Lincolnshire Bird Sightings - October 2022
31/10/2022
Belton Park
9 Goldcrest, 8 Jay, Kingfisher, Red Kite, 2 Nuthatch, Raven,10 Redwing, 5 Siskin, Treecreeper, 3 Green Woodpecker
Cleethorpes
Dunlin, Knot, Grey Plover
Crook Bank
2 Jack Snipe,12 Twite
Deeping High Bank
Short-eared Owl
Market Rasen
400 Pink-footed Goose
Rimac
Hen Harrier
Willow Tree Fen
14 Common Crane
Winter's Pit
Blue-winged Teal
30/10/2022
Cress Marsh
Buzzard, 14 Fieldfare, 24 Goldfinch, 30 Teal
Frampton Marsh
Curlew Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point
Waxwing (South)
Halton Marsh
Water Pipit
Holbeach Marsh
4 Red-throated Diver, 100 Little Egret, 2 Red-brested Merganser, Merlin, Marsh Harrier, 6 Pintail, 5000 Golden Plover
Kirton Marsh
Cattle Egret
Winter's Pool
Blue-winged Teal
29/10/2022
Allington
600 Pink-footed Goose
Gibraltar Point
Lapland Bunting, 4500 Dunlin, 4 Eider, Peregrine Falcon, 5500 Bar-tailed Godwit, 250 Brent Goose, 3 Marsh Harrier, 3500 Oystercatcher, 13 Pintail, 34 Rock Pipit, 3450 Grey Plover, 89 Teal, Arctic Tern, 22 Turnstone, 468 Wigeon
East Halton
Water Pipit, 5 Twite
Marston
150 Pink-footed Goose, Goldcrest, Marsh Harrier, 3 Cetti's Warbler
Tetney
Osprey
Winter's Pool
Blue-winged Teal
28/10/2022
Black Bank
5 Buzzard, 3 Kestrel, 12 Pied Wagtail, 33 Yellowhammer
Cradge Bank
Short-eared Owl
Deeping High Bank
14 Common Crane, Whooper Swan
Gibraltar Point
1450 Pink-footed Geese, Hen Harrier, 4 Marsh Harrier, 1200 Lapwing, 8 Lesser Redpoll, 6 Siskin
Novartis Ings
Spotted Redshank
Whitton
Bearded Tit
Willow Tree Fen
3 Buzzard, 4 Common Crane, 5 Goosander, 8 Pink-footed Goose, 400 Mallard, 11 Marsh Harrier, 3 Kestrel, 3 Barn Owl, Tawny Owl, Snipe, 2 Stonechat, 12 Whooper Swan, 300 Teal, 100 Wigeon
27/10/2022
Deeping High Bank
Bearded Tit
Frampton Marsh
Hen Harrier
Freiston Shore
Yellow-browed Warbler
Gibraltar Point
2 Brambling, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Eider, Peregrine Falcon, Brent Geese, 48 Goldcrest, Hobby, Kingfisher, 20000 Knot, Water Rail, 9 Siskin, 2 Stonechat, 14 Whooper Swan
Heighington Fen
100 Whooper Swan
Novartis Ings
Whimbrel
26/10/2022
Crook Bank
Rough-legged Buzzard
Donna Bank
Rough-legged Buzzard
Gibraltar Point
Ring Ouzel, Water Pipit
Humberston Creek
Red-throated Diver (probable)
Waddingham
400 Pink-footed Goose
Willow Tree Fen
4 Common Crane (into roost)
Wolla Bank
Yellow-browed Warbler
25/10/2022
Deeping High Bank
Whooper Swan
Goxhill Haven
Twite
Ingham
Short-eared Owl
Pyewipe
Yellow-browed Warbler
Saltfleetby/ Theddlethorpe Dunes
Chiffchaff, Snow Bunting, 4 Eider, 12 Goldcrest, 20 Pink-footed Goose, Marsh Harrier, House Martin, 24 Sanderling, 65 Scoter, Grey Wagtail, Lesser Whitethroat
Whisby
Bittern
24/10/2020
Anderby Creek
Red-rumped Swallow
Brumby Common
3 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 60 Linnet, 6 Whooper Swan
Cleethorpes
Stonechat, 7 Whooper Swan
Crook Bank
4 Jack Snipe
Deeping High Bank
Hen Harrier, 2 Short-eared Owl
Donna Nook
5 Barnacle Goose, Hooded Crow, Yellow-browed Warbler
Gibraltar Point
Hen Harrier
Humber Bridge
Pomarine Skua
Kirton Marsh
Cattle Egret
Riseholme Lake
Kingfisher, Nuthatch, Shoveler, Teal
Saltfleetby
Red-rumped Swallow, Common/Pallid Swift, Twite
23/10/2022
Gibraltar Point
Yellow-browed Warbler
East Halton
Brent Goose, 2 Marsh Harrier, 4 Pintail, 8 Ruff, 3 Stonechat, Grey Wagtail
Hartsholme Park
3 Goosander
Pyewipe
Yellow-browed Warbler
Riseholme Lake
Marbled Duck
22/10/2022
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Rock Pipit , Bearded Tit
Donna Nook
Firecrest, Goldcrest, 17 Little Grebe, 250 Redshank, Black Redstart, 500 Teal, 600 Starling, 5 Whooper Swan
Gibraltar Point
Snow Bunting, Hen Harrier, 2 Ring Ouzel, Mealy Redpoll, Black Redstart, Yellow-browed Warbler
Black Redstart at Gibraltar Point - Image © Russell Hayes
Pyewipe
Spotted Redshank
Rimac
Garganey, 2 Hen Harrier, 2 Ring Ouzel
Riseholme Lake
Marbled Duck
Saltflleetby
Black Redstart
Saltfleet Haven
10 Little Egret, 9 Pink-footed Goose, 13 Sanderling, 17 Shelduck
Sutton on Sea
Black Redstart
21/10/2022
Belton Park
Marsh Tit
Donna Nook
Firecrest, 12 Goldcrest, 20 Redwing, 2 Willow Warbler
Messingham
11 Great White Egret
Riseholme Lake
Marbled Duck (Woodhall bird?)
Marbled Duck on Riseholme College Lake - Image © Ian Birch
Trent Port
3 Bullfinch 110 Fieldfare, 6 Goldcrest, Jay, Kingfisher, 54 Redwing, Mistle Thrush, 24 Long-tailed Tit, Grey Wagtail, Green Woodpecker
20/10/2022
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Rock Pipit
Donna Nook
Yellow-browed Warbler
Far Ings
Jack Snipe
Gibrraltar Point
Ring Ouzel, Swift sp.
Huttoft Bank
Black Redstart
Saltfleetby
Hen Harrier, 2 Ring Ouzel, Short-eared Owl
19/10/2022
Anderby Creek
Mealy Redpoll
Belton Park
Snipe
Belvoir Castle
1200 Redwing, 44 Golden Plover
Deeping Fen
Golden Plover, Grey Plover
Doddington Park
7 Redwing
Gibraltar Point
Hawfinch, Ring Ouzel, Short-eared Owl, Pomarine Skua, Curlew Sandpiper, 6 Bewick's Swan, Yellow-browed Warbler
Huttoft
Short-eared Owl
Rimac
Dusky Warbler
Stamford
Spotted Redshank
18/10/2022
Donna Nook
4 Greenshank, 200 Redshank, 500 Teal
Frampton Marsh
Common Crane (over), Collared Pratincole (over), 2 Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Ring Ouzel
Kirton Marsh
2 Cattle Egret
Winter's Pool
3 Pintail, 7 Whooper Swan, Blue-wiged Teal
17/10/2022
Black Bank
Kestrel, 14, Linnet
Brumby Common West
Buzzard, Kestrel, 60 Lapwing 70 Goldfinch
Gibraltar Point
Lapland Bunting, Slavonian Grebe
Hartsholme Park/Swanholme Lakes
18 Shoveler 10 Wigeon
Great Crested Grebe, Pike Drain, Hartsholme Park - Image © Chris Grimshaw
Winter's Pool
Blue-winged Teal
16/10/2022
Baston Fen
2 Common Crabe
Baston & Langtoft Pits
162 Red-crested Pochard
Some of the impressive number of the Red-crested Pochard at Baston & Langtoft Pits complex - Image © Josh Jones
Covenham Reservoir
2 Slavonian Grebe
Cress Marsh
Cattle Egret, 20 Goldfinch, Kestrel, 25 Teal
Job's Lane
3 Little Egret, 34 Little Grebe 200 Jackdaw, 14 Pochard 14 Shoveler
Kirton Marsh
2 Cattle Egret
Stanton's Pit
2 Black Redstart
Winter's Pool
Blue-winged Teal
15/10/2022
Alkborough Flats
Pratincole Sp (over)
Covenham Reservoir
Slavonian Grebe
Huttoft Pit
Long-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher at Huttoft Pit today -Image © Garry Wright
Kirton Marsh
2 Cattle Egret
Lea Marsh
110 Goldfinch, 197 Greylag Goose, 2 Goosander (f), 53 Pink-footed Goose, Kingfisher, 8 Grey Partridge, 6 Redwing, 16 Skylark, 3 Swallow, 52 Pied Wagtail
Nebraska Wetlasnds
22 Whooper Swan
Winter's Pool
Blue-winged Teal
The Blue-winged Teal found by Steve Routledge at Winter's Pool today - Image © Graham Catley
14/10/2022
Cliff Farm Path
Buzzard, Kestrel
Doddington Park
3 Jay, Sparrowhawk
Frampton Marsh
3 Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Long-eared Owl
Kirton Marsh
Cattle Egret
Nocton Fen
Peregrine Falcon, 200 Lapwing, Barn Owl, Kingfisher, 35 Whooper Swan, Cetti's Warbler
Barn Owl down Nocton Fen - Image © Russell Hayes
Novartis Ings
Spotted Redshank
Rimac
Great White Egret, Red-breasted Merganser, Rock Pipit 35 Snipe, 6 Jack Snipe
RAF Woodhall
12 Whooper Swan
13/10/2022
Alkborough Flats
Beardrd Tit
Anderby Creek
Bean Goose
Boultham Mere
32 Pink-footed Goose, 21 Whooper Swan, 2 Cetti's Warbler
Far Ings
Hen Harrier
Frampton Marsh
3 Little Stint, 2 Curlew Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point
Snow Bunting
Hartsholme Lakes
2 Kingfisher, 2 Shoveler
Nocton Fen
Raven, 20 Whooper Swan
North Hykeham
Lapland Bunting
Swanholme Lakes
3 Goldcrest, 4 Jay
12/10/2022
Gibraltar Point
8000 Dunlin, Peregrine Falcon, 4000 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1000 Pink-footed Goose, 50000 Knot, Merlin, 17 Pintail, 80 Ringed Plover, 2500 Sanderling, 4 Whooper Swan, Arctic Tern
Novartis Ings
Caspian Gull
Saltfleetby
Caspian Gull
11/10/2022
Boultham Mere
Water Tail, Snipe, 6 Whooper Swan
Far Ings
Jack Snipe
Frampton Marsh
Short-eared Owl
Gibraltar Point
Spotted Redshank
Nebraska Wetlands
3 Buzzard, 40 Common Gull, 150 Lapwing, Ring Ouzel (possible), 54 Whooper Swan
Novartis Ings
Spotted Redshank, Curlew Sandpiper
10/10/2022
Alkborough
Stonechat
Black Bank
Buzzard, 60 Pink-footed Geese, 2 Kestrel
North Cotes
Redwing
Frampton Marsh
7 Red-breasted Grebe, Merlin, Rock Pipit, Grey Plover, Curlew Sandpiper, 5 Little Stint, Whooper Swan
Huttoft
Great Northern Diver, 8 Gannet, 350 Pink-footed Goose, 2 Sandwich Tern
Marton
6 Chiffchaff, Kingfisher, Redwing, Great Spotted Woodpecker
Marston
Grey Wagtail
Messingham
Buzzard, 10 Cormorant, Great White Egret, 4 Little Egret, 4 Goldcrest, 240 Black-headed Gull, 83 Lapwing, 2 Green Sandpipoer, Sparrowhawk, 160 Teal, 2 Cetti's Warbler
Gibraltar Point
4 Stonechat
Riseholme
Hawfinch
Wainfleet
538 Curlew, 3500 Pink-footed Goose, Merlin, Barn Owl, Short-eared Owl, 4 Grey Partridge, 14 Whooper Swan
09/10/2022
Boultham Mere
13 Cormorant, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Ringed Plover, 56 Shoveler, 4 Snipe, 21 Whooper Swan, 102 Teal
Covenham Reservoir
Purple Sandpiper, Little Stint, 15 Whooper Swan
Cress Marsh
30 Goldfinch, Pink-footed Goose, 2 Common Sandpiper, Sparrowhawk, 2 Stonechat, 52 Teal
Deeping Lakes
Whooper Swan
One of the sights and sounds of the forthcoming winter. Whooper Swan at Deeping Lakes - Image © Mike Weedon
Frampton Marsh
Curlew Sandpiper, 7 Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Snow Bunting, 3 Stonechat, 5 Whooper Swan
Immingham
Snow Bunting, Curlew Sandpiper
Lincoln, Doddington Park
3 Siskin (earliest)
Marston
12 Curlew, 2 Great White Egret, Water Rail
Marton
3 Chiffchaff, 3 House Martin, 20 Long-tailed Tit, 95 Wigeon
Millennium Green
Cetti's Warbler
Pyewipe
Spotted Redshank, Jack Snipe
Whisby
Jack Snipe
08/10/2022
Cleethorpes
42 Whooper Swan
Covenham Reservoir
Purple Sandpiper, 32 Whooper Swan
A splendid photograph of a Piurple Sandpiper at Covenham Reservoir - Image © John Clarkson
Frampton Marsh
2 Curlew Sandpiper. 8 Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Ring Ouzel, Twite, Yellow-browed Warbler
Hill Holt Wood
150 Pink-footed Goose
Saltfleet
10 Brent Goose, 2500 Pink-footed Goose (leaving roost), Lapland Bunting, 17 Rock Pipit, 27 Whooper Swan
Marton
2 Bullfinch, 4 Chiffchaff, Coal Tit, House Martin, 12 Skylark, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker
Tetney Marsh
37 Pink-footed Goose
07/10/2022
Frampton Marsh
12 Dunlin, Cattle Egret, 2 Little Egret, 20 Black-tailed Godwit, 50 Pink-footed Goose, 7 Red-breasted Goose, Marsh Harrier, Red Kite, 5 Ringed Plover, 6 Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Snow Bunting, Yellow-browed Warbler
Novartis Ings
Spotted Redshank, Curlew Sandpiper
RAF Woodhall
Great White Egret, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, Marsh Harrier, 2 House Martin, 2 Ruff, Stonchat, Swallow
Saltfleetby
Lapland Bunting
06/10/2022
Bardney
Red kite
Boultham Mere
4 Sparrowhawk
Louth
Little Owl
Novartis Ings
2 Curlew Sandpiper
RAF Woodhall
Marbled Duck (present for about a week not ringed and fully winged)
05/10/2022
Frampton Marsh
Jack Snipe
Gibraltar Point
Great Northern Giver, Cattle Egret, Grey Phalarope
04/10/2022
Frampton Marsh
7 Red-breasted Goose, Jack Snipe, 3 Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
8 Avocet, 2 Chiffchaff, 24 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Goldcrest, 385 Pink-footed Goose, 4 Rock Pipit, 2 Grey Plover, 8 Redwing, Jack Snipe, 2 Sparrowhawk, 620 Teal, Grey Wagtail, Yellow-browed Warbler
Messingham SQ
Buzzard, 14 Cormorant, Great White Egret, Goldcrest, Marsh Harrier, Grey Heron, Kingfisher, 202 Lapwing 18 Shoveler, 5 Snipe, Song Thrush, Cetti's Warbler
Novartis Ings
Curlew Sandpiper
Toft Newton
Rock Pipit
03/19/2022
Black Bank
Lesser Black-backed Gull, Grey Heron, Kestrel, 27 Linnet, 16 Grey Partridge, 6 Pied Wagtail
Boultham Mere
Ringed Plover, 12 Snipe, Sparrowhawk
Brumby Common West
40 Carrion Crow, Marsh Harrier, 22 Linnet, Stonechat, 6 Pied Wagtail, 2 Yellowhammer
Cleethorpes
Curlew 187 86 Brent Geese, 78 Black-tailed Godwit, 160 Redshank, Great Skua, 27 Turnstone
Doddington Park
300 Jackdaw (north to roost in 10 minutes)
Gibraltar Point
Hawfinch, 2150 Red Knot, Ring Ouzel, 260 Oystercatcher,
Tetney
100+ Golden Plover
02/10/2022
Ancaster
3 Cattle Egret (3 possibles high over),125 Pink-footed Goose, Meadow Pipit, Skylark
Covenham Reservoir
2 Egyptian Goose
Frampton Marsh
Cattle Egret, Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Snow Bunting
Grimsby
Sparrowhawk (in a Supermarket)
Stainton-le-Vale
3 Buzzard, 14 Coot, Little Grebe,78 Common Gull, 110 Linnet, 27 Mallard, 13 Tree Sparrow, 4 Yellowhammer
Pyewipe
Curlew Sandpiper
Swanpool
Mistle Thrush
Mistle Thrush in local gaden - Image © Andy Sims
Tetney Marsh
Little Stint
Trent Port
Little Egret, Kingfisher, Redwing, Sparrowhawk, 2 Stonechat
East Halton Skitter
Curlew Sandpiper
01/10/2022
Cleethorpes
Yellow-browed Warbler
Covenham Reservoir
7 Swallow, 2 Whooper Swan
Crook Bank
Jack Snipe
Deeping High Bank
2 Whooper Swan
Deeping Lakes
Rock Pipit
Donna Nook
Rough-legged Buzzard
Frampton Marsh
Hen Harrier
Freshney
Goosander
Gibraltar Point
27 Avocet, 2 Lapland Bunting, Snow Bunting, Buzzard, Curlew, Dunlin, Pink-footed Goose, Hen Harrier, 2 Marsh Harrier, 1000's Knot, Short-eared Owl, Grey Plover, Rock Pipit, Ringed Plover, Sanderling, Siskin, Sparrowhawk, 2 Stonechat, 11 Whooper Swan, Marsh Tit, 2 Yellow-browed Warbler, Whimbrel
Pair of Stone chat at Gibraltar Point - Image © Chris Grimshaw
Halton Marsh
Spotted Redshank, Curlew Sandpiper
Messingham
Jack Snipe
