August 2024

31/08/2024
Anderby Creek
Black Tern (past), Barred Warbler (trapped & ringed)
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Gibraltar Point
8 Spoonbill

30/08/2024
Alkborough Flats
Curlew Sandpiper
Elm House Farm
2 Wheatear, 2 Whinchat
Fishtoft
Pied Flycatcher
Frampton Marsh
Garganey, 39 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
Pied Flycatcher, Osprey, Wood Warbler

Wood Warbler at Gibraltar Point - Image © Sam Goddard

Mablethorpe
Pied Flycatcher
North Somercotes
Osprey
Rimac
Redstart, Wheatear
Sea View
Pied Flycatcher
Tetney Marsh
18 Whimbrel
RAF Woodhall
2 Great White Egret, 10 Egyptian Goose, Common Sandpiper, 4 Swallow, Green Woodpeck

29/08/2024
Alkborough Flats
2 Spotted Redshank, Curlew Sandpiper, 7 Spoonbill
Anderby Creek
7 Great White Egret (north), Black Tern
Frampton Marsh 
Caspian Gull, 17 Curlew Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point
Hen Harrier (male), 3 Spotted Redshank, 4 Spoonbill, Little Stint,Stonechat, Wheatear, Whinchat

28/08/2024
Alkborough Flats
7 Spoonbill
Baston Fen
Garganey
Churchill Lane
Hobby, 4 Kestrel, Lesser Whitethroat
Covenham Reservoir
Buzzard, 300+ Coot, 20 Great Crested Grebe, 5 Yellow Wagtail
Frampton Marsh
19 Spotted Redshank, 6 Curlew Sandpiper, 31 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
2 Curlew Sandpiper, Black Tern
Huttoft Bank
Pied Flycatcher
Messingham
Great White Egret, 58 Gadwall, Marsh Harrier, Hobby, Jay, 67 Lapwing, 21 Shoveler, 69 Teal, Cetti's Warbler, Green Woodpecker
North Scarle
Cattle Egret
Saltfleetby?Theddlethorpe
Osprey

27/08/2024
Churchill Lane
Curlew Sandpiper
Frampton Marsh
19 Spotted Redshank, 6 Curlew Sandpiper, 31 Spoonbill
Freiston Shore
Lapwing, Spoonbill

Lapwing at Freiston Shore - Image © Jeremy Eyeons

Gibraltar Point
Little Stint
Trent Port
2 Redstart

26/08/2024
Alkborough Flats
2 Spotted Redshank, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, 24 Spoonbill
Digby Fen
Little Owl
Frampton Marsh
100 Avocet, 500 Dunlin, Peregrine Falcon, c1000 Black-tailed Godwit, Greenshank, Lapwing, Red Knot, Osprey, 3 Oystercatcher, c800 Ringed Plover, Common Redshank, Ruff, c20 Spotted Redshank, Baird's Sandpiper, c25 Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, Snipe, c22 Spoonbill, Whooper Swan, Turnstone, Yellow Wagtail

Difficult to spot among the waderfest at Frampton Marsh, this Baird's Sandpiper led some a merry dance - Image © Andy Sims

Freiston Shore
Cattle Egret, c200 Turnstone
Gibraltar Point
Little Stint
Middlemarsh Farm
Garganey, Caspian Gull
Swanpool Cow-fields
Spotted Flycatcher

25/08/2024
Alkborough Flats
30+ Spoonbill
Boultham Mere
Marsh Harrier, Hobby

Spotted Flycatcher in one of the hedges of the Swanpool Cow-fields - Image © Andy Sims

Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
9 Common Crane, Tundra Bean Goose (reported), Marsh Harrier, Kingfisher, 20 Spotted Redshank, Baird's Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 7 Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Sparrowhawk, 31 Spoonbill, 2 Little Stint, Whooper Swan, Wheatear

Baird's Sandpiper among the Ringged Plover - Image © Kyle Smith

Freiston Shore
Cuckoo, Curlew, Marsh Harrier, Kestrel, White-rumped Sandpiper, Tree Sparrow, Sparrowhawk, Common Tern, Turnstone, Green Woodpecker
Gibraltar Point
Greater Scaup (reported)
Linwood Warren
Chiffchaff, 5 Spotted Flycatcher, Goldcrest, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, Willow Warbler, Great Spotted Woodpecker
Pig Lane
15 House Martin, 20 Swallow
Swanpool Cow-fields
Buzzard, Chiffchaff, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 200 Jackdaw, Redstart, 200 Rook, 5 Willow Warber, Lesser Whitethroat, Green Woodpecker
Trent Port
Buzzard, 4 Chiffchaff, Pied Flycatcher, Hobby, 75 House Martin, 2 Redstart, 60 Swallow, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 5 Willow Warbler

24/08/2024
Alkborough Flats
31 Spoonbill
Anderby Marsh
Greenshank, 14 Black-tailed Godwit, 268 Golden Plover, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 31 Ringed Plover, 4 Common Sandpiper, 11 Snipe. 3 Little Stint, 116 Sandwich Tern
Frampton Marsh
 Short-eared Owl, 13 Spotted Redshank, Baird's Sandpiper, 13 Curlew Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, wood Sandpiper, 33 Spoonbill, 4 Little Stint, Temminck's Stint
Gibraltar Point
Osprey, 7 Spoonbill
Middlemarsh Farm
Osprey

23/08/2024
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Baird's Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpiper (possible), 3 Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Caspian Gull, 4 Spotted Redshank, Cory's Shearwater (possible), 2 Manx Shearwater, Sooty Shearwater, 7 Spoonbill
Manby Wetland
Buzzard, Great White Egret, Black-tailed Godwit, White-fronted Goose, Hobby, Marsh Harrier
Sutton on Sea
10 Gannet, 5+ Manx Shearwater, 4 Little Tern, Whimbrel

22/08/2024
Frampton Marsh
Osprey, 15 Spotted Redshank, Baird's Sandpiper, 9 Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 5 Little Stint, Temminck's Stint
Sutton on Sea
8 Dunlin, 2 Gannet, 4 Arctic Skua, 129 Common Tern, 2 Little Tern, 207 Sandwich Tern

21/08/2024
Anderby Marsh
Caspian Gull, 4 Little Stint
Frampton Marsh
14 Spotted Redshank, 3 Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Wood Sandpiper, 24 Spoonbill, Little Stint, Temminck's Stint
Gibraltar Point
Purple Sandpiper, 15 Spoonbill
Kirkby on Bain
Green Sandpiper
Northcotes Point
Little Stint
Sutton on Sea
Chiffchaff, 3 Common Scoter, 8 Common Tern, 200 Sandwich Tern
RAF Woodhall Spa
Great White Egret, Whinchat, House Martin, Sand Martin, Swallow

The always attractive Whinchat nicely captured, perched on unattractive wire - Image © SF Wilson

20/08/2024
Anderby Creek
Osprey
Doddington Hall
Spotted Flycatcher
Frampton Marsh
3 Great White Egret, Kingfisher, Spotted Redshank, Curlew Sandpiper,  Spotted Redshank, 2 Commonn Sandpiper, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Wood Sandpiper, 28 Spoonbill, Temminck's Stint, Bearded Tit

A splendid Common Sandpiper at Frampton Marsh - Image © Paul Sullivan

Gibraltar Point
144 Avocet, 2 Greenshank, 2 Spotted Redshank, 25 Spoonbill
Sutton on Sea
79 Curlew, 6 Fulmar, 66 Gannet, Common Sandpiper, 6 Common Scoter, 57 Manx Shearwater, 2 Arctic Skua, 2 Arctic Tern, 12 Common Tern, 207 Sandwich Tern, Whimbrel
Swanpool Cow-fields
Common Redstart

19/08/2024
Alkborough Flats
Great White Egret, 40 Little Egret, Garganey, Spotted Redshank, 28 Spoonbill
Frampton Marsh
3 Spotted Redshank, Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 20 Spoonbill, Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Caspian Gull, Curlew Sandpiper, Black Tern
Saltfleetby/Theddlethorpe Dunes
3 Caspian Gull, 2 Little Gull, Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Manx Shearwater, Sooty Shearwater
Tetney Outflow
6 Goosander, Marsh Harrier, 6 Kestrel, 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 3 Greenshank, 20 Swallow, 4 Swift

Goosander at Tetney Outflow - Image © Nick Coulbeck

18/08/2024
Alkborough
1 Garganey, 28 Spoonbill
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Osprey, Little Stint, Wood Sandpiper, Temminck's Stint, 7 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
2 Spotted Redshank, 6 Spoonbill
Ingoldmells
White Stork
Trent Port
Kingfisher, Common Redstart, Grey Wagtail

17/08/2024
Alkborough
Garganey, 12 Spoonbill
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Far Ings
Garganey
Frampton Marsh
6 Spotted Redshank, 21 Spoonbill, Temminck's Stint

The Temminck's Stint at Frampton Marsh - Image © Roy Harvey

Gibraltar Point
5 Water Rail (4 chicks), 3 Spotted Redshank, Curlew Sandpiper, 3 Spoonbill, Little Stint, Black Tern, Sandwich Tern

Mum and three of the four Water Rail chicks that were at Gibraltar Point - Image © Matt Dineen

16/08/2024
Bardney
2 Buzzard, c60 Goldfinch, 2 Marsh Harrier, 4 Kestrel, Little Owl
Caythorpe
Osprey
Crook Bank
Pied Flycatcher
South Ferriby
Hen Harrier (male)
Frampton Marsh
Spotted Redshank, Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Wood Sandpiper, 26 Spoonbill, 2 Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Avocet 142, Buzzard, Chiffchaff 6, Great White Egret, Little Egret, Little Grebe c24, Black-tailed Godwit, Marsh Harrier, Grey Heron 3, Osprey,  Short-eared Owl, Water Rail 3, Spoonbill 23, Little Stint 2, 2 Stonechat, Grasshopper Warbler 3, Whinchat 3, Willow Warbler 8
Saltfleet
Osprey

15/08/2024
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
6 Spotted Redshank, Curlew Sandpiper, 18 Spoonbill, 2 Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Garganey, Redwing, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, Little Stint 3
Messingham
5 Egyptian Goose (3 juveniles), Grey Heron 5, Green Sandpiper 3, Wood Sandpiper 2, Teal 38

14/08/2024
Anderby Creek 
Sabines Gull, Black Tern
Anderby Marsh
Curlew Sandpiper, 3 Wood Sandpiper
Crook Bank
Pied Flycatcher
Freiston Shore
Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
2 Little Stint
Trent Port
Tawny Owl

13/08/2024
Doddington Hall
3 Buzzard, $ Little Grebe, 4 House Martin,10 Swallow
Frampton Marsh
26 Spotted Redshank, Wood Sandpiper, Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Pied Flycatcher, 3 Greenshank, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 145 House Martin, Little Stint, 2 Black Tern, 1700 Sandwich Tern
Linwood Warren
Buzzard, 8 Spotted Flycatcher, Jay
Saltfleet
Pied Flycatcher
Saltfleet Haven
Spotted Redshank
South Rauceby
24 Red Kite
Sutton on Sea
3 Gannet, 6 Sand Martin, 16 Oystercatcher, 139 Common Scoter, 38 Swallow, 134 Teal, 26 Common Tern, 89 Sandwich Tern, 15 Whimbrel

12/08/2024
Alkborough Flats
2 Cattle Egret, 7 Spoonbill
Anderby Marsh
2 Pied Rlycatcher, 3 Wood Sandpiper
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Donna Nook (re-alighment)
4 Curlew, 85 Dunlin, 2 Pied Flycatcher, 5 Greenshank, 398 Golden Plover, 612 Redshank, Ruff, Wood Sandpiper, 2 Snipe, Whimbrel 
Frampton Marsh
Spotted Redshank, Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 25 Spoonbill
Freiston Shore
Pied Flycatcher, Spotted Redhank
Gibraltar Point
Cattle Egret, 15 Spoonbill
Grimsthorpe Castle 
Hobby
Huttoft
Pied Flycatcher
Linwood Warren
8 Spotted Flycatchers
Mablethorpe
3 Black Tern, Caspian Gull
Swanpool cow-fields
Redstart
Willow Tree Fen
Common Crane

11/08/2024
Alkborough Flats
150 Common Scoter
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Donna Nook
5 Dunlin, 140 Redshank, Osprey, 30 Common Scoter
Frampton Marsh
Osprey, 26 Spotted Redshank, Curlew Sandpiper, 3 Wood Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point
3 Cattle Egret, Pied Flycatcher

10/08/2024
Alkborough Flats
Garganey, 5 Spotted Redshank, 30 Spoonbill
Deeping Lakes
Cattle Egret, Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Garganey, 9 Spotted Redshank, 14 Curlew Sandpiper, 3 Wood Sandpiper, 17 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
3 Cattle Egret, Spotted Redshank, 2 Wood Sandpiper, 5 Spoonbill
Read's Island
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willow Tree Fen
5 Buzzard, 4 Marsh Harrier, 4 Kestrel
Winter's Pool
Wood Sandpiper

09/08/2024
Alkborough Flats
2 Great White Egret, 54 Little Egret, 210 Black-tailed Godwit, 15 Spotted Redshank, Pectoral Sandpiper, 15 Spoonbill, Bearded Tit
Deeping Lakes
Cattle Egret, Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
9 Curlew Sandpier, Wood Sandpiper, 17 Spoonbill, 2 Little Stint
Freiston Shore
Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
4 Spotted Redshank, 3 Wood Sandpiper, 7 Spoonbill, Water Rail
Saltfleetby/ Theddlethorpe
Cattle Egret

08/08/2024
Anderby Marsh
16 Little Egret, 27 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Grey Heron, 2 Kestrel, Red Kite, 4 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Ruff, 3 Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 5 Wood Sandpiper, Cetti's Warbler
Freiston Shore
Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Curlew Sandpiper, Cory's Shearwater, Greater Scaup, 35 Spoonbill, Roseate Tern
Manby Wetlands
Grey Wagtail
North Scarle
Cattle Egret
Sutton on Sea
2 Black-tailed Godwit, 40+ Red Knot, 540+ Sandwich Tern, Barn Swallow, Swift, 2 Turnstone, 7 Whimbrel
Willow Tree Fen
16 Common Crane
Wolla Bank
Marsh Harrier, Sandwich Tern

07/08/2024
Alkborough Flats
2 Garganey, 6 Spotted Redshank
Anderby Marsh
White-rumped Sandpiper, 2 Wood Sandpiper
Frampton Marsh
5 Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 5 Spoonbill
Middlemarsh Farm
Cattle Egret

06/08/2024
Alkborough Flats
5 Avocet, 45+ Little Egret, 4 Great White Egret, 5 Garganey, Black-tailed Godwit, Greenshank, 2 Water Rail, Common Redshank, Spotted Redshank, Ruff, Pectoral Sandpiper, Common Snipe, Jack Snipe, Sparrowhawk, 7 Spoonbill, Bearded Tit

Sparrowhawk at Alkborough Flats - Image © Chris Grimshaw

Covenham Reservoir
3 Raven
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Cattle Egret, 7 Spotted Redshank, 6 Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Little Stint, 7 Spoonbill, White-windged Black Tern
Freiston Shore
3 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
3 Spotted Redshank, Greater Scuap, Wood Sandpiper, 25 Spoonbill
Laughton Forest
Nightjar
Messingham
3 Green Sandpiper
Willow Tree Fen
11 Common Crane

05/07/2024
Alkborough
2 Garganey, Pectoral Sandpiper
Deeping Lakes
Cattle Egret, Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
3 Spotted Redshank, 3 Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Little Stint
Willow Tree Fen
11 Common Crane

04/08/2024
Alkborough Flats
Garganey, 4 Spotted Redshank, Pectoral Sandpiper, 2 Spoonbill
Bardney
2 Curlew, 7 Kestrel, Little Owl, Marsh Harrier, Short-eared Owl, 3 Grey Partridge, Green Sandpiper
Cowbit
Little Gull
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Gibraltar Point
Osprey, 3 Spotted Redshank, 4 Curlew Sandpiper, 3 Wood Sandpiper, 20 Spoonbill
Mablethorpe
Caspian Gull

03/08/2024
Alkborough Flats
Pectoral Sandpiper
Deeping Lakes
Cattle Egret, Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Garganey, 5 Spotted Redshank, 4 Curlew Sandpiper, 30 Spoonbill, 2 Wood Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point
2 Spotted Redshank, 2 Wood Sandpiper, 21 Spoonbill

02/08/2024
Anderby Marsh
Wood Sandpiper
Churchill Lane
Cattle Egret
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis, Wood Sandpiper
Frampton Marsh
4 Spotted Redshank, 3 Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Spotted Redshank, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 12 Spoonbill, Black Tern
Messingham
2 Buzzard, Great White Egret, Goldcrest, Kestrel, 2 House Martin, 2 Wood Sandpiper, Sparrowhawk, 4 Swallow, Treecreeper, 3 Reed Warbler, Green Woodpecker
Rimac
Osprey

01/08/2024
Anderby Marsh
2 Curlew Sandpiper, 8 Snipe
Cowbit
Little Gull
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
5 Curlew Sandpiper, 4 Garganey, 40+ Spoonbill, 2 Little Stint, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
3 Arctic Skua, 4 Cattle Egret, Hen Harrier, 4 Garganey, Glossy Ibis, Short-eared Owl, 17 Spotted Redshank, 3 Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 11 Spoonbill, Little Stint
Halton Marshes
Wood Sandpiper
Saltfleet Haven
Osprey
Wolla Bank
Yellow-legged Gull