Northern Shoveler (RBBP)

Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata

Fairly common winter visitor and passage migrant, and scarce breeding species.

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Northern Shovelers: left/centre Barton Pits February 28th (male) and September 21st (female) 2013 (Graham Catley); right, Grainthorpe March 2nd 2019 (Mark Johnson).

 

The Atlas suggested a breeding population of around 50 pairs and a wintering population of 150 birds in the late 1980s. RBBP records show an average of 38 pairs per year bred during the period 2013-2017.  Breeding reports are only received from a handful of sites each year and it is possible the recent figures are underestimated. Frampton Marsh usually leads the way with around 25 pairs a year. The wintering population is now around 1,000 birds indicating a substantial increase over the last 30 years.

 

(Account as per new Birds of Lincolnshire (2021), included September 2022)

 

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