Lincolnshire Latest Bird News
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March 2024
31/03/2024
Boultham Mere
5 Little Gull
Three of the five Little Gulls that were at Boultham Mere this morning - Image © Andy Sims
Doddington Parl
Chiffchaff, 12 Lesser Redpoll, 7 Siskin
Frampton Marsh
Little Gull, Short-eared Owl, Lesser Yellowlegs
Manby Wetlands
3 Great White Egret, Grey Heron
Messingham
1 Bittern, 2 Buzzard, 2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Red-crested Pochard, 5 Cetti's Warbler, Great Spotted Woodpecker
30/03/2024
Deeping Lakes
Yellow Wagtail
Donna Nook
Oystercatcher
A splendid photo of a Oystercatcher at Donna Nook - Image © Mark Johnson
Frampton Marsh
Spoonbill, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Firecrest, Little Gull, Hen Harrier, Water Pipit, Garden Warbler
Manby Wetlands
3 Garganey (2male, 1 female)
29/03/2024
Crook Bank
Garganey
Frampton Marsh
Spoonbil, Lesser Yellowlegs
Manby Wetlands
3 Garganey (2 male, 1 female)
Swanpool cow-fields
Blackcap
Rimac
4 Cattle Egret
Willow Tree Fen
Common Crane 16
28/03/2024
Frampton Marsh
Great White Egret, Greenshank, Hen Harrier (female), Little Ringed Plover, Green Winged Teal, Cetti's Warbler, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Corn Bunting, 4 Crossbill. Red Kite, Spoonbill, Sedge Warbler
Messingham
Red-crested Pochard, Raven, Shelduck, Cetti's Warbler, Great Spotted Woodpecker,
27/03/2024
Anderby Creek
2 Garganey (south)
Covenham Reservoir
Smew
Crook Bank
Garganey, Green-Winged Teal
Frampton Marsh
Russian White-fronted Goose, Green-winged Teal, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
2 Garganey (south), Firecrest, 2 Bewick's Swan
Manby Wetlands
Great White Egret, 3 Garganey (2male, 1 female)
Sutton on Sea
2 Garganey (south)
Tongue End
Cattle Egret
26/03/2024
Covenham Reservoir
1 Little Gull, Common Scoter (female), Smew
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Russian White-fronted Goose, Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
2 Water Pipit, Spoonbill
Manby Wetlands
2 Garganey (males)
Withern
Cattle Egret
25/03/2024
Crook Bank
Green-winged Teal
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
5 Common Crane, Spotted Redshank, Swallow, Green-winged Teal, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gainsborough (Trent-side
c 90 Whooper Swan (over NW)
24/03/2024
Covenham Reservoir
Smew (male)
Frampton Marsh
Green-winged Teal, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Hen Harrier, Firecrest, Water Pipit
Swanpool
2 Little Ringed Plover
Tongue End
Cattle Egret, Short-eared Owl
23/03/2024
Covenham Reservoir
Smew (male)
The Smew at Covenham Reservoir - Image © Mark Johnson
Deeping High Bank
25 Red Knot
Donnington on Bain
Willow Warbler
Frampton Marsh
Green-winged Teal, Greater Scaup, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
2 Cattle Egret, 2 Waxwing
Halton Marsh
Yellow Wagtail
22/03/2024
Alkborough Flats
2/3 Bittern, c35 Curlew, Great White Egret, c35 Little Egret, 300+ Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Sand Martin 5 Cetti's Warbler, c450 Wigeon
Anderby Creek
Willow Warbler
Covenham
Smew (male)
Donnington on Bain
Swallow
Frampton Marsh
Little Stint, Green-winged Teal, Wheatear, Lesser Yellowlegs
Freiston Shore
Hen Harrier (male), Scaup (male)
Gibraltar Point
Hawfinch, Hen Harrier (male), Woodlark
Huttoft
Cattle Egret, Bewick's Swan
Messingham
Buzzard, Cetti's Warbler 3, c20 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldeneye, 2 Marsh Harrier, Red-crested Pochard, 15 Shelduck, Great Spotted Woodpecker
Tongue End
Cattle Egret
RAF Woodhall
8 Sand Martin
Winter's Pond
Willow Warbler
21/03/2024
Frampton Marsh
Garganey, Green-winged Teal, Lesser Yellowlegs
Freiston Shore
Garganey, Greater Scaup
Huttoft
Short-eared Owl
Tongue End
Cattle Egret
20/03/2024
Covenham
Smew (male)
Frampton Marsh
2 Garganey, Green-winged Teal, Lesser Yellowlegs
Freiston Shore
2 Greater Scaup
19/03/2024
Barkston
Wheatear
Frampton Marsh
Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Lapland Bunting, Hen Harrier (male), Water Pipit, 4 Waxwing (south)
Marston
Wheatear
Rimac
4 Cattle Egret
Swanholme Lakes
3 Chiffcaff, 2 Whooper Swan
Tongue End
Cattle Egret
Willow Tree Fen
10 Common Crane
18/03/2024
Frampton Marsh
Lesser Yellowlegs
Freiston Shore
3 Cattle Egret
Gibraltar Point
Water Pipit, Green-winged Teal
Halton Marshes
Hen Harrier (rt)
Messingham
Glossy Ibis, Water Pipit
Tongue End
2 Cattle Egret
Willow Tree Fen
12 Common Crane
17/03/2016
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
2 Green-winged Teal (male)
16/03/2024
East Halton Marsh
Little Ringed Plover
Caistor
Rough-legged Buzzard (possible)
Covenham Reservoir
Smew (male)
Freiston Shore
Cattle Egret, 3 Greater Scaup ( all male)
Gibraltar Point
Cattle Egret, Hen Harrier, Water Pipit
Messingham
5 Common Crane (over), Glossy Ibis, 13 Red Kite (over), Water Pipit
15/03/2024
Alkborough Flats
Caspian Gull
Dunsby Fen
Sand Martin
Frampton Marsh
Lesser Yellowlegs
Freiston Shore
Sand Martin
Gibraltar Point
2 Long-tailed Duck, 2 Water Pipit
Huttoft Bank
Caspian Gull
Tongue End
Common Crane
14/03/2024
Bourne Woods
Mealy Redpoll (trapped and ringed)
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
300 Avocet, 200 Dunlin, Peregrine Falcon, Pink-footed Goose, Red Knot, 2 Oystercatcher, 24+ Pintail, 2 Ringed Plover, 2 Cetti's Warbler, c 3500 Wigeon, Lesser Yellowlegs
Present for its 178th day the Lesser Yellowlegs at Frampton Marsh - Image © Chris Grimshaw
Freiston Shore
3 Great Scaup
Gibraltar Point
372 Chaffinch, Corn Bunting, 2 Red Kite, 8 Siskin, 2 Spoonbill, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Woodlark
Huttoft Bank
Caspian Gull
West Deeping
Little Ringed Plover
Lea Marsh
3 Curlew, Goosander (m), 2 Oystercatcher, 12 Pintail
Sandilands
Short-eared Owl
Whitton
Hen Harrier (m)
13/03/2024
Anderby Creek
2200 Chaffinch, 2 Crossbill, Caspian Gull, Woodlark
Deeping High Bank
Sand Martin
Deeping Lakes
2 Cattle Egret, Glooy Ibis
Frampton
Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
34 Brambling, 2 Long-tailed Duck, Hen Harrier, Short-eared Owl, Whooper Swan, 2 Woodlark
Grimsby
Red Kite
Scartho
Chiffchaff, 6 Goldcrest, 10 Siskin
Swanholme Lakes
5 Goosander (3m 2f)
Tongue End
2 Cattle Egret
Willow Tree Fen
12 Common Crane
12/03/2024
Anderby Creek
Firecrest
Deeping Lakes
Long-eared Owl
Frampton Marsh
Greater Scaup, Green-winged Teal, Lesser Yellowlegs
Freiston Shore
3 Greater Scaup
Gibraltar Point
2 Short-eared Owl, Water Pipit
Holton le Clay
44 Waxwing
Tongue End
Cattle Egret
11/03/2024
Boutham Mere
Water Rail
Deeping High Bank
Bar-tailed Godwit, Short-eared Owl., Golden Plover, Grey Plover
Short-eared Owl along Deeping High Bank - Image © Mike Weedon
Frampton Marsh
Corn Bunting, Great White Egret, 5 Barnacle Goose, Mediterranean Gull, Merlin, Short-eared Owl, Green-winged Teal, Lesser Yellowlegs
Holton le Clay
4 Waxwing
Rimac
4 Cattle Egret
Seaview
Snow Bunting
10/03/2024
Cut End
Purple Sandpiper (on rocks in front of hide)
Freiston Shore
Greater Scaup (male)
Market Rasen
30 Siskin (in private garden)
RSPB Tetney Marsh
Short-eared Owl
09/03/2024
Alkborough Flats
c Bittern (booming), Cattle Egret, 5 Marsh Harrier, 500 Wigeon
Deeping Lakes
3 Cattle Egret, Glossy Ibis, 2 Long-eared Owl
Frampton Marsh
3 Little Gull, Green-winged Teal, Lesser Yellowlegs
Market Rasen
6 Brambling (in private garden)
08/03/2024
Deeping Lakes
3 Cattle Egret
Dunsby Fen
Sand Martin
Frampton Marsh
Great White Egret, 5 Barnacle Goose, Mediterranean Gull, Hen Harrier, Lesser Yellowlegs
Grantham
Starling Murmuration
Halton Marsh
Hen Harrier (rt)
Job's Lane
Smew (male)
07/03/2024
Anderby Marsh
3 Avocet, 7 Curlew, 12 Dunlin, 4 Little Egret, 4 Goosander, 15 Redshank, Cetti's Warbler
Cleethorpes
Caspian Gull
Caspian Gull at Cleethorpes Country Park - Image © Chris Atkin
Covenham Reservoir
Kittiwake
Cowbit
Short-eared Owl, Turnstone
Cradge Bank
Short-eared Owl
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis 2 Long-eared Owl
Frampton Marsh
Great Scaup (m), Green-winged Teal, Lesser Yellowlegs
North Mablethorpe
400 Curlew
Trusthorpe
Purple Sandpiper
Rimac
2 Cattle Egret, 18 Little Egret, Shoveler, Pintail, c120 Redshank, Teal, Wigeon
06/03/2024
Bardney
Chiffchaff
Boultham Mere
62 Pink-footed Goose
Frampton Marsh
Chiffchaff, Green-winged Teal, Greater Scaup, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
24 Avocet, 4000 Starling, Grey Wagtail, Green Woodpecker
Wilder Doddington
Kestrel, Linnet, 4 Red-legged Partidge, Redwing, Snipe, c650 Starling, Stonechat, 80+ Yellowhammer
05/03/2024
Frampton Marsh
Corn Bunting, Great White Egret, 2+ Mediterranean Gull, Green-winged Teal, Lesser Yellowlegs
Deeping Lakes
Long-eared Owl
Great Gonerby
100k Starling (murmuration)
Job's Lane
Smew (m)
Tongue End
Cattle Egret, Short-eared Owl
04/03/2024
Belton Park
4 Buzzard, 3 Red Kite, 3 Nuthatch, 17 Redwing, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Green Woodpecker
Covenham Reservoir
Greater Scaup (f)
Crook Bank
2 Snow Bunting
Deeping Lakes
Long-eared Owl
Frampton Marsh
3 Scaup (m), Green-winged Teal, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
12 Avocet, Marsh Harrier, Red Kite, 3 Red-breasted Merganser, Barn Owl, 6 Pintail, 5 Rock Pipit, Water Rail, 128 Sanderling, Siskin, 2 Sparrowhawk, Stonechat
Job's Lane
Smew (m)
Saltfleetby/Theddlethorpe Dunes
3 Waxwing (N)
Scunthorpe
11 Siskin (on feeders)
Tongue End
Buzzard, Cattle Egret
03/03/2024
Barton
Bittern
Boultham Mere
30 Whooper Swan
Covenham Reservoir
Ruddy Duck
Cowbit
2 Turnstone (is this the DHB sighting)
Deeping High Bank
3 Turnstone (is this the Cowbit sighting)
Frampton Marsh
3 Scaup (2m 1f), Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Lapland Bunting, Black-throated Diver, 2 Long-tailed Duck, 4 Waxwing
Job's Lane
Smew (m)
02/03/2024
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis, Long-eared Owl
Gibraltar Point
2 Long-tailed Duck, Hen Harrier
Frampton Marsh
Green-winged Teal
Scunthorpe
6 Siskin
01/02/2024
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis, 2 Long-eared Owl
Fishtoft
10 Cattle Egret
Frampton Marsh
Great White Egret, Marsh Harrier, Red Kite, 8000 Golden Plover, 2 Greater Scaup, Cetti's Warbler, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
10 Avocet, 6 Corn Bunting, Lapland Bunting, 2 Long-tailed Duck, 3 Hen Harrier (all male), 3 Shore Lark, Short-eared Owl, 3 Water Pipit, 2 Woodcock
Marton
Sparrowhawk
Sparrowhawk in Marton Garden - Image © Brian Hedley
Willow Tree Fen
6 Common Crane, Hen Harrier (rt)
February 2024
29/02/2024
Deeping Lakes
Great White Egret, Little Owl
Frampton Marsh
Green-winged Teal, Lesser Yellowlegs (day 163)
Job's Lane
2 Egyptian Goose, 148 Black-headed Gull, 36 Redwing, Smew (male), 86 Wigeon
Trent Port
2 Bullfinch, 160 Fieldfare, Egyptian Goose, 550 Black-headed Gull, Peregrine Falcon, Raven, 13 Shelduck, Green Woodpecker
28/02/2023
Alkborough Flats
Shore Lark (over)
Anderby Creek
Caspian Gull
Crook Bank
Green-winged Teal
Frampton Marsh
Hen Harrier, Green-winged Teal, Lesser Yellowlegs
The long staying Lesser Yellowlegs in the car-park at Frampton Marsh - Image © Ian Misselbrook
Messingham
58 Tufted Duck 160 Black-headed Gull, 36 Pochard, 1 Red-crested Pochard (male), 7 Shelduck, Treecreeper. 3 Cetti's Warbler
27/02/2024
Wilder Doddington
2 Kestrel, Tawny Owl, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker
Frampton Marsh
Green-Winged Teal, Lesser Yellowlegs
Tetney Marsh
6 Lapland Bunting, Caspian Gull, 25 Twite
Tongue End
Cattle Egret
26/02/2024
Frampton Marsh
85 Avocet, Great White Egret, Peregrine Falcon, Kingfisher, Jack Snipe, Whooper Swan, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
16 Corn Bunting, 2 Long-tailed Duck, Hen Harrier, 3 Shore Lark, Red-breasted Merganser, 44 Whooper Swan, Sandwich Tern
Hartsholme Park
2 Goosander (1 male,2 female)
Mablethorpe
Purple Sandpiper
The long staying Purple Sandpiper on Mablethorpe Beach - Image © Owen Beaumont
Willow Tree Fen
2 Common Crane, Stonechat
25/04/2024
Deeping High Bank
Green-winged Teal
Boultham Mere
Green Sandpiper
Far Ings
3 Bittern, Marsh Harrier, 12000 Starling
Fosdyke
3 Waxwing
Frampton Marsh
Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
2 Long-tailed Duck, Corn Bunting, Pink-footed Goose, 3 Shore Lark, Barn Owl, 5 Stonechatt
Hartsholme Park
Nuthatch
Marston
2 Stonechat
Trent Port
22 Red-legged Partridge, 10 Whooper Swan, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker
24/02/2024
Cowbit
489 Dunlin, Turnstone
Deeping High Bank
Green-winged Teal
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis, Long-eared Owl
Frampton Marsh
Hen Harrier (m&f), Short-eared Owl, Spotted Redshank, Lesser Yellowlegs
Job's Lane
Smew (m)
Messingham
Ring-necked Duck
Ring-necked Duck at Messingham - Image © Wayne Gillat
Willow Tree Fen
6 Common Crane
23/02/2024
Black Bank
10 Whooper Swan
Burringham
3 Buzzard, 400 Fieldfare, Little Owl
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
East Butterwick
4 Grey Partridge
Fishtoft
10 Cattle Egret
Frampton Marsh
135 Avocet, Hen Harrier (male), Merlin, Water Rail, Stonechat Bearded Tit, Lesser Yellowlegs
Messingham
Ring-necked Duck, Egyptian Goose, Oystercatcher 10, c20 Pochard, 14 Shelduck
Saltfleetby/Theddlethorpe Dunes
2 Lapland Bunting
Tongue End
2 Cattle Egret
Willow Tree Fen
Hen Harrier (rt)
22/02/2024
Gibraltar Point
17 Corn Bunting, Red-throated Diver, Little Gull, Barn Owl, 2 Bearded Tit, Woodlark
Messingham
Ring-necked Duck, 7 Oystercatcher, c 90 Pochard, 8 Shelduck, c 100 Tufted Duck
Winter's Pond
White-fronted Goose
21/02/2024
Alkborough Flats
Cattle Egret
Fishtoft
10 Cattle Egret
Frampton Marsh
Lesser Yellowlegs
20/02/2024
Anderby Creek
2 Velvet Scoter (south)
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
91 Avocet, Great White Egret, Peregrine Falcon (male & female) Hen Harrier (male), Stonechat, Lesser Yellowlegs (155th day)
Gibraltar Point
Water Pipit
Messingham
Ring-necked Duck (female)
The female Ring-necked Duck at Messingham - Image © Roy Harvey
Rimac
6 Cattle Egret
Tongue End
2 Cattle Egret
Wolla Bank
2 Velvet Scoter (south)
19/02/2024
Wilder Doddington
3 Gadwall, Sparrowhawk, Stonechat, 3 Wigeon
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Far Ings
3 Bittern, Hen Harrier (rt), 2 Marsh Harrier, 15000 Starling,
Frampton Marsh
Lapland Bunting, 2 Peregrine Falcon (m&f), Barnacle Goose, Hen Harrier (rt), Kingfisher, Water Pipit, Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
10 Corn Bunting, 2 Long-tailed Duck, 2 Peregrine Falcon, 2 Red Kite, Barn Owl, Waxwing
Messingham
Ring-necked Gull
18/02/2002
Boultham Mere
Starling (80000? Murmuration)
Deeping Lakes
Gloosy Ibis, Long-eared Owl
Doddington Park
10 Lesser Redpoll, 6 Siskin
Frampton Marsh
Hen Harrier (m&f)
Gibraltar Point
Waxwing
Messingham
Ringed-necked Duck (f)
Swanhole Lakes
Goosander
Trent Port
2 Bullfinch, 2 Little Egret, Barn Owl, 2 Oystercatcher, Red-legged Partridge, 48 Wigeon
17/02/2024
Cowbit
Brent Goose, 7 Turnstone, 14 Bewick's Swan
Dunston
Common Crane (over then west)
Frampton Marsh
6 Spotted Redshank, Greater Scaup, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Hen Harrier (male)
Heighington Fen
3 Common Crane (over then towards Bardney)
Saltfleetby/ Theddlethorpe Dunes
Chiffchaff, Water Rail, Mistle Thrush, Song Thrush, Cetti's Warbler, Great Spotted Woodpecker
Tongue End
Short-eared Owl
16/02/2024
River Ancholme
100 Curlew, 56 Goosander (34 male), 350 Lapwing, 2 Siskin,17 Yellowhammer
Anderby Marsh
5 Dunlin, 97 Gadwall, Black-tailed Godwit, Water Pipit, 94 Teal 150 Wigeon
Cleethorpes
150 Curlew, 100 Bar-tailed Godwit, 4000 Red Knot, 300 Oystercatcher
Crook Bank
2 Snow Bunting
Deeping Lakes
Gloosy Ibis, Long-eared Owl
Frampton Marsh
Short-eared Owl, Greater Scaup (m), Lesser Yellowlegs
Freiston Shore
2 Greater Scaup (m)
Gibraltar Point
Hen Harrier (rt)
Job's Lane
Smew (m)
Messingham
2 Buzzard, 6 Goldeneye, 3 Marsh Harrier, 40 Lapwing, 26 Pochard, 13 Shelduck, 10 Shoveler, 16 Siskin, 3 Cetti's Warbler
Scunthorpe
2 Siskin, Sparrowhawk
Tongue End
2 Cattle Egret
15/02/2024
Deeping Lakes
2 Long-eared Owl
Doddington Parl
Common Redpoll
Freiston Shore
2 Greater Scaup
Frampton Marsh
Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
4 Corn Bunting, 6 Snow Bunting, Chiffchaff, 2 Long-tailed Duck, 500 Pink-footed Goose, 3 Shore Lark, Treecreeper, Grey Wagtail
One of the three Shore Lark at Gibraltar Point - Image © Russell Hayes
14/02/2024
Crook Bank
27 Snow Bunting
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis, 3 Long-eared Owl
Doddington Park
1 Common Redpoll, 7 Lesser Redpoll, 3 Siskin
Frampton Marsh
Great White Egret, Peregrine Falcon, Hen Harrier, 2 Greater Scaup, 10000 Starling, Stonechat, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
2 Long-tailed Duck
Scunthorpe
8 Waxwing (Skippingdale RT)
13/02/2024
Barton Upon Humber
Waxwing
Cut End
Avocet, 150 Curlew, 1500 Dunln, 2 Little Egret, Bar-tasiled Godwit, Black-tailed Godwit, Great Crested Grebe, Brent Goose, 3000 Lapwing, 14 Red-brested Merganser, 3500 Oystercatcher, 150 Shelduck, 700 Starling
A few of the several thousand oystercatchers roosting by /the hide at Cut End - Image © Chris Grimshaw
Dog Kennel Wood
2 Raven
Elm House Farm
750 Pink-footed Goose
Frampton Marsh
2 Marsh Harrier, Lesser Yellowlegs
Freiston Shore
2 Greater Scaup
Gibraltar Point
2 Long-tailed~Duck
Job's Lane
Smew (m)
Nocton Fen
3 Buzzard, Marsh Harrier, Kestrel, 300 Lapwing, 8 Red-legged Partridge, 500 Starling
Saltfleetby/ Theddlethorpe Dunes
Buzzard, Song Thrush, Barn Owl, Tawny Owl, Water Rail, Cetti's Warbler
Scunthorpe
9 Waxwing
12/02/2024
Brant Broughton
Hen Harrier (m)
Cradge Bank
26 Snow Bunting
Cut End
Hen Harrier (rt)
Deeping Lakes
Glossy Ibis
Frampton Marsh
Lesser Yellowlegs
Wilder Doddington
2 Goldcrest, Kestrel, 2 Stonechat, 3 Song Thrush
Old Wood
3 Nuthatch, Song Thrush
11/02/2024
Barton upon Humber
15 Waxwing
Deeping Lakes
Long-eared Owl
Frampton Marsh
Hen Harrier (rt), 3 Short-eared Owl,2 Greater Scaup,Green-winged Teal, Lesser Yellowlegs,
Freiston Shore
5 Cattle Egret
Job's Lane
Smew (m)
Langtoft
Waxwing
Marston
Hen Harrier (m)
Tongue End
Short-eared Owl
Willow Tree Fen
Short-eared Owl
10/02/2024
Barton upon Humber
14 Waxwing
One of the Waxwing present i Barton upon Humber recently - Image © Roy Harvey
Boultham Mere
Great White Egret, 164 Pink-footed Goose, Sparrowhawk, 5 Song Thrush
Cress Marsh
Buzzard, 4 Curlew, 3 Little Egret, Kestrel, 11 Lapwing, 3 Redshank, Green Sandpiper, 13 Shoveler, 4 Skylark
Frampton Marsh
Hen Harrier, Green-winged Teal, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Avocet, Chiffchaff, 20 Corn Bunting, 25 Snow Bunting, 3 Long-tailed Duck, Hen Harrier, 3 Shore Lark, 3 Water Pipit, 64 Whooper Swan, 2 Woodcock
Grantam
Blackcap, 2 Siskin
Hill Holt Wood
200 Pink-footed Goose
Trent Port
Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret 45 Pink-footed Goose, 50 Linnet, Red-legged Partridge, 2 Pintail, 2 Shelduck, 3 Stonechat, 20 Wigeon, Green Woodpecker
09/02/2024
Barton upon Humber
14 Waxwing
Boultham Mere
Pintail
Deeping Lakes
Short-eared Owl
Frampton Marsh
29 Goldeneye, Hen Harrier, 20+ Marsh Harrier, Otter, 17500 Starling, 73 Whooper Swan, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
c20 Snow Bunting, 3 Long-tailed Duck, 3 Shore Lark, 3 Water Pipit
08/02/2024
Cradge Bank
Velvet Scoter
Freiston Shore
2 Great Scaup
Rimac
5 Cattle Egret
Tongue End
Cattle Egret
Witham St Hughes
20 Siskin
07/02/2024
Donna Nook
2 Peregrine Falcon, Marsh Harrier, Merlin, Barn Owl, 100 Twite
Frampton Marsh
Peregrine Falcon (m&f), 10 Goldeneye, Hen Harrier (f), Marsh Harrier, Merlin, 20 Pochard, Cetti's Warbler, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
20 Corn Bunting, 20 Snow Bunting, 3 Long-tailed Duck, Slavonian Grebe, Hen Harrier (m), 3 Shore Lark, Water Pipit, 50 Whooper Swan
Huttoft
200 Pink-footed Goose, 4 Shelduck
Kirmond le Mire
4 Siskin
Osgodby
41 Siskin
Paradise
18 Curlew, Gadwall, 3 Redshank, 60 Shoveler, 150 Teal
Rimac
Buzzard, Curlew, 5 Cattle Egret, 5 Little Egret, 150 Pink-footed Goose, Redshank, Shoveler, Teal, Wigeon
Ruckland
250 Common Gull, c6 Buzzard, c3 Red Kite, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk
Stenigot
8 Corn Bunting
Trent Port
Bullfinch, 75 Fieldfare, Goldcrest, 105 Pink-footed Goose, 2 Stonechat, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker
Willow Tree Fen
2 Common Crane, 37 Marsh Harrier, 2 Barn Owl, Short-eared Owl, Stonechat, 18 Whooper Swan
06/02/2024
Barton upon Humber
12 Waxwing (Baysgarth Park)
Broadholme
Glossy Ibis (over - flying towads Skellingthorpe Woods)
Far Ings
Bittern, Marsh Harrier, 10000 Starling
Frampton Marsh
Peregrine Falcon, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
Slavonian Grebe (on the sea)
Louth
2 Little Egret, 2 Kingfisher, Green Sandpiper, 2 Snipe, 3 Grey Wagtail, 51 Pied Wagtail
Pyewipe
Eider
Thoresby Bridge
Great White Egret
Saltfleetby St Clements
Cattle Egret
Stallingborough
8 Snow Bunting
Tongue End
Cattle Egret
05/02/2024
Black Bank
3 Jay, 2 Treecreeper, Great Spotted Woodpecker
Bourne
Cattle Egret
Cowbit
Turnstone
Cress Marsh
Caspian Gull
Frampton Marsh
2 Greater Scaup, 12 Whooper Swan, Cetti's Warbler
Gibraltar Point
4 Snow Bunting, Black-throated Diver, 3 Long-tailed Duck, 200 Eider, Hen Harrier, MerlinWater Pipit, Water Rail
Job's Lane
Smew (m)
Marston
1 Waxwing
North Somercotes
Raven
04/02/2024
Cleethorpes
20+ Curlew, Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron
Cradge Bank
Velvet Scoter
Deeping Lakes
2 Long-eared Owl
Frampton Marsh
Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
9 Snow Bunting, Black-throated Diver, 3 Long-tailed Duck, Smew (rt), 3 Waxwing (Mill Hill)
Job's Lane
Smew (m)
Langtoft
3 Smew (2m, 1f)
Market Rasen
250+ Pink-footed Goose
Millennium Green
2 Egyptian Goose, Linnet, 53 Pochard
Paradise
Green-winged Teal
Rimac
5 Cattle Egret
03/02/2024
Cradge Bank
Velvet Scoter
Doddington Park
7 Lesser Redpoll, 5 Siskin
Frampton Marsh
Great White Egret, Peregrine Falcon, 2 Hen Harrier, Marsh Harrier, Lapwing, Short-eared Owl, Golden Plover, Starling, Lesser Yellowlegs
Gibraltar Point
9 Snow Bunting, 3 Shore Lark, Raven, Smew, 6 Bewick's Swan (over), 49 Whooper Swan
Langtoft
3 Smew
Paradise
Green-winged Teal
A beautiful shot of the Green-winged Teal at Paradise - Image © Mark Johnson
Rimac
5 Cattle Egret
Ruckland
Rough-legged Buzzard
Swanpool Cow-fields
2 Song Thrush, Great Spotted Woodpecker
Trent Port
2 Bullfinch, 180 Fieldfare, Hen Harrier, 65 Lapwing, Shelduck, Stonechat
Winter's Pool
2 Russian White-fronted Goose
02/02/2024
Black Bank
3 Buzzard, 3 Kestrel, 10 Lapwing, 50 Linnet, 200 Rook
Burringham
Little Egret, 200 Fieldfare, Kestrel, 6 Pied Wagtail
Cleethorpes
1 Snow Bunting, 2 Stonechat, 5 Yellowhammer
Covenham
Shag
Elm House Farm
2500 Brent Goose, 25 Pink-footed Goose
Donna Nook
4 Collared Dove, 32 Lapwink, 200 Redshank, Shelduck, 200 Teal
Gibraltar Point
Brambling, Black-throated Diver, Great Northern Diver, 30+Red-throated Diver, 3 Long-tailed Duck, 30 Eider, Goosander, Hen Harrier (rt), 2 Red-breasted Merganser, Water Rail, 48 Whooper Swan
Messingham
3 Reed Bunting, Buzzard, 106 Tufted Duck, 41 Gadwall, Goldcrest, 6 Goldeneye, 10 Common Gull, 2 Marsh Harrier, Kestrel, 250 Lapwing, 56 Pochard, 12 Redwing, 17 Shelduck, 4 Cetti's Warbler
Paradise
70 Eurasian Teal, Gadwall, Mallard, Green-winged Teal, Shoveler
RAF Woodhall Spa
160 Coot, 33 Cormorant, 17 Redshank, 2 Stonechat, 200 Teal, 300 Wigeon
Rimac
5 Cattle Egret, Little Egret, Kestrel, Shoveler, Teal, Wigeon
01/02/2024
Bourne
2 Cattle Egret
Cradge Bank
Velvet Scoter
Frampton Marsh
10 Avocet, Brambling, Corn Bunting, Great White Egret, Peregrine Falcon, Hen Harrier, Merlin, Water Rail, Bearded Tit
Freiston Shore
Greater Scaup, Water Pipit
Gibraltar Point
Corn Bunting, Hen Harrier, Red Kite, Barn Owl, Smew, 51 Whooper Swan, Twite, Woodcock
Neville Wood
Nuthatch
Marston
Hen Harrier
Paradise
Green-winged Teal
The Green-winged Teal at Paradise Pool - Image © Roy Harvey
Rimac
4 Cattle Egret
Swanpool Cow-fields
5 Grey Partridge, 5 Snipe, 2 Jack Snipe Stonechat
Tongue End
Cattle Egret
Willow Tree Fen
Buzzard, 9 Common Crane, Great White Egret, Peregrine Falcon, 61 Goosander, 20+ Marsh Harrier, Red Kite, Barn Owl, Stonechat
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
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