Lincolnshire Bird Sightings 2024

May 2024

31/05/2024
Alkborough Flats
Green-winged Teal
Cleethorpes
Wheatear
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Gibraltar Point
2 Cuckoo, Great White Egret, Spotted Redshank, 2 Spoonbill, Marsh Warbler

30/05/2024
Alkborough Flats
Glossy Ibis
Ewerby Waithe
Swallow, Swift, Cetti's Warbler


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A selection of birds from Ewerby Waithe - Images © SF Wilson

Far Ings
1/2 Bittern, Hobby, 60+ Swift, Common Tern
Gibraltar Point
Firecrest, 2 Fulmar, Gannet, Golden Oriole, Pintail, Red-backed Shrike, 2 Spoonbill, 20+ Little Tern, Sandwich Tern
Sutton on Sea
15 Fulmar, 6 Gannet, 80 Sanderling,  61 Common Scoter, 9 Turnstone

29/05/2024
Anderby Creek
Red-footed Falcon
Digby Fen
Kestrel, Oystercatcher, Grey Partridge
Frampton Marsh
Avocet, Little Gull, Spoonbill, Swift, Black Tern, Common Tern


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A lone spoonbill showing closely at Frampton Marsh today - Image © Chris Grimshaw

28/05/2024
Cowbit
Little Stint
Crook Bank
Red-footed Falcon
Frampton Marsh
2 Spoonbill, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Firecrest
Walcott
Marsh Harrier, Barn Owl, Little Owl

27/05/2024
Anderby Marsh
3 Spoonbill
Cowbit
Little Stint
Frampton Marsh
2 Little Gull, Black-winged Stilt
Gibraltar Point
Hen Harrier, Spoonbill, Icterine Warbler
Saltfleetby/Theddlethorpe Dunes
Golden Oriole

26/05/2024
Cowbit
2 Grey Plover, Little Stint
Frampton Marsh
Spotted Redshank, 2 Spoonbill, Black-winged Stilt

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Little Gull at Frampton Marsh - Image © Toby Collett

Gibraltar Point
Spoonbill
Novartis Ings
Caspian Gull
Wolla Bank
Red-backed Shrike

25/05/2024
Cowbit
Little Stint
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
12 Little Gull, Marsh Harrier, Barn Owl


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Little Owl near Walcott - Image © Paul Hickling

24/05/2024
Alkborough Flats
20 Spoonbill
Cowbit
59 Dunlin, 140 Ringed Plover, 2 Sanderling
Crook Bank
Pectoral Sandpier, Temminck's Stint
Frampton Marsh
Little Gull, Wood Sandpiper, Spoonbill, Black-winged Stilt, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Bee-eater
Swanpool
Grasshopper Warbler

23/05/2024
Cowbit
43 Dunlin, Yellow-legged Gull, 128 Ringed Plover, 5 Sanderling
Crook Bank
Pectoral Sandpiper, 2 Temminck's Stint
Frampton Marsh
Wood Sandpiper, 2 Spoonbill, Black-winged Stilt
Gibraltar Point
3 Little Gull, Red-backed Shrike, 3 Spoonbill
Kirton Marsh
Cattle Egret

22/05/2024
Cleethorpes CP
Cuckoo
Cowbit
Garganey, 3 Grey Plover, 105 Ringed Plover, 7 Sanderling, Greater Scaup, Little Stint 

21/05/2024
Cowbit
Greater Scaup
Chapel Six Marshes
Red-backed Shrike
Frampton Marsh
Red-breasted Goose, Wood Sandpiper, Balck-winged Stilt
Gibraltar Point
3 Little Gull, 5 Spoonbill

20/05/2024
Alkborough Flats
Tundra Bean Goose
Anderby Marsh
Wood Sandpiper
Cowbit
Garganey, Curlew Sandpiper, Little Stint
Frampton Marsh
12 Little Gull, Wood Sandpiper, Black-winged Stilt
Gibraltar Point
Black-throated Diver, 2 Little Gull, Velvet Scoter, Black-winged Stilt

19/05/2024
Alkborough Flats
Tundra Been Goose, Whooper Swan
Chowder Ness
Osprey
Cowbit
Little Stint
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
East Halton
Marsh Harrier, 3 Ringed Plover, 10 Swallow, 2 Swift
Frampton Marsh
2 Corn Bunting, Cuckoo, Red-breasted Goose, Greenshank, 8 Little Gull, Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Spoonbill, Little Stint, Temminck's Stint, Black-winged Stilt, 2 Bearded Tit
Gibraltar Point
Little Gull, Hen Harrier (ring tail), Barn Owl, 3 Spoonbill, Grasshopper Warbler
Langtoft 
Honey Buzzard (suspected)
Pinchbeck
Osprey
Stamford
Osprey
Walesby Moor
Turtle Dove

18/05/2024

Cowbit
Curlew Sandpiper, Little Stint, Temminck's Stint
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Ewerby Waithe
Marsh Harrier, Red Kite, Cetti's Warbler, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Great Spotted Woodpecker
Frampton Marsh
Garganey, Red-breasted Goose, 7 Little Gull, Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Spoonbill, Little Stint, Black-winged Stilt
Gibraltar Point
Red-breasted Goose, 3 Little Gull, 8 Common Scoter, Red-breasted Shrike, Icterine Warbler
East Halton 
2 Little Gull, Spoonbill
Saltfleetby/Theddlethorpe NNR
Red-backed Shrike (Crook Bank)

17/05/2024
Cowbit
Common Crane
Crook Bank
Red-backed Shrike
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Garganey, Red-breasted Goose, Little Gull, Curlew Sandpiper, Little Stint, Black-winged Stilt. Temminck's Stint
Gibraltar Point
Little Gull, Wood Sandpiper, Spoonbill, Icterine Warbler

16/05/2024
Anderby Marsh
Temminck's Stint
Cowbit
Garganey, Grey Plover
Deeping High Bank
Garganey
Gibraltar Point
Turtle Dove, 2 Hawfinch, Golden Oriole, Woodlark
Saltfleetby/ Theddlethorpe
Red-backed Shrike

15/05/2024
Cowbit
5 Sanderling, 3 Wood Sandpiper, Temminck's Stint
Deeping High Bank
Red Knot, Grey Plover
Frampton Marsh
Pale-bellied Brent Goose, Red-breasted Goose, Spotted Redshank, Wood Sandpiper, Black-winged Stilt, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point 
Osprey

14/05/2024
Cowbit
5 Red Knot, Black Tern
Frampton Marsh
Red-breasted Goose, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Spoonbill, Black-winged Stilt, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Greater Scaup

13/05/2024
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Red-breasted Goose, Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Black-winged Stilt, Lesser Yellowlegs

12/05/2024
Alkborough
Spoonbill
Cowbit
8 Bar-tailed Godwit, Sanderling, Black Tern, Little Tern, 4 Turnstone
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis, Black Tern
Donna Nook
Wood Sandpiper
Frampton Marsh
2 Garganey. Red-breasted Goose, Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Spoonbill, Black-winged Stilt, Temminck's Stint, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Wood Sandpiper
Sturton by Stow
Quail

11/05/2024
Alkborough Flats
Spoonbill
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Black Tern
Cowbit
Golden Plover, 3 Sanderling
Far Ings
Black Tern
Frampton Marsh
Red-breasted Goose, Little Gull, Curlew Sandpiper, Spoonbill, Black-winged Stilt, Little Stint, Lesser Yellowlegs
Lincoln
Hoopoe (private garden)
Gibraltar Point
Turtle Dove, 2 Little Gull, 2 Spoonbill, 2 Whooper Swan
Whaplode Drove
Quail

10/05/2024
Cowbit
Garganey
Deeping Lakes
Gloosy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Little Gull, Curlew Sandpiper, Spoonbill, Little Stint,
Gibraltar Point
Avocet 16, Brambling, Peregrine Falcon, Hen Harrier, Osprey, Spoonbill, Tree Pipit

09/05/2024
Churchill Lane
Thrush Nightingale
Crowland
2 Common Crane
Frampton Marsh 
Garganey, Red-breasted Goose, Black-winged Stilt, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Turtle Dove, 650 Dunlin, Peregrine Falcon, 7000 Knot, Golden Oriole, 1250 Sanderling, 23 Little Tern, 6 Sandwich Tern, Woodlark
Keelby
Swift
Swanpool Cowfields
Wood Sandpiper

08/05/2024
Cleethorpes
Cetti's Warbler, Cuckoo, 3 Swift 
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Garganey, Red-breasted Goose, Thrush Nightingale, Black-winged Stilt, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
440 Dunln, Peregrine Falcon, 60 Brent Goose, Hobby, 7000 Red Knot, 350 Oystercatcher, 3330 Grey Plover, 1250 Sanderling, 23 Little Tern 32 Turnstone
Scunthorpe
Goldcrest, Sparrowhawk

07/05/2025
Cowbit
Wood Sandpiper
East Butterwick
2 Grey Partridge, 3 Swallow
Elmhouse Farm
Cuckoo, 2 Garganey, Greenshank, 2 Redshank, Sand Martin, 2 Wood Sandpiper, Snipe, c12 Swallow, Swift,  Wheatear
Frampton Pond
Garganey, Greenshank, Red-breasted Goose, Little Gull, Mediterranean Gull, Black-winged Stilt, Little Stint, Whimbrel
Heydourn Pond, Grantham
Common Sandpiper
Rimac
2 Avocet, Turtle Dove. Cuckoo, Marsh Harrier, 2 Whimbrel


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Turtle Dove hiding in the Dunes at Rimac - Image © Andy Sims

06/05/2024
Alkborough
Garganey, 3 Spoonbill
Frampton Marsh
Wood Sandpiper, Black-winged Stilt, Lesser Yellowlegs
Halton Marsh
Osprey, Wood Sandpiper
Holywell
Greater Scaup
Messingham
2 Buzzard, Cuckoo, 2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Hobby, Common Sandpiper, Sparrowhawk, 1 Arctic Tern, 4 Common Tern, 4 Cetti's Warbler

05/05/2024
Alkborough Flats
4 Common Crane
Deeping Lakes
3 Little Egret, Glossy Ibis, 2 Shelduck, 4 Common Tern
Frampton Marsh
Black Brant, 3 Garganey, Red-breasted Goose, Little Gull, Black-winged Stilt, Little Stint, Lesser Yellowlegs
Freiston Shore
Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
Pied Flycatcher, 3 Spoonbill
Willow Tree Fen
3 Common Crane, Marsh Harrier, Red Kite

04/05/2024
Alkborough Flats
26 Arctic Tern
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Temminck's Stint
Gibraltar Point
3 Common Crane, 2 Firecrest, 2 Spoonbill
Halton Marsh
3 Common Crane

03/05/2024
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Kittiwake, 6 Arctic Tern, Little Tern
Boultham Mere
5 Arctic Tern
Cowbit
Kittiwake, Turnstone
Deeping Lakes
40 Arctic Tern
Frampton Marsh
3 Common Crane, Garganey, Red-breasted Goose, Little Gull, Black-winged Stilt, 5 Arctic Tern, Lesser Yellowlegs


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The Red-breasted Goose on the Wet Grasslannd at Frampton Marsh - Image © Paul Sullivan

Gibraltar Point
Garganey, Hawfinch, Arctic Tern
Trent Port
Bullfinch, Little Egret, Treecreeper, Sedge Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat


02/05/2024
Anderby Marsh
Garganey, Wood Sandpiper, Woodchat Shrike
Baston & Langtoft Pits
2 Arctic Tern
Boultham Mere
Hobby
Cowbit
Spotted Redshank, Black-winged Stilt
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
East Halton Skitter
Woodchat Shrike (first claimed on 29/04)
Far Ings
4 Hobby, 2 Common Tern, 5 Cetti's Warbler, Reed Warbler
Frampton Marsh
Garganey, Red-breasted Goose, Little Gull, Wood Sandpiper, Spoonbill, Little Stint, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Pont
Caspian Gull, Wood Sandpiper
Huttoft
Short-eared Owl
Sleaford
Spotted Flycatcher

01/05/2024

Anderby Marsh
Garganey, Wood Sandpiper
Bonby Carrs
2 Common Crane, Bar-tailed Godwit
Boultham Mere
Black Tern
Covenham Reservoir
20 Arctic Tern, 19 Black Tern
Cowbit
Turnstone
Frampton Marsh
2 Common Crane, 2 Garganey, Red-breasted Goose, Little Gull, Spotted Redshank, Wood Sandpiper, Spoonbill, Black-winged Stilt, Temminck's Stint

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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.