30/11/2023
Covenham Resevoir
3 Buzzard, Great Northern Diver, Goldeneye, Pochard, Raven, Purple Sandpiper, Greater Scaup, Shag, Smew (male)
Greater Scaup at Covenham Reservoir - Image © Chris Grimshaw
Frampton Marsh
Shore Lark, Spoonbill, 5 Bewick's Swan, Whooper Swan
Grimsby
50 Waxwing
Huttoft
Short-eared Owl
Kirkstead
Waxwing
Tallington Lakes
Greater Scaup
Searby
Waxwing
North Somercotes
4 Waxwing
Tongue End
Short-eared Owl
Trent Port
Hen Harrier
Willow Tree Fen
9 Common Crane, 141, Goosander, Hen Harrier
29/11/2023
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Russian White-fronted Goose
Cleethorpes
20 Snow Bunting
Covenham Reservoir
Purple Sandpiper, Smew
Deeping Lakes
3 Long-eared Owl
Fossdyke
2 Cattle Egret
Frampton Marsh
Brambling, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Peregrine Falcon, Hen Harrier, Kingfisher, Merlin, Spoonbill, Bearded Tit, Cetti's Warbler
Gibraltar Pont
Water Pipit
Huttoft
2 Little Auk, 6 Short-eared Owl, 4 Velvet Scoter
Marsh Yard
3 Snow Bunting
Martin Fen
Waxwing
Searby
Waxwing
Tetford
8 Waxwing
Tetney Lock (village)
26 Waxwing
Tetney Marsh
Chiffchaff, Peregrine Falcon, 2 Hen Harrier, 2 Kingfisher, Merlin, Short-rared Owl, 300 Common Scoter, Grey Wagtail, Cetti's Warbler
28/11/2023
Anderby Creek
Common Scoter, Velvet Scoter, 2 Waxwing
Covenham Reservoir
Great Northern Diver, Goldeneye, Goosander, Purple Sandpiper, Greater Scaup, Smew (m)
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Elm House Farm
3 Waxwing
Frampton Marsh
12 Curlew,Dunlin, Great White Egret, 2 Peregrine Falcon, Black-tailed Godwit, Lapwing, 100 Linnet, c30 Pintail, 2 Snipe, 6 Whooper Swan, Lesser Yellowlegs
Short Ferry
2 Cattle Egret
Two Cattle that were at the floods at Short Ferry - Image © Russell Hayes
Toft Newton
2 Great Northern Diver
27/11/2023
Frampton Marsh
6 Bewick's Swan, 60+ Whooper Swan, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Long-tailed Duck
Mablethorpe
Velvet Scoter
Market Rasen
3 Waxwing
Willow Tree Fen
7 Common Crane
26/11/2023
Covenham Reservoir
Great Northern Diver, Greater Scaup, Smew (male)
Deeping Lakes
Long-eared Owl
Gib Point
Little Auk
Saltfleetby
16 Barnacle Goose, 410 Brent Goose, 220 Pink-footed Goose, Pintail. 160 Shelduck, 20 Whooper Swan
Short Ferry
140 Dunlin, 2 Cattle Egret, 2 Great White Egret, 2000 Golden Plover, Grey Plover, 40 Redshank, Little Stint, 400 Whooper Swan, Turnstone
25/11/2023
Covenham Reservoir
Slavonian Grebe, Greater Scaup, Smew (male)
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Doddington Park
Lesser Redpoll
Burringham
Osprey
Fiskerton Fen
15 Little Egret
Frampton Marsh
5 Bewick's Swan, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
3 Bewick's Swan
Horseshoe Point
2 Snow Bunting
Nocton Fen
Marsh Harrier
Rimac
Waxwing
Short Ferry
Black-headed Gull, Lapwing, Redshank, c70 Whooper Swan
24/11/2023
South Cockerington
6 Waxwing
Doddington Park
2 Lesser Redpoll
Frampton Marsh
Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Snow Bunting
Horseshoe Point
Snow Bunting, 30+ Twite
Mablethorpe
Velvet Scoter
Seaview
Gannet, 40 Common Scoter
Yaddlethorpe Ponds
Osprey
23/11/2023
Churchill Lane
Tree Pipit
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Donna Nook
200 Lapwing, 2600 Oystercatcher, 500 Golden Plover, 180 Shelduck, 7 Whooper Swan
Fiskerton Fen (floods)
Cattle Egret, 5 Great White Egret, 27 Little Egret, 2 Egyptian Goose, 5000 Black-head Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 4000 Starling
Frampton Marsh
Hen Harrier, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Brambling, Red-throated Diver, Eider, Hen Harrier, Red-breasted Merganser, Common Scoter, Siskin
Short Ferry (floods)
5000 Black-headed Gull, 1000 Lapwing, 100 Mute Swan, 35 Whooper Swan, 5000 Starling
Willow Tree Fen
7 Common Crane, Hen Harrier
22/11/2023
Boultham Mere
105 Pink-footed Goose
Fiskerton Fen
Cattle Egret
Frampton Marsh
Cattle Egret, Spoonbill, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Long-tailed Duck, Slavonian Grebe, 2 Snow Bunting
Mablethorpe
Greater Scaup, Common Scoter
Saltfleeby
Meaty Redpoll
Tongue End
Short-eared Owl
21/11/2023
Covenham Reservoir
Snow Bunting, Slavonian Grebe, Mediterranean Gull, Yellow-legged Gull, Tawny Owl, Greater Scaup, Shag
Donna Nook
2 Red-throated Diver, Peregrine Falcon, Gannet, 800 Brent Goose, Marsh Harrier, 6 Kittiwake, Merlin, 31 Common Scoter, 2 Woodcock
Frampton Marsh
Long-tailed Duck, Hen Harrier, 270 Whooper Swan, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
18 Red-throated Diver, 2 Long-tailed Duck, 31 Little Gull, 450 Common Scoter
Humberston
2 Waxwing
Rimac
5 Cattle Egret
Saltfleetby
20+ Snow Bunting
Short Ferry
40 Dunlin, 4 Cattle Egret, 14 Little Egret, 2 Great White Egret,14 Goosander, 2 Marsh Harrier, 3000 Lapwing, 800 Golden Plover, 60 Redshank, 280 Whooper Swan, 4000 Teal, 700 Wigeon
Sutton on Sea
2 Red-throated Diver, Tundra Bean Goose, 17 Kittiwake, 2 Red-breasted Merganser, Razorbill
Swallow
6 Waxwing
Yaddlethorpe Ponds
Osprey
20/11/2023
Frampton Marsh
Long-tailed Duck, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Water Pipit
Grantham
Siberian Chiffchaff
Messingham
Great White Egret, 350+ Greylag Goose, Teal, Tufted Duck, 3 Shelduck, Shoveler
Toft Newton
34 Coot, 2 Great Norther Diver, Fieldfare, 12 Little Grebe, 10 Great Crested Grebe
The Great Northern Divers at Toft Newton Reservoir early afternoon today - Image © Andy Sims
Willow Tree Fen
3 Common Crane, Hen Harrier, Short-eared Owl
Yaddlethorpe Ponds
Osprey
The Osprey viewed from the road past Yaddlethorpe Ponds today - Image © Chris Grimshaw
19/11/2023
Covenham Reservoir
Slavonian Grebe
Crook Bank
21 Snow Bunting
Frampton Marsh
Hen Harrier, Lesser Yellowlegs
Halton Marsh
4 Cattle Egret
Holbeach Marsh
20 Twite
Willow Tree Fen
2 Hen Harrier, 11 Common Crane
Winter's Pond
Long-tailed Duck
Yaddlethorpe Ponds
Osprey
18/11/2023
Barton upon Humber
Red-throated Diver
Frampton Marsh
Long-tailed Duck, Pale-bellied Brent Goose, Lesser Yellowlegs
Halton Marsh
Snow Bunting, Red-throated Diver, Long-tailed Duck, 4 Cattle Egret
Rimac
4 Cattle Egret
Short Ferry (floods)
50 Whooper Swan
Nocton Fen
24 Dunlin, 2 Marsh Harrier, 500 Lapwing, Kestrel, 15 Mute Swan
Toft Newton
2 Great Northern Diver, Greater Scaup
17/11/2023
Boultham Mere
Grey Heron, 6 Grey Partridge, Song Thrush (singing)
Covenham Reservoir
Slavonian Grebe
Cut End
19 Cattle Egret
Donna Nook
2 Hen Harrier
Short Ferry
3 Whooper Swan, Grey Wagtail
Frampton Marsh
Long-tailed Duck, Little Stint, Lesser Yellowlegs
Freiston Shore
Black Brant
Gibraltar Point
Mealy Redpoll, Crossbill
Huttoft
Brent Geese, Marsh Harrier, Whooper Swan
Langtoft
Ferruginous Duck
Marston
33 Fieldfare, Marsh Harrier, Green Sandpiper, 2 Cetti's Warbler
Neville Wood
20 Brambling
Toft Newton
2 Great Northern Diver, Greater Scaup
Willow Tree Fen
11 Common Crane, 2 Hen Harrier
16/11/2023
Anderby Creek
Black-throated Diver
Covenham Reservoir
Slavonian Grebe, Shag
Cut End
20+ Cattle Egret, 100+ Common Scoter, Brambling (car-park)
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Long-tailed Duck, Hen Harrier, Bewick Swan, Lesser Yellowlegs
Freiston Shore
Water Pipit
Gibraltar Point
Lapland Bunting
Short Ferry (floods)
4 Goldeneye, 7 Goosander, 600 Lapwing, 40 Pintail, 200 Shoveler, 300 Whooper Swan
Sutton on Sea
Long-tailed Duck, Red-breasted Merganser, Common Scoter
Willow Tree Fen
Hen Harrier
Winters Pond
Snow Bunting
15/11/2023
Covenham Reservoir
Shag, Slavonian Grebe
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Long-tailed Duck, Hen Harrier, Water Pipit, Lesser Yellowlegs
Scunthorpe
Osprey
14/11/2023
Covenham Reservoir
Black Throated Diver, Goosander, Slavonian Grebe, Yellow-legged Gull, Greater Scaup, Shag, Raven
Slavonian Grebe at Covenham Reservoir - Image © Chris Grimshaw
Frampton Marsh
Long-tailed Duck, Marsh Harrier, Merlin, Little Stint, Stonechat, 21 Whooper Swan, Lesser Yellowlegs
Freiston Shore
15 Cattle Egret
Gibraltar Point
Black Throated Diver, 2 Great Northern Diver,12 Little Gull
Messingham
85 Gadwall, 40 Pink-footed Goose, 12 Lesser Redpoll, 3 Cetti's Warbler
13/11/2023
Covenham Reservoir
Slavonian Grebe, Shag
Frampton Marsh
Long-tailed Duck, Hen Harrier, Lesser Yellowlegs
Freiston Shore
Firecrest
Gibraltar Point
Hen Harrier
Toft Newton
2 Great Northern Diver
12/11/2023
Boultham Mere
7 Whooper Swan
Covenham Reservoir
Slavonian Grebe, Shag
Frampton Marsh
Blackcap, Long-tailed Duck, 2 Peregrine Falcon, Hen Harrier, Merlin, Short-eared Owl, 4000 Starling, Stonechat, Whooper Swan
Gibraltar Point
Little Bunting, Snow Bunting, Firecrest
Marston
Barnacle Goose
Swanpool
Tawny Owl
Trent Port
Chiffchaff, 6 Goldcrest, 26 Red-legged Partridge, 2 Redshank, 4 Snipe, Great Spotted Woodpecker
Yaddlethorpe Ponds
Osprey
11/11/2023
Boultham Mere
Greater Scaup
East Butterwick
20 Lapwing, 6 Linnet, Marsh Harrier, 6 Grey Partridge, c600 Golden Plover
Frampton Marsh
Long-tailed Duck, Great White Egret, Hen Harrier
Halton Marsh
2 Short-eared Owl, 3 Water Pipit
RAF Woodhall
5 Whooper Swan
Short Ferry (floods)
Blackcap (m), 500 Black-headed Gull, 300 Lapwing, 3 Shelduck, 100 Mute Swan, 9 Whooper Swan
Toft Newton
2 Great Northern Diver
Tongue End
5 Common Crane
Winter's Pond
Long-tailed Duck
10/11/2023
Baston Fen
Short-rared Owl
Crook Bank
9 Snow Bunting
Donna Nook
3 Buzzard, Red-throated Diver, Peregrine Falcon, Hen Harrier, Marsh Harrier, 3 Merlin, 2 Sparrowhawk
Frampton Marsh
Long-tailed Duck, 4 Cattle Egret
Freiston Shore
Water Pipit
Marston
Fieldfare, 2 Stonechat
Trent Port
100+ Fieldfare, Short-eared Owl, Stonechat
Winters Pond
Long-tailed Duck
Yaddlethorpe Ponds, Scunthorpe
Osprey
09/10/2023
Anderby Creek
Curlew, Dunlin, Pink-footed Goose, Kestrel, Pintail, Redshank, Shoveler, Whooper Swan, Teal, Cetti's Warbler, Wigeon
Barton on Humber
5 Waxwing
Covenham Reservoir
Slavonian Grebe
Donna Nook
Hen Harrier, 10 Waxwing
Frampton Marsh
Long-tailed Duck
Freiston Shore
Hen Harrier, American Wigeon
Gibraltar Point
Hen Harrier, Twite
Harrington
3 Red Kite
Huttoft
4 Dunlin, Gannet, Pink-footed Goose, Oystercatcher, Common Scoter
Huttoft Pit
Little Egret, 69 Teal
Strange sight at Huttoft Pits today, one of 69 present - Image © Andy Sims
Saltfleetby NNR
8 Snow Bunting
Stockwith Mill
4 Green Sandpiper
Sudbrooke
Buzzard
Toft Newton
Great Northern Diver
08/11/2023
Ashbyville Lake
Shag
Covenham Reservoir
Slavonian Grebe
Donna Nook
8 Waxwing
Frampton Marsh
Peregrine Falcon, Long-tailed Gull, Spoonbill, 6 Whooper Swan
North Hykeham
1 Waxwing
Mablethorpe
Little Gull, 4 Waxwing
Scunthorpe
2 Waxwing
07/11/2023
Cleethorpes
Purple Sandpiper
Purple Sandpiper at Cleethorpes - Image © Martin Meechan
Frampton Marsh
Long-tailed Duck, Peregrine Falcon, Goldeneye, 6 Greenshank, Marsh Harrier, Merlin, Spoonbill, Stonechat, Whooper Swan
Halton Marsh
6 Cattle Egret
Market Rasen
c 30 Whooper Swan
06/11/2023
Alkborough Flats
2 Cattle Egret
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Donna Nook
Peregrine Falcon, 3 Gannet, 700+ Brent Goose, 1400+ Pink-footed Goose, Greenshank, Hen Harrier, Marsh Harrier, 2 Red-breasted Merganser, Merlin, 700 Oystercatcher, 1000+ Golden Plover, Woodcock
Frampton Marsh
Long-tailed Duck, Spotted Redshank
Freiston Shore
6 Cattle Egret
Gibraltar Point
Lapland Bunting, 2 Snow Bunting, 4 Bean Goose, Red-necked Grebe, Hen Harrier, Shorelark, 4 Twite, Woodlark
Mablethorpe
Waxwing
Scopwick
Ring Ouzel (sound recorded)
Whisby
Great White Egret, Jay
Willow Tree Fen
Hen Harrier
05/11/2023
Covenham Reservoir
Slavonian Grebe
Cress Marsh
Buzzard, Little Egret, 8 Little Grebe, 3 Meadow Pipit, Stonechat, 44 Teal
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Great White Egret, Hen Harrier, 16 Marsh Harrier, Red Kite, Barn Owl, 6 Pintail, Rock Pipit, Spotted Redshank, Spoonbill, 6000 Starling, 60 Whooper Swan, American Wigeon, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Snow Bunting, 16 Little Gull, 6 Grey Phalarope (South), Pomarine Skua
Messingham
Jay, Osprey, Greater Scaup, Cetti's Warbler
Tetney Lock
Brambling, Buzzard, 10 Curlew, Little Grebe, Marsh Harrier, Kestrel, 200 Lapwing, Short-eared Owl, 2000 Golden Plover, Raven
Trent Port
Kingfisher, 2 Raven, 2 Stonechat, 11 Whooper Swan
Willow Tree Fen
Hen Harrier, 3 Short-eared Owl
04/11/2023
Alkborough Flats
Smew (rh)
Frampton Marsh
Long-tailed Duck
Gibraltar Point
Green-winged Teal
Grantham
Hen Harrier
Huttoft Bank
Velvet Scoter
Toft Newton Reservoir
Great Northern Diver
03/11/2023
Ashbyville Lake
Buzzard, Goldcrest, Goosander, Jay
Cut End
Great Northern Diver
Frampton Marsh
Great White Egret, Hen Harrier, 50 Ruff, Siskin, 14 Whooper Swan
Gibraltar Point
2 Lapland Bunting, Black-throated Diver, 2 Firecrest, 91 Little Gull, Short-eared Owl, Siberian/Amur Stonechat, 7 Arctic Tern, 2 Woodlark
Willow Tree Fen
7 Common Crane, Hen Harrier
Saltfleetby
Buzzard, Peregrine Falcon, 180 Pink-footed Goose, Hen Harrier, 8 Marsh Harrier, Sparrowhawk, 129 Whooper Swan, Woodcock
Toft Newton
Great Northern Diver
Whisby
2 Common Crane (sw)
Witham St Hughes
2 Common Crane
02/11/2023
Bardney Dairies
Hoopoe
Baston & Langtoft Pit
Grear Northern Diver
Frampton Marsh
Pergrine Falcon, 650 Fieldfare, 7 Goldeneye, 16 Marsh Harrier, 2000 Golden Plover, Spoonbill, 4000 Starling, Stonechat, Bearded Tit, 9 Whooper Swan
Freiston Shore
Long-tailed Duck
Gibraltar Point
Little Auk, Velvet Scoter, Waxwing
Spalding
Gannet
Toft Newton
Great Northern Diver
Trent Port
65 Gadwall, 7 Goldcrest, 90 Pink-footed Goose,1300 Black-headed Gull, 44 Shoveler, Snipe
01/11/2023
Anderby Creek
Common/Pallid Swift, 8 Waxwing (S)
Ashbyville Lake
3 Shag
Bardney Dairies
Hoopoe
The splendid photograph of the Hoopoe taken at Bardney Dairies yesterday - Image © Russell Hayes
Caythorpe
Shag
Frampton Marsh
Long-tailed Duck
Freiston Shore
Cattle Egret
Huttoft Bank
Little Auk
Swanpool
Tawny Owl
Trent Port
Chiffchaff, 1450 Fieldfare, 21 Gadwall, 32 Pink-footed Goose, 560 Black-headed Gull, 320 Common Gull, 145 Lesser Black Backed Gull, Kingfisher, 12 Shoveler, Siskin, 1200 Starling, 32 Teal, 35 Wigeon
Wainfleet All Saints
Hen Harrier