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
