Lincolnshire Bird News - February 2022
28/02/2022
Castle Bytham
3 Common Crane (east)
Deeping St James
Goosander (male)
Frampton Marsh
American Wigeon

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The American Wigeon showing exceptionall well by the car-park at Frampton Marsh - Image © Paul Sullivan

Fulletby
Rough-legged Buzzard
East Halton
White-tailed Lapwing
Saltfleetby
3 Water Pipit
Whisby
Great White Egret, Little Egret

27/02/2022
Cleethorpes CP
Goosander
Donna Nook
4 Red Kite
Frampton Marsh
Long-tailed Duck, Spoonbill, Spotted Redshank, 3 Little Stint, American Wigeon
Gibraltar Point
2 Woodlark (north Building area)
East Halton
White-tailed Lapwing
Rimac
Great Northern Diver

 

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The American Wigeon that was at Frampton Marsh yester and again today Sunday - Image © Roy Harvey

26/02/2022
Doddington Park
2 Bullfinch, Buzzard, 6 Lesser Redpoll, 3 Siskin
Donna Nook
Twite
Frampton Marsh
Dunlin, Peregrine Falcon, 1500 Brent Geese, 2 Hen Harrier, 2 Marsh Harrier, Red Knot, 1500 Lapwing, Pintail, Pochard, 10000 Golden Plover, Spotted Redshank, 250 Shoveler, Spoonbill, Little Stint, 33 Whooper Swan, 1500 Teal, American Wigeon, 5000 Eurasian Wigeon
Messingham 
Cattle Egret

25/02/2022
Frampton Marsh
Pale-bellied Brent Goose, Hen Harrier (m), Red Kite, Spotted Redshank, Little Stint, Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler


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Pale-bellied Brent Goose at Frampton Marsh - Image © Josh Fusiara


Marton
Red Kite, Merlin, 500 Golden Plover, 300 Starling
Swanholme Lakes
2 Goosander, 3 Great Crested Grebe, Siskin, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker
Whisby
Marsh Harrier, 2 Oystercatcher, Water Rail, Siskin, Whooper Swan

24/12/2022
Baston & Langtoft Pit
Kittiwake (briefly)
Gibraltar Point
Snow Bunting (over)
Halton Marsh
White-tailed Lapwing

23/02/2022
Chapel Six Marshes
Glossy Ibis

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No apologies for another splendid photo of the Chapel Glissy Ibis = Image © Russell Hayes

Far Ings
Peregrine Falcon, Marsh Harrier, Sparrowhawk
Frampton Marsh
Peregrine Falcon, Merlin, Spotted Redshank, Stonechat, 10000 Starling, 3 Little Stint
Halton Marsh
White-tailed Lapwing
Mablethorpe
3 Snow Bunting, Purple Sandpiper
Messingham
Cattle Egret

22/02/2022
Chapel Six Marshes
Glossy Ibis

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A stunning capture of the Glossy Ibis just north of Chapel Six Marshes - Image © Mark Johnson

Donna Nook
2 Peregrine Falcon, Marsh Harrier, 54 Linnet, 23 Whooper Swan, 125 Teal, 3 Woodcock
Frampton Marsh
Peregrine Falcon, Marsh Harrier, 5000 Lapwing,  Merlin Barn Owl, 10000 Golden Plover, Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Red-necked Grebe
Mablethorpe

 

3 Snow Bunting


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One of 3 Snow Bunting on the Promanade in Mablethorpe - Image © Paul Moxdx

21/02/2022
Ancaster
20 Corn Bunting
Chapel Six Marshes
Gloosy Ibis

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Glossy Ibis on Chapel Six Mashes - Image © Garry Wright

Deeping Lakes
Long-eared Owl
Halton Marsh
White-tailed Lapwing
Swanholme Lakes
Buzzard, 2 Goosander, Great-black Backed Gull, Great Spotted Woodpecker 
RAF Wainfleet
3 Pale-bellied Brent Goose, Red-breasted Goose, Hen Harrier (m)
Whisby
Bittern, Great White Egret, Little Egret, 2 Water Rail, Shoveler, 20 Siskin, 2 Cetti's Warbler, Woodcock


20/02/2022
East Halton
White-tailed Lapwing
Marston
28 Gadwall, Lapwing, Grey Partridge, 2 Water Rail, Snipe, 120 Teal, 2 Stonechat
Saltfleetby
600 Pink-footed Goose, 2 Hen Harrier, Marsh Harrier, Barn Owl, 2 Water Rail, Sparrowhawk, Cetti's Warbler

19/02/2022
Aubourn 
Marsh Harrier
Anderby Marsh
Glossy Ibis
Baston Fen
Cattle Egret
Cleethorpes
150 Bar-tailed Godwit, Cetti's Warbler
Doddington Park
10 Lesser Redpoll, 3 Siskin
Frampton Marsh
Barn Owl, 10000 Golden Plover, 2 Spotted Redshank, 2 Little Stint, 2 Stonechat
Gibraltar Point
35 Snow Bunting, Red-breasted Goose, Red-necked Grebe (s), Slavonian Grebe, Glossy Ibis, Velvet Scoter
Hykeham
Mediterranean Gull
Mablethorpe
4 Red-throated Diver, Purple Sandpiper, 15 Common Scoter
Norton Disney
Great White Egret
Tongue End
Cattle Egret
Trent Port
3 Bullfinch, 6 Buzzard, 2 Curlew, Kingfisher, 24 Teal, Treecreeper, 39 Wigeon
Witham End
Great Northern Diver, Red-breasted Merganser

18/02/2022
Deeping Lakes
Bittern, 2 Bewick's Swan, Whooper Swan
Doddington Park
3 Lesser Redpoll, 4 Siskin
Gibraltar Point
Red-throated Diver, Eider, 2 Fulmar, Gannet, 2 Goosander, Red-breasted Merganser
Halton Marsh
White-tailed Lapwing

17/02/2022
Frampton Marsh
Bittern
Gibraltar Point
Slavonian Grebe, Red-breasted Goose
Hartsholme Park
Goosander
Howden's Pullover
Little Egret, 100  Curlew
Huttoft Pit
Whooper Swan

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The only Whooper Swan which never came close on Huttoft Pit this afternoon - Image © Chris Grimshaw


Mablethorpe
40 Sanderling, Purple Sandpiper AM but not PM, 5 Velvet Scoter AM but not PM

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A sanderling on the beach at a blustery Mablethorpe - Image © Chris Grimshaw

Millennium Green
13 Goldeneye, Goosander, Siskin, 21 Pochard
Paradise 
2 Curlew, 50 Redshank, 120 Shoveler, 150 Teal

16/02/2022
Frampton Marsh
Hen Harrier, Grey Plover, Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Red-breasted Goose
Hartsholme Park
11 Grey Heron
Mablethorpe
Purple Sandpiper, 120 Common Scoter, 10 Velvet Scoter
Sandilands
Stonechat

15/02/2022
Cleethorpes
Goosander, Egyptian Goose
Frampton Marsh
Spotted Redshank, Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Great Northern Diver, Red-breasted Goose
Halton Marsh
White-tailed Lapwing
Messingham
Cattle Egret

14/02/2022
Boultham Mere
5 Bullfinch, 36 Coot, 5 Little Egret, Kingfisher, 2 Pochard, 4 Water Rail, 30 Lesser Redpoll, 2 Siskin, 2 Sparrowhawk, Cetti's Warbler
Halton Marsh
White-tailed Lapwing
Gibraltar Point
Black-throated Diver, Red-breasted Goose
Mablethorpe
Purple Sandpiper

13/02/202
Alkborough Flats
Spoonbill
Bradley Woods, Grimsby
150 Brambling
Far Ings
Bittern
Frampton Marsh
2 Brambling, 2 Peregrine Falcon, Marsh Harrier, 2 Spotted Redshank, Stonechat, 15000 Golden Plover
Gibraltar Point
Great Northern Diver (sea), Red-breasted Goose, Red-necked Grebe (sea)
Hartsholme Park
Large flock of Siskin
Messingham
Cattle Egret
Trent Port
9 Bullfinch, 2 Gadwall, Kingfisher, Barn Owl, Oystercatcher, 2 Shelduck, 6 Snipe, 12 Teal, Grey Wagtail

12/02/2022
Doddington Park
5 Lesser Redpoll, 2 Siskin
Frampton Marsh
Greenshank, Marsh Harrier, Hen Harrier (m), Merlin, Barn Owl, Pintail, c10000 Golden Plover, 2 Spotted Redshank, Little Stint, Stonechat, Bearded Tit
Gibraltar Point
18 Snow Bunting, 574 Brent Goose, Red-breasted Goose
Halton Marsh
White-tailed Lapwing

11/02/2022
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Bewick's Swan
Deeping Lakes
Long-eared Owl
Gibraltar Point
20 Snow Bunting (Millennium Ridge), Barnacle Goose, Pink-footed Goose, Red-breasted Goose, 75 Sanderling, Turnstone


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The Red-breasted Goose showing well around lunchtime - Image © Chris Grimshaw

Immingham
Green Sandpiper
Langtoft
Ring-necked Duck
Mablethorpe
Red-throated Diver, Long-tailed Duck, 120 Pink-footed Goose, 70 Common Scoter, 4 Velvet Scoter
Messingham
Great White Egret, Mediterranean Gull, 3 Red-crested Pochard

10/02/2022
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Bewick's Swan
Gibraltar Point
2 Barnacle Goose, Red-breasted Goose (Tennyson Sands), 2 Hen Harrier, Merlin, 2 Water Pipit, 5 Song Thrush
East Halton
White-tailed Lapwing
Messingham SQ
Cattle Egret

09/02/2022
Donna Nook
50 Twite
East Halton Skitter
White-tailed Lapwing
Frampton Marsh
6 Avocet, Peregrine Falcon, Hen Harrier (f), 4 Marsh Harrier, 3 Merlin, Rock Pipit, 19 Ruff, Pintail, Ringed Plover, 2 Spotted Redshank, Stonechat
Langtoft
Ring-necked Gull
Mablethorpe
2 Long-tailed Duck, Purple Sandpiper, Common Scoter


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The long staying Purple Sandpiper at the Outfall Mablethorpe - Image © Andrew Chick

Marton
Merlin
Tongue End
Cattle Egret
Riseholme
14 Common Crane (over)

08/02/2022
Baston Fen
Cattle Egret
Deeping Lakes
2 Bewick's Swan
Donna Nook 
57 Twite
Frampton Marsh
Hen Harrier, Short-eared Owl, Spotted Redshank, Little Stint
Freiston Shore
5000 Brent Goose, 4 Pale-bellied Brent Goose
Millennium Green
5 Bullfinch, Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, 22 Goldeneye, 6 Goosander, 28 Greenfinch, 2 Oystercatcher, Water Rail, 2 Lesser Redpoll, 22 Siskin, Green Woodpecker
Nocton Fen
4 Bewick's Swan, 85 Mute Swan, 60 Whooper Swan
Tongue End
Cattle Egret
East Halton Skitter
250 Dunlin, Marsh Harrier, Kestrel, 1500 Lapwing, White-tailed Lapwing, 2 Barn Owl, Short-eared Owl, Oystercatcher, Pintail, 2 Water Pipit, 4 Ruff, Treecreeper
Witham Mouth
Eider, Red-breasted Merganser

07/02/2022
Boultham Park
Buzzard, Goldcrest, 2 Coal Tit, 12 Siskin, Song Thrush
Doddington Park
5 Lesser Redpoll, 2 Siskin, 2 Coal Tit


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A garden Lesser Redpoll showing well in the early morning sunshine - Image © Chris Grimshaw


Frampton Marsh
Great White Egret, Peregrine Falcon, Hen Harrier, Marsh Harrier, 8500+ Lapwing, Merlin, 15000+ Golden Plover, Spotted Redshank, Snipe, Sparrowhawk, Stonechat, 5000+ Teal, 1000+ Wigeon
Grantham
Kingfisher, Red Kite, Sparrowhawk 

06/02/2022
Cress Marsh, Stallingborough
Buzzard, 3 Great Black-backed Gull, 22 Lapwing, 3 Redshank, Rock Pipit, Common Sandpiper
Doddington Park
2 Bullfinch, 6 Lesser Redpoll, 2 Siskin
Frampton Marsh
Fieldfare, Goldcrest, Hen Harrier (m), Marsh Harrier, Red Knot, 48 Red-legged Partridge, Water Rail, Spotted Redshank, Stonechat
Halton Marsh
White-tailed Lapwing
Messingham
Cattle Egret
Tongue End
Cattle Egret
Trent Port
13 Bullfinch, 3 Brambling, Great White Egret, Jay, Kingfisher, Lesser Redpoll, 2 Redshank, 3 Snipe, 15 Teal, 100 Wigeon 

05/02/2022
Frampton Marsh
Eider, Peregrine Falcon, Marsh Harrier, Hen Harrier, (m), 2 Rock Pipit, Ringed Plover, Spotted Redshank, Little Stint, Stonechat, 78 Whooper Swan
Halton Marsh
Cattle Egret, White-tailed Lapwing
Hartsholme Park
Tawny Owl, 2 Nuthatch, 70 Siskin
River Slea
Mandarin, Water Rail

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Water Rail on the River Slea _ Image © Dave Newman

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A stunning shot of a Mandarin duck on the River Slea - Image © Dave Newman


04/02/2021
Deeping Lakes
3 Long-eared Owl
Doddington Park
2 Bullfinch, 3 Lesser Redpoll, 4 Siskin
Halton Marsh
White-tailed Lapwing, 3 Short-eared Owl
Langtoft
Ring-necked Duck
Messingham
Cattle Egret
Scopwick
Black Redstart

03/02/2022
Gibraltar Point
Lapland Bunting, Great Northern Diver, Goosander, Red-breasted Merganser, Short-eared Owl, Water Pipit, Velvet Scoter
Hartsholme Park/Swanholme Lakes
2 Little Egret, 2 Goosander, 9 Grey Heron, 4 Jay, Tawny Owl, 36 Shoveler, 100 Siskin, Treecreeper, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker

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One of of the Jays that were prominent in Hartsholme Park today - Image © Chris Cullen

Messingham
Great White Egret, 7 Lesser Redpoll, 39 Siskin, 9 Shelduck, 5 Cetti's Warbler
Whisby
Bittern

02/02/2022
Crook Bank
18 Snow Bunting 2 Velvet Scoter
Deeping
Long-eared Owl
Doddington Park
3 Lesser Redpoll, 2 Siskin
Frampton Marsh
Spotted Redshank, Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Lapland Bunting, Spotted Redshank
East Halton
White-tailed Lapwing
Tongue End
Cattle Egret


01/02/2022
Gibraltar Point
Lapland Bunting, 8 Snow Bunting, Red-breasted Gull, 2 Velvet Scoter
East Halton
White-tailed Lapwing
Hartsholme Park
200 Black-headed Gull, 10 Grey Heron, Tawny Owl, 100 Siskin 46 Shoveler, Great Spotted Woodpecker
Mablethorpe
Long-tailed Duck, Purple Sandpiper, 7 Velvet Scoter
Swanholme Lakes
2 Little Egret, 2 Goosander, 2 Jay

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