Lincolnshire Latest Bird News
This page will be updated on a regular basis, to provide a convenient news service to scarce & rare birds found within Lincolnshire. This is a free service and LBC Members wishing to get more up to the minute information should check commercial news services. The Sightings page and @Lincsbirding Twitter feed are intended to alert birders to rare (RED) and scarcer (BLUE) species that they might be interested in seeing within the County. For a full details on Gib Point remember to check their up to date blog at http://gibraltarpointbirdobservatory.blogspot.com/ which gives far more details than shown here…
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January 2024
31/01/2024
Bourne
3 Bewick's Swan
Gibraltar Point
Peregrine Falcon, 2000+ Pink-footed Goose, Hen Harrier, Smew, 51 Whooper Swan, Waxwing
Hawthorpe
Hen Harrier
Marston
Hen Harrier
Paradise
Green-winged Teal
Rimac
3 Cattle Egret
30/01/2024
Cleethorpes
Water Pipit
Covenham Reservoir
Great Northern Diver (unfortunately found dead)
Frampton
Lesser Yellowlegs
Marston
Hen Harrier
Paradise
Green-winged Teal, Eurasian Teal
Rimac
Cattle Egret
Willow Tree Fen
Hen Harrier
29/01/2024
Covenham Reservoir
Great Northern Diver (re-released back on to the Reservoir)
Cradge Bank
Velvet Scoter
Culverthorpe
Great White Egret
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis, Long-eared Owl
Frampton
Lesser Yellowlegs
Freiston Shore
2 Great Scaup
Gibraltar Point
5 Corn Bunting, Lapland Bunting, 25 Snow Bunting, 3 Long-tailed Duck, HH (m), 4 Shore Lark, 4 Water Pipit, Smew (rh), 51 Whooper Swan, Bearded Tit, 2 Waxwing
Huttoft
2 Short-eared Owl
Mablethorpe
Purple Sandpiper
Scunthorpe
Glossy Ibis
28/01/2024
Common Drove, Crowland
7 Corn Bunting
Cowbit Marsh
Grey Plover, 21 Turnstone, Velvet Scoter, 2 Bewick's Swan
Deeping High Bank
37 Bewick's Swan, Whooper Swan
Wilder Doddington
Great Grey Shrike
Paradise
Green-winged Teal
Scunthorpe
Glossy Ibis (Kingsway NR)
Stanton Pit
3 Russian White-fronted Goose
Trent Port
7 Bullfinch, 3 Buzzard, Peregrine Falcon, Little Grebe, Red Kite, Stonechat, Grey Wagtail
27/01/2024
Cowbit
Grey Plover, Velvet Scoter
Velvet Scoter at Cowbit Marsh - Image Will Bowell
Deeping Lakes
Gloosy Ibis, Long-eared Owl
Wilder Doddington
Reed Bunting, Kestrel, Great Grey Shrike
Donna Nook
100+ Twite
Frampton Marsh
Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Black-throated Diver, 3 Long-tailed Duck, Great Northern Diver, 4 Red-throated Diver, 2 Raven, 115 Shoveler, 2 Stonechat, 53 Whooper Swan, 3 Waxwing, Great Spotted Woodpecker
Grantham
Waxwing
Marston
Hen Harrier
Paradise
Green-winged Teal
26/01/2024
Barton-upon-Humber
15 Waxwing (Baysgarth Park)
Covenham Reservoir
Great Northern Diver (distressed bird netted, relieved of obstructions and taken in to care)
The Great Northern Diver rescued at Covenham Reservoir
Wilder Doddington
Great Grey Shrike
Frampton Marsh
Great White Egret, Hen Harrier, Marsh Harrier, Pintail, 3 Ringed Plover, Water Rail, Whooper Swan, Lesser Yellowlegs (129th day)
Freiston Shore
2 Greater Scaup
Mablethorpe
Purple Sandpiper
Willow Tree Fen
8 Common Crane
25/01/2024
Covenham Reservoir
Great Northern Diver (distressed), Raven, Shag
Donna Nook
200 Twite
North Somercotes
2 Mandarin
Mablethorpe
Purple Sandpiper
Rimac
5 Cattle Egret, 1000+ Pink-footed Goose (over), 2 Stonechat
Sandilands
3 Short-eared Owl
24/01/2024
Anderby Creek
Short-eared Owl
Covenham Reservoir
Great Northern Diver, Shag
Deeping High Bank
35+ Bewick's Swan, 450+ Whooper Swan
Deeping Lakes
Long-eared Owl
Cut End
5 Cattle Egret, Hen Harrier, Red-breasted Merganser
Wilder Doddington
Great Grey Shrike
Frampton Marsh
Hen Harrier (m), Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Chiffchaff, Smew
Marston
Barnacle Goose, Hen Harrier, Marsh Harrier, Merlin
Pyewipe
Great Northern Diver
Twenty
6 Common Crane
23/01/2024
Boultham Mere
Pochard, Woodcock
Cress Marsh
Caspian Gull
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton
Lesser Yellowlegs
Freiston Shore
2 Greater Scaup
Gibraltar Point
55 Red-throated Diver, 2 Long-tailed Duck, 250 Eider, 10 Red-breasted Merganser, Velvet Scoter, 5 Woodcock
Grantham
2 Waxwing
Job's Lane
Smew (male)
Mablethorpe
Purple Sandpiper
Marston
Hen Harrier (male)
Trent Port
3 Bullfinch, 950 Black-headed Gull, 110 Fieldfare, 240 Common Gull, Shelduck, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Stonechat, 36 Teal, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker
22/01/2024
Black Bank
50 Golden Plover, 17 Mute Swan, 8 Whooper Swan
Burringham
47 Fieldfare, 100 Common Gull, 2 Kestrel, 100 Lapwing
Cleethorpes
Purple Sandpiper
Purple Sandpiper at Cleethorpes - Image © Jim Wright
Cut End
50+ Red-throated Diver
Doddington Park
2 Siskin, 8 Lesser Redpoll, 500+ Starling (at dusk)
Dorrington Fen
Corn Bunting,100 Fieldfare, 1000 Golden Plover
Freiston Shore
8 Cattle Egret, 6000 Brent Goose. Water Pipit, 2 Greater Scaup
Frampton Marsh
8 Snow Bunting, 3 Long-tailed Duck, 4 Red Kite,150 Linnet, Barn Owl, 32 Whooper Swan, Twite, Waxwing, 4 Woodcock, Lesser Yellowlegs (car-park)
21/01/2024
Crook Bank
19 Snow Bunting
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Gibraltar Point
Red-necked Grebe (off shore), 4 Shore Lark, Velvet Scoter (off shore)
Grantham
2 Waxwing (Princess Drive)
Mablethorpe
Purple Sandpiper
South Rauceby
Stonechat
Stanton's Pit
3 Russian White-fronted Goose
Wilder Doddington
Great Grey Shrike
Winter's Pool
2 Russian White-fronted Goose
20/01/2024
Bagmoor
Ring-necked Duck
Caenby Corner
40+ Waxwing
Cleethorpes
Purple Sandpiper
Cradge Bank
Grey Plover
Crook Bank
28 Snow Bunting
Deeping High Bank
Bewick's Swan (at last one)
Deeping Lakes
3 Cattle Egret, Glossy Ibis
Doddington Park
c2500 Starling (in to roost)
Donna Nook
100+ Twite
Frampton Marsh
2 Hen Harrier
Gibraltar Point
Puffin, Velvet Scoter
Haven Mouth
Spoonbill, Lesser Yellowlegs
Saltfleetby
Hen Harrier
Sandilands
2100 Common Gull, Marsh Harrier, 2 Short-eared Owl, 4 Whooper Swan
Wilder Doddington
2 Stonechat
Willow Tree Fen
Cattle Egret, 9 Common Crane, Peregrine Falcon, 72 Goosander, 2 Hen Harrier, Marsh Harrier, 3 Kestrel, Barn Owl, Water Rail,, Snipe, 2 Sparrowhawk, 32 Whooper Swan
Winter's Pool
Russian White-fronted Goose
19/01/2024
Alkborough
Glossy Ibis
Cleethorpes
14 Snow Bunting
Deeping High Bank
30 Goosander, Great White Egret, Marsh Harrier, Red Kite, 4 Bewick's Swan, c800 Whooper Swan in two obvious large herds and several smaller little ones. (Grid Reference (TF22726 14144), (What Three Words - (seducing.powers.riverboat)
Bewick's Swan New Road, Deeping High Bank - Image C Andy Sims
Deeping Lakes
2 Cattle Egret, Great White Egret, Glossy Ibis, Kingfisher, c4 Long-eared Owl,
Glossy Ibis at Deeping Lakes - Image © Chris Grimshaw
Frampton Marsh
Shore Lark
Gibraltar Point
8 Snow Bunting, 3 Long-tailed Duck, Hen Harrier (m), 4 Shore Lark, 8 Waxwing
Huttoft
Short-eared Owl
Rimac
3 Cattle Egret
Skegness
Caspian Gull
Tallington Lakes
24 Goldeneye, Great Scaup
Tongue End
2 Common Crane, 3 Short-eared Owl
18/01/2024
Alkborough Flats
Glossy Ibis
Boultham Mere
2 Woodcock
Cleethorpes
Purple Sandpiper
Frampton Marsh
Peregrine Falcon, Hen Harrier, Kingfisher, 100 Linnet,. Water Rail, Stonechat, 142 Whooper Swan
Gibraltar Point
Long-tailed Duck, 3 Water Pipit, 14 Waxwing, 39 Whooper Swan
Huttoft Bank
2 Short-eared Owl
Mablethorpe
Purple Sandpiper
Sibsey
2 Waxwing
Willow Tree Fen
3 Common Crane
17/01/2024
Cleethorpes
Purple Sandpiper, 10 Curlew
Cut End
Purple Sandpiper
Deeping Lakes
Red-throated Diver, Long-tailed Duck, Cattle Egret, Fieldfare, Long-eared Owl
Donna Nook
120 Twite
Fieldfare at Deeping Lakes - Image © Mike Weedon
Frampton Marsh
Greater Scaup, Lesser Yellowlegs
Freiston Shore
Glaucous Gull, 2 Greater Scaup
Gibraltar Point
9 Snow Bunting, Red-throated Diver, Long-tailed Duck, Slavonian Grebe, 2 Hen Harrier, 4 Shore Lark, 8 Water Pipit, Bearded Tit, 2 Waxwing, 46 Whooper Swan
Millennium Green
3 Goosander, 2 Egyptian Goose, Redwing, 5 Siskin
RAF Woodhall Spa
3 Tundra Bean Goose
Rimac
Long-tailed Duck, Cattle Egret
Sutterton
Hen Harrier
Wilder Doddington
Goldfinch, Kestrel, Linnet, Redwing, Yellowhammer
16/01/2024
Covenham Reservoir
Great Northern Diver
Cowbit
Long-tailed Duck, Turnstone
Deeping High Bank
Short-eared Owl, 22 Bewick's Swan
Deeping Lakes
Red-throated Diver, 3 Cattle Egret, Glossy Ibis, 4 Long-eared Owl, 2 Bewick's Swan
Donna Nook
100 Twite
Elm House Farm
460 Pink-footed Goose
Fishtoft
3 Cattle Egret
Gibraltar Point
9 Water Pipit
Hartsholme Park
Goosander, 7 Grey Heron
Louth
10 Waxwing
RAF Woodhall Spa
3 Tundra Bean Goose
Sibsey
17 Whooper Swan
Tetney Lock
14 Waxwing
Willow Tree Fen
9 Common Crane
15/01/2024
Brant Broughton
Hen Harrier
Cowbit
Long-tailed Duck
Deeping Lakes
Red-throated Diver, Glossy Ibis, 2 Long-eared Owl
Frampton Marsh
Greater Scaup, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Hen Harrier, Short-eared Owl, Waxwing
Great Hale
5 Waxwing
Mablethorpe
Velvet Scoter
Tongue End
2 Common Crane, 2 Cattle Egret, 3 Short-eared Owl
RAF Woodhall Spa
3 Pink-footed Goose, 3 Tundra Bean Goose
14/01/2024
Cowbit
Turnstone
Crook Bank
8 Snow Bunting
Cut End
Goosander, Red-throated Diver, Red-breasted Merganser, Grey Plover, Common Scoter
Deeping High Bank
6 Bewick's Swan
Deeping Lakes
Red-throated Diver, Glossy Ibis, 2 Long-eared Owl
Red-throated Diver that showed nicely at Deeping Lakes - Image © Will Bowell
Digby Fen
3 Goosander
Donna Nook
120 Twite
Frampton Marsh
9 Avocet, Bearded Tit, Brambling, Peregrine Falcon, 14 Goldeneye, Merlin, Greater Scaup, Stonechat
Gibraltar Point
2 Hen Harrier
RAF Woodhall Spa
3 Great White Egret, 3 Pink-footed Goose, 3 Tundra Bean Goose
Rimac
5 Water Pipit
Skegness
3 Long-tailed Duck
Willow Tree Fen
9 Common Crane, 2 Cattle Egret, 106 Goosander, 2 Hen Harrier, 28 Marsh Harrier, Merlin, Barn Owl, Little Owl, Tawny Owl, Sparrowhawk, 3 Bewick's Swan, 150 Whooper Swan
13/01/2024
Deeping Lakes
Red-throated Diver, Glossy Ibis, 2 Long-eared Owl
Donna Nook
2 Lapland Bunting, Hen Harrier, Merlin, 210 Twite
Frampton Marsh
Hen Harrier, Greater Scaup, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
18 Snow Bunting, 3 Long-tailed Duck, Little Gull, Hen Harrier (m&f), 4 Shore Lark, 5 Waxwing (approach road)
Rimac
34 Snow Bunting, 4 Water Pipit
Old Wood
Buzzard, Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch
Wilder Doddington
2 Reed Bunting, Kestrel, Redwing, Great Grey Shrike (north of road)
Willow Tree Fen
5 Common Crane, Hen Harrier, Short-eared Owl, 3 Bewick's Swan
12/01/2024
Anderby Creek
2 Short-eared Owl
Cradge Bank
Little Gull, Short-eared Owl
Deeping High Bank
Spotted Redshank
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis, Long-eated Owl
Frampton Marsh
Avocet, Brambling, Buzzard, Long-tailed Duck, Peregrine Falcon, 20 Marsh Harrier, Merlin, Barn Owl, Pintail, Stonechat, Whooper Swan, Cetti's Warbler, Lesser Yellowlegs
Freiston Shore
Water Pipit
Gibraltar Point
2 Snow Bunting, 8 Red-throated Diver, Long-tailed Duck, 6 Eider, Goldeneye, Bean Goose, 800 Brent Goose, Guillemot, 4 Shore Lark, Barn Owl, 3 Water Pipit, 60 Redwing, Whooper Swan, 4 Woodcock, Harbour Porpoise
Pyewipe
Spotted Redshank
11/01/2024
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis, Long-eared Owl
Deeping St Nicholas
2 Bewick's Swan, 359 Whooper Swan
Doddington Park
2 Lesser Redpoll, 2 Siskin
Frampton Marsh
Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
7 Snow Bunting, 3 Long-tailed Duck, Peregrine Falcon, Hen Harrier, 4 Shore Lark, Red-breasted Merganser, Barn Owl, 2500 Grey Plover, Ringed Plover, c80 Common Scoter, Woodcock
One of the four elusive Shore Lark on the beach north of Greenshank Creek at Gibraltar Point - Image © Andy Sims
Rimac
5 Cattle Egret
Saltfleet
24 Little Egret, Song Thrush
South Ormsby
70 Brambling, 12 Red Kite
Tallington Lakes
3 Greater Scaup
Tongue End
8 Common Crane
Willow Tree Fen
2 Buzzard, 5 Common Crane, 2 Cattle Egret, 22 Goosander, Hen Harrier, 8+ Marsh Harrier, 1000 Lapwing, 150 Golden Plover, Ruff
10/01/2024
North Cotes
Black Brant
Deeping Lakes
Gloosy Ibis, Long-eared Owl
Short Ferry
2 Red Knot, Waxwing
Frampton Marsh
Lesser Yellowlegs
The very obliging Lesser Yellowlegs that dropped in to the car-park at Frampton Marsh shortly after we arrived - Image © Chris Grimshaw
Gibraltar Point
2 Corn Bunting, Snow Bunting, Black Throated Diver, Great Northern Diver, 2 Long-tailed Duck, 4 Shore Lark, Sooty Shearwater, Jack Snipe, 50 Whooper Swan
Whisby
Great White Egret
Wilder Doddington
Stonechat
09/01/2024
Cowbit
Turnstone
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis, Long-eared Owl
Frampton Marsh
Brambling, Long-tailed Duck, Dunlin, Peregrine Falcon, Fieldfare, Goldeneye, 2 Hen Harrier, 35 Marsh Harrier, 3000 Lapwing, Linnet, Merlin, 500 Golden Plover, Redwing Ruff, 2 Greater Scaup, Whooper Swan, 5000+ Wigeon, Lesser Yellowlegs (day 113)
Gibraltar Point
4 Shore Lark
Grantham
4 Waxwing
Halton Marshes
Hen Harrier, Russian White-fronted Goose
Job's Lane
Smew
Rimac
4 Cattle Egret
Willow Tree Fen
11 Common Crane, 2 Cattle Egret, 2 Hen Harrier
08/01/2024
Cherry Willingham
2 Waxwing
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis, Long-eared Owl
Elm House Farm
680 Brent Goose, 21 Pink-footed Goose, c400 Mixed Gull. Marsh Harrier. 2 Kestrel, 750 Lapwing, 200 Starling
Far Ings
Bittern, Sparrowhawk
Frampton Marsh
Merlin, Greater Scaup, 5 Bewick's Swan, Lesser Yellowlegs
Grantham
300 Pink-footed Goose, 8 Waxwing
Rimac
4 Water Pipit
Tallington Lakes
Red-throated Diver, Greater Scaup
Willow Tree Fen
5 Common Crane, 2 Cattle Egret, 51 Goosander, Hen Harrier, 28 Marsh Harrier, 2 Sparrowhawk, 6 Bewick's Swan, 86 Whooper Swan
07/01/2024
Baston Fen
Water Pipit
Bourne (floods)
1 Bewick's Swan, 11 Whooper Swan
Cleethorpes
4 Snow Bunting
Covenham Reservoir
Great Northern Diver, Shag
Cowbit
Long-tailed Duck
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis, Long-eared Owl
Donna Nook
160+ Twite
Frampton Marsh
Hen Harrier, Glossy Ibis, 4 Brambling, Lapland Bunting, Merlin, Water Pipit. Greater Scaup, 2 Stonechat, 4 Bewick's Swan, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
2 Long-tailed Duck
Grantham
4 Waxwing
New Holland
2 Waxwing
Leadenham
Waxwing
Swanpool
Goldcrest, Stonechat, Song Thrush
Twenty
9 Common Crane
Willow Tree Fen
Cattle Egret, 2 Hen Harrier
06/01/2024
Alkborough Flats
Bearded Tit
River Ancholme
13 Goosander
Cowbit
Avocet, Long-tailed Duck, Peregrine Falcon, Greater Scaup, Sparrowhawk
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Dorrington Fen
3 Buzzard, 100 Fieldfare
Frampton Marsh
3 Greater Scaup. 3 Waxwing, Lesser Yellowlegs
Grantham
5 Waxwing
Job's Lane
Smew
Osgodby
Nuthatch, 2 Siskin, Great Spotted Woodpecker
Seacroft
4 Waxwing
Swanpool
103 Pink-footed Goose
Willow Tree Fen
Cattle Egret, Hen Harrier, Marsh Harrier
05/01/2024
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Doddington Park, Lincoln
12 Lesser Redpoll
Tetney Lock (village)
4 Waxwing
Wilder Doddington
Great Grey Shrike
Willow Tree Fen
Common Crane
04/01/2024
Anderby Creek
Snow Bunting, 3 Great Northern Diver
Cleethorpes
50 Snow Bunting
Wilder Doddington
Great Grey Shrike
Gibraltar Point
3 Long-tailed Duck, 3 Marsh Harrier, 4 Shore Lark
Grantham
17 Waxwing on Primrose Way and another 15 by the Asda car-park)
Lincoln (Carram Way)
2 Waxwing
Messingham,
Bittern, Buzzard, 9 Goldeneye, 120 Pink-footed Goose, Marsh Harrier, 120 Lapwing, 5 Shelduck, Cetti's Warbler
Seacroft
3 Waxwing
Willow Tree Fen
9 Common Crane
03/01/2024
Covenham Reservoir
Great Northern Diver, Shag
Deeping Lake
Glossy Ibis
Wilder Doddington (please note that from now on the whole of the extensive Doddington Hall Estate will be called Wilder Doddington)
Great Grey Shrike
Frampton Marsh
2 Great Scaup, Lesser Yellowlegs
Freiston Shore
Spooonbill
Gibraltar Point
4 Shore Lark
Lincoln (Carram Way}
2 Mistle Thrush, 11 Waxwing
Normanby-le-Wold
6 Waxwing
Rimac
6 Water Pipit
02/01/2024
Deeping Lakes
Long-eared Owl
Doddington Hall (area)
Great Grey Shrike
Doddington Park
10 Lesser Redpoll
Frampton Marsh
Hen Harrier, Greater Scaup
Gibraltar Point
4 Snow Bunting, Long-tailed Duck, 4 Shore Lark, Velvet Scoter
Grantham
1 Waxwing
Holbeach St Matthew
Hen Harrier
Job's Lane
Smew (male)
Lincoln (St George's Hospital area)
9 Waxwing
Willow Tree Fen
Common Crane
01/01/2024
Covenham Reservoir
Shag
Cut End
4 Cattle Egret
Job's Lane
Smew (male)
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Doddington Hall
Great Grey Shrike
Doddington Park
34 Goldfinch, 8 Lesser Redpoll
Frampton Marsh
Lesser Yellowlegs
Gedney Drove End
Lapland Bunting,. Fieldfare, Hen Harrier, Yellowhammer
Gibraltar Point
9 Corn Bunting, 4 Snow Bunting, Great Northern Diver, 3 Long-tailed Duck, 100 Eider, Peregrine Falcon, Red-necked Grebe, 3000 Pink-footed Goose, 3 Little Gull, Hen Harrier, 4 Shore Lark, 4 Red-breasted Merganser, Merlin, 2 Pintail, Water Pipit, Water Rail, 11 Waxwing, 4 Woodcock
New Holland
2 Waxwing
Rimac
Long-tailed Duck, 4 Cattle Egret, 3 Water Pipit
Long-tailed Duck on the River Eua at Rimac - Image © Roy Harvey
Saltfleetby
28 Snow Bunting, Long-tailed Duck, 3 Water Pipit
Seaview Farm
Hen Harrier
Trent Port
Hen Harrier
Willow Tree Fen
2 Common Crane
Lincolnshire Bird Sightings
31/12/2023
Apex Pits
60 Siskin
Doddington Hall
101 Pink-footed Goose, Great Grey Shrike
Donna Nook
Short-eated Owl
Frampton Marsh
2 Greater Scaup, 5 Bewick's Swan, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Great Northern Diver, 3 Long-tailed Duck, 2 Velvet Scoter
Grantham
9 Waxwing
Job's Lane
Buzzard, Smew (male)
Rimac
5 Cattle Egret, 3 Water Pipit
30/12/2013
Barton-upon-Humber
12 Waxwing (Madison Road)
Deeping High Bank
2 Buzzard, 2 Goosander, Kestrel
Doddington Hall (area)
Great Grey Shrike (west of the pyramid)
The Great Grey Shrike west of Doddington Hall - Image © Grahame Hopwood
Fiskerton Fen
Waxwing
Frampton Marsh
Greater Scaup, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gainsborough (Jet Garage)
14 Waxwing
Grantham
12 Waxwing (The Grange)
Sibsey
4 Waxwing (Amos Way)
Willow Tree Fen
2 Buzzard, 2 Common Crane (dusk), 22 Cormorant, 2 Cattle Egret, 5 Little Egret, 57+ Goosander, Hen Harrier, 14+ Marsh Harrier, Kestrel, 52+ Lapwing, 100+ Starling
29/12/2023
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Mealy Redpoll
Boston
12 Waxwing (B&Q)
Covenham Reservoir
Great Northern Diver, Smew
Donnington on Bain
Brambling, 15 Fieldfare, 2 Raven
Frampton Marsh
Spoonbill, 2 Waxwing, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gainsborough (Jet Garage)
20 Waxwing
Gibraltar Point
Great Northern Diver, Long-tailed Duck
Helpringham
3 Waxwing
Rimac
3 Hen Harrier (1 male)
28/12/2023
Deeping Lakes
2 Long-eared Owl
Deeping St Nicholas
11 Bewick's Swan
Doddington Hall
Buzzard, 4 Fieldfare, 15 Moorhen, 19 Mallard, Lesser Redpoll
Doddington Park
20 Goldfinch, 8 Lesser Redpoll
Frampton Marsh
5 Avocet, Brambling, Corn Bunting, 2 Greater Scaup, 20000 Starling (murmuration), 322 Whooper Swan, Lesser Yellowlegs
Helpringham
22 Waxwing
Job's Lane
Smew
Scredington
22 Waxwing
One of the Waxwings in Scredington today - Image © trinmanstew
Sutton on Sea
3 Waxwing
Swanpool
8 Little Egret, 2 Goosander, Kingfisher, 3 Song Thrush
Whisby
25000+ Starling (murmaration)
Willow Tree Fen
Hen Harrier
27/12/2023
Covenham
Great Northern Diver
Frampton Marsh
Greater Scaup, Lesser Yellowlegs
Normanby
3 Waxwing
26/12/2023
Alkborough Flats
Cattle Egret
Bourne
7 Waxwing
Covenham
Smew (male)
Deeping Lakes
Russian White-fronted Goose, 3 Long-eared Owl
Doddington Park
5 Lesser Redpoll
Gainsborough
2 Waxwing
Gibraltar Point
Great Northern Diver, 3 Long-tailed Duck, Red-necked Grebe, Slavonian Grebe
Tongue End
Short-eared Owl
Christmas Day
Deeping Lakes
3 Long-eared Owl
Frampton Marsh
Lesser Yellowlegs
Gainsborough
12 Waxwing
Gibraltar Point
Great White Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier
Trent Port
21 Pintail, 5 Snipe, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker
Willow Tree Fen
11 Common Crane
24/12/2023
Barrowby
Waxwing
Frampton Marsh
Lesser Yellowlegs
Gainsborough
20 Waxwing
Gibraltar Point
2 Waxwing
23/12/2023
Alkborough Flats
Cattle Egret
Deeping High Bank
Hen Harrier
Doddington Park
5 Lesser Redpoll
Frampton Marsh
Hen Harrier, Greater Scaup, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Great Norther Diver, Greater Scaup, 2 Velvet Scoter
Mablethorpe
Waxwing
Rimac
5 Cattle Egret, 4 Water Pipit
Whiton
600 Pink-footed Goose. Tundra Bean Goose
Willow Tree Fen
Common Crane, 2 Cattle Egret
22/12/2023
Crook Bank
32 Snow Bunting
Frampton Marsh
2 Brambling, 2 Peregrine Falcon, Greenshank, 2 Marsh Harrier, 4 Greater Scaup, Siskin, 2 Sparrowhawk, Turnstone, Cetti's Warbler, Lesser Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs at Frampton Marsh - Image Josh Hedley
Gibraltar Point
3 Shore Lark
Rimac
10 Curlew, 5 Cattle Egret, 3 Little Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier, 3 Water Pipit, Sparrowhawk, 300 Teal
North Somercotes
Buzzard, Mandarin Duck
Sutton on Sea
2 Little Gull, c 50 Sanderling, c 50 Common Scoter, Turnstone
Washingborough
3 Waxwing
21/12/2023
Frampton Marsh
Greater Scaup, Spoonbill, Lesser Yellowlegs
Louth
Waxwing
Willow Tree Fen
7 Common Crane, 2 Cattle Egret, 120+ Goosander, Hen Harrier, 21 Marsh Harrier, Merlin, 30 + Snipe, 30+ Whooper Swan, 300+ Wigeon
20/12/2023
Alkborough Flats
Cattle Egret
Covenham Reservoir
Smew
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton
Water Pipit, 4 Greater Scaup, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
2 Snow Bunting
Langtoft
Waxwing
Lincoln
Waxwing (Tesco CR)
Rimac
Cattle Egret
Scopwick
Hen Harrier
Sibsey
4 Waxwing
Willow Tree Fen
Hen Harrier
19/12/2023
Alkborough Flats
Cattle Egret
Barton-upon-Humber
5 Waxwing
Burgh-le-Marsh
7 Waxwing
Cleethorpes
3 Waxwing
Covenham Reservoir
Great Northern Diver, Smew
Wild Doddington
Great Grey Shrike, Lesser Redpoll, 20+ Snipe
Doddington Park
Lesser Redpoll
Frampton Marsh
Lesser Yellowlegs
Langtoft
Lesser Redpoll, 4 Mealy Redpoll
Rimac
5 Cattle Egret, 4 Water Pipit
18/12/2023
Covenham Reservoir
Great Northern, Raven, Shag. Smew
Fishtoft
Cattle Egret
Frampton Marsh
Avocet, Brambling, Greenshank, Merlin, 3 Greater Scaup, 20000 Starling (murmuration), Whooper Swan, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Snow Bunting, 4 Shore Lark, 37 Waxwing
Immingham
Waxwing
Market Rasen
4 Waxwing
Rimac
4 Cattle Egret, 4 Water Pipit
Saltfleetby
Hen Harrier
Trent Port
Hen Harrier
Whisby
Starling (murmuration)
RAF Woodhall
Barnacle Goose, 18 Marsh Harrier
17/12/2023
Covenham Reservoir
Smew
Deeping Lakes
3 Long-eared Owl
Gainsborough
29 Waxwing
Hartsholme Park
3 Goosander, Red Kite
One of three Goosander that were on Pike Drain in Hartsholme Park - Image © Chris Grimshaw
Haverholme Park
5 Little Egret
Langtoft
Lesser Redpoll, 10+ Mealy Redpoll
Louth
9 Waxwing
Middle Rasen
Waxwing
Ruskington Fen
100 Black-headed Gull, 200 Lapwing
Stainton le Vale
Fieldfare 450, 8 Red Kite, 50 Redwing
Swanholme Lakes
6 Goosander
Willow Tree Fen
9 Common Crane, 144 Goosander, Hen Harrier, 20 Marsh Harrier, 30+ Whooper Swan
16/12/2023
Alkborough Flats
3 Waxwing
Barton on Humber
3 Waxwing
Cleethorpes
Waxwing
Crook Bank
26 Snow Bunting
Cut End
3 Cattle Egret
Frampton Marsh
Lesser Yellowlegs
Gainsborough
9 Waxwing
Gibraltar Point
4 Shore Lark, 29 Waxwing
Halton Marsh
Russian White-fronted Goose, Hen Harrier, Short-eared Owl, Greater Scaup
Louth
6 Waxwing
Waxwing in Louth - Image Mark Johnson
Toft Newton
1 Great Northern Diver
Stallingborough
16 Waxwing
North Thoresby
12 Waxwing
Old Wood
Nuthatch
Willow Tree Fen
16 Common Crane, 86+ Goosander, Hen Harrier
15/12/2023
Cleethorpes
19 Waxwing
Crook Bank
25 Snow Bunting, Water Pipit
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis, Long-eared Owl
Donnington on Bain
1 Waxwing
Five Mile Lane
200 Fieldfare, 2 Goosander, Redwing, Sparrowhawk, 500 Starling, 4 Whooper Swan
Frampton Marsh
Stonechat, Lesser Yellowlegs
Friskney
3 Waxwing
Gainsborough
20 Waxwing
Gibraltar Point
10 Waxwing
Washingborough
15 Waxwing
14/12/2023
Doddington Hall
Buzzard, Fieldfare, Redwing, Sparrowhawk
Frampton Marsh
Lesser Yellowlegs
Gainsborough (Trent Bridge, Jet Garage)
5 Waxwing
Horncastle
6 Waxwing
Read's Island
2 Spotted Redshank
Willow Tree Fen
6 Buzzard, 11 Common Crane, 2 Cattle Egret, 137 Goosander, Hen Harrier, 28 Marsh Harrier, 2000 Lapwing, 4 Short-eared Owl, Water Rail, Raven, 27+ Snipe, Stonechat
13/12/2023
Market Deeping
5 Waxwing
Gainsborough
19 Waxwing
West Keal
4 Waxwing
12/12/2023
Baston & Langtoft Pits
c20 Russian White-froonted Goose
Covenham Reservoir
Yellow-legged Gull, Rock Pipit, Shag, Smew
Frampton Marsh
2 Greater Scaup, Lesser Telloelegs
Marsh Yard
12 Snow Bunting
Moggs Eye
9 Waxwing
11/12/2023
Covenham Reservoir
Great Northern Diver, Smew
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Doddington/Skellingthorpe Cycle Track
Great Grey Shrike (heard only)
Frampton Marsh
Little Stint, Lesser Yellowlegs
Huttoft Bank
3 Short-eared Owl
Tallington Lakes
Greater Scaup
Trent Port
Hen Harrier
Willow Tree Fen
2 Common Crane
Wolla Bank
Snow Bunting
10/12/2023
Covenham Reservoir
Smew
Doddington/Skellingthorpe Cycle Track
Great Grey Shrike
Donna Nook
Hen Harrier (m&f)
Frampton Marsh
Brambling,Greater Scaup (male), Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
3 Water Pipit, 6 Waxwing
Huttoft
3 Short-eared Owl
09/12/2023
Covenham Reservoir
Greater Scaup, Shag, Smew
Donna Nook
Hen Harrier
Nocton Fen
1000 Fieldfare, 5000 Starling
Ropsley
4 Waxwing
Trent Port
Hen Harrier
Willow Tree Fen
2 Cattle Egret, 9 Common Crane. Hen Harrier, 2 Turnstone
08/12/2023
Boultham Mere
Great White Egret, 27 Lesser Redpoll, 4 Whooper Swan, Cetti's Warbler
Covenham Reservoir
Great-Northern Diver, Redshank, Shag, Smew
Great Northern Diver showing well for a few minutes at Covenham Reservoir - Image © Chris Grimshaw
Barton upon Humber
7 Waxwing
Cut End
6 Cattle Egret
Deeping High Bank
12 Bewick's Swan, 150 Whooper Swan
Donna Nook
Lapland Bunting, Hen Harrier
Frampton Marsh
Lesser Yellowlegs (in car-park)
Gibraltar Point
5 Shore Lark, Waxwing
Horseshoe Point
Buzzard, Curlew, Dunlin, 3000 Brent Goose, Marsh Harrier, Kestrel, Oystercatcher, Red Knot
Lincoln Cathedral
2 Peregrine Falcon
Moggs Eye
Short-eared Owl
Pyewipe
Spotted Redshank
Trent Port
Chiffchaff, 140 Fieldfare, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker
07/12/2023
Frampton Marsh
Marsh Harrier, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Short-eared Owl, Long-tailed Duck
Huttoft Bank
5 Short-eared Owl
Wolla Bank
5 Wawwing
06/12/2023
Alkborough Flats
Waxwing
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Common Crane
Burgh-le-Marsh
12 Waxwing
Covenham Reservoir
Great Northern Diver, Smew
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Elm House Farm
Cattle Egret
Donna Nook
253 Dunlin, 17 Black-tailed Godwit, Hen Harrier, 265 Red Knot, 62 Lapwing, 117 Mallard, Merlin, 4 Pintail, 122 Redshank, 243 Shelduck, 42 Skylark, 875 Teal, 670 Wigeon
Frampton Marsh
Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Water Pipit, 19 Waxwing
Louth
Waxwing
Tallington Lakes
Greater Scaup
Toft Newton
2 Great Norther Diver
05/12/2023
Covenham Reservoir
Great Northern Diver, Greater Scaup, Smew
Deeping High Bank
9 Bewick's Swan
Deeping Lakes
Long-eared Owl
Gibraltar Point
Long-tailed Duck
Louth
5 Waxwing
Willow Tree Fen
9 Common Crane
04/12/2023
Boston
8 Waxwing (Tesco's car-park)
Deeping Lakes
Gloosy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Brambling, Great White Egret, Peregrine Falcon, Merlin, Spoonbill, Stonechat, Whooper Swan, Bearded Tit, Lesser Yellowlegs
Mablethorpe
Velvet Scoter
Saltfleetby
Cattle Egret, Hen Harrier
Willow Tree Fen
5 Common Crane
03/02/2023
Barrow Haven
Red-throated Diver
Boston (Tesco's car-park)
5 Waxwing
Deeping Lakes
Long-eares Owl
Donna Nook
Lapland Bunting
Halton Marsh
4 Cattle Egret
Market Rasen
Brambling
Trent Port
2 Bullfinch, 85 Fieldfare, 4 Goldcrest, Pink-footed Goose, Water Rail, 4 Snipe, Jack Snipe, Sparrowhawk, Treecreeper
02/12/2023
Barrow Haven
Red-throated Diver
Boston
3 Waxwing
Cleethorpes
11 Snow Bunting
Cleethorpes CP
Slavonian Grebe
Cress Marsh
25 Gadwall, 32 Shoveler, 54 Teal, 60 Wigeon
Covenham Reservoir
Great Northern Diver, 2 Raven, Purple Sandpiper, Greater Scaup, Shag, Smew
Deeping Lakes
Long-eared Owl, Stonechat
Donna Nook
Lapland Bunitng, Hen Harrier, 6 Rock Pipit, Raven
Gibraltar Point
4 Great Northern Diver
Rimac
4 Cattle Egret
Tallington Lakes
Greater Scaup
01/12/2023
Boston
9 Waxwing (Tesco's)
Covenham Reservoir
Great Norther Diver, Raven, Purple Sandpiper, Smew
Deeping Lakes
2 Long-eared Owl
Frampton Marsh
Lesser Yellowlegs
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
31/10/2023
Bardney Dairies
Hoopoe
Baston Fen
Osprey
Frampton Marsh
Long-tailed Duck
Freiston Shore
8 Cattle Egret
Alexander Dock, Grimsby
Shag
A Shag at Alexander Docks, Grimsby - Image © James Elliot
Gibraltar Point
Great Northern Diver, 2 Pomarine Skua, 5 Swallow4 Waxwing, Woodcock
RAF Woodhall
Cattle Egret, Great White Egret
Sutton on Sea
Red-throated Diver, 2 Gannet, Goldeneye, 615 Common Scoter, 2 Velvet Scoter, 2 Shag
Toft Newton Reservoir
Great Northern Diver
30/10/2023
Bardney Dairies
Hoopoe
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Elm House Farm
3 Short-eared Owl
Doddington Park
Great Spotted Woodpecker, Tawny Owl
Gibraltar Point
Rough-legged Buzzard, Firecrest, Caspian Gull, Water Pipit, Woodlark, 3 Waxwing
Huttoft
Firecrest, Osprey
Mablethorpe
Great Northern Diver, Cattle Egret
Thoresby Bridge
Great White Egret
Toft Newton
Great Nothern Diver
Willow Tree Fen
5 Common Crane
29/10/2023
Alkborough
Cattle Egret, 2 Russian White-fronted Goose, Raven, Shag, 8 Ruddy Shelduck
Barton Pits
4 Waxwing
Carlton Scroop
Shag
Cleethorpes
8 Curlew, 4 Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 Guillemot, 30 Redwing, Arctic Skua, Whimbrel
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Doddington Park
Tawny Owl
Elmhouse Farm
20 Reed Bunting, 2 Cattle Egret, 3 Kestrel, Marsh Harrier, 25 Meadow Pipit, 4 Short-eared Owl, 350 Starling
Far Ings
2 Pallid Swift
Frampton Marsh
Long-tailed Duck, 2 Cattle Egret, Great White Egret, Peregrine Falcon, Stonechat, 2 Whooper Swan
Gibraltar Point
Rough-legged Buzzard, Common Crossbill, Mealy Redpoll, Pallid Swift, Waxwing
A Pallid Swift at Gibraltar Point - Image © Paul Neale
Huttoft Bank
2 Pallid Swift
Ingham
c 4000 Fieldfare
Saltfleetby
Cattle Egret, 58 Fieldfare, Gannet, 425 Pink-footed Goose, 2 Hen Harrier, Marsh Harrier, Raven, 11 Lesser Redpoll, 310 Starling, Sparrowhawk, Stonechat
Winter's Pond
3 Cattle Egret
28/10/2023
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Donna Nook
Goldcrest (trapped & ringed in Estonia, Ring Ouzel
Frampton Marsh
Long-tailed Duck, Slavonian Grebe (reservoir)
Gibraltar Point
Caspian Gull
Toft Newton
Great Nothern Diver
Wolla Bank
Blackbird, Fieldfare, Redwing, 3 Waxwing (over north)
27/10/2023
Apex Pits
Shag
Deeping Lakes
Cattle Egret, Glossy Ibis
Donna Nook
Short-eared Owl, Mealy Redpoll
Frampton Marsh
Long-tailed Duck, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Black-throated Diver
Huttoft
Little Gull, Velvet Scoter
Lincoln
4 Tawny Owl 9 on roof of a private house)
Rimac
Firecrest, Mealy Redpoll
Saltfleetby
2 Snow Bunting
Willow Tree Fen
9 Common Crane
26/10/2023
Apex Pits
3 Shag
Ashbyville Lake
Shag
Frampton Marsh
Long-tailed Duck, Great White Egret, 300+ Goldfinch, Kingfisher, Rock Pipit, 5 Snipe, Stonechat, Lesser Yellowlegs
Freiston Shore
Water Pipit
Gibraltar Point
Lapland Bunting, 15 White-fronted Goose, Red-necked Grebe, Ring Ouzel, 2 Purple Sandpiper, Velvet Scoter
Huttoft
Caspian Gull, Little Gull, Ring Ouzel, Mealey Redpoll
Louth
2 Shag
Two Shag in Louth - Image © Phil Espin
Willow Tree Fen
Common Crane
25/10/2023
Apex Pits
Shag, Green Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper
Crook Bank
Short-eared Owl
Deeping High Bank
Short-eared Owl
Deeping Lakes
Bittern, Glossy Ibis
Donna Nook
Brambling, Fieldfare, Goldcrest, Pink-footed Goose, Marsh Harrier, Merlin, Mealy Redpoll, Redwing, Yellow-browed Warbler
Frampton Marsh
Brambling, Long-tailed Duck, Great White Egret, Peregrine Falcon, Goldeneye, Slavonian Grebe, Merlin, Pintail, Water Pipit, Cetti's Warbler, Lesser Yellowlegs
Far Ings
3 Bittern
Mablethorpe
Waxwing
Swanpool cow-fields
Great White Egret
24/10/2023
Boultham Mere
4 Whooper Swan
Deeping Lakes
Osprey
Ewerby Waithe
Caspian Gull
Frampton Marsh
Long-tailed Duck, Cattle Egret, Slavonian Grebe, Boff-breasted Sandpiper, Lesser Yellowlegs
The Buff-breasted Sandpiper which seems to have re-appeared after a few days missing - Image © David Smith
Immingham
Caspian Gull
23/10/2023
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Donna Nook
6 Eider, Peregrine Falcon, 3 Little Gull, Hen Harrier (m), 3 Red-breasted Merganser, Merlin, Greater Scaup. 48 Shag, 3 Arctic Skua, Jack Snipe, 5 Twite
Frampton Marsh
Brambling, Great White Egret, 2 Peregrine Falcon, 4 Barnacle Goose, Slavonian Grebe, Little Gull,Merlin, 2 Water Rail, Curlew Sandpiper, Stonechat. Little Stint, Bearded Tit, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
2 Brambling, 30 Gannet, 2 Greenshank, Marsh Harrier, 185 Brent Goose, 126 Sanderling, 5 Stonechat, 4 Siskin, Whooper Swan, Arctic Tern, 2 Sandwich Tern, 28 Turnstone, Grey Wagtail, Cetti's Warbler
Pyewipe
128 Shag
Trusthorpe
75 Sanderling, Purple Sandpiper, 25 Shag
22/10/2023
Boultham Mere
5 Whooper Swan
Covenham Reservoir
Slavonian Grebe
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Fillingham
4 Brambling, Great White Egret, 60 Fieldfare, Goldeneye, 78 Pink-footed Goose, Raven, 70 Redwing
Frampton Marsh
Long-tailed Duck, Cattle Egret, Curlew Sandpiper, Little Stint, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Lapland Bunting, Pomarine Skua
Halton Marsh
3 Cattle Egret, 4 Russian White-fronted Goose
Mablethorpe
Caspian Gull, Little Gull
Pyewipe
Snow Bunting, Caspian Gull
Saltfleetby
2 Cattle Egret, 3 Russian White-fronted Goose
Sutton on Sea
4 Gannet, Barnacle Goose, 66 Little Gull, Guillemot, Hen Harrier, 75 Sanderling, Stonechat, Woodcock, Great Spotted Woodpecker
Trent Port
Chiffchaff, 287 Pink-footed Goose, 2 Jay, Siskin, Sparrowhawk
Barton upon Humber Pits
2 Long-tailed Duck
Long-tailed Duck at Barton upon Humber - Image © Graham Catley
Brickyard Lane
Bluethroat
Cut End
11 Little Gull, Hen Harrier, Ring Ouzel
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Far Ings
Bittern
Frampton Marsh
Long-tailed Duck, Cattle Egret, Great White Egret, Little Gull, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, Little Stint, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Black-throated Diver, Caspian Gull, Hen Harrier, Water Pipit
Mablethorpe
Little Gull, Greater Scaup
Rimac
Firecrest
20/10/2023
Cut End
200+ Little Gull, 60 Kittiwake, 5 Leach's Storm Petrel, Arctic Skua, Great Skua, Long-tailed Skua, Pomarine Skua
Deeping High Bank
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
22 Little Gull, Artic Skua
Halton Marsh
2 Little Gull, 2 Long-tailed Skua
Sutton on Sea
4 Little Gull, Leach's Storm Petrel, Pomarine Skua
Trent Port
Blackcap, 2 Bullfinch, Chiffchaff, 220 Fieldfare, 5 Goldcrest, 280 Redwing, 2 Stonechat, Grey Wagtail, Green Woodpecker
Water's Edge
Caspian Skua, 300 Little Gull, 25 Arctic Skua
19/10/2023
Gibraltar Point
Hen Harrier (rt), Shore Lark, Ring Ouzel
Grainthorpe
Hoopoe
Huttoft Bank
Short-eared Owl
Saltflletby
Ring Ouzel, Short-eared Owl
Rimac
Firecrest
Sutton on Sea
3 Red-throated Diver, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, Goldeneye, 29 Brent Goose, 5 Red-breasted Merganser, Pintail, Razorbill, 11 Common Scoter, 2 Velvet Scoter, Arctic Skua, 361 Teal, 520 Wigeon
18/10/2023
Caistor
Osprey
Chapel Point
Little Auk
Cut End
Long-tailed Skua
Deeping Lakes
Bittern, Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Garganey, Lesser Yellowlegs
Mablethorpe
Pomarine Skua, Greater Scaup
Sutton on Sea
2 Great Northern Diver, 4 Red-throated Diver, 2 Eider, 27 Gannet, 3 Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 Kittiwake, 4 Common Scoter, Manx Shearwater, 3 Arctic Skua, Woodcock
Trent Port
190 Fieldfare, 6 Goldcrest, 65 Redwing, Siskin, Sparrowhawk, 2 Stonechat, Barn Swallow, Green Woodpecker
17/10/2023
Cut End
3 Pomarine Skua
Deeping Lakes
Bittern, Glossy Ibis, Rock Pipit
Glossy Ibis at Deeping Lakes - Image © Mike Weedon
Gibraltar Point
3 Little Auk, Black Redstart, 3 Sooty Shearwater,6 Pomarine Skua
North Somercotes
Brambling
Sutton on Sea
10 Red-throated Diver, Great Norther Diver, 22 Eider, 51 Brent Geese, 3 Guillemot, 2 Razorbill, 73 Sanderling, 42 Common Scoter, Manx Shearwater, Sooty Shearwater, Pomarine Skua
16/10/2023
Anderby Creek
Blyth's Reed Warbler
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Great White Egret, Cattle Egret, 10+Little Egret, Peregrine Falcon, Merlin, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Little Stint, Stonechat, Whooper Swan, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Hooded Crow, Pomarine Skua
Halton Marsh
3 Cattle Egret
Kirton Marsh
6 Cattle Egret
Mablethorpe
Long-tailed Skua
Saltfleet/Theddlethorpe NNR
Bluethroat (trapped & ringed), Brambling, Merlin, Siskin
North Somercotes
Brambling
15/10/2023
Elm House Farm
4 Cattle Egret
Frampton Marsh
Pectoral Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
2 Cattle Egret, Water Pipit, 6 Pomarine Skua
Halton Marsh
Richardson's Cackling Goose, Baird's Sandpiper
Haxey
Hooded Crow
Kirton Marsh
6 Cattle Egret
Marston
Caspian Gull
Willow Tree Fen
7-9 Common Crane
14/10/2023
Anderby Creek
Pomarine Skua
Frampton Marsh
Spotted Redshank, Curlew Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Little Stint, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Leach's Storm Petrel, 3 Pomarine Skua
Halton Marsh
Baird's Sandpiper, Cattle Egret
Haxey
Hooded Crow
Saltfleetby
Cattle Egret, 4800 Pink-footed Goose, 4 Whooper Swan
13/10/2023
Covenham Reservoir
200 Canada Goose, Common Sandpiper, 2 Whooper Swan
An interesting view of some of the Canada Geese at Covenham Reservoir - Image © Jim Wright
Frampton Marsh
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Haxey
Hooded Crow
Kirton Marsh
6 Cattle Egret
RSPB Tetney Marsh
Dunlin Red Knot, Osprey, Golden Plover, 3 Snipe
Trent Port, Marton
Brambling, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, Peregrine Falcon, Kingfisher, Treecreeper
Willow Tree Fen
9 Common Crane
12/10/2023
Allkborough Flats
Glossy Ibis
Fillingham
Whooper Swan
Frampton Marsh
Semipalmated Sandpiper, Jack Snipe, 4 Little Stint. Lesser Yellowlegs
Haxey
Hooded Crow
11/10/2023
Boultham Mere
Pintail
Deeping Lakes
Bittern
Far Ings
65 Pink-footed Goose, 2 Marsh Harrier, 3 Water Rail, 4 Barn Swallow, 2 Bearded Tit
Frampton Marsh
Semipalmated Sandpiper, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Pomarine Skua, Yellow-browed Warbler
Haxey
Hooded Crow
10/10/2023
Anderby Creek
2 Black Tern
Anderby Marsh
9 Dunlin, Little Stint, Water Rail, Redshank, 10 Snipe, Sparrowhawk
Frampton Marsh
2 Cattle Egret, 3 Curlew Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Little Stint, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Bittern, Honey Buzzard, Cattle Egret, 2 Short-eared Owl, 2 Jack Snipe, 3 Yellow-browed Warbler
Haxey
Hooded Crow
Huttoft Car Terrace
c12 Bottle-nosed Dolphin (travelling South a mile or so out at sea), 2 Common Scoter
Huttoft Pit
Buzzard, 27 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Common Snipe, Jack Snipe
Kirton Marsh
5 Cattle Egret
Saltfleet Haven
Little Bunting
Sea-View
200+ Pink-footed Goose
09/10/23
Frampton Marsh
Lapland Bunting, Cattle Egret, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Lesser Yellowlegs
Mablethorpe
Pomarine Skua
Sandilands
Short-eared Owl
Saltfleetby NNR
2 Ring Ouzel, Yellow-browed Warbler
Wolla Bank
Radde's Warbler
08/10/2023
Alkborough Flats
Glossy Ibis
Anderby Creek
Ring Ouzel, 400 Redwing
Deeping Lakes
Bittern
Donna Nook
Ring Ouzel
Frampton Marsh
Great White Egret, Glossy Ibis, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpiper, 8 Bearded Tit, Whimbrel, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Brambling, 4 Cattle Egret, Brent Goose, 4000 Pink-footed Goose, 3 Buzzard, Lapland Bunting, 100 Fieldfare, Gannet, Guillemot, 5 Marsh Harrier, 8 Ring Ouzel, 42 Short-eared Owl, 2 Tree Pipit, Raven, Razorbill, 5000 Redwing, Shorelark, 22 Arctic Skua, 3 Great Skua, Jack Snipe, Barn Swallow,150 Song Thrush, 7 Arctic Tern, Roseate Tern, Yellow-browed Warbler
Haxey
Hooded Crow
Huttoft
Yellow-browed Warbler
Kirton Marsh
5 Cattle Egret
Saltfleetby
Hawfinch, 4 Ring Ouzel, Yellow-browed Warbler
Sutton on Sea
2 Brambling, 5 Red-throated Diver, Peregrine Falcon, 4 Gannet, 2 Goldeneye, 224 Pink-footed Goose, 5 Ring Ouzel, 150 Redwing, 135 Sanderling, 10 Shelduck, 20 Song Thrush, 2 Stonechat
North Thoresby
Osprey
Trent Port
Chiffchaff, Great White Egret, Little Egret, Kingfisher, 200 Redwing, Mistle Thrush
Scampton
Great Grey Shrike
Swanpool cow-field
140 Redwing, Stonechat
07/10/2023
Boultham Mere
Buzzard, Great Whie Egret
Deeping Lakes
Black Tern
Frampton Marsh
Lapland Bunting, Siberian Chiffchaff, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Lapland Bunting, 3 Glossy Ibis, Greater Scaup
Haxey
Hooded Crow
Swanpool cow-fields
Green Woodpecker, 2 Redwing
06/10/2023
Cleethorpes
Common Tern, Turnstone
Elm House Farm
3 Cattle Egret
Frampton Marsh
Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Semi=palmated Sandpiper, Lesser Yellowlegs
Haxey
Hooded Crow
Saltfleetby/ Theddlethorpe NNR
3500 Pink-footed Goose
05/10/2023
Cleethorpes
30 Curlew, 600 Oystercatcher, 20 Greenshank, Guillemot, 50 Redshank, 100 Turnstone
Frampton Marsh
Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpiper, White-rumped Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point
Bittern, 2 Cattle Egret, Woodlark
Huttoft Terrace & Pit
2 Buzzard, 18 Black-tailed Godwit, 263 Golden Plover, Marsh Harrier, Kingfisher, Short-eared Owl, Teal, 2 Shoveler
Manby
c250 Pink-footed Goose
Saltfleetby St Clements (Elmhouse Farm)
Curlew, 4 Cattle Egret, 8 Kestrel, 3 Stonechat
A juvenile Cattle Egret (one of four birds) at Elmhouse Farm - Image © of Andy Sims
Sutton on Sea
11 Red-throated Diver, 2 Dunlin, 22 Gannet, Great Crested Grebe, Guillemot, 394 Pink-footed Goose, 2 Grey Plover, 1 Razorbill, 117 Sanderling, Common Scoter, 2 Sandwich Tern
Willow Tree Fen
Common Crane
04/10/2023
Boultham Mere
21 Common Gull, Kingfisher
Frampton Marsh
White-tailed Eagle, Spotted Redshasnk, Buff-bellied Sandpiper, 15 Curlew Sandpiper Semipalmated Sandpiper, White-rumped Sandpiper, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Lapland Bunting, 2 Cattle Egret, Pomarine Skua
Middlemarsh Farm
Osprey
Rimac
Pomarine Skua
Saltfleetby St Clements (Elmhouse Farm)
4 Cattle Egret
Sot's Hole Bank (Dawsmere)
Black Stork
03/10/2023
Burgh le Marsh
Osprey
Frampton Marsh
Lapland Bunting, Cattle Egret, Goldfinch, Meadow Pipit, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, 12 Curlew Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpiper, White-runped Sandpiper, Tree Sparrow, 10 Little Stint. Stonechat, Whinchat, Lesser Yellowlegs
Grantham
Black Kite (possibe)
Huttoft Pit
Garganey
Whisby
Garganey
02/10/2023
Barton upon Humber
2 Black Tern
Belton House
4 Buzzard, 5 Red Kite
Boiutham Mere
Raven
Frampton Marsh
Lapland Bunting, 2 Great White Egret, 15 Little Egret, Garganey, Hen Harrier, Short-eared Owl, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Curlew Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpiper, 12 Little Stint, Black Stork, 3 Whooper Swan, Lesser Yellowlegs
Semipalmated Sandpiper from 360 Hide at Frampton Marsh - Image © Toby Colllett
Buff-breasted Sandpiper from the sea wall Frampton Marsh - Image © Paul Sullivan
Gibraltar Point
Greater Scaup
01/10/2023
Barton upon Humber
2 Black Tern
Cress Marsh
2 Collared Dove, Common Gull 80. Curlew, 47 Gadwall, 15 Shoveler. Stonechat, 24 Mute Swan
Job's Lane
2 Barnacle Goose
Tertney Lock
2 Dunlin, 5 Little Grebe, Kingfisher, 2 Common Sandpiper, Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, 6 Teal
30/09/2023
Anderby Marsh
Pectoral Sandpiper
Barton upon Humber
2 Black Tern
Frampton Marsh
Osprey, 35 Curlew Sandpiper, White-rumped Sandpiper, Little Stint, Black Stint, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Cattle Egret, Black Tern
Sutton on Sea
Black-throated Diver
29/09/2023
Anderby Creek
Black Guillemot, Black Redstart
Barton upon Humber
2 Black Tern
Churchill Lane
950+ Pink-footed Goose
Deeping High Bank
American Golden Plover, Golden Plover
Fleet Hargrave
Honey Buzzard (possible)
Frampton Marsh
Cattle Egret, 15 Curlew Sandpiper, White-rumped Sandpiper, 16 Little Stint, Black Stork, 3 Whooper Swan, Black Tern, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Black Tern, Pomarine Skua
North Thoresby
Osprey
28/09/2023
Anderby Creek
Pectoral Sandpiper
Frampton Marsh
Cattle Egret, 9 Curlew Sandpiper, 3 Little Stint, Black Stork, Black Tern, White-rumped Sandpiper, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Black Guillemot, Balearic Shearwater
Theddlethorpe
Wheatear
27/09/2023
Cleethorpes
Great Black-backed Gull, Osprey
Frampton Marsh
Pectoral Sandpiper, White-rumped Sandpiper, Black Stork, Lesser Yellowlegs
New Waltham
Osprey
Novartis Ings
Spotted Redshank
Toft Newton
Black Tern
26/09/2023
East Halton
Pink-footed Goose 3034
Burgh-le-Marsh
Osprey
Gibraltar Point
Caspian Gull
Frampton Marsh
Cattle Egret, Great White Egret, 45 Pink-footed Goose, Hen Harrier, 3 Marsh Harrier, Curlew Sandpiper, White-rumped Sandpiper, 6 Spoonbill, 11 Little Stint, Black Stork, Black Tern, 9 Bearded Tit. Lesser Yellowlegs
Tetney
Brent Goose, Guillemot
25/09/2023
Anderby Creek
Caspian Gull, Pectoral Sandpiper
Frampton Marsh
Cattle Egret, White-rumped Sandpiper, Whooper Swan, Black Tern, Lesser Yellowlegs
24/09/2023
Anderby Marsh
Caspian Gull, Pectoral Sandpiper
Frampton Marsh
Cattle Egret, Marsh Harrier, White-rumped Sandpiper, Spoonbill, Black Stork, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Pomarine Skua
Pyewipe
2 Caspian Gull, 16 Curlew Sandpiper, Little Stint
Toft Newton
Black Tern
23/09/2023
Alkborough Flats
Cattle Egret
Fillingham
29 Pink-footed Goose
Frampton Marsh
Cattle Egret, 35 Curlew Sandpiper, White-rumped Sandpiper, 15 Little Stint, Black Stork, Lesser Yellowlegs
The Lesser Yellowlegs that has been seen at Frampton Marsh - Image © Martin Swannell
Novartis Ings
Cattle Egret
22/09/2023
Frampton Marsh
Osprey, 25 Curlew Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, White-rumped Sandpiper, 8 Little Stint, Black Stork, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Pied Flycatcher, Short-eared Owl
Huttoft
Cattle Egret
Kirton Marsh
Cattle Egret
21/09/2023
Anderby Creek
Lapland Bunting, 2 Caspian Gull
Frampton Marsh
36 Curlew Sandpiper, 4 Little Stint, Blue-winged Teal, Lesser Yellowlegs
Freiston Shore
Osprey
Gibraltar Point
Short-eared Owl, 7000 Meadow Pipit
20/09/2023
Frampton Marsh
29 Curlew Sandpiper, 5 Little Stint, Blue-winged Teal, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
5 Cattle Egret, Little Stint
Mablethorpe
Long-tailed Skua
Manby Wetlands
3 Cattle Egret
Sea-View Farm
Caspian Gull
19/09/2023
Anderby Creek
Long-tailed Skua
Frampton Marsh
Great White Egret, 69 Curlew Sandpiper, 19 Spoonbill, 7 Little Stint. Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Long-tailed Skua, 19 Spoonbill
Huttoft
Long-tailed Skua, Black Tern
Mablethorpe
Pomarine Skua
18/09/2023
Freiston Shore
White-winged Black Tern
Gibraltar Point
9 Cattle Egret, 21 Spoonbill
Harrington
4 Red Kite
Huttoft Pit
Gadwall, Little Grebe, 28 Black-tailed Godwit, Mallard, Ruff, 98 Teal
Huttoft Car Terrace
15 Red-throated Diver, 52 Dunlin, 25+ Gannet, 3 Great Black-backed Gull, Little Gull, 12 Guillemot, 5 Kittiwake, 6 Knot, 38 Oystercatcher, 13 Razorbill, 38 Scoter, 5 Arctic Skua, Sparrowhawk, 66 Teal, 15 Sandwich Tern, 8 Wigeon
Mablethorpe
Yellow-browed Warbler
Willow Tree Fen
12 Common Crane
17/09/2023
Anderby Creek
28 Red-throated Diver, 2 Cory's Shearwater, 2 Manx Shearwater, 2 Sooty Shearwater, 68 Arctic Skua, 3 Great Skua, Long-tailed Skua
Boultham Mere
221 Gadwall, 32 Mallard, 35 Shoveler, 22 Teal, 5 Wigeon
Chapel Point
Cory's Shearwater
Cut End
3 Red-throated Diver, 10 Eider, 35 Gannet, 700 Black-tailed Godwit, 3500 Oystercatcher, 150 Ringed Plover, 5 Arctic Skua, 50 Sandwich Tern, 100 Turnstone
Far Ings
Garganey
Fillingham
Short-eared Owl
Frampton Marsh
13 Cattle Egret, Great White Egret, 8 Greenshank, 6 Pink-footed Goose, Marsh Harrier, Merlin, 20 Curlew Sandpiper, Long-tailed Skua, 23 Spoonbill, Wheatear, 2 Little Stint, Whooper Swan
Gibraltar Point
3 Cory' Shearwater
Mablethorpe
Sooty Shearwater, Long-tailed Skua, Pomarine Skua
Read's Island
1800 Avocet, 1500 Pink-footed Goose, 260 Redshank, Curlew Sandpiper, 2700 Shelduck, 2400 Teal
Sandilands
2 Long-tailed Skua
Skegness
30 Red-footed Diver, 150 Gannet, 22 Kittiwake, Cory's Shearwater, 2 Sooty Shearwater,15 Arctic Skua, 6 Common Tern, 300 Sandwich Tern
Willow Tree Fen
7 Common Crane
16/09/2023
Alkborough Flats
Bluethroat, 6 Pink-footed Goose, 5 Pintail, Pectoral Sandpiper, Bearded Tit
Covenham Reservoir
Black-necked Grebe
Frampton Marsh
Great White Egret, Pink-footed Goose, Short-eared Owl, 28 Curlew Sandpiper, 4 Little Stint, Whooper Swan
Gibraltar Point
Black-throated Diver, Cattle Egret, Osprey, Long-tailed Skua, Pomarine Skua, Little Stint. Wood Sandpiper
Trent Port
16 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest 45 Goldfinch, Kingfisher, 10 House Martin, Raven, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Green Woodpecker
Tetney Lock
Peregrine Falcon, Greenshank, 10 House Martin, 2 Common Sandpiper, 10 Swallow, Grey Wagtail, Wheatear
East Halton Skitter
Gannet, Mediterranean Gull, 100 Golden Plover, Arctic Skua, White-winged Black Tern
15/09/2023
Alkborough Flats
Pectoral Sandpiper
Frampton Marsh
29 Curlew Sandpiper, 23 Spoonbill. 4 Little Stint, Black Stork
Gibraltar Point
Black-throated Diver, Pomarine Skua
Messingham
6 Chiffchaff, 2 Great White Egret, 5 Little Egret, Marsh Harrier, 6 Grey Heron, Hobby, 200 Lapwing, 3 Green Sandpiper, 2 Snipe, 20 Swallow, 3 Cetti's Warbler
Novartis Ings
Spotted Redshank
Sea View
Pied Flycatcher
14/09,2023
Alkborough
Pectoral Sandpiper
Anderby Creek
Common Crane, 8351 Meadow Pipit
Frampton Marsh
7 Cattle Egret, Garganey, 14 Curlew Sandpiper, 20 Spoonbill, 3 Little Stint, Whooper Swan
Gibraltar Point
Cattle Egret, Osprey, 14400 Meadow Pipit, 2 Long-tailed Skua, 21 Spoonbill
Huttoft
Black Tern
13/09/2023
Alkborough Flats
Bluethroat, Pectoral Sandpiper
Anderby Creek
Sabine's Gull
Frampton Marsh
Cattle Egret, Great White Egret, Merlin, 3 Spotted Redshank. Wood Sandpiper, 23 Spoonbill. 2 Little Stint, Whooper Swan
Gibraltar Point
Cattle Egret, Great White Egret, Pied Flycatcher, Merlin, Barn Owl, 2 Grey Phalarope, 2 Sooty Shearwater, Long-tailed Skua, 21 Spoonbill, Black Tern, Wheatear
Mablethorpe
Pomarine Skua, 2 Black Tern
Sandilands
Fea's-type Petrel
Tetney
12 Corn Bunting, Red-throated Diver, 2 Peregrine Falcon, 12 Gannet, 171 Pink-footed Goose, 5 Greenshank, 5 Guillemot, 2 Marsh Harrier, Kingfisher, 3 Pintail, 2 Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 110 Common Scoter, 9 Arctic Skua, Siskin, 6 Snipe, Yellow Wagtail, Cetti's Warbler, Reed Warbler, 6 Whimbrel
Trent Port
30 Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Kingfisher, 13 Meadow Pipit, Treecreeper, 2 Whitethoat, Green Woodpecker
Wolla Bank
Great Northern Diver, Sabine's Gull, 2 Grey Phalarope, 3 Long-tailed Skua, 2 Black Tern
12/09/2023
Alkborough Flats
Bluethroat, Pectoral Sandpiper
Covenham Reservoir
100 Coot, 50 Tufted Duck, Black-necked Grebe, 55 Great-crested Grebe, 6 Little Grebe, 2 Cpmmon Sandpiper, 100 Swallow
Black-necked Grebe at Covenham Reservoir - Image © Jim Wright
Frampton Marsh
Curlew Sandpiper, 3 Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
5 Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper
Sutton on Sea
Chiffchaff, 2 Cormorant, 5 Red-throated Diver, 15 Gannet, 52 Guillemot, 85 Razorbill, 2 Sanderling, 8 Arctic Skua, Swallow, 2 Arctic Tern, 2 Black Tern, 15 Common Tern, 170 Sandwich Tern
11/09/2023
Boultham Mere
Hobby
Frampton Marsh
2 Red Kite, 4 Curlew Sandpiper, 7 Snipe, 14 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
Curlew Sandpiper
Messingham
Chiffchaff, Great White Egret, Spotted Flycatcher, Marsh Harrier, Grey Heron, 250 Lapwing, 4 Green Sandpiper, Snipe, 40 Swallow, 72 Teal, Cetti's Warbler, 6 Wigeon
Swanpool cow-fields
Red Kite
Wolla Bank
Bittern
10/09/2023
Anderby Creek
Common Crane
Cress Marsh
Buzzard, 6 Little Egret, 3 Little Grebe, 42 Gadwall, 12 Common Gull, Pochard, 20 Shoveler
Frampton Marsh
Cattle Egret, Spotted Redshank, 72 Curlew Sandpiper, 5 Spoonbill, 6 Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Pied Flycatcher, Cattle Egret, Short-eared Owl, Wood Sandpiper
Immingham - Pyewipe
28 Curlew Sandpiper, 29 Common Scoter
Novartis Ings
Great White Egret, 12 Pink-footed Geese, Caspian Gull, Spotted Redshank
09/09/2023
Anderby Marsh
Common Crane, Cattle Egret, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper
Frampton Marsh
Spotted Redshank, 17 Curlew Sandpiper, 20 Spoonbill, 4 Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Cattle Egret, Osprey, 4 Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 6 Spoonbill, 2 Little Stint
Rimac
Garganey
Saltfleetby
Pomarine Skua
Willow Tree Fen
7 Common Crane
08/09/2023
Gibraltar Point
13 Spoonbill
Huttoft
20+ Black-tailed Godwit, Marsh Harrier, 2 Grey Heron, Ruff, Common Sandpiper, Snipe, Ringed Plover, Swallow
Manby Wetlands
Black-tailed Godwit, Marsh Harrier, Ringed Plover Ruff, Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, Snipe
Paradise
5 Cattle Egret
Sutton on Sea
Dunlin, Gannet, Bar-tailed Godwit, Guillemt, Kittiwake, Red Knot, Razorbill, Common Scoter, 4+ Arctic Skua, Arctic Tern, Common Tern, Sandwich Tern
07/09/2023
Frampton Marsh
Short-eared Owl, 5 Spotted Redshank, 43+ Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 28 Spoonbill 6 Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Osprey, 8 Spotted Redshank, 2 Little Stint
Halton Marshes
2 Spotted Redshank
06/09/2023
Frampton Marsh
Peregrine Falcon, Greenshank, Marsh Harrier, 4 Pintail, 14 Spotted Redshank, 34+ Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Sparrowhawk, 27 spoonbill3 Little Stint, Stonechat, Whinchat, Whooper Swan
Gibraltat Point
Crossbill
Crossbill at Gibraltar Point - Image © Paul Johnson
Messingham
Nuthatch, 2 Black Tern, Yellow Wagtail
Toft Newton
Osprey
An Osprey at a misty Toft Newton - Image © Russell Hayes
Willow Tree Fen
Common Crane, Cattle Egret, Great White Egret
05/09/2023
Frampton
Wheatear
Gibraltar Point
Common Rosefinch
Sandilands
Wheatear
04/09/2023
Donna Nook
Rosy Starling
Frampton Marsh
2 Short-eared Owl, 2 Spotted Redshank, 34 Curlew Sandpier, Wood Sandpiper, 28 Spoonbill, 5 Little Stint
Freiston Shore
Great White Egret, Kingfisher, Short-eared Owl, Arctic Skua
Short-eared Owl at Freiston Shore this morning - Image © Paul Sullivan
Gedney Drove End
2500+ Curlew
Gibraltar Point
9 Buzzard, 3000 Dunlin, 2500 Bar-tailed Godwit, 4 Greenshank, 70000 Red Knot, 800 Oystercatcher, 6100 Grey Plover, 5 Spotted Redshank, 22 Spoonbill,. Whinchat
Trent Port
Hobby, Raven, Yellow Wagtail, 2 Lesser Whitethroat
03/09/2023
Alkborough Flats
Bluethroat
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Garganey
Frampton Marsh
800+ Black-tailed Godwit, Pink-footed Goose, 4 Marsh Harrier, 300 Red Knot, 30+Curlew Sandpiper, 10 Common Shelduck, 2 Ruddy Shelduck, 3 Little Stint, 30 Spoonbill, Whimbrel, Whooper Swan
Gibraltar Point
Great Northern Diver, 4 Little Gull, Woodchat Shrike. Black Tern
Woodchat Shrike at Gibraltar Point - Image © Stuart Ainsworth
1750 Curlew, 70 Little Egret, 2 Whinchat
Rimac
4 Spotted Redshank, Wood Sandpiper
Toft Newton Reservoir
Black-necked Grebe
02/09/2023
Baston & Blacktoft Pits
Avocet, Turnstone
Deeping Lakes
Osprey
Frampton Marsh
Little Gull,5 Short-eared Owl, 31 Curlew Sandpiper.
Gibraltar Point
Pied Flycatcher
Messingham
Black Tern
Toft Newton
Black-necked Grebe, Spotted Redshank, Black Tern
01/09/2023
Anderby Creek
3 Long-tailed Skua, Little Stint, 2 Black Tern
Cadney Reservoir
Black-necked Grebe
Cleethorpes
Curlew, 10 Dunlin, 12 Bar-tailed Godwit, 20 Oystercatcher, 20 Ringed Plover, Sanderling, 100 Common Tern, 3 Whimbrel
Frampton Marsh
47 Greenshank, 2 Hobby, 2 Kingfisher, 3 Short-eared Owl, 10 Spotted Redshank, 24 Curlew Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, 31 Spoonbill, 7 Little Stint, Whinchat, Whooper Swan
Freiston Shore
Guillemot
Gibraltar Point
Sabine's Gull, Pomarine Skua
Swanpool Cowfields
4 Spotted Flycatcher
Toft Newton
Osprey, Black Tern
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