That’s how many black-tailed godwits were crammed onto the reservoir at Freiston shore early yesterday morning (give or take a few hundred). Quite a spectacle, as they all chatted away and preened. Never seen so many in one small area. Hidden … Continue reading 5K
Today at Gib, quite a few birds about, lots of stuff on the move. A spotted flycatcher was in hawthorns near Mill hill. We saw 4 stonechats and a couple of whinchats, 20+ goldcrests, 20+ chiffchaffs, a few willow warblers, a couple … Continue reading Gib again…
Sat 17th. How did I have a morning’s seawatch and miss out on the sooty shearwater bonanza? ,literally hundreds seen off the East coast. Well, quite … Continue reading Witham mouth
Gib. The first yellow-browed warblers of the year turned up today, with one towards the golf club (Kev Wilson) and one at Syke’s farm (Richard Doan). The locals had done me again, I searched for one of my own without … Continue reading 15/09/2016
Details on yesterday’s little stint… Continue reading Stint recovery
Mon 12th Sept 2016 Watching from Mill Hill, early morning. Meadow pipits streamed south in large numbers, 500 in half an hour early on. A few swallows too, otherwise vis-migging and migrant hunting for passerines unproductive. South eastrlies in next few … Continue reading Gib, Freiston.
7th Sept Well, I should have set me alarm for 5 instead of 6am ! On my approach to Skeggy Kev Wilson phoned, he’d had a dowitcher sp. fly south, accompanying some barwits. Frampton mob and everyone else alerted-wonder if … Continue reading Gib
Mon 5th sept 2016 Picked up BW and we headed for Hutoft. A seawatch here and then another a little later on from Anderby produced a few seabirds. Best bits; a velvet scoter, north 10 red-throated divers, south manx shearwater, s 175 … Continue reading Seawatching-and an icky
Thurs 1st Sept 2016 Western swamphen, Alkborough flats. Well, I got to see it in the end! After no sign the previous day, local birder Clare Gillatt was alone in the hide early morning and it appeared back where it … Continue reading Swampy
A lovely little group of five little stints showed nicely on the shore of Covenham res. Also 2 juv ruff, juv little ringed plover and 2 common sands. 60+ great crested grebes. A couple of perch were washed up on … Continue reading Little stints
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