Lincolnshire Bird News - October 2020

31/10/2020
Huttoft Pits
Great White Egret
Lincoln
24 Pink-footed Geese.  34 Skylark, 300 Wigeon (over)
Marton
2 Common Crane (over and heading in the direction of Lincoln

30/10/2020
Boultham Mere
Swallow
Gibraltar Point
Great White Egret, Velvet Scoter
Huttoft Pit
Great White Egret
Paradise
Long-tailed Duck
Seacroft
Common Redpoll
RSPB Tetney Marsh
Lapland Bunting

29/10/2020
Anderby
Serin (south)
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Black-necked Grebe
Boultham Mere
Raven
Cleethorpes
Swallow
Gibraltar Point
Black-throat Diver, 2 Great Northern Diver, 2 Gannet, 2 Merlin, 18 Whooper Swan
Nocton Fen
76 Whooper Swan
Paradise Pool
Long-tailed Duck
Thoresby Bridge
Great White Egret

28/10/2020
West Ashby
Great White Egret
Chapel Point
Short-eared Owl
Frampton Marsh
Parrot Crossbill (west), 13 Tundra Bean Goose
Gibraltar Point
Little Stint
Huttoft car-terrace
Grey Phalarope
Marston
Jack Snipe
Messingham
Great White Egret, Marsh Harrier, 2 Pintail
Paradise Pool
Long-tailed Duck
Rimac
Hen Harrier (ring-tail)

27/10/2020
Far Ings
Bittern, Marsh Harrier, Kingfisher
Frampton Marsh
Hen Harrier (male), Merlin, Spotted Redshank, Curlew Sandpiper, Little Stint, 2 Swallow
Gibraltar Point
Jack Snipe
Paradise Pool
Long-tailed Duck
RAF Woodhall
Great White Egret

26/10/2020
Anderby Creek
Great White Egret
Marston
Pintail

Female Pintail at Marston - © Dave Roberts

Nene Mouth
Russian White-fronted Goose
Paradise Pool
Long-tailed Duck
Whisby
Bittern

Bittern at Whisby - Image © Neil Roberts

25/10/2020
West Ashby
Great White Egret
Boultham Mere 
70 Fieldfare, 2 Goldcrest, Kingfisher, 60 Linnet, Water Rail, 15 Skylark, 3 Tree Sparrow, 7 Whooper Swan, 2 Green Woodpecker
Mablethorpe
Short-eared Owl (in off)
Trent Port
4 Bullfinch, 2 Chiffchaff, 180 Fieldfare, 4 Goldcrest, Goosander 5 Whooper Swan, 34 Wigeon


24/10/2020
Barton on Humber
Tundra Bean Goose, 7000 Pink-footed Geese, White-fronted Geese

23/10/2020
South Ferriby
Yellow-browed Warbler
Donna Nook
Firecrest, Glossy Ibis, Richard's Pipit
Gibraltar Point
Siberian Chiffchaff

22/10/2020
Baston Fen
Large Mumuration of Starling (10000+), many thousands of Lapwing and Golden Plover
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Black-necked Grebe
Chapel Point
Hen Harrier
Deeping Lakes
Tundra Bean Goose
Hartsholme Park/Swanholme Lakes
Kingfisher, Siskin, Great Spotted Woodpecker
Huttoft Pit
Great White Egret

21/10/2020
Boultham Mere
Great White Egret
Huttoft
Yellow-browed Warbler (in private garden)

20/10/2020
Baston Pits
Black-necked Grebe
Boultham Mere
Marsh Harrier
Covenham St Mary
Yellow-browed Warbler
Deeping High Bank
Short-eared Owl
Far Ings
Bittern, Great White Egret
Frampton Marsh
Kingfisher, 2000 Red Knot, 1000's Golden Plover, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, 80 Whooper Swan
Freiston Shore
Great Grey Shrike
Gibraltar Point
Dusky Warbler
Marston
13 Curlew, up to 3 Marsh Harrier, Green Sandpiper, 4 Stonechat
Read's Island
5 Marsh Harrier
Wolla Bank
Dusky Warbler

19/10/2020
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Black-necked Grebe
Boultham Mere
Great White Egret, 7 Whooper Swan
Brickyard Lane
Rough-legged Buzzard
Freiston
Great Grey Shrike (by the prison but check fence posts as you walk down the road
Gibraltar Point
4 House Martin, 9 Swallow

18/10/2020
Anderby Creek
10 Barnacle Geese (north), Mandarin, 3 White-fronted Geese, Redstart
Donna Nook
Siberian Chiffchaff, 36 Little Egret, 9 Barnacle Geese, 8 Goldcrest, 145 Pink-footed Geese, Marsh Harrier, Kestrel, Grey Plover, 360 Redshank, Redwing, Purple Sandpiper, 4, Dusky Warbler

Goldcrest at Donna Nook - Image © Chris Grimshaw

Frampton Marsh
Great White Egret, 4 Greenshank, Kingfisher, Short-eared Owl, 60 Lesser Redpoll, 30 Siskin, Stonechat, 6 Swallow, 100 Whooper Swan, 9 Spotted Redshank, Green Woodpecker
SeaView Farm 
Dusky Warbler, Yellow-browed Warbler
Trent Port, Marton
15 Fieldfare, 6 Goldcrest, Kingfisher, 4 Golden Plover, 10 Lesser Redpoll, 68 Redwing, Tawny Owl, 2 Treecreeper
Marston
Chiffchaff, Fieldfare, Lesser Redpoll, Skylark, Redwing, 2 Stonechat

17/10/2020
Alkborough Flats
Snow Bunting
North Cotes
Dusky Warbler
Crowle Moor
800 Lesser Redpoll
Denton Reservoir
Scaup
Donna Nook
Dusky Warbler
SeaView Farm
Dusky Warbler,  Pallas's Warbler
Frampton Marsh
Curlew Sandpiper, 5000 Starling (mumuration) 
Gibraltar Point
Brambling, Firecrest, Water Pipit, Jack Snipe, Stonechat, Dusky Warbler
Huttoft
Red-brested Flycatcher

Red-breasted Flycatcher at Huttoft - Image © Gary Wright

Lincoln 
2 Mealy Redpoll (University)
Skegness
Yellow-browed Warbler
Whisby
5 Jay, Kingfisher, 25 Lesser Redpoll, 9 Siskin, 2 Treecreeper

16/10/2020
Boultham Mere
7 Whooper Swan
Covenham Reservoir
Slavonian Grebe
Fiskerton Fen
Goosander, Cetti's Warbler
Freiston Shore
Great Grey Shrike
Gibraltar Point
Hawfinch, Dusky Warbler, Yellow-browed Warbler
SeaView Farm
Dusky Warbler, Pallas's Warbler
Swanpool
235 Pink-footed Geese

15/10/2020
Covenham Reservoir
3 Goosander, Slavonian Grebe
Crook Bank
Olive-backed Pipit
Deeping Lakes
Bearded Tit
Denton Reservoir
Goldeneye, Scaup
Donna Nook
Spoonbill, Purple Sandpiper
Far Ings
Up to 4 Bitterns, Pink-footed Geese, 3 Marsh Harrier, Kingfisher, 2 Sparrowhawk 
Frampton Marsh
3 Curlew Sandpiper, Greenshank, Stonechat 59 Whooper Swan
Freiston Shore
Lapland Bunting, 2 Pintail, Great Grey Shrike
Gibraltar Point
Brambling, Lapland Bunting, Great Norther Diver, Fieldfare, Goldcrest, Lesser Redpoll, Merlin (F), Ring Ouzel, 4 Short-eared Owl 2 Black Redstart, Redwing, 3 Scaup, Siskin, 2 Jack Snipe, Yellow-browed Warbler, Wheatear, Woodcock
Ingoldmells
Long-eared Owl
Ludford
Hen Harrier
Riseholme Lake
Great White Egret
Saltfleet (Crook Bank)
Dusky Warbler

14/10/2020
Baston
Yellow-browed Warbler (in a private garden)
Covenham Reservoir
Slavonian Grebe
Frampton Marsh
Pink-footed Geese, Marsh Harrier, Merlin, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, Stonechat, 35 Whooper Swan
Gibraltar Point
2 Firecrest, Black Redstart, Barred Warbler, Yellow-browed Warbler

Slavonian Grebe at Covenham Reservoir - Image © Russell Hayes

Lincoln - Swanholme Lakes
Goosander (female - first of the winter?)
Marston
2 Red Kite, 2 Swallow
New Holland
Whooper Swan
Rimac
Dusky Warbler
SeaView Farm
Yellow-browed Warbler

13/10/2020
Boultham Mere
2 Fieldfare, Kingfisher, 120 Lesser Redpoll, 7 Whooper Swan, Cetti's Warbler

Kingfisher at Boultham Mere - Image - © Andy Sims

Churchill Lane
10 Barnacle Geese, 25 Whooper Swan
Frampton Marsh
7 Goldeneye  200 Pink-footed Goose, Greenshank, Marsh Harrier, Kingfisher,Merlin, 9 Grey Plover, Water Rail, Spotted Redshank, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, Little Stint, 8 Whooper Swan, Cetti's Warbler
Moggs Eye - Sandilands
Richard's Pipit
Skegness
Red-breasted Flycatcher (on a boat 20 miles off Skegness)

12/10/2020
Anderby Creek
3 Brambling, 33 Reed Bunting, 16 Crossbill, Little Gull, 14 Linnet, 97 Meadow Pipit, 188 Lesser Redpoll, 27 Siskin,  2 Whooper Swan,  5 Yellowhammer 
Boultham Mere
7 Whooper Swan
Denton Reservoir
Scaup (male)
Frampton Marsh
5 Spotted Redshank, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, Little Stint
SeaView Farm
Yellow-browed Warbler

11/10/2020
Callan's Lane Wood
2 Crossbill, Lesser Redpoll (a few), Siskin (a few)
Churchill Lane
11 Barnacle Geese
Frampton Marsh
Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Brambling, 11 Crossbill, Red-breasted Flycatcher, Hawfinch 7 Yellow-browed Warbler
East Halton to Goxhill Haven
6 Chiffchaff, 2 Fieldfare, 5600+ Pink-footed Geese, 2 Marsh Harrier, Merlin, Short-eared Owl, 13 Pintail, 87 Redwing, Great Scaup, 4 Common Scoter, Wheatear
Huttoft Car Terrace
Red-throated Diver, Eider, 215 Gannet, Guillemot
Trent Port, Marton
105 Fieldfare, 160 Pink-footed Geese, Goldcrest, 2 Kingfisher, Lesser Redpoll, 352 Redwing, Siskin, Swallow, 21 Pied Wagtail 
Marston
13 Curlew, 4 Little Grebe, Marsh Harrier, Kestrel, Red Kite, Water Rail,10 Redwing, Snipe, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Swallow, 63 Teal, Cetti's Warbler
Saltfleet 
Barnacle Geese, Pink-footed Geese
Sutton on Sea
Great Northern Diver, 6 Eider, 257 Gannet, 746 Pink-footed Geese, 4 Guillemot, Little Gull, 2 Arctic Skua, Great Skua, 2 Pomarine Skua, 2 Whooper Swan
Theddlethorpe St Helen
Short-eared Owl
Witham Mouth
200 Gannet, Grey Phalarope, Arctic Skua (all from the Boston Belle)
RAF Woodhall 
House Martin, 11 Whooper Swan, Swallow

10/10/2020
Barton Upon Humber - Waters Edge
2 Crossbill (one at each site)
Gibraltar Point
2 Lapland Bunting, 20 Crossbill. 1500 Pink-footed Goose, Ring Ouzel, c2800 Redwing, 2 Yellow-browed Warbler
Toft Newton Reservoir
24 Whooper Swan
Scupholme
36 Whooper Swan

09/10/2020
Cowbit - Whaplode Drove
Lammergeier (apparentley now in Cambridgeshire at Thorney)
Deeping Lakes
Osprey
Freiston Shore
Yellow-browed Warbler
Swanpool
c100 Lesser Redpoll (in two flocks half a mile apart)

08/10/2020
Alkborough Flats
Lesser Yellowlegs
Boultham Mere
Great White Egret
Cowbit & Moulton Chapel
Lammergeier

Lammergeier in Cowboy village Thursday afternoon - Image © Chris Grimshaw

Deeping High Bank
Short-eared Owl
Frampton Marsh
400 Pink-footed Geese, £7 Whooper Swan
Freiston Shore
Yellow-browed Warbler
East Halton Skitter
Scaup
Marston
Great White Egret

07/10/2020
Barton Pits
Pink-footed Goose (hundreds over)
Boultham Mere
Cetti's Warbler
Chapel Six Marshes
Red Kite, Sparrowhawk
Freiston Shore
Yellow-browed Warbler
Gibraltar Point
4 Lapland Bunting, 2 Crossbill, Great White Egret, 3 Hawfinch, Hobby, Merlin, Hen Harrier, Marsh Harrier, Ring Ouzel, Osprey, Short-eared Owl, Spoonbill,Yellow-browed Warbler
Holbeach St John's - Moulton Chapel
Lammergeier
Huttoft Bank Pits
Little Bittern (late report - but only around for ten minutes)
Cleethorpes
Red-throated Diver, 165 Ringed Plover, Great Skua 
Rimac
Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest

06/10/20
Alkborough Flats
2 Ruddy Shelduck
Anderby Creek
Lapland Bunting, Snow Bunting

 

One of the two Ruddy Shelduck at Alkborough Flats - Image © Neil Drinkall

Cleethorpes
11 Common Crossbill
Dunsby Fen
3 Chiffchaff, 20 Meadow Pipit, Pintail, Stonechat, 9 Swallow, Grey Wagtail
Freiston Shore
Goshawk, Hawfinch, Ruddy Shelduck, 3 Yellow-browed Warbler
Gibraltar Point
Hawfinch, Yellow-browed Warbler
East Halton to Goxhill Haven
2 Blackcap, 13 Chiffchaff, c2700 Pink-footed Goose, 2 Short-eared Owl, 9 Pintail, Spotted Redshank, Scaup (female), 24 Stonechat, Whimbrel
North Killingholme Pits
200 Avocet, 2000 Dunlin, 3000 Black-tailed Godwit, 500 Knot, 300 Lapwing
Lincs Coastal CP
Mediterranean Gull, Snipe, 267 Teal, 21 Wigeon
Saltfleetby
4 Yellow-browed Warbler
SeaView Farm
Chiffchaffs, Siskin, 3+ Yellow-browed Warbler
Toynton All Saints
Hobby

05/10/2020
Dawson City
4 Stonechat, Wheatear and a dead juvenile gannet
Donna Nook
3 Redstart, Richard's Pipit, Garden Warbler
Frampton Marsh
Brambling, 100 Pink-footed Geese, Hobby, Kingfisher, Merlin, Pintails, Stonechat, 2 Swallow, Cetti's Warbler, Wheatear, Great Spotted Woodpecker
Freiston Shore
37 Gannet
Gibraltar Point
Great White Egret
SeaView Farm
Brambling, Hawfinch, Yellow-browed Warbler

A stunning  image of a Hawfinch at Seaview Farm possibly ringed in the New Forest - Image © John Clarkson

04/10/2020
Anderby Creek
Yellow-browed Warbler
Boultham Mere
Great White Egret
Caistor
70 Pink-footed Geese
Cleethorpes
Brambling, 60 Pink-footed Geese Jay, 6 Whooper Swan, Cetti's Warbler, Great Spotted Woodpecker
Donna Nook
3 Red-breasted Flycatcher, 2 Radde's Warbler

Raddes Warbler at Donna Nook - Image © Mark Johnson

Frampton Marsh
Merlin, 5 Little Stint, Whinchat, Wheatear, 11 Whooper Swan

Gibraltar Point
20 Brambling, 20 Crossbill, 2 Fieldfare, 3 Common Redstart, Jack Snipe, 300 Siskin, 4 Stonechat, 12 Yellow-browed Warbler, Whinchat
Marston
13 Curlew, 2 Marsh Harrier, 26 Lapwing, 3 House Martin, 2 Cetti's Warbler
SeaView Farm
Yellow-browed Warbler
Skegness
50 Brambling, 3 Crossbill, Ring Ouzel, 30 Lesser Redpoll, Redwing 10 Stonechat, Siskin, Swallow, Wheatear, Lesser Whitethroat
Trent Port Marton
Great White Egret, 70 Pink-footed Geese, 185 Goldfinch, Kingfisher, 8 Lesser Redpoll, 9 Siskin, 71 Skylark, Great Spotted Woodpecker
Wolla Bank
Red-breasted Flycatcher

03/10/2020
Langrick Bridge, Boston
Great White Egret
Chapel Observatory
Grey Phalarope (north)
Donna Nook
10 Red-breasted Flycatcher, 10 Common Redstart
Gibraltar Point
20 Brambling, Siberian Chiffchaff, Pied Flycatcher, Red-breasted Flycatcher, Spotted Flycatcher, Hawfinch, Ring Ouzel, 6 Common Redstart, 3 Jack Snipe, 10 Yellow-browed Warbler, Barred Warbler
Ingoldmells
Short-eared Owl
Marston
6 Chiffchaff, 2 Marsh Harrier, 20 Barn Swallow, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler
Sandilands
Short-eared Owl

02/10/2020
Deeping High Bank
Short-eared Owl
Frampton Marsh
2 Buzzard, Peregrine Falcon, 68 Pink Footed Geese, Goldcrest, Kingfisher, Little Owl, Short-eared Owl, 7 Little Stints, Water Rail, Stonechat, 5 Whooper Swan  
Gibraltar Point
Goshawk, Hawfinch, 6 Spotted Redshank, Pomarine Skua, 2 Yellow-browed Warbler
Humberston Fitties
Yellow-browed Warbler
Sandilands (golf course)
Great Snipe, Wryneck

01/10/2020
Alkborough Flats
2 Curlew, Little Egret, 61 Pink-footed Geese, Greenshank, 40 Black-heade Gull, 3 Grey Heron, Marsh Harrier, 28 Lapwing, Water Rail at least one, 10 Common Redshank, 5 Spotted Redshank, 14 Whooper Swan, Bearded Tit (numerous), 5 Cetti's Warbler
Boultham Mere
2 Chiffchaff, Great White Egret, Little Egret,Kingfisher, Water Rail, 2 Lesser Redpoll, 2 Snipe, 5 Swallow
Chapel St Leonards
Great White Egret
Frampton Marsh
9 Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
5 Lapland Bunting, 3 Crossbill, 2000 Pink-footed Geese, 4 Yellow-browed Warbler
Killingholme Haven
Curlew Sandpiper
Louth
3 Little Egret, 8 Fieldfare, 3 Kingfisher, 7 Grey Wagtail
Swanpool
172 Pink-footed Geese
Welton
50 Pink-footed Geese

Lincolnshire Bird News - September 2020

30/09/2020
Chapel Six Marshes
Yellow-browed Warbler
Gibraltar Point
Great White Egret, Spotted Redshank, Yellow-browed Warbler

29/09/2020
Boultham Mere
Great White Egret
Cleethorpes
Black-tailed Godwit, Red Knot, Turnstone
Crook Bank
Jack Snipe, 11 Stonechat, Wheatear
Frampton Marsh
Kingfisher, Merlin, 9 Little Stint,11 Whooper Swan, Swift, Cetti's Warbler
Gibraltar Point
13 Crossbill, Hen Harrier, Kingfisher, Water Pipit, Jack Snipe
Trent Port, Marton
4 Buzzard, 3 Chiffchaff, Little Egret,100 Pink-footed Geese (over), 220 Goldfinch, Jay, Kestrel, Kingfisher, 2 Raven, Lesser Redpoll, 3 Siskin, 2 Snipe, 9 Swallow
Messingham
2 Crossbill, 3 Jay, 5 Siskin, Sparrowhawk, Willow Tit, Great Spotted Woodpecker
Sea-View Farm
3 Yellow-browed Warbler
Swanpool
45 Gadwall (over), Goldcrest
Tetney Marsh
Curlew, 5 Little Egret, 4 Brent Geese,Oystercatcher, 30 Shelduck, 3 Snipe

28/09/2020
Anderby Creek
Yellow-browed Warbler
Frampton Marsh
Great White Egret, 4 Greenshank, Merlin, 12 Spotted Redshank, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Spoonbill, Stonechat, 2 Little Stint, 11 Whooper Swan, Cetti's Warbler
Gibraltar Point
Firecrest, Garganey, 9 Ring Ouzel, 6 Yellow-browed Warbler
Huttoft
Mediterranean Gull, Snipe
Mablethorpe 
Purple Sandpiper

Purple Sandpiper on the beach at Mablethorpe - Image © Owen Beaumont

Sutton on Sea
15 Buzzard, Black-throated Diver, c300 Pink-footed Goose, 8 Pintail, 132 Common Scoter, Velvet Scoter, Shag, Sandwich Tern

27/09/2020
Bardney Pits
64 Redwing
Boultham Mere
20 Lesser Redpoll, 1 Barn Swallow, Cetti's Warbler
Frampton Marsh
Great White Egret, 4 Barnacle Goose, Hen Harrier, 3 Marsh Harrier, Spoonbill, 4 Little Stint, Stonechat, Common Swift, Whinchat
Gibraltar Point
Brambling, 1000 Pink-footed Geese, 2 Ring Ouzel, Tawny Owl, Short-eared Owl, Grey Phalarope, 2 Common Redstart, Velvet Scoter, Sooty Shearwater, 95 Siskin, Pomarine Skua, Black Tern,
Humber Bridge
40 Gannet, Guillemot
Humber Mouth
2 Gannet
Trent Port, Marton
Blackcap, 7 Chiffchaff, 210 Goldfinch, Kingfisher, 2 Raven, 2 Redwing, 2 Sparrowhawk, Green Woodpecker
Weelsby Woods
Wheatear

26/09/2020
Alkborough Flats
White-tailed Eagle
Chapel Observatory
Fulmar, 118 Gannet, 166 Pink-footed Geese,18 Little Gull, Yellow-legged Gull, Hobby, 4 Kittiwake, Red-breasted Merganser, Leach's Storm Petrel, 50 Pintail, Puffin, 4 Razorbill, Purple Sandpiper, 43 Common Scoter, 5 Manx Shearwater, 7 Sooty Shearwater, 21 Arctic Skua, 78 Great Skua, Long-tailed Skua, 13 Whooper Swan, Arctic Tern, Black Tern, Roseate Tern
Cleethorpes
Gannet, 6 Barnacle Geese, 600 Oystercatcher, 500 Red Knot, 3 Common Scoter, 2 Great Skua
Frampton Marsh
10 Bean Goose sp. Little Gull, 10 Spoonbill, 11 Spotted Redshank, Little Stint 
Gibraltar Point
2 Lapland Bunting, Ring Ouzel, Common (mealy) Redpoll, 100 Great Skua, 4 Pomarine Skua, Yellow-browed Warbler
Huttoft Bank
2 Gannet, Little Gull, 3 Arctic Skua, 2 Pomarine Skua, 2 Sooty Shearwater, Black Tern 
Huttoft Pits
2 Ringed Plover, 14 Whimbrel
Killingholme/Immingham foreshore
Purple Sandpiper
Normanby
Yellow-browed Warbler
Wolla Bank
28 Common Scoter, 5 Arctic Skua, Pomarine Skua, 2 Stonechat

25/09/2020
Chapel Point
13 Little Gull, Fulmar, Kittiwake (a few), 29 Arctic Skua, 14 Great Skua
Gibraltar Point
Sabine's Gull, 194 Arctic Skua, 223 Great Skua, 3 Long-tailed Skua, 11 Pomarine Skua, 15 Barn Swallow
Huttoft Car Terrace
20 Little Gull, 23 Arctic Skua (total from 2 counts), Pomarine Skua, 6 Arctic Tern
Sutton on Sea
Fulmar, 7 Gannet, 7 Little Gull, Red-breasted Merganser, Purple Sandpiper, 3 Common Scoter, Sooty Shearwater, 63 Arctic Skua, 3 Arctic Tern, 3 Sandwich Tern

24/09/2020
Boultham Mere
Great White Egret
Frampton Marsh
Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
2 Lapland Bunting, Great White Egret, Water Pipit, Pomarine Skua
Sea View Farm
Yellow-browed Warbler

23/09/2020
Long Bennington
Grey Plover (over airfield)
Boultham Mere
Great White Egret, Marsh Harrier, Snipe
Killingholme Pits
100 Avocet, Curlew, 1000 Dunlin, 2500 Black-yailed Godwit, 500 Red Knot, 100 Redshank, Ruff,6 Curlew Sandpiper, Little Stint 
Wolla Bank
3 Red-throated Diver, Goldcrest, Goosander, Mediterranean Gull, Short-eared Owl, 26 Siskin

22/09/2020
Anderby Creek
Black-necked Grebe, 20 Red-throated Divers, Wheatear
Boultham Mere
Great White Egret, Marsh Harrier
Frampton Marsh
Lapland Bunting, 7 Curlew Sandpiper, 4 Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
2 Redstart, Stonechat, Wheatear, Whinchat
Humberston
Great White Egret
Humberston Fitties
Cattle Egret
Nocton
Red Kite

A beautiful study of a Red Kite near Nocton today - Image © Stephen Hinks

Sea-View Farm
Yellow-browed Warbler

21/09/2020
Alkborough Flats
3 Spoonbill
Boultham Mere
2 Buzzard, c100 Gadwall, Kestrel, Great White Egret, Kingfisher, Water Rail, c10 Lesser Redpoll, c100 Shoveler

Great White Egret at Boultham Mere for at least its third day - Image © Chris Grimshaw

Deeping High Bank
Great White Egret
Frampton Marsh
Little Stint
Keelby 
200 Pink-footed Geese
Gibraltar Point
Little Bunting, Honey Buzzard, Great White Egret, Pied Flycatcher, Red-breasted Flycatcher, Hawfinch, Short-eared Owl, 2 Spotted Redshank, 4 Spoonbill, Yellow-browed Warbler
Sandilands
Pied Flycatcher

20/09/2020
Alkborough
Bearded Tit, Spoonbill, Cetti's Warbler
Frampton Marsh
4 Curlew Sandpiper, 3 Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Lapland Bunting, 225 Curlew, 8000 Dunlin, Great White Egret, 5 Brent Geese, 5700 Bar-tailed Godwit, Little Gull, Sabine's Gull ( a dramatic photo by Ben Ward on the Gib log page), 3 Kittiwake, 85000 Red Knot, Merlin, 13000 Oystercatcher, 4 Redstart, Yellow-browed Warbler
Seaview Farm
Pied Flycatcher
RAF Woodhall
2 Dunlin Cattle Egret, Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper

19/09/2010
Boultham Mere
Great White Egret
Gibraltar Point
Sabines Gull, Purple Sandpiper, 7 Spoonbill, 2 Little Stint
East Halton
Brent Goose, Spotted Redshank, Little Stint, Arctic Tern 
Huttoft Car Terrace
Pomarine Skua, Sooty Shearwater
Sutton on Sea
Snow Bunting, 7 Red-throated Diver, 79 Gannet, Leach's Storm-Petrel, 5 Arctic Skua, 4 Great Skua

18/09/2020
Cleethorpes
Pied Flycatcher
Deeping Lakes
Great White Egret
Frampton Marsh
10 Curlew Sandpiper, 4 Spoonbill, 2 Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Lapland Bunting, Black-throated Diver, Great Northern Diver, 10 Pied Flycatcher, 2 Little Gull, Sabine's Gull, Haffinch, 3 Ring Ouzel, Short-eared Owl, 2 Spotted Redshank, 3 Redwing, 2 Long-tailed Skua, 19 Spoonbill, Little Stint
Grantham
2 flocks of Common Scoter over during night
Saltfleetby
Brambling
Swanpool
56 Pink-footed Geese

17/09/2020
Anderby
Puffin, Long-tailed Skua
Far Ings
Great White Egret
Gibraltar Point
Brambling, Firecrest, 9 Pied Flycatcher, 2 Ring Ouzel, Long-tailed Skua, Barred Warbler, 3 Yellow-browed Warbler, Wood Warbler
Huttoft Car Terrace
Little Auk, 45 Red-throated Diver, 215 Gannet, 410 Common Scoter, 11 Arctic Skua, 4 Great Skua, 6 Manx Shearwater, Sooty Shearwater
Sutton on Sea
2 Long-tailed Skua, Mediterranean Gull, 4 Manx Shearwater
Theddlethorpe St Helens
Pied Flycatcher
Withern
Redwing

16/09/2020
Conisholme & Killingholme Haven
Glossy Ibis
Far Ings 
4 Garganey
Frampton Marsh
Great White Egret, 7 Spotted Redshank, 18 Curlew Sandpiper, Spoonbill,  Little Stint,
Gibraltar Point
Great White Egret, Firecrest, Little Gull, Wood Sandpiper, Pomarine Skua, 16 Spoonbill,
Huttoft Car Terrace
8 Red-throated Diver, 400 Gannet, Great Skua, Purple Sandpiper, Manx Shearwater, Long-tailed Skua, 200 Sandwich Tern
Whisby
2 Garganey


15/09/2020
Deeping High Bank
Great White Egret
Frampton Marsh
2 Peregrine Falcon Cetti's Warbler, 12 Curlew Sandpiper, Spaarrowhawk, 7 Spoonbill, Little Stint, Wheatear
Gibraltar Point
Lapland Bunting, 5 Pied Flycatcher, Pectoral Sandpiper, 24 Spoonbill
Moor Farm
Bullfinch, Spotted Flycatcher

14/09/2020
Croftmarsh
59 Pink-footed Geese
Frampton Marsh
Osprey,10 Spotted Redshank, 19 Curlew Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, 10 Spoonbill, 3 Little Stint, Whinchat, Whooper Swan
Middlemarsh Farm
Glossy Ibis briefly then high south. one seen at Titchwell this afternoon

13/09/2020
Alvingham
2 Great White Egret
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Black-necked Grebe
Deeping Lakes
Great White Egret
Frampton Marsh
Osprey, 27 Curlew Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, 12 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
Lapland Bunting, Black Throated Diver, Short-eared Owl, Spotted Redshank, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper
Ingoldmells
Osprey
Trent Port, Marton
2 Peregrine Falcon, 2 Caspian Gull, 2 Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail
Seacroft to Gibraltar Point
61 Siskin, Wheatear

12/09/2020
Cleethorpes
Great White Egret
Frampton Marsh
25 Curlew Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, 12 Spoonbill, 2 Little Stint
Gibraltar Point 
5 Spoonbill
Messingham
Osprey

11/09/2020
Boultham Mere
Bittern, Marsh Harrier, Kingfisher
Deeping High Bank
Great White Egret
Donna Nook
4 Curlew Sandpoiper, Wryneck (Stonebridge car-park area)
Frampton Marsh
16 Spotted Redshank, 12 Curlew Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point
3 Lapland Bunting, Great White Egret, Short-eared Owl, Spotted Redshank, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, 4 Pomarine Skua, Spoonbill
Marston
Osprey
Stoke Rochford
Osprey

10/09/2020
Boultham Mere
Bittern

Bittern at Boultham Mere - Image © Andy Sims

Frampton Marsh
Spotted Redshank, Curlew Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper,14 Spoonbill, Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
2 Curlew Sandpiper, Spoonbill
Saltfleet
2 Common Buzzard, Osprey

09/09/2020
Deeping High Bank
Great White Egret
Far Ings
Honey Buzzard
Frampton Marsh
Hen Harrier, 10 Spotted Redshank, 11 Curlew Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 24 Spoonbill, Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Short-eared Owl, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, Pomarine Skua, 13 Spoonbill
Lenton
Hobby 
Saltfleetby Theddlethorpe Dunes NNR
Pink-footed Geese

08/09/2020
Boultham Mere
Bittern, Hobby, 3 Siskin
Frampton Marsh
30 Avocet, 2500 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Barnacle Goose, 6 Grey Plover, Hen Harrier, 100 Ringed Plover, 22 Spotted Redshank, 26 Curlew Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 2 Snipe, 4 Little Stint, 100 Ruff, 26 Spoonbill, Whinchat, Whooper Swan
Deeping High Bank
Great White Egret
Louth
Hobby

07/09/2020
Boultham Mere
Hobby, Kingfisher, Water Rail, 20 Shoveler, 11 Common Swift, 6 Wigeon
Deeping High Bank
Great White Egret
Frampton Marsh
15 Spotted Redshank, 12 Curlew Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 24 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
2 Curlew Sandpiper, 9 Spoonbill, Whinchat
Kirton
7 Turnstone
Hubbard's Hills, Louth
Spotted Flycatcher
Trent Port, Marton
2 Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Little Egret, 49 Goldfinch, 180 Greylag Goose, Kingfisher, 8 Siskin, Treecreeper

06/09/2020
Boultham Mere
2 Bittern, Common Swift
Deeping High Bank
Great White Egret
Dunsby Fen
Kingfisher, Red Kite, 2 Raven, 2 Whinchat
Frampton Marsh
Hen Harrier (ringtail), Hobby, Merlin, 6 Spotted Redshank, 16 Curlew Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 29 Spoonbill, 3 Little Stint, Cetti's Warbler, 3 Whinchat
Freiston Shore
6 Whinchat
Gibraltar Point
Pied Flycatcher, Spotted Flycatcher, Marsh Harrier, Wheatear
Job's Lane
4 Common Buzzard, Hobby, 5 Egyptiam Goose
Sutton on Sea
24 Pink-footed Goose, 60 Sanderling, Manx Shearwater, 5 Arctic Skua 

05/09/2020
Boultham Mere
2 Bittern, 6 Swift, 4 Wigeon
Deeping High Bank
Great White Egret
Frampton Marsh
12 Curlew Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, 2 Little Stint

Ruff & Pectoral Sandpiper at Frampton Marsh - Image © Ian Misslebrook

Freiston Shore
Short-eared Owl
Gibraltar Point
Common Redstart, Long-tailed Skua, 18 Spoonbill, Wheatear, Wryneck
Spalding
2 Whinchat

04/09/2020
Cleethorpes CP
35 House Martin, 3 Common Swift
Covenham Reservoir
50 Yellow Wagtail
Deeping Lakes
Cattle Egret
Fenton
20 House Martin
Frampton Marsh
Greenshank, Hen Harrier, Marsh Harrier, Kingfisher, Merlin, Pintail, 13 Spotted Redshank, Common Redstart, 9 Curlew Sandpiper, 32 Spoonbill, Little Stint, Grey Wagtail, Wheatear 
Gibraltar Point
Lapland Bunting, Short-rared Owl. 19 Spoonbill
Winthorpe
Cuckoo, 31 Wheatear (near North Shore Hotel)
RAF Woodhall
Great White Egret

03/09/2020
Cut End
8 Gannet, Hobby, Great Skua, Spoonbill, 9 Common Swift, 3 Black Tern, 30 Little Tern, 2 Wheatear, 3 Whinchat
Deeping High Bank
Great White Egret
Frampton Marsh
19 Spotted Redshank, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, 29 Spoonbill, 2 Little Stint, Whinchat
Gibraltar Point
Common Redstart, 2 Long-tailed Skua, 9 Spoonbill, 2 Black Tern
Huttoft Car Terrace
Marsh Warbler (briefly)
Rimac
2 Curlew Sandpiper

02/09/2020
Alford
White Stork (over the school)
Deeping High Bank
Great White Egret
Frampton Marsh
Barnacle & Pink-footed Geese (no totals given), 17 Spotted Redshank, 3 Curlew Sandpiper, 12 Spoonbill, 2 Little Stint
Gibraltar Point 
3 Spotted Redshank, 9 Spoonbill, Whinchat
Swanpool
Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Common Swift, Common Whitethroat

01/09/2020
Baston Fen
Great White Egret
Cut End
15 Little Egret, Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 Marsh Harrier, Grey Heron, 3 Red Breasted Merganser, 40 Shelduck Little Stint, Whinchat
Donna Nook 
Icterine Warbler, Marsh Warbler (probable)
Frampton Marsh
Great White Egret, Pied Flycatcher, 2 Marsh Harrier, 3 Kestrel. 6 Spotted Redshank, Curlew Sandpiper, 26 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
Great White Egret. Short-eared Owl, 5 Spotted Redshank, Curlew Sandpiper 8 Spoonbill
Killingholme Pits
Bittern

Lincolnshire Bird News - August 2020

31/08/2020
Baston & Lagtoft Pits
Black-necked Grebe
Cut End
Caspian Gull, Spoonbill, Little Stint
Donna Nook
Icterine Warbler
Frampton Marsh
Hobby, 2 Merlin, 4 Spotted Redshank, 6 Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 23 Spoonbill, Little Stint, Whinchat
Huttoft Car Terrace
Pied Flycatcher, 4 Little Gull, Pomarine Skau

30/08/2020
Covenham Reservoir
3 Little Gull
Cut End
2 Sabine's Gull (reported),  3 Black Tern

Sabine's Gull at Cut End - Image © John Badley

Freiston Shore
Wryneck (near prison entrance)
Frampton Marsh
Common Redstart
Gibraltar Point
Black-throated Diver,Great White Egret, 6 Pied Flycatcher, Sooty Shearwater
East Halton Skitter to Winter's Pond
67 Curlew, Marsh Harrier, Barn Owl, 6 Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Ruddy Shelduck, Spoonbill, 119 Teal, 2 Bearded Tit
Huttoft Car Terrace 
Leach's Storm Petrel

Leach's Storm Petrel off Huttoft Car Terrace - Image © Mark Johnson

Sutton Sea
Red-throated Diver, Red-necked Grebe, Guillemot, Razorbill, Balearic Shearwater, Manx Shearwater, 6 Arctic Skua, 2 Great Skua, Sooty Shearwater, 2 Arctic Tern Little Tern 

29/08/2020
Chapel Observatory
2 Red-throated Diver, Fulmar 55 Little Gull, Sabine's Gull, 7 Pintail, 3 Curlew Sandpiper, 105 Arctic Skua, Great Skua, 6 Long-tailed Skua, 2 Manx Shearwater, 4 Sooty Shearwater, 266 Teal, Black Tern, 32 Wigeon
Cut End
Caspian Gull
Freiston Shore
54 Eider, 2 Red-breasted Merganser
Gibraltar Point 
3 Pied Flycatcher, 39 Gannet, 3 Sooty Shearwater, c19 Long-tailed Skua, 5 Black Tern
Huttoft
Little Gull, Sabine's Gull

Little Gull (juvenile) at Huttoft around mid-day - Image © Chris Grimshaw

Nocton Big Wood
Arctic Skua
East Halton Skitter 
6 Curlew Sandpiper, 1 Arctic Skua
Sutton on Sea
Sabines Gull, 2 Long-tailed Skua 

Stunning shot of the Sabines Gull at Sutton on Sea - Image © Graham Catley

Wolla Bank
Arctic Tern

28/08/2020
Cut End
6 Fulmar, 30 Gannet, Hobby, 43 Common Scoter, Sooty Shearwater, 12 Arctic Skua, 6 Great Skua, 14 Common Swift, Black Tern, 50 Little Tern, 85 Sandwich Tern and A possible Manx Shearwater
Frampton Marsh
6 Spotted Redshank, Curlew Sandpiper, 4 Wood Sandpiper, 31 Spoonbill, Temminck's Stint
Gibraltar Point
4 Long-tailed Skua, 2 Sooty Shearwater, Spoonbill, 2 Black Tern
Huttoft Car Terrace
Sabine's Gull 22 Long-tailed Skua
Toft Newton Reservoir
Ringed Plover, 3 Ruff, Common Sandpiper, Sandwich Tern, 80 Yellow Wagtail, Wheatear 


27/08/2020
Paradise
Black-Tailed Godwit, 2 Black-headed Gull, Kestrel, Lapwing, 2 House Martin, 3 Moorhen, 2 Shelduck, 15 Swallow, 2 Teal
Donna Nook (Stonebridge to Pyes Hall)
1 Chiffchaff, 26 Carrion Crow, 16 Cormorant, 1 Curlew, 11 Collared Dove, 44 Little Egret, 300 Goldfinch, 1 Little Grebe, 5 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 100 Linnet, 8 Mallard, 1 Marsh Harrier, 700 Red Knot, 400 Oystercatcher, 3 Pheasant, 26 Wood Pigeon, 60 Common Redshank 150 Rook, 6 Shelduck, 80 House Sparrow, 46 Swallow, 5 Teal, 2 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 1 Wheatear
Frampton Marsh
4 Curlew Sandpiper, 6 Dpotted Redshank, Wood Sandpiper 3 Little Stint, 31 Spoonbill, 1 Temminck's Stint
Freiston Shore 
Treecreeper
Gibraltar Point
Pomarine Skua

26/08/2020
Boultham Mere
Arctic Tern, Garganey
Caistor Top
Common Swift
Chapel Observatory
Fulmar, 100 Gannet, 3 Guillemot, 8 Arctic Skua, 5 Great Skua, 2 Long-tailed Skua, Snipe, 4 Arctic Tern, 80 Common Tern, 3 Little Tern, 450 Sandwich Tern
RAF Cranwell
Common Quail
Donnington on Bain
5 Spotted Flycatcher
Gibraltar Point
5 Spoonbill
Swanpool cow-fields
3 Spotted Flycatcher

25/08/2020
Boultham Mere
Black Tern
Gibraltar Point
Greenshank, 12 Spoonbill

24/08/2020
Dunsby
Whinchat
Frampton Marsh
Temminck's Stint
Freiston Shore
Blackcap, 3 Corn Bunting, 35 Eider, 3 Little Tern, Yellow Wagtail, 10 Whinchat, Wheatear, 20 Willow Warbler, 5 Lesser Whitethroat

Northern Wheatear,  Freiston Shore - Image © Dave Roberts

Gibraltar Point
2 Cuckoo, Great White Egret, 4 Pied Flycatcher, 2 Short-eared Owl, 6 Tree Pipit, 2 Common Redstart, 7 Spoonbill
Trent Port, Marton
Common Buzzard, 3 Chiffchaff, Kestrel, 200 House Martin, 30 Mallard, 200 Barn Swallow, 3 Mute Swan, 4 Willow Warbler, 6 Common Whitethroat
Swanpool cow-fields
6 Spotted Flycatcher, Common Redstart
Toft Newton Reservoir
12 Pink-footed Geese (at dawn)
Willow Tree Fen
3 Common Crane

23/08/2020
Alkborough
5 Spotted Redshank, 6 Spoonbill
East Halton Skitter area
Spoonbill, Short-eared Owl, 5 Ruff,Common Tern, Green SandpiperArctic Tern, 2 Wheatear, 14 Whinchat
Belton House
4/5 Spotted Flycatcher
Donna Nook
Spotted Redshank
Frampton Marsh
Osprey, 4 Spotted Redshank, 3 Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 10 Spoonbill, Temminck's Stint
Freiston Shore
Cattle Egret, Red-breasted Flycatcher
Gibraltar Point
26 Buzzard, 59 Curlew, Hobby, 2 Red Kite, 53000 Red Knot, Short-eared Owl, 3200 Oystercatcher, Peregrine, 400 Ringed Plover, 6 Curlew Sandpiper, 7 Spoonbill, Little Stint, 2 Black Tern, 21 Turnstone 
Swanpool cow-fields
3/4 Common Redstart

22/08/2020
Barton
Osprey
Frampton Marsh
Osprey, 10 Curlew Sandpiper, 4 Little Stint, 3 Wood Sandpiper, Temminck's Stint, 28 Spoonbill, Whimbrel
Gibraltar Point
2 Greenshank, 6 Spoonbill

21/08/2020
Alkborough Flats
Curlew Sandpiper
Frampton Marsh
Black-necked Grebe, Temminck's Stint
Gibraltar Point
Hobby, Arctic Skua 7 Long-tailed Skua, 13 Spoonbill
Lincs Coastal CP
3 Sand Martin, 57 Golden Plover, 45 Sandwich Tern, 6 Swift, Grey Wagtail and a possible Eleonora's Falcon

20/08/2020
Frampton Marsh
20+ Spotted Redshank, Curlew Sandpiper, 3 Little Stint
Freiston Shore
Spoonbill, Black Tern, 8 Little Tern, Whimbrel, Whinchat
Gibraltar Point
3 Eider, 5 House Martin, 40 Sand Martin, 5 Spoonbill, 38 Swallow, 1 Swift, 84 Sandwich Tern, Barred Warbler, Whinchat
Swanpool cow-fields
Spotted Flycatcher

19/08/2020
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Black-necked Grebe
Boultham Mere
Great White Egret over, 5 Swift
Frampton Marsh
25 Spotted Redshank, 2 Wood Sandpiper, 23 Spoonbill, Little Stint, Temminck's Stint
Gibraltar Point
Pied Flycatcher, Osprey,3 Spoonbill, Gull-billed Tern (briefly first thing)
Ingoldmells
Short-eared Owl
Whisby
Garganey

18/08/2020
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Garganey
Frampton Marsh
Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 25 Spoonbill
Freiston Shore
2 Black Tern
Gibraltar Point
18 Pied Flycatcher, 4 Spotted Redshank, Long-tailed Skua, 10 Spoonbill, 4 Black Tern, Gull-billed Tern, Barred Warbler
Withcall
4 Common Quail

17/08/2020
Chapel Six Marshes
Red-throated Diver, Guillemot, Kittiwake, Razorbill, Scarlet Rosefinch, 4 Great Skua, Long-tailed Skua, Pomarine Skua 
Frampton Marsh
200 Linnet, 8 Spotted Redshank, Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 26 Spoonbill, 5 Little Stint, Temminck's Stint, Whooper Swan, Whinchat
Gibraltar Point
Barred Warbler
Manby Wetlands
Dunlin, 8 Black-tailed Godwit, 12 Ringed Plover, Redshank, Spotted Redshank, 8 Ruff, 5 Green Sandpiper, 5 Snipe
Swanpool
Wheatear, Green Woodpecker
Wolla Bank
Pied Flycatcher, Barred Warbler

16/08/2020
Castle Bytham
4 Crossbill
Deeping Lakes
Mediterranean Gull
Huttoft
2 Fulmar, c100 Gannet, 3 Kittiwake, Common Scoter, Sooty Shearwater, 12 Arctic Skua, 3 Great Skua, 2 Long-tailed Skua, 4 Black Tern, 150 Common Tern, 4 Little Tern, 155 Sandwich Tern
Frampton Marsh
5 Spotted Redshank, Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Wood Sandpiper, 28 Spoonbill, 4 Little Stint, 2 Temminck's Stint, Cetti's Warbler
Freiston Shore
Pied Flycatcher
Gibraltar Point
Black-throated Diver, 11 Pied Flycatcher, 7 Long-tailed Skua, Pomarine Skua, Roseate Tern
Paradise to Churchill Lane
c20 Pied Flycatcher
Rippingale
5 Crossbill

15/08/2020
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Black-necked Grebe
Burton
Hobby
Crook Bank
Long-tailed Skua
Deeping Lakes
Brent Goose
Frampton Marsh
Greenshank, 6 Spotted Redshank, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 25 Spoonbill, 8 Little Stint, Temminck's Stint, Whooper Swan
Freiston Shore
2 Pied Flycatcher, Wood Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point
Pied Flycatcher, Arctic Skua, 17 Spoonbill, Little Terns,700 Sandwich Tern, Siskins, Cetti's Warbler, Whinchat
Huttoft
Long-tailed Skua

14/08/2020
Anderby Creek
Long-tailed Skua
Chapel Point
Little Gull, Little Stint
Deeping Lakes
Brent Goose
Frampton Marsh
122 Little Egret, Curlew Sandpiper, 25+ Spoonbill, 7 Little Stint
Freiston Shore
Pied Flycatcher
Gibraltar Point
Little Gull, 4 Spotted Redshank, 2 Sooty Shearwater, Long-tailed Skua, 17 Spoonbill
Glentham
Bee-eater flying south

13/08/2020
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Black-necked Grebe
Deeping Lakes
Brent Goose
Callan's Lane Wood
At least two Common Crossbill
Frampton Marsh
100 Little Egret, Peregrine Falcon, Hobby, 4 Little Stint, 5 Spotted Redshank, 28 Spoonbill, 5 Turnstone, 50 Yellow Wagtail
Gibraltar Point
41 Little Egret, 9 Pied Flycatcher, 29 Grey Plover, Wood Wabler
Marston
Whinchat (trapped & ringed)
Read's Island
450 Avocet, @50 Curlew, 400 Common Shelduck
Sea View Farm
Barred Warbler

12/08/2020
Anderby Creek
White-tailed Sea Eagle (probable - north over the sea)
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Black-necked Grebe
Gibraltar Point
Caspian Gull, Yellow-legged Gull, Barred Warbler, Wood Warbler
Sea View Farm
Barred Warbler
Willow Tree Fen
3 Common Crane (the chick fledged and all birds flew north)

11/08/2020
Anderby 
6 Pied Flycatcher
Freiston Shore
Corn Bunting
Doddington Park, Lincoln
Little Owl, Willow Warbler
Gibraltar Point
29 Pied Flycatcher
Marston
13 Curlew, 35 Lapwing, 30 Moorhen (roosting in one tree), Golden Plover, 6 Gren Sandpiper
Sea View Farm
5 Pied Flycatcher, Barred Warbler, Red-backed Shrike
Toft Newton
Pied Flycatcher, Greenshank, Green Sandpiper
Trent Port, Marton
5+ Chiffchaff, Little Egret, 2 Raven, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper

10/08/2020
Freiston Shore
5000 Sand Martin between the Reserve & Cut End, Common Redstart
Gibraltar Point
c30 Pied Flycatcher, 2 Wood Warbler
Grantham
Common Swift
Lincs Coastal Country Park
Red-throated Diver, Fulmar, 246 Gannet, Greenshank, Marsh Harrier, Hobby, Kittiwake, 60 Golden Plover, 4 Common Sandpiper, 63 Common Scoter, 5 Arctic Skua, Black Tern, 500 Commic Tern, Roseate Tern, 80 Sandwich Tern, Wheatear, Whinchat
Norton Disney Quarry
3 Corn Bunting, Buzzard, 25 Sand Martin10 Swallow

09/08/2020
Alkborough
Bittern, 2 Great White Egret, 80 Little Egret, 30 Spoonbill, Little Stint
Boultham Mere
Common Sandpiper
Covenham Reservoir
Great Skua
Frampton Marsh
2 Greenshank, Hobby, 5 Golden Plover, 12 Spotted Redshank, 20 Spoonbill, Little Stint, Whooper Swan, Yellow Wagtails
Gibraltar Point
4 Pied Flycatcher, Osprey, Common Redstart, Wood Sandpiper, Wood Warbler

Wood Warbler at Gibraltar Point - Image © James Siddle

Swanholme Lakes
2 Chiffchaff, Kingfisher
Huttoft Car Terrace
6 Arctic Skua, Great Skua

08/08/2020
Boultham Mere 
Swift
Crook Bank
Whinchat
Frampton Marsh
Hobby, 7 Spotted Redshank, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, 27 Spoonbill, Little Stint, 2 Whimbrel,  Whooper Swan
Leasingham
Hen Harrier (ring-tail)
Winter's Pond area, East Halton
29 Avocet, 103 Black-tailed Godwit, Water Rail, 5 Common Sandpiper, 11 Snipe, 69 Teal, 7 Yellow Wagtail
RAF Woodhall
4 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, 20 Pied Wagtail

07/08/2020
Callan's Lane Wood
2 Crossbill
Castle Bytham
4 Crossbill
Frampton Marsh
3 Spotted Redshank, 20 Spoonbill, Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
2 Turtle Dove
Paradise
2 Wood Sandpiper
Rimac
75 Common Tern, 16 Little Tern, c75 Sandwich Tern
Tetney 
7 Spoonbill (over)

06/08/2020
Frampton Marsh
15 Spotted Redshank,2 Curlew Sandpiper, 19 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
17 Spoonbill
Lincolnshire Wolds
Probably up to 12 Quail present
Middlemarsh Farm
Wood Sandpiper

05/08/2020
Chapel Observatory
Mediterranean Gull, 2 Arctic Skua, 80 Swift, 500 Commic Tern, Little Tern, 2500 Sandwich Tern
Frampton Marsh
19 Spoonbill, 
Freiston Shore
30 Eider, 25 Gannet, Hobby, Red-breasted Merganser, 1 Spoonbill, Common Swift, 600 Common Tern
Long Sutton
White Stork over

04/08/2020
Alkborough Flats
9 Spoonbill
Donna Nook
Fulmar, Merlin, 150 Meadow Pipit, 50 Yellow Wagtail, Wheatear
Frampton Marsh
9 Spotted Redshank 9, 19 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
Pink-footed Goose, Caspian Gull, Spotted Redshank, Wood Sandpiper, 4 Spoonbill, Wood Warbler
Lincs Coastal Country Park
Coal Tit, Treecreeper, Great Spotted Woodpecker
Messingham
Great White Egret

03/08/2020
Frampton Marsh
4 Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Little Stint, 20 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
Green Woodpecker

02/08/2020
Frampton Marsh
3 Common Sandpiper
Swanpool
10 Grey Partridge

01/08/2020
Cleethorpes
Sparrowhawk, 100+ Common Swift
Frampton Marsh
Black Necked Grebe, 2 Spotted Redshank, 3 Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 21 Spoonbill, Whooper Swan
Freiston Shore
1 Spoonbill
Marston
3 Little Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 3 Little Grebe
Paradise
2 Little Stint

Lincolnshire Bird News - July 2020

31/07/2020
Doddington Hall
2 Buzzard, Chiffchaff, Gadwall, 4 Little Grebe, 4 House 4 Martin, Garden Warbler, 4 Swallow
Fiskerton Fen
3 Green Sandpiper, 20 Yellow Wagtail
Frampton Marsh
Spotted Redshank, 8+ Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
600 Sandwich Tern
Spilsby
Hobby

30/07/2020
Gibraltar Point
Kingfisher, Wheatear, Whimbrel, Whinchat

29/07/2020
Boultham Mere
Kingfisher
Frampton Marsh
Little Owl, Curlew Sandpiper, 3 Wheatear, Whooper Swan 
Freiston Shore
Wood Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point 
Wood Warbler

28/07/2020
Alkborough Flats
7 Spoonbill
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Turnstone
Frampton Marsh
Curlew Sandpiper
Belton Park Woods
Spotted Flycatcher

27/07/2020
Boultham Mere 
Garganey
Freiston Shore
4 Arctic Tern, 260 Common Tern, Roseate Tern (probable)

26/07/2020
Anderby Marsh
Cuckoo
Boultham Mere 
Kingfisher
Frampton Marsh
Turtle Dove, Black Necked Grebe, 2 Greenshank, Pink-footed Goose, Red Kite, 6 Spotted Redshank, Wood Sandpiper, 21 Spoonbill, Whimbrel
Freiston Shore
54 Eider, 10 Whimbrel
Gibraltar Point
4 Cattle Egret, Great White Egret, Wood Sandpiper, Roseate Tern (south)
Pyewipe, Grimsby
Mediterranean Gull, 6650 Common Shelduck
Spilsby
At least 4 Ring-necked Parakeets photographed flying over
Swanpool 
11 Grey Partridge (a pair with 9 juveniles)

25/07/2020
East Halton Skitter
2 Spoonbill
Frampton Marsh
20 Spoonbill, 6 Spotted Redshank, Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper,Whooper Swan, Yellow Wagtail, 2 Northern Wheatear, Whimbrel 
Stallingborough
Bee-eater (briefly)
Witham End
Osprey

24/07/2020
Frampton Marsh
Cuckoo, Peregrine Falcon, Black Necked Grebe, Water Rail, 27 Spoonbill, Wood Sandpiper, Whooper Swan
Freshney
2 Goosander
Gibraltar Point
3 Spotted Redshank, 16 Spoonbill

23/07/2020
Fiskerton Fen
7 Little Egret, 5 Green Sandpiper, Whooper Swan
Frampton Marsh
Peregrine Falcon, Red Knot, Wood Sandpiper, 18 Spoonbill, Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
Great White Egret
Willow Tree Fen
3 Common Crane

The Common Cranes at Willow Tree Fen - Image © Lincsbirding

22/07/2020
Alkborough Flats
Bittern, 8 Dunlin, 50 Little Egret, Greenshank, Red Kite, 10 Spotted Redshank, 8 Ruff, 17 Spoonbill
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Red Knot
Frampton Marsh
4 Spotted Redshank, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, 2 Wood Sandpiper. 19 Spoonbill, Whooper Swan
Freiston Shore
the possible Roseate Tern (still present)
Willow Tree Fen (note Reserve closed at present)
3 Common Crane,  (2 adults and a chick) Seen as the first breeding in Lincs for 400 years

21/07/202
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Red Knot
Chapel Observatory
10 Dunlin, Great Crested Grebe, 15 Red Knot, 4 Common Tern. Little Tern, 350 Sandwich Tern 
Frampton Marsh
Black-necked Grebe, Brent Goose, Marsh Harrier, Red Knot, 2 Wood Sandpiper, 19 Spoonbill,several Spotted Redshank, Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Wood Sandpiper, 19 Spoonbill,Caspian Tern, summering Whooper Swan 
Freiston Shore
Roseate Tern
Huttoft Pit
Water Rail
Huttoft Car Terrace
8 Dunlin, 26 Gannet, 8 Oystercatcher, 3 Common Tern, 8 Sandwich Tern
Trent Port Marton
Cuckoo, Caspian Gull, 50 Lapwing, Comman Sandpiper, Siskin, 3 Lesser Whitethroat
Paradise Pool
5 Dunlin, Little Egret, 8 Black-tailed Godwit

20/07/2020
Frampton Marsh
Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Wood Sandpiper, 14 Spoonbill, Caspian Tern, Whooper Swan
Trent Port, Marton
45 Lapwing, Grasshopper Warbler
Saltfleet Haven 
Whooper Swan
Winteringham Haven
7 Crossbill

19/07/2020
Alkborough Flats
200+ Avocet, Bittern, Peregrine Falcon, Spoonbills, Bearded Tits, Grasshopper Warbler Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler
Frampton Marsh
Corn Bunting, 3 Garganey, 2 Black Necked Grebe, 4 Spotted Redshank,  Green Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 15 Spoonbill, Little Stint, Whooper Swan, Caspian Tern, Whimbrel
East Halton
2 Wheatear
Linwood Warren
Cuckoo
Toft Newton Reservoir
Great White Egret
Paradise Pool
114 Dunlin Black-tailed Godwit, Greenshank, Kingfisher, 3 Common Sandpiper
Whitton Sands
2 Ruddy Shelduck

18/07?2020
Alkborough Flats 
22 Spoonbill
Frampton Marsh
3 Black Necked Grebe, 2 Spotted Redshank, 14 Spoonbill, 3 Curlew Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Little Stint, Caspian Tern, Whooper Swan, Wood Sandpiper
Swanholme Lakes
Buzzard, 3 Grey Heron, 3 Swift 13 Long-tailed Tit
RAF Woodhall
2 Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Green Sandpiper

17/07/2020
Frampton Marsh
2 Black Necked Grebe, Spotted Redshank, Curlew Sandpiper, 10 Spoonbil, Little Stint, Caspian Tern

A superb shot of the Caspian Tern at Frampton Marsh - Image © Graham Catley

16/07/2020
Alkborough Flats
15 Spoonbill
Frampton Marsh
2 Black Necked Grebe, 3 Greenshank Hobby, Little Stint, 7 Spoonbill, Whooper Swan, Caspian Tern
Mablethorpe 
Rosy Starling

15/07/2020
Frampton Marsh
Caspian Tern

14/07/2020
Barrow Haven
12 Common Sandpiper south
Frampton Marsh
Caspian Gull in front of Vistor Centre again
Huttoft Pit
Caspian Gull briefly
Mablethorpe 
Rosy Starling

13/07/2020
Alkborough Flats
32 Little Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier, 3 Spoonbill, 2 Spotted Redshank,
Anderby Creek
Marsh Harrier
Frampton Marsh
Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Spoonbill, Little Stint
Huttoft Pit
Cuckoo, Water Rail, 3 Sandwich Tern
Mablethorpe 
Rosy Starling

12/07/2020
Alkborough Flats
2 Spoonbill
Frampton Marsh
4 Black Necked Grebe, 2 Spotted Redshank, Curlew Sandpiper, 4 Spoonbill, Caspian Tern (early but flew off NE and wasnt seen again) Whooper Swan
Grantham
Common Quail
Killingholme Pits
Spotted Redshank
Mablethorpe 
Rosy Starling

11/07/2020
Chamber's Farm Wood
6 Crossbill (over car-park)
Frampton Marsh
6 Black Necked Grebe, 100000 Red Knot, 4 Spotted Redshank, 2 Ruff, Curlew Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 2 Spoonbill, Caspian Tern
Mablethorpe 
Rosy Starling

Rosy Starling showing well in Mablethorpe - Image © Owen Beaumont

New Holland
Common Sandpiper
Read's Island
450 Avocet, 250, Curlew, 400 Common Shelduck

10/07/2020
Donna Nook
Little Owl (on the road in)
Frampton Marsh
Curlew Sandpiper, Caspian Tern 

Unusual sighting together Caspian Tern and Whooper Swan at Frampton Marsh - Image © Steve Keightley

Gibraltar Point
9 Spoonbill
Mablethorpe
Rosy Starling

09/07/2020
Boultham Mere
c 50 House Martin, c200 Sand Martin, 150 Common Swift
Frampton Marsh
1000's Red Knot, Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
Spoonbill
Pyewipe Grimsby
Glaucous Gull
Mablethorpe
Rosy Starling
Manby Wetlands
8 Avocet, 7 Dunlin, 82 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Greenshank, 3 Ruff, 12 Green Sandpipper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Wood Sandpiper

08/07/2020
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Black Necked Grebe, 82 Red-crested Pochard
Boultham Mere
Hobby, 200 Sand Martin
Frampton Marsh
Dunlin, Black Necked Grebe, Red Knot, Little Ringed Plover, Ruff, 5 Spoonbill
Manby Wetlands
Wood Sandpiper

07/07/2020
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Black Necked Grebe
Frampton Marsh
Just one Brent Goose, Possibly 10000 Red Knot, 5 Oystercatcher, 2 Common Sandpiper then the rain arrived, 15 Swallow, 6 Common Swift
Lincs Coastal Country Park
Three flock of Common Crossbill over

06/07/2020
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Black Necked Grebe
Frampton Marsh
Red Knot, Spoonbill
Pyewipe Grimsby
Glaucous Gull
River Welland Stamford
Purple Heron

05/07/2020
East Halton area
3 Common Crossbill, 8 Little Egret, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper

04/07/2020
Frampton Marsh
Spotted Redshank, 2 Ruff, Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper
Pyewipe, Grimsby
Glaucous Gull

03/07/2020
Frampton Marsh
Whooper Swan
Pyewipe, Grimsby
Glaucous Gull
Huttoft Car Terrace
45 Gannet
Toft Newton Reservoir
2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Redshank, Common Scoter

02/07/2020
Alkborough Flats
14 Spoonbill
Anderby Creek
2 Spoonbill
Cleethorpes
Common Sandpiper
Tetney Lock
Corn Bunting, Greenshank
Theddlethorpe
294 Common Scoter

01/07/2020
Alkborough Flats
2 Spoonbill
Barton Pits
Great White Egret
Witham Mouth
Gannet, Sandwich Tern