Lincolnshire Bird Sightings - July 2022

31/07/2022
Alkborough Flats
2 Spoonbill, Stilt Sandpiper
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Garganey
Cleethorpes CP
2 Great Crested Grebe, Kingfisher
Boultham Mere
Peregrine Falcon, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, Kingfisher


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One of the two Kingfishers that showed well at Boultham Mere - Image © Andy Sims


Deeping Lakes
Turnstone
Frampton Marsh
Pectoral Sandpiper

30/07/2022
Alkborough Flats
Bittern, Black-tailed Godwit, Greenshank, Marsh Harrier, Water Rail, Redshank, Spotted Redshank, Stilt Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper
Frampton Marsh
120 Avocet, 11 Dunlin, 1500 Black-tailed Godwit, Barnacle Goose, Pink-footed Goose, 2 Marsh Harrier, 136 Lapwing, 12 Spotted Redshank, 56 Ruff, 28 Golden Plover, 10 Little Ringed Plover, 6 Ringed Plover, 8 Common Sandpiper, 4 Curlew Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Snipe, Little Stint, Temminck's Stint, 44 Spoonbill, 10 Swallow, Whimbrel
Gibraltar Point
2 Spotted Redshank, 16 Spoonbill

29/07/2022
Alkborough Flats
Stilt Sandpiper
Frampton Marsh
22800 Black-tailed Godwit, 30 Greenshank, Marsh Harrier, 80 Ruff, Pectoral Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 29 Spoonbill, Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
3 Greenshank, 4 Spotted Redshank. 2 Green Sandpiper, 16 Spoonbill, Grasshopper Warbler
Jobs Lane
Buzzard, 7 Little Egret, Egyptian Goose, 40 Great Crested Grebe, 22 Little Grebe, Lapwing, 2 Oystercatcher, 8 Pochard

28/07/2022
Alkborough Flats
2 Spotted Redshank, Stilt Sandpiper
Boultham Mere
2 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron
Frampton Marsh
Dunlin, 6 Spotted Redshank, 29 Spoonbill, 2 Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
3 Greenshank, Spotted Redshank, 2 Green Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 18 Spoonbill, Grasshopper Warbler
Messingham
3 Arctic Tern
Teal Lake, Whisby
Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Yellow-legged Gull
West Halton
Common Quail

27/07/2022
Alkborough Flats
Curlew, Dunlin,Black-tailed Godwit, Ruff, Sand Martin, Stilt Sandpiper, 8 Spoonbill, Swallow
Anderby Creel
Cory's Shearwater (probable)
Bardney Pits
Garganey
Deeping Lakes
6 Spoonbill


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Splendid photo of the two wide awake Spoonbills at Deeping Lakes - Image © Will Bowell

Frampton Marsh
5 Spotted Redshank, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, 14 Spoonbill, Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
3 Spoonbill
Messingham
Savis Warbler (possible)
Rimac
2 Spoonbill

26/07/2022
Alkborough Flats
20 Bearded Tit, 4 Marsh Harrier, 3 Water Rail, 6 Spotted Redshank,10 Ruff,  Stilt Sandpiper, 22 Spoonbill, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Cetti's Warbler
Anderby Creek
Caspian Tern (S)
Bardney Pits
Garganey
Boultham Mere
Great White Egret, 4 Little Egret, Kingfisher, 4 Lapwing, 15 Barn Swallow
Saltfleetby/Theddlethorpe NNR
Cuckoo, Short-eared Owl, Red Kite, Pacific Golden Plover (possible)


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The possible Pacific Golden Plover that was at Saltfleetby this morning - Image © Phil Hyde

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A juvenile Cuckoo at Saltfleetby/Theddlethorpe NNR - Image © John Clarkson

25/07/2022
Alkborough Flats
Peregrine Falcon, 7 Barnacle Goose, 4 Marsh Harrier, Water Rail, Ruff, Stilt Sandpiper, 19 Spoonbill, Bearded Tit, Yellow Wagtail
Anderby Creek
1500 Swift (S)
Frampton Marsh
Little Egret, Black-tailed Godwit, Kestrel, Common Tern
Gibraltar Point
Little Egret, Little Grebe, Kestrel, Common Tern

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 Little Egret at Gibraltar Point - Image © Jacqueline Spindley


24?07/2022
Alkborough Flats
Stilt Sandpiper
Boultham Mere
Great White Egret
Chapel Point
Cory's Shearwater
Denton Reservoir
2 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Mandarin Duck

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2 Mandarin Duck at Denton Reservoir - Image © Dave Roberts


Frampton Marsh
Hen Harrier, Wood Sandpiper, 2 Spoonbill
West Halton
2 Common Quail

23/07/2022
Alkborough Flats
3 Spotted Redshank, Spoonbill, Stilt Sandpiper, Bearded Tit
Deeping Lakes
Cattle Egret
Fillingham Lake
Russian White-fronted Goose
Frampton Marsh
Avocet, Curlew Sandpiper. 16 Spoonnbill, Little Stint
Freiston Shore
Wood Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point
Spoonbill
Whisby
Yellow-legged Gull

22/07/2021
Alkborough Flats
Stilt Sandpiper
Baston Fen
23 Little Egret, Kestrel
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Cattle Egret, 8 Goosander, 2 Red Kite, 200 Sand Martin, Little Ringed Plover, 5 Common Redshank, 16 Red-crested Pochard, Sparrowhawk, 30 Common Tern
Messingham
2 Little Egret, 33 Gadwall, Marsh Harrier, 54 Lapwing, 4 Green Sandpiper, 14 Shelduck, Sparrowhawk, 6 Teal
Monkery Wood
3 Spotted Flycatcher, Nuthatch, Marsh Tit, Treecrepper
Whisby
Arctic Tern, 10 Little Tern
Willow Tree Fen
Buzzard, 2 Marsh Harrier, Whinchat

21/07/2022
Alkborough Flats
20 Spoonbill, Stilt Sandpiper
Baston & Langtoft Pits (Wader Pool)
Gull-billed Tern
Gibraltar Point
3 Spotted Redshank, 12 Spoonbill
Messingham
Avocet, 3 Buzzard, 2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank, Hobby, Red-crested Pochard, 14 Shelduck, Sparrowhawk, 4 Teal, 3 Cetti's Warbler
Swanpool, Lincoln
4 Green Woodpecker


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An unusual black-headed Green Woodpecker in a Swanpool garden - Image © Andy Sims

Ropsley
Common Quail

20/07/2022
Alkborough Flats
Avocet, Dunlin, Little Egret, Black-tailed Godwit, Greenshank, Marsh Harrier, Kestrel, Lapwing, Sand Martin, Water Rail, Stilt Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Spoonbill, Swift,Cetti's Warbler, 
Anderby Creek
11 Curlew, 120 Dunlin, Great White Egret, 14 Bar-tailed Godwit, Mediterranean Gull, 63 Red Knot, 70 Sand Martin, 3 Grey Plover, 17 Sanderling, 2 Green Sandpiper, Spoonbill, 5 Swallow, 21 Teal, 600 Swift, 7 Whimbrel 
Baston & Langtoft Pits (Wader Pool)
Gull-billed Tern
Messingham
Avocet, Egyptian Goose, 150 Lapwing, 2 Redshank, 4 Green Sandpiper, 6 Shelduck, Common Tern, Green Woodpecker

19/07/2022
Alkborough Flats
Stilt Sandpiper
Anderby Marsh
Black-tailed Godwit, 8 Little Ringed Plover, Ruff, 2 Green Sandpiper, Snipe
Baston & Langtoft Pits (Wader Pool)
Gull-billed Tern
Teal Lake
Caspian Gull

18/07/2022
Alkborough Flats
Bittern, 4 Common Crane, 31 Little Egret, Great White Egret, 260 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Marsh Harrier, 9 Spotted Redhank, Stilt Sandpiper, 20 Spoonbill, 10 Bearded Tit, 5 Cetti's Warbler
Baston Fen
2 Cattle Egret
Boultham Mere
Common Sandpiper
Frampton Marsh 
7 Spotted Redshank,13 Spoonbill 
Gibraltar Point
10 Spoonbill

17/07/2022
Alkborough Flats
11 Spotted Redshank, Stilt Sandpiper (05:30 and again later), 21 Spoonbill, Turnstone
Ashbyville Lake
2 Chiffchaff, Little Egret, Kestrel, Kingfisher, 7 House Martin, 4 Whitethroat, 
Baston & Lagtoft Pits
Whooper Swan
Boultham Mere
11 Little Egret
Frampton Marsh
Wood Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point
Green Sandpiper
Lincoln
White-tailed Eagle (high over Brayford)
Trent Port
60 Lapwing, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Shelduck, 20 Swift, Sparrowhawk, 26 Swallow, Green Woodpecker

16/07/2022
Alkborough Flats
Redshank, 30 Spoonbill, Stilt Sandpiper (mobile and elusive)
Gibraltar Point
Short-eared Owl, Spotted Redshank, 10 Spoonbill
North Hykeham Pits
Nuthatch (possible first?)

15/07/2022
Alkborough Flats
Stilt Sandpiper (only brifely)


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Stilt Sandpiper briefly at Alkborough Flats - Image © Neil Drinkall

Frampton Marsh
8 Spotted Redshank, 5 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
Short-eared Owl, Spoonbill
Halton Marsh
Spotted Redshank
Winter's Pool
Redwing
Whisby
Garganey, 3 Hobby

14/07/2022
Alkborough Flats
18 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
16 Spoonbill, 4 Spotted Redshank, Common Rosefinch, Wood Sandpiper
Grantham
Buzzard, Red Kite

13/07/2022
Baston Fen
6 Cattle Egret
Gibraltar Point
Short-eared Owl
Laughton Forest
Little Owl, 3 Nightjar, Woodcock
Messingham
2 Little Egret, 52 Lapwing, Marsh Harrier,, Water Rail, 4 Redshank, Common Sandpiper, 15 Shelduck, 10 Swallow, 2 Teal
Whisby
3 Garganey, Black-tailed Godwit, 10 Egyptian Goose, Yellow-legged Gull, 15 Common Tern 2 Redshank, Snipe

12/07/2022
Frampton Marsh
Spotted Redshank, 15 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
18 Spoonbill, Roseate Tern
Stubton
2 Kingfisher, Tawny Owl, 4 Yellow Wagtail 2 Green Woodpecker, Sparrowhawk, Treecreeper

11/07/2022
Gibraltar Point
Spotted Redshank, Wood Sandpiper
Frampton Marsh
2 Spotted Redshank, 6 Spoonbill
South Willingham
Buzzard, Kestrel, Red Kite, House Martin, Barn Swallow, Swift


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Red Kite over South Willingham - Image © Richard Taylor


10/07/2022
Cress Marsh
Buzzard, 4 Little Egret, Peregrine Falcon, 3 Kestrel, 3 Shelduck, Yellow Wagtail
Gibraltar Point
13 Spoonbill
Willow Tree Fen
4 Common Crane


09/07/2022
Far Ings
Bearded Tit, 4 Bittern (recently fledged), 5 Marsh Harrier (recently fledged)
Frampton Marsh
Spotted Redshank, 12 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
16 Spoonbill
Kirkby Pits
3 Little Egret, 9 Egyptian Goose, 2 Yystercatcher, 30 Common Tern
Market Rasen
2 Siskin (possibly breeding in Willingham Woods)

08/07/2022
Frampton Marsh 
Avocet, Spotted Redshank, Ruff, 12 Spoonbill
Freiston Shore
Wheatear (juvenile)
Gibraltar Point
7 Sppoonbill
Kirkby Pits
2 Little Egret, 9 Egyptian Goose,2 Oystercatcher, 30 Common Tern
Wolla Bank
Cory's Shearwater (flying north)

07/07/2022
Frampton Marsh
300 Avocet, 185 Black-tailed Godwit, 12 Greenshank, Hobby, Mediterranean Gull, 2 Marsh Harrier, 4 Pink-footed Goose, Little Owl, Spotted Redshank, 16 Ruff, 8 Common Sandpiper, 7 Green Sandpiper, 4 Spoonbill, 120 Common Tern
Freiston Shore
2 Chiffchaf, 226 Curlew, 48 Dunlin, 314 Black-headed Gull,Mediterranean Gull, 10 Oystercatcher, 110 Common Tern, 10 Sandwich Tern, 2 Tree Sparrow, 2 Wigeon, Yellow Wagtail  
Gibraltar Point
14 Spoonbill
Grasby 
Common Quail
Withcall
Common Quail

06/07/2022
Gibraltar Point
2 Little Gull, 2 Spoonbill

05/07/2022
Rimac
5 Black-tailed Godwit, Little Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Temminck's Stint
Saltfleetby
Wood Sandpiper
Scunthorpe
Goldfinch


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Unusual Goldfinch in the Scunthorpe area - Image © Alan Hudson

Tunman Woods
3 Buzzard, Raven, Barn Swallow, 3 Gardwen Warbler

04/07/2022
Gibraltar Point
Short-eared Owl, 2 Spoonbill
Rimac
Temminck's Stint


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Temminck's Stint at Rimac Image © Owen Beaumont

Willow Tree Fen
6 Common Crane (family group of four plus two interlopers)

03/07/2022
Cleethorpes
House Martin, Barn Swallow


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A pleasing shot of a barn swallow at Buck's Beck, Cleethorpes - Image © Nick Coulbeck

Cress Marsh
Buzzard, Little Egret, 72 Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Barn Swallow, Cetti's Warbler
Gibraltar Point
12 Spoonbill
Trent Port
Little Egret, Goldcrest, Pink-footed Goose

02/07/2022
Alkborough Flats
9 Spotted Redshank, 7 Spoonbill
Donna Nook
Grasshopper Warbler


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Grasshopper Warbler at Donna Nook - Image © Phil Hyde

Far Ings
Bittern
Gibraltar Point
3 Spotted Redshank, Wood Sandpiper, 9 Spoonbill
Manby Wetlands
Spotted Redshank
North Hykeham Pits
4 Mediterranean Gull, Wood Sandpiper
Trent Port
22 Cormorant, 25 Swift, 2 Green Woodpecker
Willow Tree Fen
4 Common Crane

01/07/2022
Baumber
Bullfinch, 9 Song Thrush
Frampton Marsh
6 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
Short-eared Owl, Spotted Redshank, 6 Spoonbill
Manby Wetlands
92 Lapwing, 5 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Water Rail (chicks), 19 Green Sandpiper
Withcall
59 Corn Bunting, Hobby, 12 Common Quail (Blue stone Heath Road)


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