Lincolnshire Bird News - August 2020

31/08/2020
Baston & Lagtoft Pits
Black-necked Grebe
Cut End
Caspian Gull, Spoonbill, Little Stint
Donna Nook
Icterine Warbler
Frampton Marsh
Hobby, 2 Merlin, 4 Spotted Redshank, 6 Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 23 Spoonbill, Little Stint, Whinchat
Huttoft Car Terrace
Pied Flycatcher, 4 Little Gull, Pomarine Skau

30/08/2020
Covenham Reservoir
3 Little Gull
Cut End
2 Sabine's Gull (reported),  3 Black Tern

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Sabine's Gull at Cut End - Image © John Badley

Freiston Shore
Wryneck (near prison entrance)
Frampton Marsh
Common Redstart
Gibraltar Point
Black-throated Diver,Great White Egret, 6 Pied Flycatcher, Sooty Shearwater
East Halton Skitter to Winter's Pond
67 Curlew, Marsh Harrier, Barn Owl, 6 Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Ruddy Shelduck, Spoonbill, 119 Teal, 2 Bearded Tit
Huttoft Car Terrace 
Leach's Storm Petrel


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Leach's Storm Petrel off Huttoft Car Terrace - Image © Mark Johnson

Sutton Sea
Red-throated Diver, Red-necked Grebe, Guillemot, Razorbill, Balearic Shearwater, Manx Shearwater, 6 Arctic Skua, 2 Great Skua, Sooty Shearwater, 2 Arctic Tern Little Tern 

29/08/2020
Chapel Observatory
2 Red-throated Diver, Fulmar 55 Little Gull, Sabine's Gull, 7 Pintail, 3 Curlew Sandpiper, 105 Arctic Skua, Great Skua, 6 Long-tailed Skua, 2 Manx Shearwater, 4 Sooty Shearwater, 266 Teal, Black Tern, 32 Wigeon
Cut End
Caspian Gull
Freiston Shore
54 Eider, 2 Red-breasted Merganser
Gibraltar Point 
3 Pied Flycatcher, 39 Gannet, 3 Sooty Shearwater, c19 Long-tailed Skua, 5 Black Tern
Huttoft
Little Gull, Sabine's Gull

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Little Gull (juvenile) at Huttoft around mid-day - Image © Chris Grimshaw

Nocton Big Wood
Arctic Skua
East Halton Skitter 
6 Curlew Sandpiper, 1 Arctic Skua
Sutton on Sea
Sabines Gull, 2 Long-tailed Skua 


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Stunning shot of the Sabines Gull at Sutton on Sea - Image © Graham Catley

Wolla Bank
Arctic Tern

28/08/2020
Cut End
6 Fulmar, 30 Gannet, Hobby, 43 Common Scoter, Sooty Shearwater, 12 Arctic Skua, 6 Great Skua, 14 Common Swift, Black Tern, 50 Little Tern, 85 Sandwich Tern and A possible Manx Shearwater
Frampton Marsh
6 Spotted Redshank, Curlew Sandpiper, 4 Wood Sandpiper, 31 Spoonbill, Temminck's Stint
Gibraltar Point
4 Long-tailed Skua, 2 Sooty Shearwater, Spoonbill, 2 Black Tern
Huttoft Car Terrace
Sabine's Gull 22 Long-tailed Skua
Toft Newton Reservoir
Ringed Plover, 3 Ruff, Common Sandpiper, Sandwich Tern, 80 Yellow Wagtail, Wheatear 


27/08/2020
Paradise
Black-Tailed Godwit, 2 Black-headed Gull, Kestrel, Lapwing, 2 House Martin, 3 Moorhen, 2 Shelduck, 15 Swallow, 2 Teal
Donna Nook (Stonebridge to Pyes Hall)
1 Chiffchaff, 26 Carrion Crow, 16 Cormorant, 1 Curlew, 11 Collared Dove, 44 Little Egret, 300 Goldfinch, 1 Little Grebe, 5 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 100 Linnet, 8 Mallard, 1 Marsh Harrier, 700 Red Knot, 400 Oystercatcher, 3 Pheasant, 26 Wood Pigeon, 60 Common Redshank 150 Rook, 6 Shelduck, 80 House Sparrow, 46 Swallow, 5 Teal, 2 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 1 Wheatear
Frampton Marsh
4 Curlew Sandpiper, 6 Dpotted Redshank, Wood Sandpiper 3 Little Stint, 31 Spoonbill, 1 Temminck's Stint
Freiston Shore 
Treecreeper
Gibraltar Point
Pomarine Skua

26/08/2020
Boultham Mere
Arctic Tern, Garganey
Caistor Top
Common Swift
Chapel Observatory
Fulmar, 100 Gannet, 3 Guillemot, 8 Arctic Skua, 5 Great Skua, 2 Long-tailed Skua, Snipe, 4 Arctic Tern, 80 Common Tern, 3 Little Tern, 450 Sandwich Tern
RAF Cranwell
Common Quail
Donnington on Bain
5 Spotted Flycatcher
Gibraltar Point
5 Spoonbill
Swanpool cow-fields
3 Spotted Flycatcher

25/08/2020
Boultham Mere
Black Tern
Gibraltar Point
Greenshank, 12 Spoonbill

24/08/2020
Dunsby
Whinchat
Frampton Marsh
Temminck's Stint
Freiston Shore
Blackcap, 3 Corn Bunting, 35 Eider, 3 Little Tern, Yellow Wagtail, 10 Whinchat, Wheatear, 20 Willow Warbler, 5 Lesser Whitethroat

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Northern Wheatear,  Freiston Shore - Image © Dave Roberts

Gibraltar Point
2 Cuckoo, Great White Egret, 4 Pied Flycatcher, 2 Short-eared Owl, 6 Tree Pipit, 2 Common Redstart, 7 Spoonbill
Trent Port, Marton
Common Buzzard, 3 Chiffchaff, Kestrel, 200 House Martin, 30 Mallard, 200 Barn Swallow, 3 Mute Swan, 4 Willow Warbler, 6 Common Whitethroat
Swanpool cow-fields
6 Spotted Flycatcher, Common Redstart
Toft Newton Reservoir
12 Pink-footed Geese (at dawn)
Willow Tree Fen
3 Common Crane

23/08/2020
Alkborough
5 Spotted Redshank, 6 Spoonbill
East Halton Skitter area
Spoonbill, Short-eared Owl, 5 Ruff,Common Tern, Green SandpiperArctic Tern, 2 Wheatear, 14 Whinchat
Belton House
4/5 Spotted Flycatcher
Donna Nook
Spotted Redshank
Frampton Marsh
Osprey, 4 Spotted Redshank, 3 Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 10 Spoonbill, Temminck's Stint
Freiston Shore
Cattle Egret, Red-breasted Flycatcher
Gibraltar Point
26 Buzzard, 59 Curlew, Hobby, 2 Red Kite, 53000 Red Knot, Short-eared Owl, 3200 Oystercatcher, Peregrine, 400 Ringed Plover, 6 Curlew Sandpiper, 7 Spoonbill, Little Stint, 2 Black Tern, 21 Turnstone 
Swanpool cow-fields
3/4 Common Redstart

22/08/2020
Barton
Osprey
Frampton Marsh
Osprey, 10 Curlew Sandpiper, 4 Little Stint, 3 Wood Sandpiper, Temminck's Stint, 28 Spoonbill, Whimbrel
Gibraltar Point
2 Greenshank, 6 Spoonbill

21/08/2020
Alkborough Flats
Curlew Sandpiper
Frampton Marsh
Black-necked Grebe, Temminck's Stint
Gibraltar Point
Hobby, Arctic Skua 7 Long-tailed Skua, 13 Spoonbill
Lincs Coastal CP
3 Sand Martin, 57 Golden Plover, 45 Sandwich Tern, 6 Swift, Grey Wagtail and a possible Eleonora's Falcon

20/08/2020
Frampton Marsh
20+ Spotted Redshank, Curlew Sandpiper, 3 Little Stint
Freiston Shore
Spoonbill, Black Tern, 8 Little Tern, Whimbrel, Whinchat
Gibraltar Point
3 Eider, 5 House Martin, 40 Sand Martin, 5 Spoonbill, 38 Swallow, 1 Swift, 84 Sandwich Tern, Barred Warbler, Whinchat
Swanpool cow-fields
Spotted Flycatcher

19/08/2020
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Black-necked Grebe
Boultham Mere
Great White Egret over, 5 Swift
Frampton Marsh
25 Spotted Redshank, 2 Wood Sandpiper, 23 Spoonbill, Little Stint, Temminck's Stint
Gibraltar Point
Pied Flycatcher, Osprey,3 Spoonbill, Gull-billed Tern (briefly first thing)
Ingoldmells
Short-eared Owl
Whisby
Garganey

18/08/2020
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Garganey
Frampton Marsh
Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 25 Spoonbill
Freiston Shore
2 Black Tern
Gibraltar Point
18 Pied Flycatcher, 4 Spotted Redshank, Long-tailed Skua, 10 Spoonbill, 4 Black Tern, Gull-billed Tern, Barred Warbler
Withcall
4 Common Quail

17/08/2020
Chapel Six Marshes
Red-throated Diver, Guillemot, Kittiwake, Razorbill, Scarlet Rosefinch, 4 Great Skua, Long-tailed Skua, Pomarine Skua 
Frampton Marsh
200 Linnet, 8 Spotted Redshank, Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 26 Spoonbill, 5 Little Stint, Temminck's Stint, Whooper Swan, Whinchat
Gibraltar Point
Barred Warbler
Manby Wetlands
Dunlin, 8 Black-tailed Godwit, 12 Ringed Plover, Redshank, Spotted Redshank, 8 Ruff, 5 Green Sandpiper, 5 Snipe
Swanpool
Wheatear, Green Woodpecker
Wolla Bank
Pied Flycatcher, Barred Warbler

16/08/2020
Castle Bytham
4 Crossbill
Deeping Lakes
Mediterranean Gull
Huttoft
2 Fulmar, c100 Gannet, 3 Kittiwake, Common Scoter, Sooty Shearwater, 12 Arctic Skua, 3 Great Skua, 2 Long-tailed Skua, 4 Black Tern, 150 Common Tern, 4 Little Tern, 155 Sandwich Tern
Frampton Marsh
5 Spotted Redshank, Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Wood Sandpiper, 28 Spoonbill, 4 Little Stint, 2 Temminck's Stint, Cetti's Warbler
Freiston Shore
Pied Flycatcher
Gibraltar Point
Black-throated Diver, 11 Pied Flycatcher, 7 Long-tailed Skua, Pomarine Skua, Roseate Tern
Paradise to Churchill Lane
c20 Pied Flycatcher
Rippingale
5 Crossbill

15/08/2020
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Black-necked Grebe
Burton
Hobby
Crook Bank
Long-tailed Skua
Deeping Lakes
Brent Goose
Frampton Marsh
Greenshank, 6 Spotted Redshank, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 25 Spoonbill, 8 Little Stint, Temminck's Stint, Whooper Swan
Freiston Shore
2 Pied Flycatcher, Wood Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point
Pied Flycatcher, Arctic Skua, 17 Spoonbill, Little Terns,700 Sandwich Tern, Siskins, Cetti's Warbler, Whinchat
Huttoft
Long-tailed Skua

14/08/2020
Anderby Creek
Long-tailed Skua
Chapel Point
Little Gull, Little Stint
Deeping Lakes
Brent Goose
Frampton Marsh
122 Little Egret, Curlew Sandpiper, 25+ Spoonbill, 7 Little Stint
Freiston Shore
Pied Flycatcher
Gibraltar Point
Little Gull, 4 Spotted Redshank, 2 Sooty Shearwater, Long-tailed Skua, 17 Spoonbill
Glentham
Bee-eater flying south

13/08/2020
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Black-necked Grebe
Deeping Lakes
Brent Goose
Callan's Lane Wood
At least two Common Crossbill
Frampton Marsh
100 Little Egret, Peregrine Falcon, Hobby, 4 Little Stint, 5 Spotted Redshank, 28 Spoonbill, 5 Turnstone, 50 Yellow Wagtail
Gibraltar Point
41 Little Egret, 9 Pied Flycatcher, 29 Grey Plover, Wood Wabler
Marston
Whinchat (trapped & ringed)
Read's Island
450 Avocet, @50 Curlew, 400 Common Shelduck
Sea View Farm
Barred Warbler

12/08/2020
Anderby Creek
White-tailed Sea Eagle (probable - north over the sea)
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Black-necked Grebe
Gibraltar Point
Caspian Gull, Yellow-legged Gull, Barred Warbler, Wood Warbler
Sea View Farm
Barred Warbler
Willow Tree Fen
3 Common Crane (the chick fledged and all birds flew north)

11/08/2020
Anderby 
6 Pied Flycatcher
Freiston Shore
Corn Bunting
Doddington Park, Lincoln
Little Owl, Willow Warbler
Gibraltar Point
29 Pied Flycatcher
Marston
13 Curlew, 35 Lapwing, 30 Moorhen (roosting in one tree), Golden Plover, 6 Gren Sandpiper
Sea View Farm
5 Pied Flycatcher, Barred Warbler, Red-backed Shrike
Toft Newton
Pied Flycatcher, Greenshank, Green Sandpiper
Trent Port, Marton
5+ Chiffchaff, Little Egret, 2 Raven, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper

10/08/2020
Freiston Shore
5000 Sand Martin between the Reserve & Cut End, Common Redstart
Gibraltar Point
c30 Pied Flycatcher, 2 Wood Warbler
Grantham
Common Swift
Lincs Coastal Country Park
Red-throated Diver, Fulmar, 246 Gannet, Greenshank, Marsh Harrier, Hobby, Kittiwake, 60 Golden Plover, 4 Common Sandpiper, 63 Common Scoter, 5 Arctic Skua, Black Tern, 500 Commic Tern, Roseate Tern, 80 Sandwich Tern, Wheatear, Whinchat
Norton Disney Quarry
3 Corn Bunting, Buzzard, 25 Sand Martin10 Swallow

09/08/2020
Alkborough
Bittern, 2 Great White Egret, 80 Little Egret, 30 Spoonbill, Little Stint
Boultham Mere
Common Sandpiper
Covenham Reservoir
Great Skua
Frampton Marsh
2 Greenshank, Hobby, 5 Golden Plover, 12 Spotted Redshank, 20 Spoonbill, Little Stint, Whooper Swan, Yellow Wagtails
Gibraltar Point
4 Pied Flycatcher, Osprey, Common Redstart, Wood Sandpiper, Wood Warbler


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Wood Warbler at Gibraltar Point - Image © James Siddle

Swanholme Lakes
2 Chiffchaff, Kingfisher
Huttoft Car Terrace
6 Arctic Skua, Great Skua

08/08/2020
Boultham Mere 
Swift
Crook Bank
Whinchat
Frampton Marsh
Hobby, 7 Spotted Redshank, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, 27 Spoonbill, Little Stint, 2 Whimbrel,  Whooper Swan
Leasingham
Hen Harrier (ring-tail)
Winter's Pond area, East Halton
29 Avocet, 103 Black-tailed Godwit, Water Rail, 5 Common Sandpiper, 11 Snipe, 69 Teal, 7 Yellow Wagtail
RAF Woodhall
4 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, 20 Pied Wagtail

07/08/2020
Callan's Lane Wood
2 Crossbill
Castle Bytham
4 Crossbill
Frampton Marsh
3 Spotted Redshank, 20 Spoonbill, Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
2 Turtle Dove
Paradise
2 Wood Sandpiper
Rimac
75 Common Tern, 16 Little Tern, c75 Sandwich Tern
Tetney 
7 Spoonbill (over)

06/08/2020
Frampton Marsh
15 Spotted Redshank,2 Curlew Sandpiper, 19 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
17 Spoonbill
Lincolnshire Wolds
Probably up to 12 Quail present
Middlemarsh Farm
Wood Sandpiper

05/08/2020
Chapel Observatory
Mediterranean Gull, 2 Arctic Skua, 80 Swift, 500 Commic Tern, Little Tern, 2500 Sandwich Tern
Frampton Marsh
19 Spoonbill, 
Freiston Shore
30 Eider, 25 Gannet, Hobby, Red-breasted Merganser, 1 Spoonbill, Common Swift, 600 Common Tern
Long Sutton
White Stork over

04/08/2020
Alkborough Flats
9 Spoonbill
Donna Nook
Fulmar, Merlin, 150 Meadow Pipit, 50 Yellow Wagtail, Wheatear
Frampton Marsh
9 Spotted Redshank 9, 19 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
Pink-footed Goose, Caspian Gull, Spotted Redshank, Wood Sandpiper, 4 Spoonbill, Wood Warbler
Lincs Coastal Country Park
Coal Tit, Treecreeper, Great Spotted Woodpecker
Messingham
Great White Egret

03/08/2020
Frampton Marsh
4 Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Little Stint, 20 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
Green Woodpecker

02/08/2020
Frampton Marsh
3 Common Sandpiper
Swanpool
10 Grey Partridge

01/08/2020
Cleethorpes
Sparrowhawk, 100+ Common Swift
Frampton Marsh
Black Necked Grebe, 2 Spotted Redshank, 3 Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 21 Spoonbill, Whooper Swan
Freiston Shore
1 Spoonbill
Marston
3 Little Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 3 Little Grebe
Paradise
2 Little Stint

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