Frampton marsh. Another trip over today with some good birds about.Not many waders,but the ones I did see were mostly getting into sparkling breeding plumage.Three curlew sandpipers gave good views.A dozen black tailed godwits,loads (50+ perhaps?) of avocets,many now with chicks,dunlin,common sandpiper,ringed plover,grey plover,a few little ringed plovers,redshanks and a good many lapwings,also with chicks made up the rest of the waders.There was a little stint somewhere too,but I didn’t find it. The black headed gulls were also doing well with young and there was a noticeable increase in large gulls-no doubt attracted by easy pickings. A spoonbill spent most of it’s … Continue reading Frampton 30/05/2013

Karen and I went out in our newly acquired VW Autosleeper for a night this BH weekend and stayed at Willow Holt just outside of Tattershall (a photo of me and the potential ‘birding vehicle’ shown below). It has a few fishing lakes and a little area of woodland that can be walked around, perfect for a little walking around while the good lady was enjoying the unusual sunshine! I heard nearly as soon as I pulled onto our pitch the song of a Reed Warbler and thought will have some time to try to get this elusive little creature … Continue reading Bank Holiday weekend fun

We always get a Turtle Dove or two here in Fulbeck but although I had heard from a near neighbour that he had seen one under his feeders I hadn’t heard nor seen any sign myself. I was delighted when I got a phone call from said neighbour that he had one on his lawn and as he was just about to mow it he thought I might like a gander before he scared the birds off. So I rushed over with my camera only to discover that I had the Canon lens plus 1.4x converter on the Olympus camera which … Continue reading First Turtle of the year

Had a text today from Dave R – free for a while this aft? – now not been out at all much due to heavy workload so a quick yep was sent off to Dave and off we go. We ventured to a place or two Dave knows of and saw a male Kingfisher working hard around its nest site in Southern Lincolnshire, got a couple of flight pics, shown below …A swan at another place had a belter of a nest, take a look at this, first image is Dave’s with second one mine 🙂 We saw or heard in … Continue reading Out & about with Davo