
Frampton Marsh
Little Gull, Spotted Redshank, 6 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
2 Spotted Redshank, 2 Spoonbill
North Somercotes
Long-tailed Duck
25/06/2022
Alkborough Flats
Wood Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point
Cattle Egret, Short-eared Owl, 3 Spotted Redshank, Wood Sandpiper, 6 Spoonbill
Scopwick
Common Quail
24/06/2022
Cradge Bank (South of Spalding)
Cattle Egret
Frampton Marsh
2 Little Gull, 4 Spotted Redshank, 2 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
Common Quail, 4 Spotted Redshank, Wood Sandpiper 6 Spoonbill
Langtoft
2 Common Quail
Tunman Woods
4 Raven
23/06/2022
Branston
Red Kite
Boultham Mere
Barn Swallow
Gibraltar Point
Short-eared Owl, Spotted Redshank
Grimsby
White-tailed Eagle (flying high and off to the North)
Withcall
2 Common Quail
22/06/2022
Doddington Park
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Far Ings
Bittern (two fledged young on show)
Frampton Marsh
Cattle Egret, Little Gull, Spotted Redshank, 2 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
Short-eared Owl, Spotted Redshank, Spoonbill
Willow Tree Fen
Common Crane (first flight for juveniles)
21/06/2022
Alkborough Flats
Baird's Sandpiper
The Baird's Sandpiper at Alkborough Flats - Image © Wayne Gillatt
Frampton Marsh
3 Barnacle Goose, Pink-footed Goose, Mediterranean Gull, 3 Little Gull, Marsh Harrier, 3 Green Sandpiper, 3 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
6 Spoonbill
20/06/2022
Boultham Mere
80 Swift
19/06/2022
Alkborough Flats
Spoonbill
Bardney
House Martin
House Martin collecting nesting material in Bardney - Image © Russell Hayes
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Arctic Tern
Belton House
2 Little Egret. 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Kingfisher, Nuthatch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker
Gibraltar Point
Short-eared Owl
Market Deeping
Honey Buzzard
North Somercotes
Common Quail
18/06/2022
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Arctic Tern
Cress Marsh
Buzzard, 2 Little Egret, 11 Black-tailed Godwit, Little Ringed Plover, 15 Shelduck, 3 Skylark
Doddington Park
6 House Martin
Frampton Marsh
Little Gull, Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
Little Gull
Manby Wetlands
3 Green Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, White Stork
17/06/2022
Alkborough Flats
Garganey, 4 Spotted Redshank, Wood Sandpiper
Anderby Marsh
8 Avocet, 4 Spoonbill, Whooper Swan, Wigeon
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Arctic Tern
Covenham Reservoir
Grey Phalarope
Frampton Marsh
Spotted Redshank
Gibraltar Point
Short-eared Owl
16/06/2022
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Arctic Tern
Frampton Marsh
3 Little Gull, Marsh Harrier, Hobby, Water Rail, Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
Cuckoo, Barn Owl, Red-backed Shrike, Marsh Warbler
15/06/2022
Ancaster
Common Quail
Branston
2 Red Kite
Dorrington Fen
Common Quail
Frampton Marsh
7 Barnacle Goose, Little Gull, Mediterranean Gull, Marsh Harrier, Green Sandpiper, Spoonbill
Harmston Fen
2 Common Quail
North Thoresby
2 Buzzard, Cuckoo
Saltfleetby - Theddlethorpe Dunes
Black Redstart
Black Redstat at Saltfleetby/ Theddlethorpe Dunes - Image © Chris Atkin
Sea-View Farm
Bee-eater
Swanholme Lakes
4 Garden Wabler
Thurlby Fen
Common Quail
Torksey
Common Quail
14/06/2022
Branston (Cliff Farm)
House Martin, Swallow
Frampton Marsh
Long-tailed Duck, Great White Egret, Little Gull, Red-crested Pochard, Water Rail, Spotted Redshank, Spoonbill, Wheatear
Kexby
Common Quail
Kirkby on Bain
Marsh Harrier, Garden Warbler
Thurlby Fen
Common Quail
13/06/2022
Alkborough Flats
Greenshank, 4 Marsh Harrier, 9 Spoonbill, 3 Bearded Tit, 9 Cetti's Warbler
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Spoonbill
Frampton Marsh
Long-tailed Duck
Gibraltar Point
Bee-eater, Spoonbill
12/06/2022
Alkborough
Spoonbill
North Cotes
Osprey
Deeping Lakes
Whooper Swan
Frampton Marsh
Little Gull, Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
Short-eared Owl, Spoonbill
Mablethorpe
Little Gull
11/06/2022
Frampton Marsh
Cuckoo, Little Gull, Marsh Harrier, Hobby, Spoonbill, Yellowhammer
Hartsholme Park
Tawny Owl, Green Woodpecker
Lincoln
Peregrine Falcon
Nocton
6 Grey Partridge
10/06/2022
Branston
Kestrel
Frampton Marsh
150 Avocet (chicks), 2 Long-tailed Duck, Peregrine Falcon, Little Gull, Mediterranean Gull, Sandwich Tern, Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
Little Stint
Market Deeping
Common Qyail
09/06/2022
Anderby Creek
Marsh Warbler
Boultham Mere
Pink-footed Goose
Far Ings
Osprey
Frampton Marsh
2 Long-tailed Duck, Little Gull, 2 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
Short-eared Owl
Seaview Farm
Spoonbill
08/06/2022
Frampton Marsh
Long-tailed Duck, Short-eared Owl, Whooper Swan
07/06/2022
Alkborough Flats
Garganey, 8 Spoonbill
Frampton Marsh
Long-tailed Duck, 6 Barnacle Goose, 198 Gadwall, Greenshank, Little Gull, Marsh Harrier, Little Ringed Plover, Whooper Swan
At Sea
2 Red Spotted Bluethroat (on a ship, several miles off Mablethorpe)
06/06/2022
Apex Tit
Sandwich Tern
Frampton Marsh
Long-tailed Duck, Spoonbill, Whooper Swan
Gibraltar Point
Great White Egret, Curlew Sandpiper, Red-backed Shrike
Tunman Woods
Raven
A Raven in Tunman Woods - Image © Chris Grimshaw
Whisby
2 Little Tern
05/05/2022
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Wood Sandpiper, Turnstone
Gibraltar Point
Curlew Sandpiper
Winter's Pool
20 Barn Swallow, 100+ Swift, 10 House Martin
04/06/2022
Frampton Marsh
2 Long-tailed Duck, Cattle Egret
One of the Long-tailed Duck that has been at Frampton Marsh - Image © Josh Fusiara
Gibraltar Point
Cuckoo, Gannet, Little Gull, Marsh Harrier, Short-eared Owl, Curlew Sandpiper, Common Scoter
Mid-Lincs
2 Grey Partridge, Raven
Tallington Lakes
Little Tern
03/06/2022
Frampton Marsh
2 Long-tailed Duck, Cattle Egret, Little Gull, Spotted Redshank, Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
Short-eared Owl, 3 Curlew Sandpiper, Spoonbill
Tunman Woods
Barn Owl, 4 Song Thrush
02/06/2022
Cleethorpes
Cuckoo
Frampton Marsh
Greenshank, Little Gull, Mediterranean Gull, Hobby, Little Ringed Plover, Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
Short-eared Owl, Curlew Sandpiper
Market Rasen
Red Kite
Messingham
3 Buzzard, Goldcrest, 2 Shelduck, Sparrowhawk, 9 Common Tern, Cetti's Warbler, 5 Reed Warbler
Moulton Marsh
Blue-headed Wagtail
01/06/2022
Bardney
Barn Owl
Barn Owl in Bardney - Image © Russell Hayes
Cleethorpes
2 Cuckoo, 10 Reed Warbler
Cleethorpes CP
Little Stint
Far Ings
Bearded Tit
Gibraltar Point
Golden Oriole, Short-eared Owl
Market Rasen
Turtle Dove
Saltfleetby-Theddlethorpe Dunes
Mandarin Duck
Walesby
2 Spotted Flycatcher
Lincolnshire Bird Sightings - May 2022
31/05/2022
Cleethorpes
Cuckoo, House Martin
Dog Kennel Wood
Cuckoo
Frampton Marsh
4 Little Gull, 4 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
Curlew Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper
Willow Tree Fen
4 Common Crane
30/05/2022
Frampton Marsh
Golden Oriole, Collared Praticole (over), Spotted Redshank
Gibraltar Point
Great Northern Diver, Golden Oriole
29/05/2022
Cress Marsh
5 Avocet, 4 Little Egret, 6 Little Grebe, 3 Oystercatcher, 10 Shelduck, 3 Barn Swallow, Cetti's Warbler
Frampton Marsh
Cuckoo, Little Gull, Mediterranean Gull, Wood Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point
Pectoral Sandpiper
28/05/2022
Alkborough
Spoonbill
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Greater Scaup
Frampton Marsh
Temminck's Stint
Gibraltar Point
2 Curlew Sandpiper
Sea View Farm
White-tailed Lapwing (a few hundred yard to the north of Rimac)
27/05/2022
Anderby Marsh
10 Avocet, Garganey, 2 Greenshank, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Ringed Plover, 2 Common Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper
Belton Park
2 Little Egret, Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Kingfisher, Nuthatch
Boultham Mere
Red Kite
Rimac
2 Little Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier, Hobby, 4 Kestrel, White-tailed Lapwing, Oystercatcher, Barn Swallow, Swift
Manby Wetlands
Avocet, 400 Herring Gull,
Marston
Cuckoo
Willow Tree Fen
4 Common Crane ( 2 adults, 2 Juveniles)
26/05/2022
Anderby
Purple Heron
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Sanderling
Boultham Mere
Water Rail
Far Ings
Bittern
Frampton Marsh
Spoonbill
Grimsby
Little Bittern
Mablethorpe
4 Spoonbill (over)
Rimac
White-tailed Lapwing
A stunning photograph of an old friend. White-tailed Lapwing at Rimac - Image © Mark Johnson
Sleaford Area
3 Long-eared Owl
Stapleford Woods
2 Buzzard, 2 Nightjar, 3 Woodcock
25/05/2022
Cleethorpes
Cuckoo
Gibraltar Point
Wood Sandpiper, 4 Spoonbill
24/05/2022
Alkborough Flats
Garganey 7 Spoonbill
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Greater Scaup
Gibraltar Point
Bee-eater, Golden Oriole
Manby Wetlands
Osprey, Wood Sandpiper
Saltfleetby
Garganey, Osprey
Osprey over Manby Wetlands - Image © Owen Beaumont
23/05/2022
Alkborough Flats
2 Garganey, 4 Spoonbill
Frampton Marsh
White-fronted Goose
Freiston Shore
Little Gull
Gibraltar Point
Turtle Dove, Spotted Flycatcher, Golden Oriole
Manby Wetlands
Wood Sandpiper
Rimac
Turtle Dove, Golden Oriole, Redwing, Grasshopper Warbler
Grasshopper Warbler at Rimac - Image © John Clakson
22/05/2022
Alkborough
Purple Heron, 14 Spoonbill
Anderby Creek
Wood Sandpiper
Bardney
2 Cuckoo
Cress Marsh
11 Avocet, Kestrel, 5 Lapwing, 7 Little Egret, 2 Little Ringed Plover
Frampton Marsh
Cuckoo, 2 Temmincks Stint
Gibraltar Point
Golden Oriole, Short-eared Owl
Halton Marshes
Common Quail
Tetnet Lock
Yellow Wagtail, Wheatear, Willow Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat
Whisby
Garganey
21/05/2022
Alkborough Flats
Purple Heron, 9 Spoonbill
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Greater Scaup
Frampton Marsh
Temminck's Stint
Gibraltar Point
Caspian Gull, Osprey, 5 Spoonbill
Huttoft
Redwing
Saltfleet Haven
Nightjar
20/05/2022
Alkborough
3 Glossy Ibis, Purple Sandpiper, 5 Spoonbill
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Greater Scaup
Frampton Marsh
Temminck's Stint
Gibraltar Point
Bonaparte's Gull, 2 Golden Oriole
Revesby
Raven
19/05/2022
Alkborough Flats
Garganey, 2 Glossy Ibis, Purple Sandpiper, 8 Spoonbill
One of the two Gloosy Ibis at Alkborough Flats - Image © Neil Drinkall
Anderby Marsh
2 Garganey
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Garganey
Cleethorpes
3 Wheatear
Churchill Lane
Grasshopper Warbler
Frampton Marsh
Little Gull, Temminck's Stint
Gibraltar Point
Turtle Dove, Great White Egret, Hobby, Golden Oriole, Short-eared Owl, 3 Spoonbill
Huttoft Bank Pit
Garganey
Manby Wetlands
2 Avocet, 15 Black-headed Gull, 6 Common Gull, 130+ Herring Gull, 4 Shelduck
Paradise
2 Avocet, Black-tailed Godwit, Oystercatcher, Shelduck, Shoveler
18/05/2022
Anderby Creek
2 Spotted Flycatcher
Asybyville Lake
Osprey
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Gargagney
Brickyard Lane
Hobby
Chapel Six Marshes
2 Spotted Flycatcher
Cleethorpes
200 Oystercatcher, 10 Sanderling, 9 Turnstone, Wheatear
Fiskerton Fen
Osprey
Frampton Marsh
Corn Bunting, Little Gull, Mediterranean Gull, Marsh Harrier, Common Sandpiper, Wood Sandpier, 2 Spoonbill, Temminck's Stint, Wheatear, Whimbrel
Grantham
Swift
17/05/2022
Far Ings
Marsh Harrier
Frampton Marsh
Pectoral Sandpiper, Temminck's Stint
Gibraltar Point
Turtle Dove, 2 Marsh Harrier, Hobby 2 Red Kite, Short-eared Owl, Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Spoonbill, Little Stint, Little Tern17/05/2022
Frampton Marsh
Little Gull, Wood Sandpiper, 2 Spoonbill, 2 Little Stint, Temminck's Stint
Gibraltar Point
Firecrest, Marsh Harrier, Purple Heron, Red Kite,Ring Ouzel, Short-eared Owl, Whimbrel
Tetney Marshes RSPB
Kentish Plover
Tunman Woods
2 Nightjar
16/05/2022
Alkborough Flats
2 Glossy Ibis, 5 Spoonbill
Frampton Marsh
2 Spoonbill
Fulbeck
Honey Buzzard
Gibraltar Point
Turtle Dove, Common Crane, Little Gull, 2 Wood Sandpiper, 3 Spoonbill
Nocton Fen
3 Cuckoo, 2 Wheatear
Upton (Gainsborough)
Osprey
Washingborough
Hobby
15/05/2022
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Black Tern
Frampton Marsh
Corn Bunting, Cuckoo, Little Gull, Mediterranean Gull, Merlin, Pectoral Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Temminck's Stint, Arctic Tern
Gibratar Point
Ring Ouzel, Broad-billed Sandpiper, Curlew Sandpiper, 5 Spoonbill
Horseshoe Point
Rusic Bunting
Rutic Bunting near the car=park at Horseshoe Point - Image © Paul Sullivan
Snitterby Carr
Hen Harrier (male)
Tunman Woods
Raven
Whisby
Turtle Dove
14/05/2022
Alkborough Flats
2 Bittern Little Gull, Hobby, Spoonbill, Swift
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Sanderling
Frampton Marsh
Pale-bellied Brent Goose, Pectoral Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Temminck's Stint
Freiston Shore
Spotted Flycatcher, Spoonbill
Spotted Flycatcher at Freiston Shore - Image © Paul Sullivan
Gibraltar Point
Cuckoo, Eider, Pied Flycatcher, Little Gull, Mediterranean Gull, Golden Oriole, Barn Owl, Short-eared Owl, Spotted Redshank, Spoonbill, Red-rumped Swallow, Little Tern, Whimbrel
Keelby
Hobby
Lincs Coastal CP
8 Cuckoo, 4 Gannet, 28 Kittiwake, 2 Red-breasted Merganser, 3 Razorbill, Little Stint Stonechat, Little Tern
Marton
Cuckoo, Hobby, Red Kite, Wood Warbler
Saltfleet
Short-eared Owl, Common Sandpiper
13/05/2022
Anderby Creek
Alpine Swift
Boultham Mere
Dunlin (over)
Deeping Lakes
Sanderling, Whooper Swan
Alpine Swift over Anderby Creek - Image © Richard Lorand
Frampton Marsh
Garganey, Osprey, Pectoral Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point
Red-footed Falcon, Spotted Redshank, 2 Spoonbill, Red-rumped Swallow, Alpine Swift
Saltfleet Haven
Blue-headed Wagtail
12/05/2022
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Honey Buzzard, Sanderling
Far Ings
Bittern, Tawny Owl
Frampton Marsh
Little Gull, Wood Sandpiper, Spoonbill, 2 Temminck's Stint
Gibraltar Point
Red-rumped Swallow
Laughton Forest
Blackcap, Chiffchaff, 6 Swallow, Common Whitethroat
Pyewipe
1357 Grey Plover
Thurlby Fen
Honey Buzzard
Wolla Bank
Savi's Warbler
11/05/2022
Ancaster
Whinchat
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Turnstone
Crowle Moor
Stonechat
Dunston Fen
3 Wheatear
Gibraltar Point
Little Gull, Osprey, Short-eared Owl, Ring Ouzel, Wood Sandpiper, Spoonbill, Spotted Redshank
Louth
70 Swift
Trent Port
Kingfisher, House Martin, Sand Martin, Raven, 9 Swallow, 10 Swift, Yellow Wagtail, Garden Warbler
10/05/2022
Boultham Mere
8 Common Swift
Far Ings
Bittern
Bittern at Far Ings - Image © Martin Dodd
Frampton Marsh
Common Tern
Market Rasen
9 Common Swift
Marston
Kingfisher, 2 Water Rail, 6 Barn Swallow, Cetti's Warbler, Reed Warbler
North Hykeham
3 House Martin
09/05/2022
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Turnstone
Gibraltar Point
Spoonbill
Marston
2 Red Kite, Barn Swallow, Swift, Cetti's Warbler, Garden Warbler, Reed Warbler
Messingham SQ
2 Avocet, Bittern, 2 Hobby, 4 House Martin, 20 Sand Martin, 10 Shelduck, 10 Shoveler, 70 Swift, 3 Common Tern, Song Thrush, Treecreeper, Cetti's Warbler
Rosper Road Pools
Short-eared Owl
Willow Tree Fen
Garganey, Wood Sandpiper
08/05/2022
Apex Pits
2 Common Tern
Bardney
Sedge Warbler
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Whimbrel, Wood Sandpiper
Boultham Mere
Hobby
Cress Marsh
8 Avocet, 3 Little Egret, 3 Little-ringed Plover, Wood Sandpiper, Wheatear
Fiskerton Fen
Bittern
Frampton Marsh
Garganey, Russian White-fronted Goose, Little Gull, Spotted Redshank, Wood Sandpiper, Little Stint, Temninck's Stint
Gibraltar Point
Hawfinch, Spotted Redshank
Grimsby
Buzzard, White-tailed Eagle, Peregrinr Falcon
Lincoln Area
Turtle Dove
Nebraska Wetlands
2 Bullfinch, Great White Egret, Little Egret, Grey Heron, Marsh Harrier, 2 Oystercatcher, 5 Common Whitethroat, 4 Yellowhammer
Skegness
Wood Warbler
Trent Port
Cuckoo, Gadwall, Garden Warbler, 6 Red-legged Partridge, Shelduck, Shoveler
Winter's Pool
Garganey
07/05/2022
Alkborough Flats
Glossy Ibis
Cradge Bank
Whinchat
Deeping Lakes
Little Ringed Plover
Far Ings
Cuckoo, 3 Little Gull, Hobby
Frampton Marsh
Cuckoo, Turtle Dove, Firecrest, 3 Garganey, Greenshank, Little Gull, 6 Mediterranean Gull, Merlin, Barn Owl, 2 Wood Sandpiper, Wheatear, 2 Whimbrel
Freiston Shore
Ring Ouzel
Gibraltar Point
Cuckoo, 2 Marsh Harrier, Short-eared Owl, 2 Spotted Redshank, 3 Grasshopper Warbler
South Ormsby
5 Red Kite, 21 Skylark, 14 Common Whitethroat, 2 Lesser Whitethroat
Ranby Bottoms
Osprey
06/05/2022
Cradge Bank (Spalding)
Whinchat
Freiston Shore
Ring Ouzel
Gibraltar Point
Common Crane, Short-eared Owl, 2 Spotted Redshank, Wood Sandpiper
05/05/2022
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Arctic Tern
Baston Fen
Bar-tailed Godwit
Far Ings
3 Bittern, 2 Cuckoo, Marsh Harrier, Hobby, Bearded Tit
Frampton Marsh
Russian White-fronted Goose, Wood Sandpiper, Little Stint
Freiston Shore
Pale-bellied Brent Goose
Gibraltar Point
Short-eared Owl, Wood Sandpiper, Spoonbill, Grasshopper Warbler
Lincoln area
Cuckoo, Turtle Dove
South Lincs Fens
2 Cuckoo, 2 Garganey
Garganey in the South Lincolnshire Fens - Image © Matt Fitzgerald
04/05/2022
Anderby Creek
Little Gull, 3 Wood Sandpiper
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Arctic Tern|
Bonby Carrs
20+ Corn Bunting
Frampton Marsh
Turtle Dove, White-fronted Goose, Greenshank, Common Scoter, Spoonbill, Grasshopper Warbler
Gibraltar Point
Short-eared Owl
Lincs Coastal CP
Marsh Harrier, Stonechat, Grasshopper Warbler, 11 Reed Warbler, 51 Sedge Warbler, 17 Common Whitethroat, 2 Lesser Whitethroat
Paradise
2 Common Sandpiper, Jack Snipe
Rimac
Great White Egret, 5 Grasshopper Warbler, Wheatear, Whimbrel
03/05/2022
Baston Fen
Bar-tail Godwit
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Arctic Tern
Bourne
2 Whooper Swan (over)
Frampton Marsh
Russian White-fronted Goose, Wood Sandpiper
Russian White-fronted Goose at Frampton Marsh - Image © Josh Fusiara
Gibraltar Point
2 Hawfinch, Nightingale, Water Pipit
Messingham
Arctic Tern
02/05/2022
Baston Fen
Wood Sandpiper
Deeping Lakes
Bar-tailed Godwit
Denton Reservoir
Whooper Swan
Donna Nook
Wheatear
Frampton Marsh
Garganey, Russian White-fronted Goose, Little Gull, 3 Spotted Redshank, Wood Sandpiper, 2 Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Short-eared Owl, Spotted Redshank, 2 Spoonbill
Holdingham
Hobby, House Martin, Swift
01/05/2022
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Ring-necked Duck, Bar-tailed Godwit
Boultham Mere
2 Common Tern
Returning Common Terns at Boultham Mere - Image © Andy Sims
Deeping Lakes
Bar-tailed Godwit
Frampton Marsh
Cuckoo, Great White Egret, Firecrest, 4 Red Kite, Sand Martin, Merlin, Golden Plover, Spotted Redshank, Wood Sandpiper, Swallow, Common Tern, Lesser Whitethroat
Gibraltar Point
Crossbill, 5 Cuckoo, Fieldfare, Firecrest, 4 Red Kite, Merlin, Ring Ouzel, Short-eared Owl, Tree Pipit, Redwing, Jack Snipe, 2 Spoonbill, Whimbrel, Wryneck
Marton
Cuckoo, Oystercatcher, Little ringed Plover, Shelduck, Garden Warbler, Reed Warbler, Green Woodpecker
Lincolnshire Bird Sightings - April 2022
30/04/2022
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Ring-necked Duck, Bar-tailed Godwit
Boultham Mere
Common Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point
Great White Egret, Osprey, Redstart, Red-rumped Swallow
Hallington Top
Hobby
North Somercotes
Wryneck
Petr Locking has all the luck, a second Wryneck in his North Somercotes garden - Image © Mark Johnson
Skidbrooke
15 Whimbrel
Whisby
Black Tern (for an hour only)
29/04/2022
Baston Fen
Wood Sandpiper
Deeping Lakes
Wood Sandpiper, Whimbrel
Donna Nook
Wryneck
A stunning shot of a Wryneck at Donna Nook - Image © Josh Forrester
Frampton Marsh
Spotted Redshank, Wood Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point
Spotted Redshank, Wood Sandpiper, Red-rumped Swallow
Spotted Redshank at Gibraltar Point - Image © Jeremy Eyeons
Huttoft Bank
Wryneck
Rimac
Ring Ouzel
28/04/2022
Alkborough Flats
3 Common Crane, Wood Sandpiper, 10 Spoonbill
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Little Gull
Croft Marsh
Water Pipit
Crowle
Arctic Tern
Donna Nook
Wryneck
Frampton Marsh
Garganey
Gibraltar Point
2 Garganey, Caspian Gull, Short-eared Owl, Ring Ouzel, Wood Sandpiper, 2 Spotted Redshank, 3 Spoonbill, Red-rumped Swallow, Black Tern
27/04/2022
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Ring-necked Duck, 4 Bar-tailed Godwit, 12 Arctic Tern
Donna Nook
Wryneck
Frampton Marsh
Garganey
Gibraltar Point
Great Northern Diver, Caspian Gull, Ring Ouzel, Short-eared Owl, Water Pipit, 2 Spotted Redshank, 3 Spoonbill, Red-rumped Swallow
Swanholme Lakes
6 Barn Swallow, Treecreeper, Garden Warbler, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker
Trent Port
Oystercatcher, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Common Sandpiper, Whimbrel
26/04/2022
Baston Fen
Short-eared Owl
Deeping Lakes
2 Bar-tailed Godwit
Donna Nook
Wryneck
Frampton Marsh
Garganey, Greenshank, Little Gull, Mediterranean Gull, Merlin, Pintail, Spotted Redshank, 3 Spoonbill, 3 Little Stint, Whimbrel
Freshney
Cetti's Warbler, Reed Warbler
Gibraltar Point
2 Cuckoo, Turtle Dove, Great White Egret, Hawfinch, Hobby, Spoonbill, 3 Grasshopper Warbler
Sutton on Sea
3 Whimbrel
Trent Port
12 Blackcap, Bullfinch, 11 Chiffchaff, House Martin, Oystercatcher, Shelduck, 4 Willow Warbler, 4 Common Whitethroat, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Green Woodpecker
25/04/2022
Bardney
Cuckoo
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Turnstone
Callan Lane Wood
Blackcap 8, Buzzard, Chiffchaff, Cuckoo,, 12, Raven 3+, Barn Swallow, 2 Garden Warbler, Willow Warbler, 15, Great Spotted Woodpecker
Donna Nook
Wryneck
Hawthorpe
Buzzard, Red Kite
Hubberts Bridge
Common Crane
Rimac
Ring Ouzel
Swanpool
2 House Martin
Willow Tree Fen
Common Crane
24/04/2022
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Bar-tailed Godwit, 5 Little Gull, Turnstone
Covenham Reservoir
Snow Bunting, Little Gull
Donna Nook
Wryneck
A spendid Wryneck at Donna Nook - Image © Mark Johnson
Far Ings
Bittern, Marsh Harrier
Frampton Marsh
Garganey, Pale bellied-Brent Goose, Greenshank, Little Gull, Mediterranean Gull, Little Stint. Yellow Wagtail, Wheatear, Whimbrel
East Halton
3 Arctic Tern
Saltfleet
Ring Ouzel
23/04/2022
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Ring-necked Duck, Bar-tailed Godwit, Little Gull, 2 Grey Plover
Covenham Reservoir
2 Buzzard, 2 Great Crested Grebe, Little Gull, 2 Common Sandpiper, 4 Shelduck, 75 Barn Swallow, Grey Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail, Common Whitethroat
Frampton Marsh
Little Gull, Greenshank, Little Gull, Mediterranean Gull, Marsh Harrier, Spoonbill, 3 Little Stint, Sedge Warbler, Wheatear
Harstsholme Park
6 Grey Heron
Lea Marhes
3 Curlew, 6 Lapwing, 2 Grey Partridge, 20 Sand Martin, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Tree Sparrow, 6 Barn Swallow
Rimac
Ring Ouzel
Swanholme Lakes
2 Barn Swallow
22/04/2022
Butterwick Marsh
200 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, Marsh Harrier, 70 Shelduck, Jack Snipe, 15 Whimbrel
Immingham
Fieldfare, 300 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Ruff, Green Sandpiper, Jack Snipe, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, Wheatear
Kirkby Moor
2 Jay, Mistle Thrush, 2 Stonechat
Nocton Fen
3 Marsh Harrier, Yellow Wagtail
RAF Woodhall
Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Little Ringed Plover, Whimbrel
Rimac
Ring Ouzel
21/04/2022
Ancaster
60 Corn Bunting
Boultham Mere
Cuckoo, Great White Egret
Covenham Reservoir
3 Common Sandpiper, Arctic Tern, 20 Yellow Wagtail
Frampton Marsh
2 Garganey
Freiston Shore
Ring Ouzel
Gibraltar Point
Hawfinch, Ring Ouzel, 3 Spotted Redshank, Red-rumped Swallow
Messingham
33 Gadwall, 2 Marsh Harrier, 6 Lapwing, Ring Ouzel (Horse Paddock, Oystercatcher, 12 Shelduck, Sparrowhawk, Barn Swallow, 2 Arctic Tern, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Song Thrush, 6 Cetti's Warbler
20/04/2022
Donna Nook
1 Curlew, 4 Common Redshank, 2 Barn Swallow, 2 Grasshopper Warbler
Frampton Marsh
Little Gull, 2 Spotted Redshank, 2 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
Hawfinch
Paradise
4 Avocet, 1 Curlew, 4 Common Redshank
Saltfleetby
Ring Ouzel
Swanpool
Yellow Wagtail, Lesser Whitethroat
19/04/2022
Belton Park
2 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, 4 Jay, Coal Tit
A beautuful Goldcrest at Belton Park - Image © Steve Nesbitt
Frampton Marsh
Garganey, Little Gull, Black-necked Grebe, 2 Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Hawfinch, Short-eared Owl, Hen Harrier (m), Spotted Redshank
Rimac
Grasshopper Warbler, Common Whitethroat
Grasshpper Warbler at Rimac - Image © John Clarkson
Marton
Common Sandpiper
Toft Newton
Common Scoter
Water's Edge
2 Bittern, 4 Bullfinch, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Pochard, 2 Common Tern, Barn Swallow, 2 Treecreeper, 10+ Cetti's Warbler, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, 6 Willow Warbler
18/04/2022
Donna Nook
4 Blackcap, 2 Corn Bunting, 2 Cuckoo, Fieldfare, 49 Black-tailed Godwit, Pale-bellied Brent Goose, 2 Greenshank, Sand Martin Common Redstart, 9 Snipe, 5 Barn Swallow, Whimbrel, 4 Wheatear, Common Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat
Far Ings
3 Bittern, 4 Marsh Harrier, Common Sandpiper, Common Tern, Bearded Tit
Gibraltar Point
Ring Ouzel
Halton Marsh
Ring Ouzel, 2 Wheatear
Humber Bank (Pyewipe to Stallingborough)
Black-tailed Godwit, Little Ringed Plover, Wheatear
Humberston
2 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Sedge Warbler
Job's Lane
16 Great Crested Grebe, Black-headed Gull, 4 Oystercatcher, 8 Teal, 2 Wigeon
Millennium Green
Blackcap, Chiffchaff, 2 Egyptian Goose, 5 Great Crested Grebe, Oystercatcher, Song Thrush, Cetti's Warbler, Willow Warbler
Scartho
2 Wheatear
Theddlethorpe
2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 10+ Wheatear
Toft Newton
Channel Wagtail, 60 Yellow Wahtail
Channel/Blue-headed Wagtail at Toft Newton Reservoir - Image © Ged Tranter
Willow Tree Fen
4 Common Crane
17/04/2022
Alkborough Flats
10 Common Crane, 8 Spotted Redshank, 4 Spoonbill
An amazing sight of 10 Common Crane over Alkborough maze this morning - Image © Graham Catley
Anderby Creek
Bittern, 26 Barnacle Goose, Water Pipit, Little Ringed Plover, 7 Swallow, Yellow Wagtail
Baston & Langtoft Pits
2 Avocet, Ring-necked Duck
Caistor
Osprey (SW)
Frampton Marsh
Little Gull
Holbeach Marsh
Great White Egret, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 2 Red-breasted Merganser, White Wagtail, 3 Yellow Wagtail 3 Whimbrel
Millennium Green
Smew (drake)
Rimac
Ring Ouzel
Swanpool
Cuckoo, Common Whitrthroat
RAF Woodhall
Cuckoo
16/04/2022
Alkborough Flats
Meadow Pipit
Meadow Pipit at Alkborough Flats - Image © Geraldine Gray
Boultham Mere
Reed Warbler
Bourne
Cuckoo
Deeping Lakes
Sandwich Tern
Far Ings
Bittern, 2 Marsh Harrier, 10 Yellow Wagtail
Frampton Marsh
Garganey, 2 Pale-bellied Brent Goose, Spotted Redshank, Curlew Sandpiper, Spoonnbill, Little Stint, 2 Whooper Swan, 2 Yellow Wagtail
Gibraltar Point
Hawfinch, Ring Ouzel 3 Grasshopper Warbler
Humberston
Common Redstart
Scotter
Ring Ouzel
15/04/2022
Alkborough Flats
Garganey, 8 Spotted Redshank, Spoonbill
Eagle
Barn Swallow
Frampton Marsh
Garganey, Spotted Redshank
Gibraltar Point
Garganey, Hawfinch
Hawfinch at Gibraltar Point - Image © Steve Clipperton
Humberston
Ring Ouzel
Moggs Eye
Hen Harrier (male(
Weelsby Woods
Marsh Harrier, Ring Ouzel, Lesser Whitethroat
14/04/2022
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Ring-necked Gull
Boultham Mere
Kingfisher
Far Ings
Marsh Harrier
Frampton Marsh
Cuckoo, White-tailed Eagle (released bird), Little Gull, Common Sandpiper, Spoonbill2 Little Stint, Whitethroat
Gibralter Point
Firecrest, 2 Hawfinch, Red Kite, Ring Ouzel, Tree Pipit, Barn Swallow, White Wagtail, Grasshopper Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Whimbrel, Common Whitethroat, 5 Wheatear
Legbourne
3 White Stork (over)
Marston
Cetti's Warbler, Sedge Warbler, 2 Yellow Wagtail
Pig Lane
Mistle Thrush, Green Woodpecker
Trent Port
36 Fieldfare, 26 Linnet, Grey Partridge, Green Sandpiper, Barn Swallow, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker
Wainfleet Marsh
Avocet, Buzzard, Curlew, Marsh Harrier, Merlin, Golden Plover, Common, RedshankYellow Wagtail
13/04/2022
Alkborough Flats
Cattle Egret
Baston Fen
Spoonbill
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Ring-necked Duck
Cradge Bank - River Welland
Common Redstart
Frampton Marsh
2 Pale-bellied Brent Goose, Curlew Sandpiper, Little Gull, Curlew Sandpiper, Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
Firecrest
Saltfleetby St Clement
6 Cattle Egret (largest total recorded in Lincs)
Whitton
7 Common Crane (over-east)
Wolla Bank
Siberian Chiffchaff
12/04/2022
Boultham Mere
Marsh Harrier
Frampton Marsh
2 Garganey, Little Gull, 3 Little Stint, 11 Little Ringed Plover, Spotted Redshank, 2 Wheatear
Freiston Shore
Common Whitethroat
Gibraltar Point
Little Ringed Plover, Spotted Redshank
Marton area
Blackcap, 4 Buzzard, 11 Chiffchaff, 2 Shelduck, Treecreeper, Tree Sparrow, 4 Wheatear, 2 Willow Warbler, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker
Whisby
30+ Blackcap, 30+ Chiffchaff, 4 Grey Heron, 20+ Shoveler, 12 Willow Warbler
RAF Woodhall
2 Wheatear, Willow Warbler
11/04/2022
Deeping Pits
Grey Plover
Doddington Park
2 Blackcap
Frampton Marsh
Peregrine Falcon, Garganey, Little Gull, Mediterranean Gull, 3 Little Stint, Yellow Wagtail, Wheatear
Freshney
Kestrel, Blackcap, Ring Ouzel
Jobs Lane
Little Egret, 4 Oystercatcher
Toft Newton
2 Black-necked Grebe
Whisby
Cattle Egret
Cattle Egret, a first for Whisby - Image © Brian Cocksedge
10/04/2022
Alkborough Flats
Spoonbill, Grasshopper Warbler
Barton Pits
Ferruginous Duck (ringed)
Baston Fen
76 Whooper Swan
Covenham Reservoir
Black-necked Grebe, Yellow Wagtail
Frampton Marsh
Garganey, Little Gull, Short-eared Owl, 3 Little Stint, Wheatear, Willow Warbler
Job's Lane
3 Blackcap, 3 Buzzard, 12 Chiffchaff, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Shoveler, 10 Teal, 4 Wigeon
Messingham
34 Whooper Swan
Skegness
Black Redstart
09/04/2022
Little Bytham
Osprey
Caistor
Blackcap, 2 Sand Martin, 12 Redwing, 2 Tree Sparrow, 4 Barn Swallow
Covenham Reservoir
Black-necked Grebe, Spoonbill
The Black-necked Grebe at Covenham Reservoir - Image © Mark Johnson
Covenham Reservoir
Black-necked Grebe, Spoonbill
Frampton Marsh
3 Garganey, Pale-bellied Brent Goose, Little Gull, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 3 Little Stint, Barn Swallow, Sedge Warbler. The White-tailed Lapwing now looks as though it is at Ken Hill Marsh, Norfolk
08/04/2022
Alkborough Flats
Spotted Redshank
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Ring-necked Duck
Callans Lane Wood
Willow Warbler
Covenham Reservoir
Black-necked Grebe
Deeping Lakes
Osprey, Yellow Wagtail
Donna Nook
Spoonbill
Frampton Marsh
Garganey, Little Gull, Mediterranean Gull, Hen Harrier, Marsh Harrier, Little Ringed Plover, Water Rail, Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Little Gull
Willow Tree Fen
2 Common Crane
07/04/2022
Covenham Reservoir
Black-necked Grebe, Yellow-legged Gull, 4 Sand Martin, 3 Barn Swallow
Far Ings
Barn Swallow
Frampton Marsh
2 Garganey, Little Gull
Hartsholme Park
Lesser Black-backed Gull, 3 Grey Heron, Jay
06/04/2022
Covenham Reservoir
Black-necked Grebe, Little Ringed Plover
Far Ings
Blackcap, Marsh Harrier,
Frampton Marsh
Cattle Egret, 2 Little Stint
Sibsey
Red Kite
Willow Tree Fen
2 Common Crane
A Common Crane showed briefly at Willow Tree Fen - Image © Andy Sims
05/04/2022
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Ring-necked Duck
Doddington Park
8 Siskin
Frampton Marsh
4 Garganey, Little Gull, Ring Ouzel, Spotted Redshank
Gibraltar Point
Garganey, Spotted Redshank
04/04/2022
Cleethorpes
13 Curlew, 2 Purple Sandpiper, Barn Swallow, Turnstone
Two Purple Sandpiper and a Turstone on The North Promanade Cleethorpes - Image ç Jim Wright
Frampton Marsh
Peregrine Falcon, Garganey, Goldeneye, Little Gull, Mediterranean Gull, Red Kite, Pintail, Spotted Redshank, Little Stint, Sedge Warbler
Gibraltar Point
Brambling, Snow Bunting, Little Gull, Short-eared Owl, Water Pipit, Spotted Redshank, Stonechat
03/04/2022
Doddington Park
11 Siskin
Frampton Marsh
Peregrine Falcon, 5 Garganey, Little Gull, Mediterranean Gull, White-tailed Lapwing (saltmarsh), Merlin, Water Pipit. Water Rail, Spotted Redshank
Gibraltar Point
Marsh Harrier, Short-eared Owl, Water Pipit
02/04/2022
Alkborough Flats
Bewick's Swan
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Ring-necked Duck
Crook Bank
Siberian Chiffchaff
Doddington Park
2 Bullfinch, 8 Siskin
Frampton Marsh
Spotted Crake, Little Gull, Mediterranean Gull, White-tailed Lapwing, Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Lapland Bunting, Garganey, Short-eared Owl
Langtoft
Smew (rh)
Trent Port
13 Buzzard, 8 Chiffchaff, 37 Cormorant, Little Grebe, Raven, Redshank, Grey Partridge, Red-legged Partridge, 10 Redwing, Shelduck, 3 Common Snipe, Jack Snipe, 4 Sparrowhawk, 70 Wigeon
01/04/2022
Alkborough Flats
Water Pipit, Spoonbill
Frampton Marsh
Spotted Crake, Garganey, Little Gull, 5 Mediterranean Gull, Marsh Harrier, White-tailed Lapwing, Pintail, Little Ringed Plover, Water Rail, Spotted Redshank
Spotted Crake on one of the footpaths at Frampton Marsh - Image © Josg Fusiara
Gibraltar Point
Short-eared Owl, Twite
Mablethorpe
Caspian Gull
Nebraska Wetlands - Kirton in Lindsey
American Wigeon
Saltfleet
2 Short-eared Owl
Lincolnshire Bird Sightings - March 2022
31/03/2022
Anderby Creek
2 Garganey
Cleethorpes
2 Chiffchaff, 3 Gadwall, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 10 Red Knot, 30 Oystercatcher, Pochard, 20 Redshank, 100 Sanderling, 2 Shoveler, 13 Tufted Duck
Doddington Park
2 Bullfinch, 3 Siskin
Frampton Marsh
Garganey, Little Gull, White-tailed Lapwing, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 2 Spotted Redshank, Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Little Gull, Mediterranean Gul, Yellow-legged Gull. (See ringing blog for a fuller report)
Swanpool
2 Chiffchaff, Greenfinch, 2 Jay
Water's Edge
Snow Bunting
30/03/2022
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Ring-necked Duck
Frampton Marsh
2 Garganey, Little Gull, Mediterranean Gull, White-tailed Lapwing, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Water Rail, Spotted Redshank, 2 Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Hoopoe, Short-eared Owl, Spotted Redshank
Water's Edge
Snow Bunting
Whisby
Cetti's Warbler
Willow Tree Fen
Barn Swallow
Usually difficult to get such an excellent photo of a Cetti's Warbler - Image © Jacqueline Spindley
29/03/2022
Alkborough Flats
Avocet, 2 Bittern, 8 Buzzard, 7 Garganey (6m 1f), 70 Black-tailed Godwit, 7 Marsh Harrier, 6 Grey Heron, 2 Water Rail, 4 Spotted Redshank, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Spoonbill, 2 Bearded Tir, 6 Cetti's Warbler
Far Ings
Bittern, Buzzard, Peregrine Falcon, 3 Marsh Harrier, 2 Kingfisher
Frampton Marsh
2 Garganey, Little Gull, Mediterranean Gull, White-tailed Lapwing, Merlin, Barn Owl, Spotted Redshank, Jack Snipe
Gibraltar Point
3 Blackcap, Brambling, 4 Corn Bunting, 28 Eider, 16 Fieldfare, Marsh Harrier, Barn Owl, Short-eared Owl, Black Redstart, 78 Redwing, 320 Sanderling, 27 Song Thrush, Stonechat, Yellow Wagtail, Whimbrel, Willow Warbler, 3 Woodcock
Marston
Barn Swallow
Wolla Bank
Iceland Gull
28/03/2022
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Ring-necked Duck
Donna Nook
Rock Pipit, Twite
Far Ings
Bittern
Frampton Marsh
3 Garganey, White-tailed Lapwing, Spotted Redshank
Gibraltar Point
Buzzard, Pale-bellied Brent Goose, Marsh Harrier, Red Kite, Merlin, Short-eared Owl, Water Pipit, Sparrowhawk, Yellow Wagtail
Scopwick
Common Scoter (over)
Skegness
2 White Stork
27/03/2022
Baston Fen
Bar-tailed Godwit
Denton Reservoir
Grey Wagtail
Frampton Marsh
2 Garganey, White-tailed Lapwing, Spotted Redshank, Little Stint
Irby Dale
c30 Siskin
Job's Lane
8 Chiffchaff, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Oystercatcher
Killingholme
Grey Wagtail
Nebraska Wetland
200 Fieldfare, Goosander
Trent Port
4 Redshank, 32 Redwing, 16 Snipe, 20 Mute Swan, 2 Whooper Swan, 15 Teal, 29 Wigeon
26/03/2022
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Ring-necked Duck
The long staying Ring-necked Duck at Baston & Langtoft Pits - Image © Will Bowell
Far Ings
2 Bittern
Frampton Marsh
8 Garganey, White-tailed Lapwing, Red Kite, Water Rail, Little Ringed Plover Spotted Redshank, Little Stint, Wheatear
Gibraltar Point
Black Redstarrt
25/03/2022
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Ring-necked Duck
Donna Nook
Snow Bunting, 2 Buzzard, Red Kite, 13 Snipe, 21 Twite
Frampton Marsh
3 Garganey (on Reservoir 2m 1f), Great White Egret, Mediterranean Gull, White-tailed Lapwing, Spotted Redshank, Jack Snipe, 2 Little Stint, 2 Twite,
A cracking shot of a Spotted Redshank at Frampton Marsh - Image © Ian Misselbrook
Gibraltar Point
3 Brambling, 5 Crossbill, Great White Egret, 12 Fieldfare, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 17 Magpie, Merlin, 7 Pintail, 2 Black Redstart, 48 Redwing, 126 Siskin, Jack Snipe, Whimbrel, 5 Woodcock
Toft Newton
2 Garganey
Willow Tree Fen
2 Buzzard, Common Crane, Great White Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Red Kite
24/03/2022
Cogglesford Mill
Black Rdstart
Black Redstart in Sleaford at Cogglesford Mill - Image © Ian Misselbrook
Donna Nook
Snow Bunting
Swanpool
26 Whooper Swan
Trent Port
11 Chiffchaff, 5 Fieldfare, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Oystercatcher, 5 Redwing, Green Woodpecker
23/03/2022
Alkborough Flats
2 Bittern, 13 Little Egret, 150 Barnacle Goose, 5 Little Gull, 4 Marsh Harrier, 4 Pintail, 5 Water Rail, 55 Shoveler, 11 Cetti's Warbler
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Ring-necked Duck
Doddington Park
2 Bullfinch 20 Goldfinch,14 Siskin, 2 Lesser Redpoll
Frampton Marsh
White-tailed Lapwing, Little Stint, 6 Twite
Freiston Shore
Garganey
Gibraltar Point
11 Corn Bunting, Lapland Bunting, Crossbill, Pale-bellied Brent Goose, Hawfinch, 2 Red Kite, Barn Owl, 6 Pintail, Water Pipit, Black Redstart, Sandwich Tern, 170 Siskin, Starling murmuration
Louth
Buzzard, Long-eared Owl
Long-eared Owl in Louth - Image © John Clarkson
Messingham
Cattle Egret
22/03/2022
Doddington Park
2 Bullfinch, 6 Lesser Redpoll, 25 Siskin
Far Ings
Sedge Warbler
Frampton Marsh
2 Garganey, White-tailed Lapwing, 3 Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Long-eared Owl
Raithby Lake, Louth
2 Garganey
One of the Garganey at Raithby Lake - Image © John Clakson
River Bain Pit
2 Garganey 2 Mandarin Duck, 5 Goldeneye, 2 Egyptian Goose. 17 Shoveler
Swanpool
2 Grey Partridge
Water's Edge
Blackcap
21/03/2022
Alkborough Flats
Garganey
Baston & nLangtoft Pits
Ring-necked Duck
Doddington Park
4 Bullfinch, 7 Lesser Redpoll, 22 Siskin
Frampton Marsh
White-tailed Lapwing, Spotted Redshank, 2 Little Stint, 2 Twite, Whimbrel
Gibraltar Point
3 Firecrest, Hawfinch
Killingholme Haven Pit
98 Avocet
Swanpool
3 Chiffchaff, Kingfisher, Treecreeper, Siskin
20/03/2022
Alkborough Flats
American Wigeon
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Ring-necked Duck
Doddington Park
2 Bullfinch, 27 Goldfinch, 9 Lesser Redpoll, 37 Siskin, Great Spotted Woodpecker
Far Ings
3 Glossy Ibis (over west)
Frampton Marsh
Peregrine Falcon, 2 Pale=bellied Brent Goose, White-tailed Lapwing, Pintaill, Little Ringed Plover, Spotted Redshank, Little Stint
Marston
43 Common Snipe
River Witham, Lincoln
Goosander
19/03/2022
Boultham Mere
2 Whooper Swan
Doddington Park
5 Lesser Redpoll, 30+ Siskin
Frampton Marsh
Garganey, White-tailed Lapwing, 2 Little Stint
Freiston Shore
2 Garganey
Holbeach Marsh
97 Whooper Swan
Langtoft
Ring-necked Duck
Lincoln
20 Whooper Swan
Marston
Brambling
Trent Port
7 Chiffchaff, 10 Gadwall, Sparrowhawk, 24 Whooper Swan, 35 Wigeon
Winter's Pool
The Gull?
18/03/2022
Alford
Treecreeper
Alkborough Flats
Bearded Tit, Cetti's Warbler
Boultham Mere
2 Kingfisher, 10 Shoveler, Sparrowhawk
Deeping Lake
Red Kite
Doddington Park
2 Bullfinch, Lesser Redpoll, 21 Siskin
Frampton Marsh
Peregrine Falcon, White-tailed Lapwing, Little Ringed Plover, 2 Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
2 Firecrest, Woodcock
Heighington Fen
Corn Bunting
Louth
Woodcock
Scunthorpe
Woodlark
Woodlark, Scunthorpe - Image © Alan Hudson
Trusthorpe
Purple Sandpiper
Winter's Pool
The Gull?
17/03/2022
Anderby Marsh
3 Garganey
Branston
Water Rail
Doddington Park
3 Bullfinch, 16 Goldfinch, 14 Lesser Redpoll, 34 Siskin
Far Ings
Great White Egret
Frampton Marsh
White-tailed Lapwing, 2 Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Hen Harrier, 3 Firecrest, Black Redstart, Woodlark
Langtoft
Smew (f)
Marston
Brambling
South Ferriby
Red Kite
16/03/2022
Anderby Marshes
3 Garganey
Doddington Park
2 Bullfinch, 6 Lesser Redpoll. 28 Siskin
Frampton Marsh
White-tailed Lapwing, Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
2 Firecrest, Hen Harrier (rt), Sand Martin, Short-eared Owl, Wheatear
Mablethorpe
Purple Sandpiper
Pyewipe , Grimsby
Iceland Gull
Snipe Dales
Blackcap, Brambling, 18 Chiffchaff, 80 Fieldfare, 4 Jay, 60 Redwing, 6 Siskin, 2 Willow Tit, Grey Wagtail
Trent Port
Brambling, 3 Bullfinch, 5 Chiffchaff, 105 Fieldfare, 2 Oystercatcher, Green Woodpecker
Winter's Pool
Mystrery Gull (aka Slaty-backed) still present in the afternoon
15/03/2022
Doddington Park
2 Bullfich, 2 Lesser Redpoll, 10 Siskin
Frampton Marsh
White-tailed Lapwing, Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Hen Harrier (male)
Hartsholme Park
2 Great Crested Grebe, 5 Grey Heron, Shoveler
Messingham
Cattle Egret
Pinchbeck
Common Scoter (flock over during the night), Spoonbill (over)
Swanholme Lakes
6 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Jay, 12 Shoveler, Treecreeper
Well camouflaged Treecreeper, Swanholme Lakes, Lincoln - Image © Chris Grimshaw
14/03/2022
Alvingham
Hen Harrier
A splendid shot of a Hen Harrier over Alvingham, Louth - Image © Steve Plant
Black Bank
20 Goosander on the Trent
Branston Hall
Treecreeper
Deeping St Nicholas
Wheatear
Far Ings
Sand Martin, Osprey
Frampton Marsh
White-tailed Lapwing, Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Little Ringed Plover
Winter's Pool
Slaty-backed Gull ????, 11 Curlew, 2 Oystercatcher, Skylark, Sparrowhawk
The "what is it Gull" showing it's underwing feathering nicely at Winter's Pool, East Halton - Image © Andy Sims
Langtoft Pits
Ring-necked Duck, 2 Smew
Mablethorpe
Purple Sandpiper
Manby
Redwing, Water Rail, 8 Whooper Swan
Marston
Green Sandpiper, Oystercatcher
Messingham
Cattle Egret, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 65 Pochard, 28 Redwing, 26 Shoveler, 3 Cetti's Warbler
Whisby complex
5 Buzzard, Mediterranean Gull, Red Kite, Sand Martin
13/03/2022
Bratoft
Chiffchaff, Red Kite
Frampton Marsh
White-tailed Lapwing, Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Firecrest
Hartsholme
Chiffchaff, Nuthatch
Jobs Lane
300 Black-head Gull, 2 Common Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 5 Oystercatcher, 3 Shelduck, 14 Shoveler, 50 Wigeon
Langtoft
Ring-necked Duck
Mablethorpe
Possible Siberian Chiffchaff
Messingham
Cattle Egret, Goshawk, 3 Mediterranean Gull
Cattle Egret showing well at Messingham - Image © Wayne Gilliat
Rimac
Marsh Harrier, 3 Grey Heron
Stanton's Pit
Lapland Bunting
Trent Port
3 Bullfinch, Chiffchaff, 15 Cormorant. 12 Gadwall, Redshank, 14 Teal, 25 Wigeon,
Tunman Woods
Chiffchaff, 2 Nuthatch, 8 Long-tailed Tit, Treecreeper
Utterby
Red Kite
Whisby (Scotland Farm)
8 Egyptian Goose (just past lake), 2 Oystercatcher
12/03/2022
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Sand Martin, Little Ringed Plover
Frampton Marsh
Peregrine Falcon, Hen Harrier (male), Marsh Harrier, White-tailed Lapwing, Merlin, Little Ringed Plover, Jack Snipe, Little Stint
Halton Marsh
A possible Slaty-backed Gull, Chiffchaff, Hen Harrier (male), Water Pipit
A stunning photo of a suspected Slaty-backed Gull at Winter's Pool - Image © Graham Catley
Swanpool
Little Egret, Jay
Willow Tree Fen
Short-eared Owl
11/03/2022
Alkborough Flats
Spoonbill
Deeping Lakes
Long-eared Owl
Frampton Marsh
White-tailed Lapwing, Little Stint
Saltfleetby
Hen Harrier (male)
Wainfleet All Saints
Short-eared Owl
Willow Tree Fen
Common Crane
A Common Crane at Willow Tree Fen - Image Ian Misselbrook
10/03/2022
Anderby Creek
Brambling, 345 Chaffinch, 15 Linnet, Mediterranean Gull, 56 Siskin, Woodlark
Baston Fen
Woodlark
Far Ings
Sand Martin
Frampton Marsh
120 Avocet, 6 Bearded Tit, Peregrine Falcon, Mediterranean Gull, White-tailed Lapwing, 2 Pintail, 2500 Golden Plover, Ringed Plover, Redshank, Spotted Redshank, Common Sandpiper, Little Stint, Turnstone, American Wigeon, Woodlark
Gibraltar Point
10 Crossbill, 3 Brambling, Stonechat, 3 Woodlark
Market Rasen
2 Red Kite
Whisby
45 Goldeneye
09/03/2022
Frampton Marsh
White-tailed Lapwing, Little Stint, American Wigeon
Inevitable that the White-tailed Lapwing should finish up at Frampton Marsh - Image © Paul Sullivan
Gibraltar Point
15 Corn Bunting, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Water Pipit, Water Rail, 2 Cetti's Warbler
08/03/2021
Anderby Marsh
68 Curlew,170 Dunlin, 64 Gadwall, 20 Black-tailed Godwit, 188 Lapwing, Grey Plover, Ringed Plover, 16 Redshank, 450 Wigeon,
Donna Nook
Hen Harrier (m)
East Halton
Hen Harrier but no sign of the White-tailed Lapwing
Frampton Marsh
Spotted Redshank, Little Stint, American Wigeon
07/03/2022
Deeping Lakes
Long-eared Owl
Eagle
Egyptian Geese with young
Doddington Park
3 Bullfinch, 27 Goldfinch, 12 Lesser Redpoll, 8 Siskin
Frampton Marsh
Hen Harrier, Marsh Harrier, Red Kite, 1000's Golden Plover, Little Stint, 2 Whooper Swan, American Wigeon
Gibraltar Point
Hen Harrier
Hartsholme Park
7 Grey Heron, 2 Shoveler, Treecreeper, Grey Wagtail, Great Spotted Woodpecker
Millennium Green
3 Buzzard, Treecreeper
Morton (SW Lincs)
4 Crane (over)
Rippingale
8 Whooper Swan
Spalding
30 Whooper Swan
Whisby
2 Buzzard, 2 Chiffchaff, 17 Goldeneye, 2 Oystercatcher, 240 Golden Plover, Little Ringed Plover, 14 Redwing
06/03/2022
Frampton Marsh
30 Avocet, 2 Peregrine Falcon, Pale-bellied Brent Goose, Merlin, Pintail, 2 Little Stint, Stonechat, 38 Whooper Swan, American Wigeon
Gibraltar Point
Black-throated Diver
Lincoln
2 Common Crane (over)
East Halton
White-tailed Lapwing
Marston
106 Lesser Redpoll
Tallington Lakes
Ring-necked Duck
Swanpool
4 Buzzard
Trent Port
5 Buzzard, 30 Gadwall, 3 Shelduck, 16 Teal, 110 Wigeon
Witham End
Black-throated Diver, 6 Great Northern Diver, 32 Red-throated Diver, 4 Slavonian Grebe, 1000+ Common Scoter
05/03/2022
Doddington Park
2 Bullfinch, Coal Tit, 10 Lesser Redpoll, 3 Siskin
Frampton Marsh
American Wigeon
East Halton
White-tailed Lapwing
Langtoft
Smew
Mablethorpe
Great Northern Diver, Purple Sandpiper, 2 Velvet Scoter
Trent Port
4 Bullfinch, 26 Cormorant, 18 Gadwall, 2 Goosander, Egyptian Goose, 32 Lapwing, 2 Shelduck, 4 Teal, Green Woodpecker
Weelsby Wood
Mediterranean Gull
04/03/2022
Doddington Park
3 Bullfinch, 9 Lesser Redpoll
Frampton Marsh
American Wigeon
Gibraltar Point
2300 Dunlin, 800 Grey Plover, 650 Sanderling
Rippingale
Siskin
Whisby
Great White Egret, Kingfisher
A Great White Egret at Whisby - Image © Jacqueline Spindley
03/03/2022
Anderby Marsh
65 Curlew, 14 Dunlin, 86 Gadwall, Mediterranean Gull, 5 Shoveler, 189 Teal, 453 Wigeon
Covenham Reservoir
Great Skua
Bonxie at Covenham Reservoir this morning - Image © Chris Atkin
Donna Nook
27 Twite, Stonechat
Friskney
Hen Harrier
Greetham/Fulletby
Rough-legged Buzzard
Mablethorpe
Purple Sandpiper
Millennium Green
Brambling, 23 Lesser Redpoll, 19 Siskin
Hartsholme Park
5/6 Grey Heron, 3 Shoveler, Tawny Owl, Treecreeper
Swanholme Lakes
3 Goosander (2m 1f), 4 Great Crested Grebe, Great Spotted Woodpecker
Trent Port
2 Little Egret, 62 Fieldfare, 3 Raven
02/03/2022
Barton on Humber (Llama Land)
Cattle Egret
Frampton Marsh
American Wigeon
East Halton
White-tailed Lapwing
Langtoft
Ring-necked Duck
Mablethorpe
Purple Sandpiper
Stickney
Glossy Ibis
01/03/2022
Akborough Flats
Spoonbill
Far Ings
3 Bittern, Cattle Egret (close by), 4 Marsh Harrier, 20 Cetti's Warbler
Frampton Marsh
Long-tailed Duck, Great White Egret, Marsh Harrier, Merlin, Spotted Redshank, Tree Sparrow, Spoonbill, 3 Little Stint, Stonechat, American Wigeon
Stonechat at Frampton Marsh - Image © Ian Misselbrook
East Halton
White-tailed Lapwing
Doddington Park
4 Lesser Redpoll, 3 Siskin
Mablethorpe
4 Snow Bunting, Black-throated Diver, Caspian Gull, 2 Velvet Scoter
Marston
6 Chiffchaff, 2 Siberian Chiffchaff
Saltfleet Haven
Eider,223 Brent Goose, 6 Marsh Harrier
Trent Port
Fieldfare, 9 Gadwall, Sparrowhawk, 15 Teal, 3 Treecreeper, 42 Wigeon
Witham End
Great Northrn Diver, Kittiwake, Purple Sandpiper
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