Lincolnshire Latest Bird News
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Lincolnshire Bird Sightings - 2024
August 2024
13/08/2024
Doddington Hall
3 Buzzard, $ Little Grebe, 4 House Martin,10 Swallow
Frampton Marsh
26 Spotted Redshank, Wood Sandpiper, Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Pied Flycatcher, 3 Greenshank, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 145 House Martin, Little Stint, 2 Black Tern, 1700 Sandwich Tern
Linwood Warren
Buzzard, 8 Spotted Flycatcher, Jay
Saltfleet
Pied Flycatcher
Saltfleet Haven
Spotted Redshank
South Rauceby
24 Red Kite
12/08/2024
Alkborough Flats
2 Cattle Egret, 7 Spoonbill
Anderby Marsh
2 Pied Rlycatcher, 3 Wood Sandpiper
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Donna Nook (re-alighment)
4 Curlew, 85 Dunlin, 2 Pied Flycatcher, 5 Greenshank, 398 Golden Plover, 612 Redshank, Ruff, Wood Sandpiper, 2 Snipe, Whimbrel
Frampton Marsh
Spotted Redshank, Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 25 Spoonbill
Freiston Shore
Pied Flycatcher, Spotted Redhank
Gibraltar Point
Cattle Egret, 15 Spoonbill
Grimsthorpe Castle
Hobby
Huttoft
Pied Flycatcher
Mablethorpe
3 Black Tern, Caspian Gull
Swanpool cow-fields
Redstart
Willow Tree Fen
Common Crane
11/08/2024
Alkborough Flats
150 Common Scoter
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Donna Nook
5 Dunlin, 140 Redshank, 30 Common Scoter
Frampton Marsh
Osprey, 26 Spotted Redshank, Curlew Sandpiper, 3 Wood Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point
3 Cattle Egret, Pied Flycatcher
10/08/2024
Alkborough Flats
Garganey, 5 Spotted Redshank, 30 Spoonbill
Deeping Lakes
Cattle Egret, Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Garganey, 9 Spotted Redshank, 14 Curlew Sandpiper, 3 Wood Sandpiper, 17 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
3 Cattle Egret, Spotted Redshank, 2 Wood Sandpiper, 5 Spoonbill
Read's Island
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willow Tree Fen
5 Buzzard, 4 Marsh Harrier, 4 Kestrel
Winter's Pool
Wood Sandpiper
09/08/2024
Alkborough Flats
2 Great White Egret, 54 Little Egret, 210 Black-tailed Godwit, 15 Spotted Redshank, Pectoral Sandpiper, 15 Spoonbill, Bearded Tit
Deeping Lakes
Cattle Egret, Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
9 Curlew Sandpier, Wood Sandpiper, 17 Spoonbill, 2 Little Stint
Freiston Shore
Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
4 Spotted Redshank, 3 Wood Sandpiper, 7 Spoonbill, Water Rail
Saltfleetby/ Theddlethorpe
Cattle Egret
08/08/2024
Anderby Marsh
16 Little Egret, 27 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Grey Heron, 2 Kestrel, Red Kite, 4 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Ruff, 3 Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 5 Wood Sandpiper, Cetti's Warbler
Freiston Shore
Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Curlew Sandpiper, Cory's Shearwater, Greater Scaup, 35 Spoonbill, Roseate Tern
Manby Wetlands
Grey Wagtail
North Scarle
Cattle Egret
Sutton on Sea
2 Black-tailed Godwit, 40+ Red Knot, 540+ Sandwich Tern, Barn Swallow, Swift, 2 Turnstone, 7 Whimbrel
Willow Tree Fen
16 Common Crane
Wolla Bank
Marsh Harrier, Sandwich Tern
07/08/2024
Alkborough Flats
2 Garganey, 6 Spotted Redshank
Anderby Marsh
White-rumped Sandpiper, 2 Wood Sandpiper
Frampton Marsh
5 Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 5 Spoonbill
Middlemarsh Farm
Cattle Egret
06/08/2024
Alkborough Flats
5 Avocet, 45+ Little Egret, 4 Great White Egret, 5 Garganey, Black-tailed Godwit, Greenshank, 2 Water Rail, Common Redshank, Spotted Redshank, Ruff, Pectoral Sandpiper, Common Snipe, Jack Snipe, Sparrowhawk, 7 Spoonbill, Bearded Tit
Sparrowhawk at Alkborough Flats - Image © Chris Grimshaw
Covenham Reservoir
3 Raven
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Cattle Egret, 7 Spotted Redshank, 6 Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Little Stint, 7 Spoonbill, White-windged Black Tern
Freiston Shore
3 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
3 Spotted Redshank, Greater Scuap, Wood Sandpiper, 25 Spoonbill
Messingham
3 Green Sandpiper
Willow Tree Fen
11 Common Crane
05/07/2024
Alkborough
2 Garganey, Pectoral Sandpiper
Deeping Lakes
Cattle Egret, Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
3 Spotted Redshank, 3 Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Little Stint
Willow Tree Fen
11 Common Crane
04/08/2024
Alkborough Flats
Garganey, 4 Spotted Redshank, Pectoral Sandpiper, 2 Spoonbill
Bardney
2 Curlew, 7 Kestrel, Little Owl, Marsh Harrier, Short-eared Owl, 3 Grey Partridge, Green Sandpiper
Cowbit
Little Gull
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Gibraltar Point
Osprey, 3 Spotted Redshank, 4 Curlew Sandpiper, 3 Wood Sandpiper, 20 Spoonbill
Mablethorpe
Caspian Gull
03/08/2024
Alkborough Flats
Pectoral Sandpiper
Deeping Lakes
Cattle Egret, Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Garganey, 5 Spotted Redshank, 4 Curlew Sandpiper, 30 Spoonbill, 2 Wood Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point
2 Spotted Redshank, 2 Wood Sandpiper, 21 Spoonbill
02/08/2024
Anderby Marsh
Wood Sandpiper
Churchill Lane
Cattle Egret
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis, Wood Sandpiper
Frampton Marsh
4 Spotted Redshank, 3 Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Spotted Redshank, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 12 Spoonbill, Black Tern
Messingham
2 Buzzard, Great White Egret, Goldcrest, Kestrel, 2 House Martin, 2 Wood Sandpiper, Sparrowhawk, 4 Swallow, Treecreeper, 3 Reed Warbler, Green Woodpecker
Rimac
Osprey
01/08/2024
Anderby Marsh
2 Curlew Sandpiper, 8 Snipe
Cowbit
Little Gull
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
5 Curlew Sandpiper, 4 Garganey, 40+ Spoonbill, 2 Little Stint, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
3 Arctic Skua, 4 Cattle Egret, Hen Harrier, 4 Garganey, Glossy Ibis, Short-eared Owl, 17 Spotted Redshank, 3 Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 11 Spoonbill, Little Stint
Halton Marshes
Wood Sandpiper
Saltfleet Haven
Osprey
Wolla Bank
Yellow-legged Gull
July 2024
31/07/2024
Alkborough Flats
1700 Common Scoter
Cowbit
2 Curlew Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point
3 Cattle Egret, Osprey, Spotted Redshank, 10 Arctic Skua
Rimac
Great White Egret, c500 Sandwich Tern
Sutton on Sea
Gannet, 3 Kittiwake, 500+ Common Scoter, 400+ Sandwich Tern, 30 Whimbrel
Nebraska Wetlands
2 Buzzard
Tuetoes
25 House Martin, 12 Swallow, Swift
Willow Tree Fen
10 Common Crane, Marsh Harrier
30/07/2024
Barton upon Humber
564 Common Scotter, c114 Swift
Cowbit
Little Gull, 7 Curlew Sandpiper
Deeping Lake
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Cattle Egret, Curlew Sandpiper, Little Stint, Temminck's Stint
Gibraltar Point
Osprey, Spotted Redshank, 3 Curlew Sandpiper
Messingham
Buzzard, 2 Chiffchaff, Hobby, 17 Sand Martin, Wood Sandpiper, Sparrowhawk, Reed Warbler, Green Woodpecker
Willow Tree Fen
5 Common Crane
29/04/2024
Cowbit
Little Gull, 7 Curlew Sandpiper
Frampton Marsh
Cattle Egret. Spotted Redshank, Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 34 Spoonbill
Rimac
Osprey
28/07/2024
Alkborough
41 Spoonbill
Churchill Lane
2 Cattle Egret
Cowbit
7 Curlew Sandpiper, Little Gull
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton
4 Spotted Redshank, 2 Spoonbill, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Osprey, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 26 Spoonbill
Pyewipe
2155 Common Scoter
Whisby
Garganey
27/07/2024
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Garganey, 2 Spotted Redshank, 7 Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 30 Spoonbill, 2 Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Wood Sandpiper, 13 Spoonbill
Langtoft
Osprey
Rimac
102 Whimbrel
Saltfllet Haven
Osprey
26/07/2024
Cleethorpes CP
5 Swift
Cowbit
Little Gull
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Spotted Redshank, 6 Curlew Sandpiper, 25 Spoonbill, Little Stint 2, Temminck's Stint, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Wood Sandpiper, Long-tailed Skua
Messingham
Buzzard, 3 Chiffchaff, Great White Egret, Little Egret, Goldcrest, Teal, Common Tern 2, Green Woodpecker
North Somercotes
Cuckoo
25/07/2024
Butterwick Low
Black Kite (unconfirmed)
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Bar-headed Goose, (escapee), 2 Curlew Sandpiper, 10+ Spotted Redshank, 24 Spoonbill, 2 Little Stint, Temminck's Stint
The escaped Bar-headed Goose at Frampton Marsh for the last few days - Image © Jeremy Eyons
Gibraltar Point
Montagu"s Harrier
24/07/2024
Cowbit
Little Gull
Frampton Marsh
1500 Dunlin, 2/3 Great White Egret, Little Gull, Mediterranean Gull, 124 Greenshank, 900 Knot, 48+ Spotted Redshank, 8 Curlew Sandpiper, 25+ Spoonbill, Little Stint, Temminck's Stint, 50+ Common Tern and even a Bar-headed Goose 300
Gainsborough-Beckingham Marsh
15 Cattle Egret (over)
Gibraltar Point
Hen Harrier, Montagu's Harrier, Wood Sandpiper
RAF Woodhall
6 Cattle Egret, Marsh Harrier, 54 Mute Swan
Believe it or not but there was six Cattle Egret and numerous Cormorant in this tree - Image © Chris Grimshaw
Rimac
Osprey
23/07/2024
Alkborough Flats
3 Spotted Redshank
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
4 Spotted Redshank, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, 28 Spoonbill, Little Stint
Pyewipe
9640 Common Shelduck
Theddlethorpe
Little Gull, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 12 Arctic Tern
22/07/2024
Elm House Farm
Wheatear
Ewerby Waithe
2 Grey Partridge
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Curlew Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point
Osprey
Trent Port
Hobby
21/07/2024
Crook Bank
Cattle Egret
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Deeping St Nicholas
Common Quail
Donna Nook
21 Little Egret, 9 Greenshank, 206 Golden Plover,Spotted Redshank
Elm House Farm
Wheatear
Frampton Marsh
16 Spotted Redshank, Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 17 Spoonbill, Lesser Yellowlegs
Tetney Lock
5 Goosander
Theddlethorpe
48 Knot, 45 Sanderling, 67 Sandwich Tern, 21 Whimbrel
Trent Port
Marsh Harrier
20/07/2024
Alkborough Flats
22 Spoonbill
Cowbit
Garganey, Little Gull
Deeping Lakes
2 Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Spotted Redshank
Gibraltar Point
Hen Harrier (male)
Halton Marsh
Great Northern Diver
Mablethorpe
Caspian Gull
19/07/2024
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Lesser Yellowlegs, Wood Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point
Spotted Redshank, Common ScoterPomarine Skua, 17 Spoonbill, Red-rumped Swallow
18/07/2024
Anderby Marsh
Franklins Gull
Cowbit
Glossy Ibis
Frampton
15 Spoonbii, Little Stint, Lesser Yellowlegs
Navenby
Quail
17/07/2027
Cowbit
Little Gull
Frampton
Little Stint, Wood Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point
Wood Sandpiper, Greater Scaup, Spoonbill
Messingham
Blackcap,, Buzzard 2, Cettii's Warbler, Chiffchaff 5, Little Gull 4, Marsh Harrier 2
16/07/2024
Cowbit
Glossy Ibis, Turnstone
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Little Stint, Wood Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point
Spoonbill
Huttoft Bank
Black Tern
Mablethorpe
Caspian Tern
15/07/2024
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Farlesthorpe
Osprey
Frampton Marsh
Lesser Yellowlegs
Freiston Shore
Wood Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point
Spotted Redshank
14/07/2024
Cowbit
Little Gull, Glossy Ibis, Sanderling, Wood Sandpiper
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Wood Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point
Spotted Redshank, Greater Scaup, 17 Spoonbill
Mablethorpe
Roseate Tern
Wolla Bank
Hen Harrier (rt)
13/07/2024
Alkborough Flats
c230 Common Scoter, 35 Spoonbill
Deeping Lakes
2 Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Great White Egret, 500 Black-tailed Godwit, Kingfisher, Spotted Redshank, Ruff, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper. Wood Sanpiper, 9 Spoonbill
Freiston Shore
Black-winged Stilt
Gibraltar Point
Greater Scaup (on the sea)
Whisby
2 Garganey
12/07/2024
Cowbit
Wood Sandpiper
Frampton Marsh
Wood Sandpiper
Freiston Shore
Glossy Ibis, Black-wiged Stilt
Gibraltar Point
8 Greenshank, Spotted Redshank
Manby Wetlands
Green Sandpiper
Messingham
Bittern, 2 Buzzard, 2 Marsh Harrier, Hobby, Kingfisher, 7 Oystercatcher, 2 Sheluck, 5 Common Tern, 3 Cetti's Warbler
Skegness
Black Redstart (private garden)
Black Redstart in a Skegness private garden - Image © Stuart Ainsworth
11/07/2024
Anderby Marsh
Glossy Ibis
Cowbit
Little Gull, 56 Little Ringed Plover, Wood Sandpiper
Frampton Marsh
Lesser Yellowlegs
Freiston Shore
Glossy Ibis, Black-winged Stilt
Gibraltar Point
Montagu's Harrier, Green Sandpiper, 25 Common Scoter
10/07/2024
Keelby
Red-backed Shrike
Nebraska Wetlands
Hobby
Sea View
Glossy Ibis
Tetney Outfall
Whinchat
09/07/2024
Blyton
20 Swift
Cowbit
Spoonbill
Deeping Lakes
2 Glossy Ibis
Far Ings
Little Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier, 3 Water Rail, 6 Teal
Gibraltar Point
Montagu's Harrier
08/07/2024
Deeping Lakes
2 Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Lesser Yellowlegs
Messingham
Buzzard, 4 Little Egret, 3 Grey Heron, Hobby, Oystercatcher, 2 Shelduck, 5 Common Tern, Cetti's Warbler
Gibraltar Point
Montagu's Harrier
07/07/2024
Cowbit
Little Gull, Spoonbill
Deeping Lakes
2 Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Great Scaup, 10 Spoonbill. Lesser Yellowlegs
Swanpool cow-fields
2 Little Ringed Plover
06/07/2024
Deeping Lakes
2 Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Corn Bunting, Great White Egret, Marsh Harrier, Little Ringed Plover, Spotted Redshank, Green Sandpiper, 7 Spoonbill, Whooper Swan, Bearded Tit, Whimbrel
Trent Port
Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, 5 Grey Heron, 35 Sand Martin, 11 Oystercatcher, 40 Swallow Yellow Wagtail
05/07/2024
Bonby Carr
Buzzard, Marsh Harrier, Kestrel, 4 4 Whitethroat
Cowbit
Little Gull
Deeping Lakes
Cattle Egret, 2 Glossy Ibis
Far Ings
Hobby, Common Tern
Frampton Marsh
Corn Bunting, Mediterranean Gull, 2 Spoonbill, 2 Whooper Swan, Bearded Tit, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Spotted Redshank, Lesser Yellowlegs
04/07/2024
Cowbit
Little Gull, Wood Sandpiper, 7 Spoonbill
Deeping Lakes
2 Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
10 Spotted Redshank, 8 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tetney Lock
Marsh Harrier, 2 Common Sandpiper
03/07/2024
Cowbit
Little Gull, Wood Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point
Hen Harrier (rt), Montagu's Harrier, Spotted Redshank, 17 Spoonbill
02/07/2024
Cranwell
Common Quail
Deeping Lakes
2 Glossy Ibis
Denton Reservoir
Common Quail
Gibraltar Point
Montagu's Harrier
A heavily cropped photo of the Montagu's Harrier at Gibraltar Point again - Image © Phil Hyde
Hemingby
Common Quail
Hibaldstow
Common Quail
Hough on the Hill
Common Quail
Old Bolingbroke
Common Quail
Ruskington
Common Quail
Thurlby Fen
Common Quail
01/07/2024
Frampton
5 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
Montagu's Harrier, Osprey, 17 Spoonbill
June 2024
30/06/2024
Alkborough Flats
17 Spoonbill
Anderby Marsh
Wood Sandpiper
Cowbit
Bar-tailed Godwit
Deeping Lakes
2 Glossy Ibis, 3 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
Montagu's Harrier
29/06/2024
Anderby Marsh
Cattle Egret, Wood Sandpiper, 5 Spoonbill
Cowbit
Little Gull
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Gibraltar Point
Montagu's Harrier, 2 Jay, Common Quail, Grasshopper Warbler
Market Rasen
Siskin
28/06/2024
Cowbit
Little Gull
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Spotted Redshank, 2 Spoonbill, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Great White Egret, 29 Black-tailed Godwit, Marsh Harrier, 5 Spoonbill
Pyewipe
Montagu's Harrier
Whisby
2 Mediterranean Gull
27/06/2024
Cowbit
Black-crowned Night Heron
The elusive Night Heron that gave some the runaround caught nicely - Image © Will Bowell
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Little Gull, Spotted Redshank, 5 Spoonbill
Freiston Shore
Wood Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point
Avocet, Great White Egret, Montagu's Harrier, Peregrine Falcon, Spotted Redshank
26/06/2024
Crowle
Common Quail
Deeping Lakes
2 Glossy Ibis, 8 Spoonbill
Far Ings
Caspian Tern
Caspian Tern at Barton on Humber - Image © Steve Clippo
Frampton Marsh
Little Gull, 5 Spoonbill
Freiston Shore
Wood Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point
Montagu's Harrier
25/06/2024
Cowbit
Cuckoo, Little Gull
Deeping Lakes
Buzzard, Cuckoo, 6 Little Egret, 10 Egyptian Goose, Marsh Harrier, 8 Spoonbill
Frampton Marsh
Little Gull. Spotted Redshank, 5 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
12 Spoonbill
24/06/2024
Anderby Marsh
3 Wood Sandpiper
Cowbit
Avocet, Garganey, Black-crowned Night Heron
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Corn Bunting, Cuckoo, Greenshank, Little Gull, Marsh Harrier, Red Knot, Kingfisher, Ruff, Green Sandpiper, 4 Spoonbill, 2 Whooper Swan
Whaplode Drove
Common Quail
23/06/2024
Cowbit
Garganey, Little Gull, Black-crowned Night Heron, 8 Spoonbill
Frampton Marsh
Common Rosefinch (reported)
22/06/2024
Anderby Marsh
Wood Sandpiper
Cowbit
Black-crowned Night Heron (view from Peak Hill)
Deeping Lakes
2 Glossy Ibis, Red Kite, 8 Spoonbill
Two Glossy Ibis at Deeping Lakes - Image © Andy Sims
Frampton Marsh
6 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
Montagu's Harrier, Spoonbill
21/06/2024
Anderby Marsk
2 Wood Sandpiper
Billingborough
Common Quail
Cowbit
Garganey, Black-crowned Night Heron, 8 Spoonbill
Frampton Marsh
Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Cuckoo, Hen Harrier, 2 Sparrowhawk, 5 Spoonbill, 22 Swift, 3 Little Tern
20/06/2024
Chapel Point
2 Caspian Tern
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis, 8 Spoonbill
Frampton Marsh
100s Avocet, 4 Greenshank, 2 Barnacle Goose, Marsh Harrier, Little Ringed Plover, 3 Spotted Redhank, 2 Spoonbill, 10+ Common Tern,
Aggresive chick minding Avocet, Frampton Marsh - Image © Chris Grimshaw
One of the three Spotted Redshank that were still at Frampton Marsh - Image © Andy Sims
18/06/2024
Deeping Lakes
6 Spoonbill
Frampton Marsh
Hobby, Kingfisher, Red-crested Pochard, Bearded Tit, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gainsborough
Osprey
Messingham
2 Buzzard, 35 Coot, Cuckoo, 29 Gadwall, Marsh Harrier, 2 Jay, 10 Lapwing, 20 Sand Martin, Shelduck (with young), Mute Swans (with 20 cygnets), Common Tern (2 young)
RAF Woodhall
Cuckoo, Marsh Harrier, Jay, Skylark
17/06/2024
Alkborough Flats
Green-winged Teal
Far Ings
Hobby
Frampton Marsh
Little Gull, 5 Spotted Redshank, 3 Spoonbill, Lesser Yellowlegs
16/06/2024
Boultham Mere
Gadwall (+6 chicks)
Deeping Lakes
2 Spoonbill
Frampton Marsh
5 Little Gull,. Spotted Redshank, 7 Spoonbill, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
7 Spoonbill, Little Tern (with chick)
15/06/2024
Deeping Lakes
8 Spoonbill
Far Ings
Bittern
Frampton Marsh
4 Little Gull, Spotted Redshank, 2 Spoonbill, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
3 Curlew Sandpiper
14/06/2024
Anderby Marsh
Garganey, Spoonbill
Frampton Marsh
Spoonbill
Whisby
Jay
The always colourful Jay at Whisby - Image © theotherjanet
13/06/2024
Anderby Marsh
Garganey, Spoonbill
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis, 5 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
5 Spoonbill
12/06/2024
Anderby Marsh
26 Little Egret, Marsh Harrier, Pintail, c38 Ringed Plover, Shelduck, Swallow Swift, Cetti's Warbler
Cowbit
7 Spoonbill
Crook Bank
Caspian Gull
Frampton Marsh
Little Gull, Glossy Ibis, Red-crested Pochard, Spotted Redshank
Sutton on Sea
Dunlin, 2 Eider, 2 Fulmar, 10+ Gannet, Sanderling, c76 Commom Scoter, 46 House Sparrow, Swallow
11/06/2024
Deeping High Bank
7 Spoonbill
Frampton Marsh
Glossy Ibis, 5 Spoonbill, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
2 Spoonbill
Laceby
Osprey
Saltfleet
Hooded Crow
10/06/2024
Frampton Marsh
2 Little Gull, 2 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
Firecrest, Caspian Gull
Newsham Lake
Purple Heron
09/06/2024
Alkborough Flats
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
550 Avocet (350 chicks), 3 Greenshank, 3 Little Gull. 7 Mediterranean Gull, 4 Marsh Harrier, 2 Red-crested Pochard, 6 Spoonbill, Whooper Swan, 2 Teal, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Quail, Spoonbill
Whisby NR
2 Garganey
RAF Woodhall Spa
Whiskered Tern
08/06/2024
Alkborough Flats
Green-winged Teal
Bourne
38 Common Crane (over north)
Digby Fen
4 Oystercatcher
Frampton Marsh
Corn Bunting, Greenshank, Little Gull, Red Kite, Red-crested Pochard, Water Rail, 7 Spoonbill, Cetti's Warbler, Lesser Yellowlegs
Kirkby on Bain
Egyptian Goose, Common Tern, Whiskered Tern
The Whiskered Tern this time at Kirkby on Bain - Image © Stuart Ainsworth
RAF Woodhall Spa
House Martin, Sand Martin, Swallow, 100+ Swift, Common Tern, Whiskered Tern
07/06/2024
Cut End
6 Spoonbill
Crowland Marsh
3 Sanderling
Frampton Marsh
Bee-eater, 2 Little Gull, 3 Spoonbill, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Bee-eater
Kirkby on Bain Pits
2 Oystercatcher, Common Tern, Whiskered Tern
Messingham
2 Buzzard, Cuckoo, Marsh Harrier, Hobby, 80+ Sand Martin, Redshank, 10 Shelduck,10 Common Tern
Sandilands
Short-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl at Sandilands - Image © Rikki c
RAF Woodhall
Cuckoo, Egyptian Goose, Swift, Common Tern, Whiskered Tern
The always distant Whiskered Tern at RAF Woodhall Spa - Image © Graham Catley
Withcall
Common Quail
06/06/2024
Frampton Marsh
Little Gull, Red-backed Shrike, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Firecrest, Quail, Spoonbill
Kirkby on Bain
Whiskered Tern
Withcall
Quail
05/06/2024
Anderby Creek
Curlew Sandpiper
Frampton Marsh
Corn Bunting, 3 Greenshank Little Gull, Red-crested Pochard, 3 Spoonbill, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Serin (north)
Kirkby on Bain
Whiskered Tern
04/06/2024
Alkborough Flats
2 Common Crane
Digby Fen
Little Owl, 3 Oystercatcher (2 chicks)
Little Owl Digby Fen - Image © Andy Sims
Frampton Marsh
Cattle Egret, 2 Greenshank, Little Gull, Spoonbill, Lesser Yellowlegs
Freiston Shore
Avocet, Yellow Wagtail
Gibraltar Point
Greenish Warbler
Willow Tree Fen
Common Crane
03/06/2024
Cowbit
Garganey
Crook Bank
Caspian Gull
Frampton Marsh
Little Gull, Spoonbill
02/06/2024
Alkborough Flats
Hooded Crow
Frampton Marsh
7 Little Gull, 3 Spoonbill, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Osprey, 3 Spoonbill, Grasshopper Warbler
Messingham
Buzzard, Cuckoo, 6 Gadwall, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Lapwing, 2 Sand Martin, Oystercatcher, 2 Shelduck, Cetti's Warbler
Sturton by Stow
Common Quail
Tetney Lock
Great White Egret, Sedge Warbler
01/06/2024
Alkborough
Glossy Ibis
Freiston Shore
Honey Buzzard
Stapleford Wood
Blackcap, Buzzard, Cuckoo, Sand Martin Swallow, Cetti's Warbler, Garden Warbler
Swanpool
Cuckoo
April 2024
30/04/2024
Alkborough Flats
2 Common Crane
Anderby Marsh
Woodchat Shrike
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Arctic Tern
Elm House Farm
Wryneck
Frampton Marsh
Black-wiged Stilt
Gibraltar Point
Cuckoo, Spoonbill, Common Tern, Garden Warbler, 2 Grasshopper Warbler, 2 Wheatear, 2 Whimbrel
29/04/2024
Anderby Marsh
Woodchat Shrike
Baston & Langtoft Pits
9 Arctic Tern
East Butterwick
2 Grey Partridge
Cowbit
Purple Sandpiper
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Red-breasted Gull, 2 Little Gull, Spotted Redshank, 9 Common Tern, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Garganey, Little Gull, Short-eared Owl, 124 Wheatear, 12 Whimbrel
Grainthorpe
10 Wheatear
Mablethorpe
Cattle Egret, Spoonbill (both over)
Messingham
2 Marsh Harrier, 20 Swift, Common Tern, 4 Cetti's Warbler
Swanpool cow-fields
Jay, Sparrowhawk, Garden Warbler, Wheatear
28/04/2024
Anderby Marsh
Garganey, 3 Ring Ouzel, Common Redstart, Woodchat Shrike, Wheatear, Willow Warbler
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Arctic Tern
Boultham Mere
3 Arctic Tern
Cowbit
Black Tern
Covenham Reservoir
Ring Ouzel
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Red-breasted Goose, Wood Sandpiper, Spoonbill, Black-winged Stilt
Freiston Shore
Spotted Redshank
Halton Marsh
Wood Sandpiper, White Wagtail
Huttoft Bank
Ring Ouzel
Job's Lane
Bar-tailed Godwit, Sand Martin c100, 1 Swift
Sea-View Farm
Wood Sandpiper
27/04/2024
Anderby Marsh
Caspian Gull, Woodchat Shrike (again)
Baston Fen
Cattle Egret
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Wood Sandpiper
Cowbit
Garganey, Sanderling, Turnstone
Frampton Marsh
Red-breasted Goose, Little Gull, 2 Spoonbill, Black-winged Stilt
Halton Marsh
Ring Ouzel
Huttoft
Short-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl at Huttoft - Image © Matt Dineen
Job's Lane
Bar-tailed Godwit
26/04/2024
Anderby Marsh
Green-winged Teal
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
White-tailed Eagle, Red-breasted Goose, Little Gull, Wood Sandpiper, 3 Spoonbill, 350 Swallow, 4 Swift, Black Tern
Grimsby
Dotterel, Golden Plover (North of Europark)
25/04/2024
Alkborough Flats
5 Spoonbill
Anderby Marsh
Marsh Harrier, House Martin, Wood Sandpiper, Woodchat Shrike, Spoonbill, Swallow,Teal, Green-winged Teal, Cetti's Warbler, Sedge Warbler
A splendid find and photograph © James Siddle. From near the round house at Anderby Marsh on a very cold Thursday morning
Crook Bank
Nightingale, Serin (over)
Freiston Shore
Woodlark
Gibraltar Point
Green-winged Teal
Rimac
Cuckoo, Marsh Harrier, Ring Ouzel, 2 Grasshopper Warbler, 2 Wheatear
One of the two Ring Ouzel that showed well from the car-park at Rimac - Image © Owen Beaumont
Wolla Bank
Red Kite, Cetti's Warbler, Grasshopper Warbler
24/04/2024
Anderby Marsh
Green-winged Teal
Cowbit
Little Gull, Spotted Redshank
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
23/04/2024
Anderby Marsh
Green-winged Teal
Baston & Langtoft Pits
4 Arctic Tern, Egyptian Goose
Cowbit
Little Gull
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
2 Garganey, Red-breasted Goose, Little Gull, Spoonbill, Black-winged Stilt, Black Tern, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Velvet Scoter
Messingham
2 Buzzard, 6 House Martin, 50 Sand Martin, Oystercatcher, 8 Pochard, 2 Redshank, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler
Willow Tree Fen
Arctic Tern
22/04/2024
Anderby Marsh
Green-winged Teal
Boultham Mere
Cuckoo
Cowbit
Spotted Redshank
Frampton Marsh
Red-breasted Goose, Black-winged Stilt, Black Tern
Freiston Shore
Ring Ouzel
Messingham
Arctic Tern
Swanpool cow-fields
2 Whimbrel
21/04/2024
Cowbit
2 Garganey (1 male 1 female)
Doddington Park
1 Lesser Redpoll
Frampton Marsh
Red-breasted Goose, Spotted Redshank, Black-winged Stilt, Little Stint, Black Tern, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Short-eared Owl
Halton Marsh
Garganey, Ring Ouzel
Marston
Common Redstart
20/04/2024
Cowbit
Garganey
Deeping Lakes
2 Glossy Ibis
Elm House Farm
Blue-headed Wagtail
Frampton Marsh
Red-breasted Goose, Little Gull, Spotted Redshank, Black-winged Stilt, Little Stint, Black Tern
Freiston Shore
Spotted Redshank
Gibraltar Point
Common Redstart
Halton Marsh
Garganey, Ring Ouzel, 29 White Wagtail
19/04/2024
Cleethorpes
20 Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 Red Knot, 100 Sanderling, 200 Oystercatcher, 50 Turnstone
Cowbit
2 Garganey
Elm House Farm
Blue-headed Wagtail
Frampton Marsh
Red-breasted Goose, Little Gull, 3 Water Pipit, Black-winged Stilt, Black Tern
Gibraltar Point
Hawfinch
Killingholme
Garganey
Novartis Ings
Spoonbill
Sea-view Farm
Spoonbill
18/04/2024
Digby
2 Raven
Frampton Marsh
Great White Egret, Greenshank, 2 Barnacle Goose, Little Gull, Mediterranean Gulls, Red-breasted Goose, Osprey, Barn Owl, Black-winged Stilt, Little Stint, Whooper Swan, Black Tern, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Lesser Yellowlegs
One of the numerous Sedge Warblers at Frampton Marsh toaday - Image © Andy Sims
Freiston Shore
Ring Ouzel, Wheatear
Novartis Ings
2 Spoonbill
17/04/2024
Cowbit
2 Garganey, 21 White Wagtail
Crook Bank
Garganey, Nightingale
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis, 2 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
Cattle Egret
Frampton Marsh
Red-breasted Goose, 2 Little Gull, Spotted Redshank, Black-winged Stilt, Little Stint, Black Tern, Lesser Yellowlegs
Novartis Ings
Spoonbill
16/04/2024
Cleethorpes
Cuckoo
Covenham Reservoir
Arctic Tern
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Cattle Egret, Red-breasted Gull, Bonaparte's Gull, Little Gull Curlew Sandpiper, Black-winged Stilt, Little Stint, Black Tern Lesser Yellowlegs
Freiston Shore
Wood Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point
Water Pipit, Serin, Arctic Tern
Killingholme Haven
Garganey
Novartis Ings
Spoonbill
Saltfleetby/ Theddlethorpe Dunes
Cuckoo, Green Woodpecker, 3 Willow Warbler, 4 Common Whitethroat, 2 Lesser Whitethroat
Spalding
Hoopoe (private garden)
15/04/2024
Deeping Lakes
2 Spoonbill
Frampton Marsh
2 Garganey, Pale-bellied Brent Goose, Red-breasted Goose, 2 Little Gull, Black-winged Stilt, Little Stint, Black Tern
Pyewipe
Spoonbill, Whinchat
14/04/2024
Barkston
19 Wheatear
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Ring Ouzel
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
3 Common Crane (over), 2 Garganey, 1 Red-breasted Goose, Bonaparte's Gull, 2 Little Gull, Mediterranean Gull, Marsh Harrier, Spotted Redshank, Little Stint, 1 Black Tern, White Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail, Sedge Warbler, Wheatear
Frognall
Ring Ouzel
Gibraltar Point
Hen Harrier, Water Pipit
Marston
Peregrine Falcon, 2 Barnacle Goose, Green Sandpiper
Pyewipe
Spoonbill
13/04/2024
Anderby Marsh
Glossy Ibis
Boultham Mere
Sand Martin, Raven, Swallow
Chapel Six Marshes
Common Redstart
Frampton Marsh
2 Garganey, Red-breasted Goose, Bonaparte's Gull, Little Gull, Short-eared Owl, Spotted Redshank, Water Pipit, Black-winged Stilt, Little Stint, Black Tern,Channel Wagtail, White Wagtail, Lesser Yellowlegs
The Red-breasted Goose showing nicely at Frampton Marsh - Image © Roy Harvey
Gibraltar Point
Water Pipit, Black Tern
Novartis Ings
Spoonbill
Scartho
Ring Ouzel
12/04/2024
Boultham Mere
Kittiwake
Cowbit
Garganey
Deeping Lakes
Russian White-fronted Goose
Far Ings
Osprey
Frampton Marsh
Garganey, Red-breasted Goose, Bonaparte's Gull, Black-winged Stilt, Black Tern, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Glossy Ibis, Water Pipit
Rimac
Hen Harrier (male), Ring Ouzel
RAF Woodhall Spa
Cuckoo
A Cuckoo at RAF Woodhall today - Image © Matt Clint
11/04/2024
Cleethorpes
Cuckoo
Far Ings
Slavonian Grebe
Frampton Marsh
Bonaparte's Gull,Bearded Tit, Black-winged Stilt, Garganey, 3 Marsh Harrier, Black-winged Stilt, Little-ringed Plover, Little Stint, Little Gull, Black Tern, 12 Pink-footed Goose, 5 Yellow Wagtail
A total surprise with a Bonaparte's Gull at Frampton Marsh - Image © Ian Misselbrook
Freiston Shore
Spotted Redshank, Swift
Gibraltar Point
Caspian Gull, Glossy Ibis, Water Pipit, Common Redstart, Spoonbill
Pyewipe
Spoonbill
Rimac
Cattle Egret, Grasshopper Warbler
10/04/2024
Crook Bank
Garganey
Donna Nook
Black Brant, Common Crane, Peregrine Falcon, 295, Brent Goose, 2 Pale-bellied Brent Goose, Merlin, Swift, Wheatear
Frampton Marsh
Little Gull, Black-winged Stilt, Little Stint, Black Tern, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
5 Spoonbill
Job's Lane
2 Red Kite
Ness Pit
2 Garganey
Novartis Ings
Spoonbill
Rimac
Swift
Sea-View Farm
Redstart
Target Pit
Slavonian Grebe
Willingham by Stow/Fillingham
Black Kite
09/04/2024
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Garden Warbler
Boultham Mere
House Martin
Covenham Reservoir
8 House Martin, 20 Sand Martin, 60 Swallow, Arctic Tern
Doddington Park
Brambling, 6 Lesser Redpoll
Far Ings
Sedge Warbler
Frampton Marsh
Black-winged Stilt, Lesser Yellowlegs
Humberston
3 Whimbrel
Rimac
2 Ring Ouzel
Kirkby Moor
Lesser Whitethroat
North Scarle
Lesser Whitethroat
Seaview Farm
2 Cattle Egret, 2 Ring Ouzel
Whisby
Goshawk (over)
08/04/2024
Anderby Marsh
Spoonbill
Cowbit
Garganey
Donna Nook
2 Willow Warbler, 15 Whooper Swan
Frampton
469 Avocet, Garganey, Little Gull, Curlew Sandpiper, Black-winged Stilt, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Glossy Ibis, Shorelark, Water Pipit, 13 Wheatear
Marston
Yellow Wagtail
Saltfleetby/Theddlethorpe
2 Cattle Egret, Whooper Swan, Grasshopper Warbler, 5 Wheatear
A pleasing shot of a Grasshopper Warbler at Saltfleetby/ Theddlethorpe Dune - Image © Owen Beaumont
Swanpool
Ring Ouzel
Ring Ouzel in the Swanpool area - Image © Andy Sims
Trent Port
Woodlark (over)
Waddington
Common Whitethroat
07/02/2004
Covenham Reservoir
Little Gull
Frampton Marsh
Little Gull. Spotted Redshank, Water Pipit, Little Stint, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Ring Ouzel, Serin, Swift, Woodlark
Halton Marshes
Ring Ouzel, White Wagtail
Trent Port
Hen Harrier
Washingborough
Swift
Willow Tree Fen
26 Common Crane
06/04/2024
Anderby Creek
154 Linnet, 7 Sand Martin, 1271 Siskin, 6 Barn Swallow, 5 Yellow Wagtail
Anderby Marsh
2 Spoonbill
Crook Bank
Green-winged Teal
Deeping Lakes
Russian White-fronted Goose, Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Garganey, Pale-bellied Brent Goose, Little Gull, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Firecrest
Manby Wetlands
3 Garganey (2 male, 1 female)
Tetney Marsh
Ring Ouzel
Wilder Doddington
Blackcap, Chiffchaff, 2 Peregrine Falcon, Nuthatch
05/04/2024
Anderby Marsh
2 Spoonbill
Covenham Reservoir
Little Gull, 2 Common Scoter
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Lesser Yellowlegs
Freiston Shore
Green-winged Teal
Gibraltar Point
Mediterranean Gull, Firecrest, Hen Harrier (ring-tail), 3 Swallow, 15 Sandwich Tern
Manby Wetlands
2 Garganey
North Killingholme
Little Gull, Yellow Wagtail
Rippingale
House Martin, Siskin, 2 Raven
Tongue End
Cattle Egret
Willow Tree Fen
Bittern, 20 Common Crane, 3 Goosander, 2 Hen Harrier (ring-tail), 20 Marsh Harrier, 10 Swallow
04/04/2024
Anderby Marsh
2 Spoonbill
Crook Bank
Green-winged Teal
Deeping High Bank
Short-eared Owl
Frampton Marsh
Great White Egret, Little Gull, 5 Mediterranean Gull, 2 Hen Harrier (male & female), Common Tern, Bearded Tit, Lesser Yellowlegs
Freiston Shore
Green-winged Teal (reservoir)
Gibraltar Point
Great Northern Diver, 6 Red-breasted Merganser, Merlin, Water Pipit, 2 Swallow
Manby Wetlands
3 Garganey
03/04/2024
Anderby Marsh
3 Chiffchaff, Black-tailed Godwit, Merlin, 4 Pintail, 28+ Siskin, 2 Spoonbill, 9 Cetti's Warbler
Frampton Marsh
Hen Harrier, Spotted Redshank
Huttoft
Great White Egret, Siskin, Reed Warbler
Manby Wetlands
67 Avocet, 3 Garganey, Great White Egret, 1 Pink-footed Goose, 4 Green Sandpiper (one ringed at Retvangen, Norway 28/07/2023), 6+ Snipe
Sandilands
Short-eared Owl
Wolla Bank
Chiffchaff, Marsh Harrier, Cetti's Warbler, 2 Sedge Warbler
02/04/2024
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Little Gull
Gibraltar Point
Short-eared Owl
Job's Lane
Blackcap
01/04/2024
Covenham Reservoir
8 Little Gull, 3 Common Scoter
Cowbit
Grey Plover
Frampton Marsh
Bearded Tit, Little Gull, Lesser Yellowlegs
Huttoft Bank
Cuckoo
Job's Lane
4 Little Ringed Plover
Normanby
Hawfinch (private garden)
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