Lincolnshire Bird News - July 2020

31/07/2020
Doddington Hall
2 Buzzard, Chiffchaff, Gadwall, 4 Little Grebe, 4 House 4 Martin, Garden Warbler, 4 Swallow
Fiskerton Fen
3 Green Sandpiper, 20 Yellow Wagtail
Frampton Marsh
Spotted Redshank, 8+ Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
600 Sandwich Tern
Spilsby
Hobby

30/07/2020
Gibraltar Point
Kingfisher, Wheatear, Whimbrel, Whinchat

29/07/2020
Boultham Mere
Kingfisher
Frampton Marsh
Little Owl, Curlew Sandpiper, 3 Wheatear, Whooper Swan 
Freiston Shore
Wood Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point 
Wood Warbler

28/07/2020
Alkborough Flats
7 Spoonbill
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Turnstone
Frampton Marsh
Curlew Sandpiper
Belton Park Woods
Spotted Flycatcher

27/07/2020
Boultham Mere 
Garganey
Freiston Shore
4 Arctic Tern, 260 Common Tern, Roseate Tern (probable)

26/07/2020
Anderby Marsh
Cuckoo
Boultham Mere 
Kingfisher
Frampton Marsh
Turtle Dove, Black Necked Grebe, 2 Greenshank, Pink-footed Goose, Red Kite, 6 Spotted Redshank, Wood Sandpiper, 21 Spoonbill, Whimbrel
Freiston Shore
54 Eider, 10 Whimbrel
Gibraltar Point
4 Cattle Egret, Great White Egret, Wood Sandpiper, Roseate Tern (south)
Pyewipe, Grimsby
Mediterranean Gull, 6650 Common Shelduck
Spilsby
At least 4 Ring-necked Parakeets photographed flying over
Swanpool 
11 Grey Partridge (a pair with 9 juveniles)

25/07/2020
East Halton Skitter
2 Spoonbill
Frampton Marsh
20 Spoonbill, 6 Spotted Redshank, Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper,Whooper Swan, Yellow Wagtail, 2 Northern Wheatear, Whimbrel 
Stallingborough
Bee-eater (briefly)
Witham End
Osprey

24/07/2020
Frampton Marsh
Cuckoo, Peregrine Falcon, Black Necked Grebe, Water Rail, 27 Spoonbill, Wood Sandpiper, Whooper Swan
Freshney
2 Goosander
Gibraltar Point
3 Spotted Redshank, 16 Spoonbill

23/07/2020
Fiskerton Fen
7 Little Egret, 5 Green Sandpiper, Whooper Swan
Frampton Marsh
Peregrine Falcon, Red Knot, Wood Sandpiper, 18 Spoonbill, Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Great White Egret
Willow Tree Fen
3 Common Crane

The Common Cranes at Willow Tree Fen - Image © Lincsbirding

22/07/2020
Alkborough Flats
Bittern, 8 Dunlin, 50 Little Egret, Greenshank, Red Kite, 10 Spotted Redshank, 8 Ruff, 17 Spoonbill
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Red Knot
Frampton Marsh
4 Spotted Redshank, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, 2 Wood Sandpiper. 19 Spoonbill, Whooper Swan
Freiston Shore
the possible Roseate Tern (still present)
Willow Tree Fen (note Reserve closed at present)
3 Common Crane,  (2 adults and a chick) Seen as the first breeding in Lincs for 400 years

21/07/202
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Red Knot
Chapel Observatory
10 Dunlin, Great Crested Grebe, 15 Red Knot, 4 Common Tern. Little Tern, 350 Sandwich Tern 
Frampton Marsh
Black-necked Grebe, Brent Goose, Marsh Harrier, Red Knot, 2 Wood Sandpiper, 19 Spoonbill,several Spotted Redshank, Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Wood Sandpiper, 19 Spoonbill,Caspian Tern, summering Whooper Swan 
Freiston Shore
Roseate Tern
Huttoft Pit
Water Rail
Huttoft Car Terrace
8 Dunlin, 26 Gannet, 8 Oystercatcher, 3 Common Tern, 8 Sandwich Tern
Trent Port Marton
Cuckoo, Caspian Gull, 50 Lapwing, Comman Sandpiper, Siskin, 3 Lesser Whitethroat
Paradise Pool
5 Dunlin, Little Egret, 8 Black-tailed Godwit

20/07/2020
Frampton Marsh
Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Wood Sandpiper, 14 Spoonbill, Caspian Tern, Whooper Swan
Trent Port, Marton
45 Lapwing, Grasshopper Warbler
Saltfleet Haven 
Whooper Swan
Winteringham Haven
7 Crossbill

19/07/2020
Alkborough Flats
200+ Avocet, Bittern, Peregrine Falcon, Spoonbills, Bearded Tits, Grasshopper Warbler Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler
Frampton Marsh
Corn Bunting, 3 Garganey, 2 Black Necked Grebe, 4 Spotted Redshank,  Green Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 15 Spoonbill, Little Stint, Whooper Swan, Caspian Tern, Whimbrel
East Halton
2 Wheatear
Linwood Warren
Cuckoo
Toft Newton Reservoir
Great White Egret
Paradise Pool
114 Dunlin Black-tailed Godwit, Greenshank, Kingfisher, 3 Common Sandpiper
Whitton Sands
2 Ruddy Shelduck

18/07?2020
Alkborough Flats 
22 Spoonbill
Frampton Marsh
3 Black Necked Grebe, 2 Spotted Redshank, 14 Spoonbill, 3 Curlew Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Little Stint, Caspian Tern, Whooper Swan, Wood Sandpiper
Swanholme Lakes
Buzzard, 3 Grey Heron, 3 Swift 13 Long-tailed Tit
RAF Woodhall
2 Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Green Sandpiper

17/07/2020
Frampton Marsh
2 Black Necked Grebe, Spotted Redshank, Curlew Sandpiper, 10 Spoonbil, Little Stint, Caspian Tern

A superb shot of the Caspian Tern at Frampton Marsh - Image © Graham Catley

16/07/2020
Alkborough Flats
15 Spoonbill
Frampton Marsh
2 Black Necked Grebe, 3 Greenshank Hobby, Little Stint, 7 Spoonbill, Whooper Swan, Caspian Tern
Mablethorpe 
Rosy Starling

15/07/2020
Frampton Marsh
Caspian Tern

14/07/2020
Barrow Haven
12 Common Sandpiper south
Frampton Marsh
Caspian Gull in front of Vistor Centre again
Huttoft Pit
Caspian Gull briefly
Mablethorpe 
Rosy Starling

13/07/2020
Alkborough Flats
32 Little Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier, 3 Spoonbill, 2 Spotted Redshank,
Anderby Creek
Marsh Harrier
Frampton Marsh
Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Spoonbill, Little Stint
Huttoft Pit
Cuckoo, Water Rail, 3 Sandwich Tern
Mablethorpe 
Rosy Starling

12/07/2020
Alkborough Flats
2 Spoonbill
Frampton Marsh
4 Black Necked Grebe, 2 Spotted Redshank, Curlew Sandpiper, 4 Spoonbill, Caspian Tern (early but flew off NE and wasnt seen again) Whooper Swan
Grantham
Common Quail
Killingholme Pits
Spotted Redshank
Mablethorpe 
Rosy Starling

11/07/2020
Chamber's Farm Wood
6 Crossbill (over car-park)
Frampton Marsh
6 Black Necked Grebe, 100000 Red Knot, 4 Spotted Redshank, 2 Ruff, Curlew Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 2 Spoonbill, Caspian Tern
Mablethorpe 
Rosy Starling

Rosy Starling showing well in Mablethorpe - Image © Owen Beaumont

New Holland
Common Sandpiper
Read's Island
450 Avocet, 250, Curlew, 400 Common Shelduck

10/07/2020
Donna Nook
Little Owl (on the road in)
Frampton Marsh
Curlew Sandpiper, Caspian Tern 

Unusual sighting together Caspian Tern and Whooper Swan at Frampton Marsh - Image © Steve Keightley

Gibraltar Point
9 Spoonbill
Mablethorpe
Rosy Starling

09/07/2020
Boultham Mere
c 50 House Martin, c200 Sand Martin, 150 Common Swift
Frampton Marsh
1000's Red Knot, Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
Spoonbill
Pyewipe Grimsby
Glaucous Gull
Mablethorpe
Rosy Starling
Manby Wetlands
8 Avocet, 7 Dunlin, 82 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Greenshank, 3 Ruff, 12 Green Sandpipper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Wood Sandpiper

08/07/2020
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Black Necked Grebe, 82 Red-crested Pochard
Boultham Mere
Hobby, 200 Sand Martin
Frampton Marsh
Dunlin, Black Necked Grebe, Red Knot, Little Ringed Plover, Ruff, 5 Spoonbill
Manby Wetlands
Wood Sandpiper

07/07/2020
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Black Necked Grebe
Frampton Marsh
Just one Brent Goose, Possibly 10000 Red Knot, 5 Oystercatcher, 2 Common Sandpiper then the rain arrived, 15 Swallow, 6 Common Swift
Lincs Coastal Country Park
Three flock of Common Crossbill over

06/07/2020
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Black Necked Grebe
Frampton Marsh
Red Knot, Spoonbill
Pyewipe Grimsby
Glaucous Gull
River Welland Stamford
Purple Heron

05/07/2020
East Halton area
3 Common Crossbill, 8 Little Egret, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper

04/07/2020
Frampton Marsh
Spotted Redshank, 2 Ruff, Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper
Pyewipe, Grimsby
Glaucous Gull

03/07/2020
Frampton Marsh
Whooper Swan
Pyewipe, Grimsby
Glaucous Gull
Huttoft Car Terrace
45 Gannet
Toft Newton Reservoir
2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Redshank, Common Scoter

02/07/2020
Alkborough Flats
14 Spoonbill
Anderby Creek
2 Spoonbill
Cleethorpes
Common Sandpiper
Tetney Lock
Corn Bunting, Greenshank
Theddlethorpe
294 Common Scoter

01/07/2020
Alkborough Flats
2 Spoonbill
Barton Pits
Great White Egret
Witham Mouth
Gannet, Sandwich Tern

Lincolnshire Bird News - June 2020

30/06/2020
Barton Pits
Great White Egret, Osprey
Frampton Marsh
Red Kite, Spotted Redshank, Wood Sandpiper, Spoonbill, Whooper Swan, Avocet, Peregrine Falcon, Brent Goose, Black Necked Grebe, Marsh Harrier, Grey Plover, Little Ringed Plover, 8 Ruff, Common Sandpiper
Keelby
Little Owl
Lincs Coastal Country Park
2 Fulmar 95 Gannet, 3 Kittiwake, Razorbill, 5 Common Tern, 95 Sandwich Tern

29/06/2020
Frampton Marsh
Still at least 2 Black Necked Grebe
Gibraltar Point
22500 Common Swift south before 06:30 after up to 20000 yesterday
This figure had increased to an incredible 45844 by early afternoon as per Ben Ward

28/06/2020
Frithville
c1500 Common Swift whith much smaller numbers reported from locatins such as Fiskerton Fen & East Halton
Gibraltar Point
Common Swift south - 5700 before 08:00 and 14400 by midday.  (further large movements in East Yorkshire)

27/06/2020
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Garganey
Frampton Marsh
6 Black Necked Grebe, 4 Spotted Redshank Curlew Sandpiper
Manby Wetlands
2 Ruff

26/06/2020
Boultham Mere 
Bittern
Frampton Marsh
Curlew Sandpiper
Black Necked Grebe (family group)
Spoonbill
Whisby
Sandwich Tern

A rare sight in Lincoln, a Sandwich Tern at Whisby - Image © Grahame Hopwood

25/06/2020
Barton Pits
Great White Egret
Frampton Marsh
7 Black Necked Grebe (4 adults, 3 juveniles), Spotted Redshank
Wrangle
10 Avocet, 2 singing Corn Bunting,19 Little Egret, 45 Eider, Mediterranean Gull, 8 Red Knot, Short-eared Owl, 2 Sandwich Tern, Yellow Wagtail

24/06/2020
Boultham Mere
Bittern
Carrington near Boston
Common Quail
Frampton Marsh
Curlew Sandpiper
Pyewipe, Grimsby
Glaucous Gull
Heckington
Common Crossbill, Siskin
Swanpool
Hobby
Whisby (close by)
Turtle Dove

23/06/2020
Boultham Mere
Bittern
Frampton Marsh
Little Ringed Plover, Wood Sandpiper< Spotted Redshank

22/06/2020
Alkborough Flats
Grasshopper Warbler
Barton Pits
Blyths Read Warbler
Frampton Marsh
Black Necked Grebe
Kirkby Moor
18 Common Crossbill (over)

21/06/2020
Barton Pits
Blyths Read Warbler
Frampton Marsh
Cuckoo, Curlew Sandpiper

20/06/2020
Barton Pits
Blyths Read Warbler
Boston
Red Kite
Donna Nook
Razorbill
Frampton Marsh
2 Spoonbill flew off towards Frieston Shore

19/06/2020
Barton Pits
Blyths Read Warbler
Cress Marsh, Stallingborough
Glaucous Gull reported

18/06/2020
Anderby Creek
Wood Sandpiper
Barton Pits
Blyths Read Warbler
Deeping Lakes NR
Montagu's Harrier
Frampton Marsh
4 Black Necked Grebe

17/06/2020
Barton Pits
Blyths Read Warbler

16/06/2020
Barton Pits
Blyths Read Warbler
Messingham SQ
4 Red Kite

15/06/2020
Alkborough Flats
Spoonbill
Barton Pits
Blyth's Reed Warbler (Target Pit)

14/06/2020
Barton Pits
Bittern, Blyth's Reed Warbler (Target Pit), Marsh Harrier
Boultham Mere
33 Gadwall. Kingfisher 
Frampton Marsh
Spoonbill
Grantham
3 Red Kite
Saxby
Common Quail
North Thoresby
2 Turtle Dove

13/06/2020
Alkborough Flats
Little Tern
Barton Pits
Bittern, Blyth's Reed Warbler (Target Pit)

Bittern at Far Ings - Image © Peter Garrity

Baston & Langtoft Pits
2 Black Tern
Deeping Lakes
Black Tern
Frampton Marsh
Spoonbill

12/06/2020
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Black Tern
Barton Pits
Blyth's Reed Warbler (Target Pit)
Walesby Wood
Turtle Dove

11/06/2020
Barton Pits
Blyth's Reed Warbler (Target Pit)
Chapel Point
196 Auk sp., 8 Fulmar, 6 Gannet, 11 Common Scoter, 9 Manx Shearwater, 2 Teal, 15 Sandwich Tern, 3 Wigeon

10/06/2020
Barton Pits
Greater Scaup (sailing Pit), Blyth's Reed Warbler (Target Pit)
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Garganey
Frampton Marsh
1 Curlew Sandpiper, Spoonbill
Marston
Bearded Tit
Pyewipe, Grimsby
Glaucous Gul

09/06/2020
Barton Pits
Greater Scaup (sailing Pit), Blyth's Reed Warbler (Target Pit)
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Garganey
Frampton Marsh
2 Curlew Sandpiper, Spoonbill
Mablethorpe
Hobby
Marston
Little Ringed PLover
Normanby
Common Crossbill (private garden}
Ostler's Plantation
5 Crossbill
Wainfleet
3 Crossbill (over)

08/06/2020
Alkborough Flats
3 Spoonbill
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Garganey
Far Ings
Blyth's Reed Warbler
Frampton Marsh
2 Curlew Sandpiper
Marston
Grasshopper Warbler
Pyewipe, Grimsby
Glaucous Gull

07/06/2020
Alkborough Flats
5 Spoonbill
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Spoonbill
Deeping Lakes
Spoonbill
Far Ings (Target Pit)
Blyth's Reed Warbler

Blyth's Reed Warbler - Image © John Clarkson

Marston
Sand Martin, Little Ringed Plover, Swift

06/06/2020
Deeping Lakes
Garganey
Stamford
Northern Fulmar (flew NW)

05/06/2020
Alkborough Flats
Great White Egret
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Wood Sandpiper
Far Ings
Marsh Harrier, 2 Tawny Owl
Frampton Marsh
Cuckoo

04/06/2020
Barton Pits
Singing Icterine Warbler
Frampton Marsh
Red-crested Pochard, 2 Curlew Sandpiper
Spilsby area
Siskin (male)
Wolla Bank
Marsh Warbler

03/06/2020
Frampton Marsh
Spoonbill
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Little Gull

02/06/2020
Alkborough Flats
Little Gull
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Red Knot
Tallington Lakes
Osprey

01/06/2020
Baston & Langtoft Pits 
Garganey, Common Quail
Deeping Lakes NR
2 Garganey

Lincolnshire Bird News - May 2020

31/05/2020
Alkborough Flats
2 Spoonbill
Baston & Langtoft Pits 
Little Gull
Renew's Drove, Crowland
2 Common Quail
Deeping Lakes NR
2 Garganey
Frampton Marsh 
Curlew Sandpiper
Whisby
Black Tern

A distant Black Tern that has present intermittenly for a couple of days - Image © Andy Sims 

30/05/2020
Job's Lane
Black Tern (for half an hour)
Trent Port, Marton
Cuckoo, Little Owl, Grasshopper Warbler
RAF Woodhall
Black Tern

29/05/2020
Alkborough Flats
2 Little Gull, Spoonbill
Renew's Drove, Crowland
4 Common Quail
Donna Nook
Hoopoe, Common Quail
Fiskerton Fen
Cattle Egret
Frampton Marsh
200(?) Avocet, Turtle Dove

Avocet at Frampton Marsh - Image © Chris Grimshaw

28/05/2020
Renew's Drove, Crowland
5 Common Quail
Frampton Marsh
Garganey, Temminck's Stint
Fiskerton Fen
Cattle Egret
Marston
Cuckoo
Sleaford area
2 Peregrine Falcons 

27/05/2020
Renew's Drove, Crowland
2 Common Quail
Fiskerton Fen
Cattle Egret
Frampton Marsh
Eurasian Spoonbill
Huttoft
Ring Ouzel

26/052020
Cress Marsh
Wood Sandpiper
Renew's Drove, Crowland
4 Common Quail
Doddington
Corn Bunting
Frampton Marsh
Garganey, Curlew Sandpiper
Fiskerton Fen
Cattle Egret
Hykeham
6 Common Whitethroat
Fairfield Pit, New Holland
Garganey but flew off late morning
Whisby
2 Nightingale, 2 Common Buzzard just north of the reserve
Toft Newton Reservoir
Red Kite, Common Pochard, Greater Scaup, Common Scoter

25/05/2020
Alkborough Flats
Garganey
Bardney
Gannet (over) Whooper Swan, (Bardney Lock)
Crowland
Common Quail
Frampton Marsh
Garganey, Little Gull, Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Temminck's Stint
Horseshoe Point
Red-footed Falcon, Purple Heron
Manby Wetlands
Whooper Swan
Whisby
Turtle Dove but no sign of the Golden Oriole up until 13:30

24/05/2020
Bardney
Honey Buzzard
Boultham Mere
Common Tern
Grantham area
Marsh Harrier
Lincoln - Doddington Park
Little Owl
Marston
2 Corn Bunting in the area, Little Grebe, Sedge Warbler, Common Shelduck
Whisby
Golden Oriole - Heard only, early evening

23/05/2020
Bardney Lock
2 Garganey
Deeping Lakes NR
Purple Heron (flew north along Welland and was lost from view)
Manby Wetlands
Whooper Swan

22/05/2020
Baston Fen & Langtoft Pit
Sanderling briefly

21/05/2020
Anderby
2 Red Kite
Baston Fen
Pair of Garganey
Paradise Pool
Wood Sandpiper

20/05/2020
Cleethorpes
Wheatear
Cleethorpes CP
Cetti's Warbler, 2 Grasshopper Warbler
Dunsby area
Spotted Flycatcher, Grey Wagtail
Paradise Pool
Garganey
Thurlby GP
2 Hobby

19/05/2020
Manby Wetlands
Garganey (drake)
Boultham Mere
3 Blackcap, Common Cuckoo, Mistle Thrush, 12 Common Swift, 5 Common Tern, Reed Warbler
Hartsholme Park
7 Grey Heron
Swanholme Lakes
3 Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff, Great Crested Grebe, 2 Garden Warbler, Willow Warbler
Swanpool
4 Blackcap, Common Cuckoo, 2 Grey Heron, 15 House Martin, Little Ringed Plover, 3 Skylark, 2 Barn Swallow, Song Thrush, Garden Warbler, 6 Common Whitethroat

18/05/2020
Alkborough Flats
Terek Sandpiper

The Terek Sandpiper in flight at Alkborough Flats - Image © Graham Catley


Terek Sandpiper this morning at Alkborough Flats - Image © Neil Drinkall

Fiskerton Fen
Cattle Egret
Manby Wetlands
Temminck's Stint
Middlemarsh Farm
Wood Sandpiper
Tetney Lock
2 Shoveler

17/05/2020
Ashby
Common Raven
Blackmoor Bridge
4 Reed Bunting, 3 Common Buzzard, 4 Little Egret, 1 Hobby, Lapwing, House Martin, Barn Swallow, Swift, 5 Yellow Wagtail, Great Spotted Woodpecker 
Bluestone Heath Road, Withcall
58 Corn Bunting , 5 Common Quail
Deeping Lakes NR
3 Avocet
Paradise Pool
Garganey
Saltfleetby
Northern Wheatear
Swanholme Lakes
3 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, Great Crested Grebe, 6 Garden Warbler, Song Thrush, Willow Warbler, Great Spotted Woodpecker
Trent Port, Marton
Cuckoo, Egyptian Goose, Little Grebe, Curlew, Oystercatcher, Little Ringed Plover, 3 Shelduck, Yellow Wagtail, Cetti's Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat 
Millennium Green
Mandarin Duck, Egyptian Geese

16/05/2020
Bardney
2 Common Crane over, Red Kite over
Croft
Wood Sandpiper
Denton Reservoir
2 Hobby
Fiskerton Fen
Western Cattle Egret

Cattle Egret overhead near Fiskerton - Image © Chris Laycock

Huttoft Pits
Great White Egret
Middlemarsh Farm
Wood Sandpiper
Swanpool
2 Hobby
Toft Newton Reservoir
Hobby, Whimbrel, Whooper Swan
Wellingore
Several Common Swift overhead

15/05/2020
Croft
Iberian Chiffchaff

A stunning photo of a Siberian Chiffchaff at Croft - Image © John Clarkson

North Somercotes

Bee-eater, Black Redstart

Bee-eater, North Somercotes - Image © Mark Johnson 15/05/2020

Whisby/North Hykeham Pits Complex
Chiffchaff, Common Shelduck, 16 Common Swift, Cetti's Warbler, 2 Garden Warbler, Reed Warbler, 20 Willow Warbler

14/05/2020
Alkborough Flats
2 Spoonbill
Deeping Lakes
Temminck's Stint
Kirkby Moor
Cetti’s Warbler, Cetti’s Warbler
Kirkby Tip
4 Hobby
Manby Wetlands
Green Winged Teal
RAF Woodhall
2 Arctic Tern, 30 Common Tern

13/05/2020
Baston Fen
2 Avocet
Deeping Lakes
2 Eurasian Spoonbill, Temminck’s Stint
Grantham area
100+ Swift
Langtoft
2 Common Crane - north east

Green Winged Teal - Image © Owen Beaumont

Manby Wetlands
Green Winged Teal
Walesby Moor
Cuckoo, Spotted Flycatcher, Nuthatch, Mistle Thrush, Song Thrush

12/05/2020
Boultham Mere
2 Common Buzzard, Chiffchaff, 2 Cuckoo, 5 Common Tern

Nothing is private at Boultham Mere - Image © Chris Grimshaw

Pyewipe, Grimsby
Glaucous Gull
Swanpool
Cuckoo, Little Ringed Plover, 16 Swallow

11/05/2020
Cleethorpes
4 Dunlin, Kestrel, 20 Ringed Plover
Covenham Reservoir
House Martin, Ringed Plover,4 Common Sandpiper, Barn Swallow, Common Swift, 2 Yellow Wagtail
Grantham
7 Common Swift

One of seven Common Swift over Grantham - Image © Steve Nesbitt

Manby
Green Winged Teal
Middlemarsh Farm
up to 3 Wood Sandpiper in recent days
Swanholme Lakes
2 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Grey Heron, 16 House Martin, Garden Warbler

Grey Heron - Image © Chris Grimshaw

10/05/2020
Chowder Ness
Purple Sandpiper
Deeping Fen
2 Garganey
Kettleby Quarries
5 Dunlin, Hobby, 2 Whimbrel
Rippingale area
Turtle Dove, Spotted Flycatcher, Barn Owl
Whisby
Hobby, Common Sandpiper, 2 Arctic Tern. 4 Common Tern

09/05/2020
Bardney
Hobby 
Manby Wetlands
Green-winged Teal 

08/05/2020
Grimsby
Wheatear
Louth area
Common Crane

Common Crane - Image © Owen Beaumont

Skegness (out at sea - on a boat)
Pied Flycatcher

07/05/2020
Anderby Creek
Blyth’s Pipit
Boston Stump
Peregrine eggs hatching
Gibraltar Point
Black Kite
Grantham
7 Swift
Huttoft
Wryneck
Langtoft
Nightingale
Middlemarsh Farm
3 Wood Sandpiper

06/05/2020
Alkborough Flats
Spotted Redshank
Gibraltar Point
Pied Flycatcher
Hartsholme Park
6 Grey Heron, Common Tern
Middlemarsh Farm
Glossy Ibis
Swanholme Lakes 
+5 Garden Warbler

08/05/2020
Louth area
Common Crane
Skegness (out at sea - on a boat)
Pied Flycatcher 
Fulbeck
Swift

07/05/2020
Anderby Creek
Blyth’s Pipit
Boston Stump
Peregrine eggs hatching
Gibraltar Point
Black Kite
Grantham
7 Swift
Huttoft
Wryneck
Langtoft
Nightingale
Middlemarsh Farm
3 Wood Sandpiper 

06/05/2020
Alkborough Flats
Spotted Redshank
Gibraltar Point
Pied Flycatcher
Hartsholme Park
6 Grey Heron, Common Tern
Middlemarsh Farm
Glossy Ibis
Swanholme Lakes 
+5 Garden Warbler 

05/05/2020
Boultham Mere
3 Oystercatcher
Brampton/Marton
Mediterranean Gull
Sincil Dyke, Lincoln
Common Sandpiper

Common Sandpiper in Sincil Dyke, Lincoln - Image © Ken Haw

Swanholme Lakes
2 Bullfinch, 4 Blackcap, Chiffchaff, 5 Garden Warbler
Whisby
Greenshank

04/05/2020
Bardney
Cuckoo
Baston Fen
Cattle Egret
Boultham Mere 
2 Swift
Hartsholme Park
2 Garden Warbler, Tawny Owl down towards Swanholme Lakes
Keelby
Hobby
Swanpool
Cuckoo, Grey Partridge (Pig Lane), 6 Barn Swallow, Mistle Thrush, Grey Wagtail (Pig Lane), White Wagtail (Pig Lane), Lesser Whitethroat, Willow Warbler,
Toft Newton
Blue-headed Wagtail

03/05/2020
Ancaster area
43 Linnet 5 Grey Partridge, c300 Wood Pigeon 69 Skylark, 8 Willow Warbler,  45 Common Whitethroat, 6 Lesser Whitethroat, 39 Yellowhammer
Grimsby 
Swift
Kelby, Sleaford
Osprey
Doddington Park, Lincoln
8 House Martin
Linwood Warren
Cuckoo
Marton
Swift
The Wolds
39 Corn Bunting, Hobby, 58 Linnet,10 Yellow Wagtail. 24 Common Whitethroat, 7 Lesser Whitethroat

02/05/2020
Boultham Mere
Hobby
Donna Nook
Great White Egret
Manby Wetlands
Whooper Swan
Market Rasen area
Red-breasted Flycatcher
Tetney
2 Cuckoo, Greenshank Marsh Harrier, Ring Ouzel, Spotted Redshank, 3 Common Sandpiper, 6 Common Scoter, Swift, 5 Whimbrel, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, Whinchat

01/05/2020
Apex Pits
Swift
Cleethorpes CP
Common Sandpiper, Barn Swallow
Dunston
Hobby, Swift
Grimsby
3 Wheatear
Heckington 
Ring-necked Duck

Ring-necked Duck discovered today on a lock-down walk - Image © Ray Shrouder

New Holland
2 Common Tern
Swanholme Lakes
2 Gadwall, Garden Warbler, Pochard
Weelsby Wood area
Wheatear

Lincolnshire Bird News - April 2020

30/04/2020
Alkborough
Ring Ouzel
Huttoft
13 Yellow Wagtail, 51 Whimbrel

29/04/2020
Barton Pits
2 Sanderling, Arctic Tern, Little Tern, Whimbrel
Toft Newton Reservoir
Hobby
Snipe Dales
Great White Egret

28/04/2020
Barton Pits
Ring Ouzel
Pyewipe, Grimsby
Glaucous Gull
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Wood Sandpiper
Wainfleet
12 Avocet, Hobby, 6 Sand Martin, 4 Little-ringed Plover, Wood Sandpiper, 30 Swallow, Yellow Wagtail

27/04/2020
Alvingham
Grey Wagtail
Fulbeck
3 Golden Plover
Pyewipe, Grimsby
Glaucous Gull
Healing 
70 Fieldfare
Kettleby Quarries
Grasshopper Warbler
New Holland
Common Sandpiper
Rippingale
Cuckoo
North Somercotes
Reed Warbler
Swanholme Lakes
3 Garden Warbler
Swanpool
Cuckoo 

26/04/2020
Anderby Creek
4 Buzzard, 2 Marsh Harrier, Merlin, Osprey, Short-eared Owl, Sparrowhawk
Barton Pits
Ring Ouzel
Gibraltar Point 
150 Jay in off the sea I read the post  correctly
Grantham
4 Swift
Grasby
3 Swallow
Legbourne
Hobby, Osprey
Swanpool
2 House Martin Sand Martin, 15 Swallow, 

25/04/2020
Barton Pits
Ring Ouzel
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Common Crane
Boultham Mere, Swanpool
Cuckoo,  2 Grey Partridge, Little Ringed Plover,Sedge Warbler. Common Tern 

Common Tern, Boultham Mere - Image © Andy Sims

Keelby
Buzzard, Oystercatcher, 5 Skylark, Mistle Thrush, 3 Treecreeper, Lesser Whitethroat
Walesby Moor
Grey Partridge, 5 Swallow
Toft Newton Reservoir
Blue-headed Wagtail
Temple Wood
30 Blackcap, Cuckoo, 2 Nuthatch, 4 Garden Warbler, 7 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker

24/04/2020
Anderby Creek
Richard’s Pipit
Baston & Langtoft Pits
2 Black Tern
Deeping Lakes NR
Little Gull
Huttoft
Blue-headed Wagtail, 13 Whimbrel
Lincs Coast
Grasshopper Warbler
Swanpool
Buzzard, Fieldfare, Grey Heron, Little Ringed Plover, Garden Warbler, Common Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, 

Buzzard over Skewbridge - Image © Chris Grimshaw

Grantham
Red Kite, Ring Ouzel, Common Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat
Whisby
Cuckoo, Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat 

23/04/2020
Cleethorpes CP
Cetti’s Warbler, Garden Warbler, Grasshopper Warbler, Sedge Warbler
Deeping Lakes NR
6 Bar-tailed Godwit
Dunston
2 Common Crane (over)
Kettleby Quarries
2 Grey Plover, Common Sandpiper, Wheatear, Common Whitethroat
Manby Wetlands
Whinchat
Hartsholme Park
3 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 9 Grey Heron
Swanpool
2 Fieldfare, 2 House Martin, 2 Grey Partridge, 4 Barn Swallow, Yellow Wagtail, Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 5 Whitethroat, Green Woodpecker
Toft Newton Reservoir
Black Tern., 4 Common Swift

22/04/2020
Covenham Reservoir
Wheatear
Rippingale
Little Egret, Great White Egret 

21/04/2020
Cleethorpes
2 Kingfisher
Covenham Reservoir
2 House MartinCommon Sandpiper, 20 Arctic Tern,  Yellow Wagtail, Wheatear,
Pyewipe, Grimsby
2 Little Gull, Glaucous Gull
Swanpool
Fieldfare

20/04/2020
Covenham Reservoir
19 Arctic Tern
Hartsholme Park/ Swanholme Lakes
5 Blackcap, Buzzard, 5 Chiffchaff, 5 Great Crested Grebe, 7 Grey Heron, 2 Shoveler, Willow Warbler 15 Wren
Rimac
Marsh Harrier, Ring Ouzel
Saltfleetby St Peter
Iceland Gull, 23 Arctic Tern
Swanpool
Lesser Whitethroat
Toft Newton Reservoir
2 Avocet, Little Ringed Plover, 2 Common Sandpiper, 9 Arctic Tern, 2 Wheatear,  White Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail

19/04/2020
Anwick Fen 
Grasshopper Warbler
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Little Gull
West Deeping
White-tailed Eagle
Frithville 
Mediterranean Gull
Ness End Farm
Alpine Swift
Swanpool
3 Whooper Swan
Toft Newton Reservoir
4 Wheatear
Wainfleet
6 Bullfinch.9 Blackcap, 16 Chiffchaff, Little Egret, 4 Jay, 2 Song Thrush, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, Sedge Warbler, Yellow Wagtail

18/04/2020
Scunthorpe area
Wryneck in a private garden!!!

What a garden tick - Image © Clare Gillat

17/04/2020
Apex Pits
5 Swallow
Alkborough
4 Ring Ouzel
North Lincs Coast
Hawfinch
Frampton Marsh
Sedge Warbler
Gibraltar Point
2 Common Crane (over)
Toft Newton Reservoir
Blue-headed Wagtail
Rimac
Ring Ouzel
Whisby
Blackcap, Cuckoo, Curlew (over), Peregrine Falcon, Sand Martin, Reed Warbler, Whitethroat

16/04/2020
Grantham
2 Ring Ouzel, Common Scoter
Off-shore Skegness
Black Redstart
Swanpool
Grasshopper Warbler, Grey Partridge
Whisby
2 Whimbrel

15/04/2020
Barnetby
Ring Ouzel
Bottesford
Blackcap, Reed Bunting, Chiffchaff, 6 Collared Dove, Sparrowhawk, 3 Song Thrush
Cleethorpes CP
2 Cetti’s Warbler, 3 Grasshopper Warbler, 6 Sedge Warbler
Norton Disney
4 Common Crane
Frithville 
Black Redstart

Not a bad garden tick Black Redstart - Image © Steve Keightley

Grantham
Ring Ouzel
Pyewipe, Grimsby
Glaucous Gull
Somerby
Ring Ouzel
Swanpool 
Cuckoo, Goldeneye
North Thoresby
2 Cetti’s Warbler, 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Common Whitethroat, 5 Yellowhammer

14/04/2020
Bardney
Sparrowhawk
Barnetby
Ring Ouzel
Buck Beck,  Cleethorpes
2 Swallow
Crowland 
Hen Harrier
Eagle 
Wheatear
Frampton Marsh
Corn Bunting, Barn Owl
Frithville
Blackcap, Fieldfare, Red Kite
Humberstone Fitties
Red Kite
Pyewipe, Grimsby
Glaucous Gull
Kettleby Quarries
Ring Ouzel
Scooby
2 Buzzard, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Willow Warbler
Swanpool
Common Redstart, Grasshopper Warbler

13/04/2020
Bardney
3 Jay, Green Woodpecker
Dunston
Great White Egret, Red Kite

12/04/2020
Anderby Creek
Richard’s Pipit, 2 Garganey,
Bottesford
4 Chiffchaff, Nuthatch, 2 Skylark, 2 Swallow
Boultham Mere
Little Gull
Goxhill Haven
Ring Ouzel
Howdens Pullover
Wheatear
Keelby 
Red Kite
Saltfleet Haven
Great Crested Grebe, Linnet, Common Whitethroat
Trent Port, Marton
Sedge Warbler
North Thoresby area
3 Blackcap, Linnet, Cetti's Warbler, 2 Sedge Warbler, Willow Warbler
Swanpool
Grasshopper Warbler

11/04/2020
Anderby Creek, Barnetby, Brigg, Goxhill Haven, Kettleby Quarries, Elsham, Garthorpe, Tetney Lock 
All had Ring Ouzel present
Anderby Creek
7 Marsh Harrier, 8 Sparrowhawk, Wheatear
Barnetby
Common Redstart
Botany Bay Plantation
2 Chiffchaff
Fulbeck
2 Raven
Huttoft Marsh 
Green Woodpecker
Kettleby Quarries
2 Common Whitethroat
North Somercotes
Tree Sparrow, Swallow, 4 Wheatear
Swanpool
Ringed Plover 2 Stonechat
Toft Newton
Blue-headed Wagtail
Wainfleet
7 Avocet, 8 Blackcap, 4 Bullfinch, 23 Chiffchaff, 10 Lapwing (7 on nests), 3 House Martin, Little Ringed Plover, 2 Green Sandpiper, 15 Snipe, 5 Swallow, 4 Yellow Wagtail, Willow Warbler, 3 Yellowhammer

10/04/2020
Barton
Lesser Whitethroat
Denton
Ring-necked Parakeet
Doddington Park, Lincoln
Blackcap
Fulbeck
Willow Warbler
Grantham
Wheatear
North Thoresby
3 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Swallow, 2 Mistle Thrush, 1 Willow Warbler
Trent Port, Marton
Blackcap, 90 Fieldfare, Yellow Wagtail, 3 Swallow, Willow Warbler
Rippingale
Lesser Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull, Raven
Saltfleet Haven 
Ring Ouzel
Scrooby Top
3 Common Tern
North Somercotes 
6 Buzzard
Swanpool, Lincoln
Oystercatcher

09/04/2020
Baston & Langtoft Pits 
Reed Warbler
Fillingham
Ring Ouzel, 2 House Martin, 3 Swallow, Yellow Wagtail
Fulbeck
Blackcap
Gibraltar Point 
Bluethroat
Huttoft
Hooded Crow, Jack Snipe
Meal Hill area
6 Ring Ouzel
Trent Port, Marton
Yellow Wagtail
Spalding
Black Redstart
Swanpool 
Common Whitethroat

08/04/2020
Deeping St James
Common Tern
Old Bolingbroke
c2 Ring Ouzel
Chapel Pit 
Firecrest, 2 Mediterranean Gulls
Grantham
2 Peregrines with 4 eggs on St Wulfram’s Church
Healing
Blackcap
Hill Holt Wood
Willow Warbler, Blackcap
Louth
Tawny Owl
North Somercotes
Hooded Crow
North Thoresby 
2 Ring Ouzel

07/04/2020
Anderby Creek
Firecrest
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Avocet, Hen Harrier, Common Whitethroat
Bottesford
5 Chiffchaff, Little Owl, Nuthatch, Redwing, 6 Skylark
Deeping High Bank
Yellow Wagtail
Grimsby
Glaucous Gull
Lincoln
Tawny Owl
Louth
Ring Ouzel, 3 Willow Warbler
Trent Port
Blackcap, Great Crested Grebe, 3 Redshank, Swallow
North Somercotes
Hooded Crow
North Thoresby
2 Blackcap, Swallow

06/04/2020
Anderby Creek
Firecrest, 4 House Martin, 4 Sand Martin, Grasshopper Warbler, 4 Swallow, Willow Warbler, Wheatear
Grimsby
Glaucous Gull, Black Redstart (in private garden)
Huttoft
Ring Ouzel
Lincoln, Doddington Park
Siskin
Manby Wetlands
2 Avocet, Buzzard, 50 Linnet, 2 Snipe, 7 Swallow, 8 Whooper Swan,
Swanholme Lakes
2 Blackcap, 5 Chiffchaff
Swanpool
Shelduck

05/04/2020
Anderby Creek
Firecrest
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Sandwich Tern
Far Ings
Spoonbill
Fulbeck
Swallow
Grantham 
14 Fieldfare
Keelby
60 Pink-footed Geese
Kettleby Quarries
6 Little Ringed Plover
Lincoln
6 Chiffchaff, 7 Redwing, Sparrowhawk
Saltfleetby
Grey Phalarope 
Stamford 
25 Golden Plover (over)
Toft Newton Reservoir
Oystercatcher, Sand Martin, Willow Warbler, Wheatear

04/04/2020
Barnetby
Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Sand Martin, Little Ringed Plover
Barton
132 Whooper Swan in two flocks
Cleethorpes
2 Chiffchaff, 4 Redwing
Fishtoft
39 Whooper Swan
Fulbeck
Swallow
Grimsby
2 White-tailed Eagle. Two White-tailed Eagles from the Isle of Wight reintroduction project were tracked through the county and finished within 6 miles of each near Grimsby. Brought up together these two birds have not been together since their release
New Holland
Peregrine Falcon
Huttoft 
Willow Warbler
Louth
White-tailed Eagle
Manby Wetlands
8 Avocet, 3 Buzzard, 4 Chiffchaff, 17 Little Egret, 20 Shoveler, Whooper Swan,
Trent Port, Marton
Great White Egret
Toft Newton Reservoir
Yellow Wagtail
Swanpool
Little Ringed Plover, Water Pipit, White Wagtail

White-tailed to the East of Louth - Image © Owen Beaumont

03/04/2020
Alkborough
Swallow
Cleethorpes,
Reed Bunting, 2 Buzzard, Chiffchaff, 24 Curlew, Little Egret, Grey Heron, 6 Linnet, Sparrowhawk
Fillingham 
Common Scoter
Grantham
Bullfinch
Legbourne
Common Scoter
Lincoln
Common Scoter
Quadring
2 Common Crane (over a.m.)
Sleaford
Peregrine
Spalding
Common Scoter
Wainfleet
Common Scoter
Swanpool
3 Little Ringed Plover, White Wagtail

02/04/2020
Bottesford
Buzzard, 2 Chiffchaff, Sparrowhawk
Boultham Mere
4 Little Ringed Plover
Louth
Common Scoter
Skegness
Common Scoter

01/04/2020
Bardney
2 Great White Egret
Bottesford
Brambling, Buzzard, Kestrel, Sand Martin, Little Owl, Skylark, 2 Song Thrush
Spalding
Short-eared Owl
Swanpool
2 Little-ringed Plover, 50+Redwing