The Lincolnshire Bird Club

Made a visit up to one of my favourite areas in the country today,Wykeham Forest and the Troutsdale valley area,this is what we saw:

Wykeham Forest
1 Great-grey Shrike(A bit mobile, but showed well on it's chosen clear fell).
2 Brambling

Forge Valley
The usual common species,Nuthatch,Marsh Tit etc,and a Treecreeper which was feeding at one of the bird tables,the first time i have ever seen this behaviour.

Hilla Green/Troutsdale
1 Dipper
204 Chaffinch
1 male Goshawk over the valley,and was later displaying,and one adult female perched up in a spruce,giving stonking views through the scope!
2 drumming male Great-spotted Woodpecker.

Langdale End
1 male Goshawk(could have been the earlier bird,seen at Troutsdale),and a juv. female,seen really well over the car.
Male and female Sparrowhawk.

Wrench Green
2 Common Buzzard


What a day ,for anyone wanting to see Gos's well,i recommend visiting this area.


Regards


Steve,with Nigel Genn.


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Another visit up to this excellant part of the country, got us several goodies through the day,this is what we saw:
Scarborough.
1 male Red-breasted Merganser(Seamer road Mere),with a pair in the South Bay.
At least 4 Med Gull's at the Holbeck car park,which comprised of 3 adult's and a 2nd winter.
male and female Peregrine on the cliff face above Marine Drive,giving excellant views.
1 1st winter Iceland Gull(Which gave superb views),at Scalby Mills.

Troutsdale/Wykeham Forest
5 Common Buzzard
At least 5 Goshawk(Which included 2 adult and 2 juv. male's and a adult female.At one point we had 3 in the air together sparring,fantastic stuff!!).
Crossbill
2 Grey Wagtail
1 Great-grey Shrike(Showing well again on it's chosen clear fell).


Regards


Steve,with Chris Atkin and Dave Wright.


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Thanks to your information Steve, Edmund and Monica Mackrill,Nick Tribe, and i visited this fine area today and saw 4 Goshawks including a m and f at close range the m within 50 ft, also a pair of displaying peregrines, 3 kestrels,
3 buzzards, and 2 sparrowhawks all between 1245 and 1530 hrs, on a cold blustery day with some sunny spells . John.

Hi John,pleased you all managed to get up there at last,really pleased you did so well.I will probably be going back up there before long,it is just a fantastic place for raptor's.


Regards


Steve

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