February 2024

29/02/2024
Deeping Lakes
Great White Egret, Little Owl
Frampton Marsh
Green-winged Teal, Lesser Yellowlegs (day 163)
Job's Lane
2 Egyptian Goose, 148 Black-headed Gull, 36 Redwing, Smew (male), 86 Wigeon
Trent Port
2 Bullfinch, 160 Fieldfare, Egyptian Goose, 550 Black-headed Gull, Peregrine Falcon, Raven, 13 Shelduck, Green Woodpecker

28/02/2023
Alkborough Flats
Shore Lark (over)
Anderby Creek
Caspian Gull
Crook Bank
Green-winged Teal
Frampton Marsh
Hen Harrier, Green-winged Teal, Lesser Yellowlegs


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The long staying Lesser Yellowlegs in the car-park at Frampton Marsh - Image © Ian Misselbrook

Messingham
58 Tufted Duck 160 Black-headed Gull, 36 Pochard, 1 Red-crested Pochard (male), 7 Shelduck, Treecreeper. 3 Cetti's Warbler

27/02/2024
Wilder Doddington
2 Kestrel, Tawny Owl, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker
Frampton Marsh
Green-Winged Teal, Lesser Yellowlegs
Tetney Marsh
6 Lapland Bunting, Caspian Gull, 25 Twite
Tongue End
Cattle Egret

26/02/2024
Frampton Marsh
85 Avocet, Great White Egret, Peregrine Falcon, Kingfisher, Jack Snipe, Whooper Swan, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
16 Corn Bunting, 2 Long-tailed Duck, Hen Harrier, 3 Shore Lark, Red-breasted Merganser, 44 Whooper Swan, Sandwich Tern
Hartsholme Park
2 Goosander (1 male,2 female)
Mablethorpe
Purple Sandpiper


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The long staying Purple Sandpiper on Mablethorpe Beach - Image © Owen Beaumont

Willow Tree Fen
2 Common Crane, Stonechat

25/04/2024
Deeping High Bank
Green-winged Teal
Boultham Mere
Green Sandpiper
Far Ings
3 Bittern, Marsh Harrier, 12000 Starling
Fosdyke
3 Waxwing
Frampton Marsh
Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
2 Long-tailed Duck, Corn Bunting, Pink-footed Goose, 3 Shore Lark, Barn Owl, 5 Stonechatt
Hartsholme Park
Nuthatch
Marston
2 Stonechat
Trent Port
22 Red-legged Partridge, 10 Whooper Swan, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker

24/02/2024
Cowbit
489 Dunlin, Turnstone
Deeping High Bank
Green-winged Teal
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis, Long-eared Owl
Frampton Marsh
Hen Harrier (m&f), Short-eared Owl, Spotted Redshank, Lesser Yellowlegs
Job's Lane 
Smew (m)
Messingham
Ring-necked Duck

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Ring-necked Duck at Messingham - Image © Wayne Gillat

Willow Tree Fen
6 Common Crane

23/02/2024
Black Bank
10 Whooper Swan
Burringham
3 Buzzard, 400 Fieldfare, Little Owl
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
East Butterwick
4 Grey Partridge
Fishtoft
10 Cattle Egret
Frampton Marsh
135 Avocet, Hen Harrier (male), Merlin, Water Rail, Stonechat Bearded Tit, Lesser Yellowlegs
Messingham
Ring-necked Duck, Egyptian Goose, Oystercatcher 10, c20 Pochard, 14 Shelduck
Saltfleetby/Theddlethorpe Dunes
2 Lapland Bunting
Tongue End
2 Cattle Egret
Willow Tree Fen
Hen Harrier (rt)

22/02/2024
Gibraltar Point
17 Corn Bunting, Red-throated Diver, Little Gull, Barn Owl, 2 Bearded Tit, Woodlark
Messingham
Ring-necked Duck, 7 Oystercatcher, c 90 Pochard, 8 Shelduck, c 100 Tufted Duck
Winter's Pond
White-fronted Goose

21/02/2024
Alkborough Flats
Cattle Egret
Fishtoft
10 Cattle Egret
Frampton Marsh
Lesser Yellowlegs

20/02/2024
Anderby Creek
2 Velvet Scoter (south)
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
91 Avocet, Great White Egret, Peregrine Falcon (male & female) Hen Harrier (male), Stonechat, Lesser Yellowlegs (155th day)
Gibraltar Point
Water Pipit
Messingham
Ring-necked Duck (female)


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The female Ring-necked Duck at Messingham - Image © Roy Harvey

Rimac
6 Cattle Egret
Tongue End
2 Cattle Egret
Wolla Bank
2 Velvet Scoter (south)

19/02/2024
Wilder Doddington
3 Gadwall, Sparrowhawk, Stonechat, 3 Wigeon
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Far Ings
3 Bittern, Hen Harrier (rt), 2 Marsh Harrier, 15000 Starling, 
Frampton Marsh
Lapland Bunting, 2 Peregrine Falcon (m&f), Barnacle Goose, Hen Harrier (rt), Kingfisher, Water Pipit, Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
10 Corn Bunting, 2 Long-tailed Duck, 2 Peregrine Falcon, 2 Red Kite, Barn Owl, Waxwing
Messingham
Ring-necked Gull

18/02/2002
Boultham Mere
Starling (80000? Murmuration)
Deeping Lakes
Gloosy Ibis, Long-eared Owl
Doddington Park
10 Lesser Redpoll, 6 Siskin
Frampton Marsh
Hen Harrier (m&f)
Gibraltar Point 
Waxwing
Messingham
Ringed-necked Duck (f)
Swanhole Lakes
Goosander
Trent Port
2 Bullfinch, 2 Little Egret, Barn Owl, 2 Oystercatcher, Red-legged Partridge, 48 Wigeon

17/02/2024
Cowbit
Brent Goose, 7 Turnstone, 14 Bewick's Swan
Dunston
Common Crane (over then west)
Frampton Marsh
6 Spotted Redshank, Greater Scaup, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Hen Harrier (male)
Heighington Fen
3 Common Crane (over then towards Bardney)
Saltfleetby/ Theddlethorpe Dunes
Chiffchaff, Water Rail, Mistle Thrush, Song Thrush, Cetti's Warbler, Great Spotted Woodpecker
Tongue End
Short-eared Owl

16/02/2024
River Ancholme
100 Curlew, 56 Goosander (34 male), 350 Lapwing, 2 Siskin,17 Yellowhammer
Anderby Marsh
5 Dunlin, 97 Gadwall, Black-tailed Godwit, Water Pipit, 94 Teal 150 Wigeon
Cleethorpes
150 Curlew, 100 Bar-tailed Godwit, 4000 Red Knot, 300 Oystercatcher
Crook Bank
2 Snow Bunting
Deeping Lakes
Gloosy Ibis, Long-eared Owl
Frampton Marsh
Short-eared Owl, Greater Scaup (m), Lesser Yellowlegs
Freiston Shore
2 Greater Scaup (m)
Gibraltar Point
Hen Harrier (rt)
Job's Lane 
Smew (m)
Messingham
2 Buzzard, 6 Goldeneye, 3 Marsh Harrier, 40 Lapwing, 26 Pochard, 13 Shelduck, 10 Shoveler, 16 Siskin, 3 Cetti's Warbler
Scunthorpe
2 Siskin, Sparrowhawk
Tongue End
2 Cattle Egret

15/02/2024
Deeping Lakes
2 Long-eared Owl
Doddington Parl
Common Redpoll
Freiston Shore
2 Greater Scaup
Frampton Marsh
Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
4 Corn Bunting, 6 Snow Bunting, Chiffchaff, 2 Long-tailed Duck, 500 Pink-footed Goose, 3 Shore Lark, Treecreeper, Grey Wagtail

 

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One of the three Shore Lark at Gibraltar Point - Image © Russell Hayes

14/02/2024
Crook Bank
27 Snow Bunting
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis, 3 Long-eared Owl
Doddington Park
1 Common Redpoll, 7 Lesser Redpoll, 3 Siskin
Frampton Marsh
Great White Egret, Peregrine Falcon, Hen Harrier, 2 Greater Scaup, 10000 Starling, Stonechat, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
2 Long-tailed Duck
Scunthorpe
8 Waxwing (Skippingdale RT)

13/02/2024
Barton Upon Humber
Waxwing
Cut End
Avocet, 150 Curlew, 1500 Dunln, 2 Little Egret, Bar-tasiled Godwit, Black-tailed Godwit, Great Crested Grebe, Brent Goose, 3000 Lapwing, 14 Red-brested Merganser, 3500 Oystercatcher, 150 Shelduck, 700 Starling


One or two oystercatchers just outside the Cut End Hide this morning with Andy Sims
A few of the several thousand oystercatchers roosting by /the hide at Cut End - Image © Chris Grimshaw

Dog Kennel Wood
2 Raven
Elm House Farm
750 Pink-footed Goose
Frampton Marsh
2 Marsh Harrier, Lesser Yellowlegs
Freiston Shore
2 Greater Scaup
Gibraltar Point
2 Long-tailed~Duck
Job's Lane
Smew (m)
Nocton Fen
3 Buzzard, Marsh Harrier, Kestrel, 300 Lapwing, 8 Red-legged Partridge, 500 Starling
Saltfleetby/ Theddlethorpe Dunes
Buzzard, Song Thrush, Barn Owl, Tawny Owl, Water Rail, Cetti's Warbler
Scunthorpe
9 Waxwing

12/02/2024
Brant Broughton
Hen Harrier (m)
Cradge Bank
26 Snow Bunting
Cut End
Hen Harrier (rt)
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Lesser Yellowlegs
Wilder Doddington
2 Goldcrest, Kestrel, 2 Stonechat, 3 Song Thrush
Old Wood 
3 Nuthatch, Song Thrush

11/02/2024
Barton upon Humber
15 Waxwing
Deeping Lakes
Long-eared Owl
Frampton Marsh
Hen Harrier (rt), 3 Short-eared Owl,2 Greater Scaup,Green-winged Teal, Lesser Yellowlegs,
Freiston Shore
5 Cattle Egret
Job's Lane
Smew (m)
Langtoft
Waxwing
Marston 
Hen Harrier (m)
Tongue End
Short-eared Owl
Willow Tree Fen
Short-eared Owl

10/02/2024
Barton upon Humber
14  Waxwing


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One of the Waxwing present i Barton upon Humber recently - Image © Roy Harvey

Boultham Mere
Great White Egret, 164 Pink-footed Goose, Sparrowhawk, 5 Song Thrush
Cress Marsh
Buzzard, 4 Curlew, 3 Little Egret, Kestrel, 11 Lapwing, 3 Redshank, Green Sandpiper, 13 Shoveler, 4 Skylark
Frampton Marsh
Hen Harrier, Green-winged Teal, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Avocet, Chiffchaff, 20 Corn Bunting, 25 Snow Bunting, 3 Long-tailed Duck, Hen Harrier, 3 Shore Lark, 3 Water Pipit, 64 Whooper Swan, 2 Woodcock
Grantam
Blackcap, 2 Siskin
Hill Holt Wood 
200 Pink-footed Goose
Trent Port
Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret 45 Pink-footed Goose, 50 Linnet, Red-legged Partridge, 2 Pintail, 2 Shelduck, 3 Stonechat, 20 Wigeon, Green Woodpecker

09/02/2024
Barton upon Humber
14 Waxwing
Boultham Mere
Pintail
Deeping Lakes
Short-eared Owl
Frampton Marsh
29 Goldeneye, Hen Harrier, 20+ Marsh Harrier, Otter, 17500 Starling, 73 Whooper Swan, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
c20 Snow Bunting, 3 Long-tailed Duck, 3 Shore Lark, 3 Water Pipit

08/02/2024
Cradge Bank
Velvet Scoter
Freiston Shore
2 Great Scaup
Rimac
5 Cattle Egret
Tongue End
Cattle Egret
Witham St Hughes
20 Siskin

07/02/2024
Donna Nook
2 Peregrine Falcon, Marsh Harrier, Merlin, Barn Owl, 100 Twite 
Frampton Marsh
Peregrine Falcon (m&f), 10 Goldeneye, Hen Harrier (f), Marsh Harrier, Merlin, 20 Pochard, Cetti's Warbler, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
20 Corn Bunting, 20 Snow Bunting, 3 Long-tailed Duck, Slavonian Grebe, Hen Harrier (m), 3 Shore Lark, Water Pipit, 50 Whooper Swan
Huttoft
200 Pink-footed Goose, 4 Shelduck
Kirmond le Mire
4 Siskin
Osgodby
41 Siskin
Paradise
18 Curlew, Gadwall, 3 Redshank, 60 Shoveler, 150 Teal
Rimac
Buzzard, Curlew, 5 Cattle Egret, 5 Little Egret, 150 Pink-footed Goose, Redshank, Shoveler, Teal, Wigeon 
Ruckland
250 Common Gull, c6 Buzzard, c3 Red Kite, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk
Stenigot
8 Corn Bunting
Trent Port
Bullfinch, 75 Fieldfare, Goldcrest, 105 Pink-footed Goose, 2 Stonechat, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker
Willow Tree Fen
2 Common Crane, 37 Marsh Harrier, 2 Barn Owl, Short-eared Owl, Stonechat, 18 Whooper Swan

06/02/2024
Barton upon Humber
12 Waxwing (Baysgarth Park)
Broadholme
Glossy Ibis (over - flying towads Skellingthorpe Woods)
Far Ings
Bittern, Marsh Harrier, 10000 Starling
Frampton Marsh
Peregrine Falcon, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Slavonian Grebe (on the sea)
Louth
2 Little Egret, 2 Kingfisher, Green Sandpiper, 2 Snipe, 3 Grey Wagtail, 51 Pied Wagtail
Pyewipe
Eider
Thoresby Bridge
Great White Egret
Saltfleetby St Clements
Cattle Egret
Stallingborough
8 Snow Bunting
Tongue End
Cattle Egret

05/02/2024
Black Bank
3 Jay, 2 Treecreeper, Great Spotted Woodpecker
Bourne
Cattle Egret
Cowbit
Turnstone
Cress Marsh
Caspian Gull
Frampton Marsh
2 Greater Scaup, 12 Whooper Swan, Cetti's Warbler
Gibraltar Point
4 Snow Bunting, Black-throated Diver, 3 Long-tailed Duck, 200 Eider, Hen Harrier, MerlinWater Pipit, Water Rail
Job's Lane
Smew (m)
Marston
1 Waxwing
North Somercotes
Raven

04/02/2024
Cleethorpes
20+ Curlew, Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron
Cradge Bank
Velvet Scoter
Deeping Lakes
2 Long-eared Owl
Frampton Marsh
Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
9 Snow Bunting, Black-throated Diver, 3 Long-tailed Duck, Smew (rt), 3 Waxwing (Mill Hill)
Job's Lane
Smew (m)
Langtoft
3 Smew (2m, 1f)
Market Rasen
250+ Pink-footed Goose
Millennium Green
2 Egyptian Goose, Linnet, 53 Pochard
Paradise
Green-winged Teal
Rimac
5 Cattle Egret

03/02/2024
Cradge Bank
Velvet Scoter
Doddington Park
7 Lesser Redpoll, 5 Siskin
Frampton Marsh
Great White Egret, Peregrine Falcon, 2 Hen Harrier, Marsh Harrier, Lapwing, Short-eared Owl, Golden Plover, Starling, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
9 Snow Bunting, 3 Shore Lark, Raven, Smew, 6 Bewick's Swan (over), 49 Whooper Swan
Langtoft
3 Smew
Paradise
Green-winged Teal

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A beautiful shot of the Green-winged Teal at Paradise - Image © Mark Johnson

Rimac
5 Cattle Egret
Ruckland
Rough-legged Buzzard
Swanpool Cow-fields
2 Song Thrush, Great Spotted Woodpecker
Trent Port
2 Bullfinch, 180 Fieldfare, Hen Harrier, 65 Lapwing, Shelduck, Stonechat
Winter's Pool
2 Russian White-fronted Goose

02/02/2024
Black Bank
3 Buzzard, 3 Kestrel, 10 Lapwing, 50 Linnet,  200 Rook
Burringham
Little Egret, 200 Fieldfare, Kestrel, 6 Pied Wagtail
Cleethorpes
1 Snow Bunting, 2 Stonechat, 5 Yellowhammer
Covenham
Shag
Elm House Farm
2500 Brent Goose, 25 Pink-footed Goose
Donna Nook
4 Collared Dove, 32 Lapwink, 200 Redshank, Shelduck, 200 Teal
Gibraltar Point
Brambling, Black-throated Diver, Great Northern Diver, 30+Red-throated Diver, 3 Long-tailed Duck, 30 Eider, Goosander, Hen Harrier (rt), 2 Red-breasted Merganser, Water Rail, 48 Whooper Swan
Messingham
3 Reed Bunting, Buzzard, 106 Tufted Duck, 41 Gadwall, Goldcrest, 6 Goldeneye, 10 Common Gull, 2 Marsh Harrier, Kestrel, 250 Lapwing, 56 Pochard, 12 Redwing, 17 Shelduck, 4 Cetti's Warbler
Paradise
70 Eurasian Teal, Gadwall, Mallard, Green-winged Teal, Shoveler
RAF Woodhall Spa
160 Coot, 33 Cormorant, 17 Redshank, 2 Stonechat, 200 Teal, 300 Wigeon
Rimac
5 Cattle Egret, Little Egret, Kestrel, Shoveler, Teal, Wigeon

01/02/2024
Bourne
2 Cattle Egret
Cradge Bank
Velvet Scoter
Frampton Marsh
10 Avocet, Brambling, Corn Bunting, Great White Egret, Peregrine Falcon, Hen Harrier, Merlin, Water Rail, Bearded Tit
Freiston Shore
Greater Scaup, Water Pipit
Gibraltar Point
Corn Bunting, Hen Harrier, Red Kite, Barn Owl, Smew, 51 Whooper Swan, Twite, Woodcock
Neville Wood
Nuthatch
Marston
Hen Harrier
Paradise
Green-winged Teal


May be an image of grebe
The Green-winged Teal at Paradise Pool - Image © Roy Harvey

Rimac
4 Cattle Egret
Swanpool Cow-fields
5 Grey Partridge, 5 Snipe, 2 Jack Snipe Stonechat
Tongue End
Cattle Egret
Willow Tree Fen
Buzzard, 9 Common Crane, Great White Egret, Peregrine Falcon, 61 Goosander, 20+ Marsh Harrier, Red Kite, Barn Owl, Stonechat

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We are the Lincolnshire Bird Club

Our aims are to encourage and further the interest in the birdlife of the historic County of Lincolnshire; to participate in organised fieldwork activities; to collect and publish information on bird movements, behaviour, distribution and populations; to encourage conservation of the wildlife of the County and to provide sound information on which conservation policies can be based.