April 2024

30/04/2024
Alkborough Flats
2 Common Crane
Anderby Marsh
Woodchat Shrike
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Arctic Tern
Elm House Farm
Wryneck
Frampton Marsh
Black-wiged Stilt
Gibraltar Point
Cuckoo, Spoonbill, Common Tern, Garden Warbler, 2 Grasshopper Warbler, 2 Wheatear, 2 Whimbrel

29/04/2024
Anderby Marsh
Woodchat Shrike
Baston & Langtoft Pits
9 Arctic Tern
East Butterwick
2 Grey Partridge
Cowbit
Purple Sandpiper
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Red-breasted Gull, 2 Little Gull, Spotted Redshank, 9 Common Tern, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Garganey, Little Gull, Short-eared Owl, 124 Wheatear, 12 Whimbrel
Grainthorpe
10 Wheatear
Mablethorpe
Cattle Egret, Spoonbill (both over)
Messingham
2 Marsh Harrier, 20 Swift, Common Tern, 4 Cetti's Warbler
Swanpool cow-fields
Jay, Sparrowhawk, Garden Warbler, Wheatear

28/04/2024
Anderby Marsh
Garganey, 3 Ring Ouzel, Common Redstart, Woodchat Shrike, Wheatear, Willow Warbler
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Arctic Tern
Boultham Mere
3 Arctic Tern
Cowbit
Black Tern
Covenham Reservoir
Ring Ouzel
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Red-breasted Goose, Wood Sandpiper, Spoonbill, Black-winged Stilt
Freiston Shore
Spotted Redshank
Halton Marsh
Wood Sandpiper, White Wagtail
Huttoft Bank
Ring Ouzel
Job's Lane
Bar-tailed Godwit, Sand Martin c100, 1 Swift
Sea-View Farm
Wood Sandpiper

27/04/2024
Anderby Marsh
Caspian Gull, Woodchat Shrike (again)
Baston Fen 
Cattle Egret
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Wood Sandpiper
Cowbit
Garganey, Sanderling, Turnstone
Frampton Marsh
Red-breasted Goose, Little Gull, 2 Spoonbill, Black-winged Stilt
Halton Marsh
Ring Ouzel
Huttoft
Short-eared Owl

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Short-eared Owl at Huttoft - Image © Matt Dineen

Job's Lane
Bar-tailed Godwit

26/04/2024
Anderby Marsh
Green-winged Teal
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
White-tailed Eagle, Red-breasted Goose, Little Gull, Wood Sandpiper, 3 Spoonbill, 350 Swallow, 4 Swift, Black Tern 
Grimsby
Dotterel, Golden Plover (North of Europark)

25/04/2024
Alkborough Flats
5 Spoonbill
Anderby Marsh
Marsh Harrier, House Martin, Wood Sandpiper, Woodchat Shrike, Spoonbill, Swallow,Teal, Green-winged Teal, Cetti's Warbler, Sedge Warbler

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A splendid find and photograph © James Siddle. From near the round house at Anderby Marsh on a very cold Thursday morning


Crook Bank
Nightingale, Serin (over)
Freiston Shore
Woodlark
Gibraltar Point
Green-winged Teal
Rimac
Cuckoo, Marsh Harrier, Ring Ouzel, 2 Grasshopper Warbler, 2 Wheatear

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One of the two Ring Ouzel that showed well from the car-park at Rimac - Image © Owen Beaumont


Wolla Bank
Red Kite, Cetti's Warbler, Grasshopper Warbler

24/04/2024
Anderby Marsh
Green-winged Teal
Cowbit
Little Gull, Spotted Redshank
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis

23/04/2024
Anderby Marsh
Green-winged Teal
Baston & Langtoft Pits
4 Arctic Tern, Egyptian Goose
Cowbit
Little Gull
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
2 Garganey, Red-breasted Goose, Little Gull, Spoonbill, Black-winged Stilt, Black Tern, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Velvet Scoter
Messingham
2 Buzzard, 6 House Martin, 50 Sand Martin, Oystercatcher, 8 Pochard, 2  Redshank, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler
Willow Tree Fen
Arctic Tern

22/04/2024
Anderby Marsh
Green-winged Teal
Boultham Mere
Cuckoo
Cowbit
Spotted Redshank
Frampton Marsh
Red-breasted Goose, Black-winged Stilt, Black Tern
Freiston Shore
Ring Ouzel
Messingham
Arctic Tern
Swanpool cow-fields
2 Whimbrel

21/04/2024

Cowbit
2 Garganey (1 male 1 female)
Doddington Park
1 Lesser Redpoll
Frampton Marsh
Red-breasted Goose, Spotted Redshank, Black-winged Stilt, Little Stint, Black Tern, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Short-eared Owl
Halton Marsh
Garganey, Ring Ouzel
Marston
Common Redstart

20/04/2024
Cowbit
Garganey
Deeping Lakes
2 Glossy Ibis
Elm House Farm
Blue-headed Wagtail
Frampton Marsh
Red-breasted Goose, Little Gull, Spotted Redshank, Black-winged Stilt, Little Stint, Black Tern
Freiston Shore
Spotted Redshank
Gibraltar Point
Common Redstart
Halton Marsh
Garganey, Ring Ouzel, 29 White Wagtail

19/04/2024
Cleethorpes
20 Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 Red Knot, 100 Sanderling, 200 Oystercatcher, 50 Turnstone
Cowbit
2 Garganey
Elm House Farm
Blue-headed Wagtail
Frampton Marsh
Red-breasted Goose, Little Gull, 3 Water Pipit, Black-winged Stilt, Black Tern
Gibraltar Point
Hawfinch
Killingholme
Garganey
Novartis Ings
Spoonbill
Sea-view Farm
Spoonbill

18/04/2024
Digby
2 Raven
Frampton Marsh
Great White Egret, Greenshank, 2 Barnacle Goose, Little Gull, Mediterranean Gulls, Red-breasted Goose, Osprey, Barn Owl, Black-winged Stilt, Little Stint, Whooper Swan, Black Tern, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Lesser Yellowlegs


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One of the numerous Sedge Warblers at Frampton Marsh toaday - Image © Andy Sims


Freiston Shore
Ring Ouzel, Wheatear
Novartis Ings
2 Spoonbill

17/04/2024
Cowbit
2 Garganey, 21 White Wagtail
Crook Bank
Garganey, Nightingale
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis, 2 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
Cattle Egret
Frampton Marsh
Red-breasted Goose, 2 Little Gull, Spotted Redshank, Black-winged Stilt, Little Stint, Black Tern, Lesser Yellowlegs
Novartis Ings
Spoonbill

16/04/2024
Cleethorpes 
Cuckoo
Covenham Reservoir
Arctic Tern
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Cattle Egret, Red-breasted Gull, Bonaparte's Gull, Little Gull Curlew Sandpiper, Black-winged Stilt, Little Stint, Black Tern Lesser Yellowlegs
Freiston Shore
Wood Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point
Water Pipit, Serin, Arctic Tern
Killingholme Haven
Garganey
Novartis Ings
Spoonbill
Saltfleetby/ Theddlethorpe Dunes
Cuckoo, Green Woodpecker, 3 Willow Warbler, 4 Common Whitethroat, 2 Lesser Whitethroat
Spalding
Hoopoe (private garden)

15/04/2024
Deeping Lakes
2 Spoonbill
Frampton Marsh
2 Garganey, Pale-bellied Brent Goose, Red-breasted Goose, 2 Little Gull, Black-winged Stilt, Little Stint, Black Tern
Pyewipe
Spoonbill, Whinchat

14/04/2024
Barkston
19 Wheatear
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Ring Ouzel
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
3 Common Crane (over), 2 Garganey, 1 Red-breasted Goose, Bonaparte's Gull, 2 Little Gull, Mediterranean Gull, Marsh Harrier, Spotted Redshank, Little Stint, 1 Black Tern, White Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail, Sedge Warbler, Wheatear
Frognall
Ring Ouzel
Gibraltar Point
Hen Harrier, Water Pipit
Marston
Peregrine Falcon, 2 Barnacle Goose, Green Sandpiper
Pyewipe
Spoonbill

13/04/2024
Anderby Marsh
Glossy Ibis
Boultham Mere
Sand Martin, Raven, Swallow
Chapel Six Marshes
Common Redstart
Frampton Marsh
2 Garganey, Red-breasted Goose, Bonaparte's Gull, Little Gull, Short-eared Owl, Spotted Redshank, Water Pipit, Black-winged Stilt, Little Stint, Black Tern,Channel Wagtail, White Wagtail, Lesser Yellowlegs

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The Red-breasted Goose showing nicely at Frampton Marsh - Image © Roy Harvey

Gibraltar Point
Water Pipit, Black Tern
Novartis Ings
Spoonbill
Scartho
Ring Ouzel

12/04/2024
Boultham Mere
Kittiwake
Cowbit
Garganey
Deeping Lakes
Russian White-fronted Goose
Far Ings
Osprey
Frampton Marsh
Garganey, Red-breasted Goose, Bonaparte's Gull, Black-winged Stilt, Black Tern, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Glossy Ibis, Water Pipit
Rimac
Hen Harrier (male), Ring Ouzel
RAF Woodhall Spa
Cuckoo


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A Cuckoo at RAF Woodhall today - Image © Matt Clint


11/04/2024
Cleethorpes
Cuckoo
Far Ings
Slavonian Grebe
Frampton Marsh
Bonaparte's Gull,Bearded Tit, Black-winged Stilt, Garganey, 3 Marsh Harrier, Black-winged Stilt, Little-ringed Plover, Little Stint, Little Gull, Black Tern, 12 Pink-footed Goose, 5 Yellow Wagtail


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A total surprise with a Bonaparte's Gull at Frampton Marsh - Image © Ian Misselbrook

Freiston Shore
Spotted Redshank, Swift
Gibraltar Point
Caspian Gull, Glossy Ibis, Water Pipit, Common Redstart, Spoonbill
Pyewipe
Spoonbill
Rimac
Cattle Egret, Grasshopper Warbler

10/04/2024
Crook Bank
Garganey
Donna Nook
Black Brant, Common Crane, Peregrine Falcon, 295, Brent Goose, 2 Pale-bellied Brent Goose, Merlin, Swift, Wheatear
Frampton Marsh
Little Gull, Black-winged Stilt, Little Stint, Black Tern, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
5 Spoonbill
Job's Lane
2 Red Kite
Ness Pit
2 Garganey
Novartis Ings
Spoonbill
Rimac
Swift
Sea-View Farm
Redstart
Target Pit
Slavonian Grebe 
Willingham by Stow/Fillingham
Black Kite

09/04/2024
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Garden Warbler
Boultham Mere
House Martin
Covenham Reservoir
8 House Martin, 20 Sand Martin, 60 Swallow, Arctic Tern 
Doddington Park
Brambling, 6 Lesser Redpoll
Far Ings
Sedge Warbler
Frampton Marsh
Black-winged Stilt, Lesser Yellowlegs
Humberston
3 Whimbrel
Rimac
2 Ring Ouzel
Kirkby Moor
Lesser Whitethroat
North Scarle
Lesser Whitethroat
Seaview Farm
2 Cattle Egret, 2 Ring Ouzel
Whisby
Goshawk (over)

08/04/2024
Anderby Marsh
Spoonbill
Cowbit
Garganey
Donna Nook
2 Willow Warbler, 15 Whooper Swan
Frampton
469 Avocet, Garganey, Little Gull, Curlew Sandpiper, Black-winged Stilt, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Glossy Ibis, Shorelark, Water Pipit, 13 Wheatear
Marston
Yellow Wagtail
Saltfleetby/Theddlethorpe
2 Cattle Egret, Whooper Swan, Grasshopper Warbler, 5 Wheatear

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A pleasing shot of a Grasshopper Warbler at Saltfleetby/ Theddlethorpe Dune - Image © Owen Beaumont

Swanpool
Ring Ouzel

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Ring Ouzel in the Swanpool area - Image ©  Andy Sims

Trent Port
Woodlark (over)
Waddington
Common Whitethroat

07/02/2004
Covenham Reservoir
Little Gull
Frampton Marsh
Little Gull. Spotted Redshank, Water Pipit, Little Stint, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Ring Ouzel, Serin, Swift, Woodlark
Halton Marshes
Ring Ouzel, White Wagtail
Trent Port
Hen Harrier
Washingborough
Swift
Willow Tree Fen
26 Common Crane

06/04/2024
Anderby Creek
154 Linnet, 7 Sand Martin, 1271 Siskin, 6 Barn Swallow, 5 Yellow Wagtail
Anderby Marsh
2 Spoonbill
Crook Bank
Green-winged Teal
Deeping Lakes
Russian White-fronted Goose, Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Garganey, Pale-bellied Brent Goose, Little Gull, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Firecrest
Manby Wetlands
3 Garganey (2 male, 1 female)
Tetney Marsh
Ring Ouzel
Wilder Doddington
Blackcap, Chiffchaff, 2 Peregrine Falcon, Nuthatch

05/04/2024
Anderby Marsh
2 Spoonbill
Covenham Reservoir
Little Gull, 2 Common Scoter
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Lesser Yellowlegs
Freiston Shore
Green-winged Teal
Gibraltar Point 
Mediterranean Gull, Firecrest, Hen Harrier (ring-tail), 3 Swallow, 15 Sandwich Tern
Manby Wetlands
2 Garganey
North Killingholme
Little Gull, Yellow Wagtail
Rippingale
House Martin, Siskin, 2 Raven
Tongue End
Cattle Egret
Willow Tree Fen
Bittern, 20 Common Crane, 3 Goosander, 2 Hen Harrier (ring-tail), 20 Marsh Harrier, 10 Swallow

04/04/2024
Anderby Marsh
2 Spoonbill
Crook Bank
Green-winged Teal
Deeping High Bank
Short-eared Owl
Frampton Marsh
Great White Egret, Little Gull, 5 Mediterranean Gull, 2 Hen Harrier (male & female), Common Tern, Bearded Tit, Lesser Yellowlegs
Freiston Shore
Green-winged Teal (reservoir)
Gibraltar Point
Great Northern Diver, 6 Red-breasted Merganser, Merlin, Water Pipit, 2 Swallow
Manby Wetlands
3 Garganey

03/04/2024
Anderby Marsh
3 Chiffchaff, Black-tailed Godwit, Merlin, 4 Pintail, 28+ Siskin, 2 Spoonbill, 9 Cetti's Warbler
Frampton Marsh
Hen Harrier, Spotted Redshank
Huttoft
Great White Egret, Siskin, Reed Warbler
Manby Wetlands
67 Avocet, 3 Garganey, Great White Egret, 1 Pink-footed Goose, 4 Green Sandpiper (one ringed at Retvangen, Norway 28/07/2023),  6+ Snipe
Sandilands
Short-eared Owl
Wolla Bank
Chiffchaff, Marsh Harrier, Cetti's Warbler, 2 Sedge Warbler

02/04/2024
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Little Gull
Gibraltar Point
Short-eared Owl
Job's Lane
Blackcap

01/04/2024
Covenham Reservoir
8 Little Gull, 3 Common Scoter
Cowbit
Grey Plover
Frampton Marsh
Bearded Tit, Little Gull, Lesser Yellowlegs
Huttoft Bank
Cuckoo
Job's Lane
4 Little Ringed Plover
Normanby
Hawfinch (private garden)

About Us

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.