The Lincolnshire Bird Club

After having a hard week at work, David Wright and myself decided to do a bird race. Interested to see what total we could achieve on a winters day. Between us we managed 98 species, not too bad for February.

We both ended up finishing around the 90 species mark.

The only rule was that all the species had to be within the reserve boundary (with the exception of the sea).
A bit of early Spring passage was encouraging on Mill Hill this morning.

Sightings Include:

Song Thrush 12
Robin 10
Mallard 50
Pheasant 10
Jackdaw 16
Greylag Goose 3
Coot 20
Corn Bunting 43 (3 south)
Teal 400
Canada Goose 50
Wren 3
Shelduck 100
Wigeon 300
Curlew 250
Wood Pigeon 338 (300 South)
Redshank 150
Dunnock 7
Moorhen 9
Meadow Pipit 8
Little Grebe 1
Magpie 20
Herring Gull 300
Lapwing 1000
Tufted Duck 23
Gadwall 9
Shoveler 27
Chaffinch 100 (50 South)
Reed Bunting 8
Golden Plover 2000
Starling 500 (400 South)
Black-headed Gull 200
Common Gull 40
Feral Pigeon 1 (?)
Barn Owl 1
Great Tit 10
Goldeneye 3
Pink-footed Goose 90 (West)
Mute Swan 2
Carrion Crow 10
Rook 1 (South)
Cormorant 10
Goldcrest 2
Oystercatcher 237
Turnstone 40
Great Crested Grebe 5
Greenfinch 10
Sanderling 30
Bar-tailed Godwit 10
Skylark 40 (17 South)
Red-throated Diver 150+ (From millennium ridge)
Hen Harrier 2 (Adult Males)
Siskin 35 (29 South)
Linnet 25
Yellowhammer 1 (South)
Common Scoter 15
Little Egret 4
Goldfinch 17
Rock Pipit 65
Great Black-backed Gull 5
Brent Goose 400
Ringed Plover 35
Pintail 5 (Inc 2 Drakes)
Red-breasted Merganser 2
Snow Bunting 1
Eider 3
Knot 8
Snipe 2
Grey Partridge 5
Mistle Thrush 1
Fieldfare 2
Woodcock 8
Blackbird 17
Blue Tit 6
Long-tailed Tit 4
Coal Tit 3
Brambling 4
Pochard 1
Stock Dove 2
Kestrel 1
Dunlin 50
Treecreeper 1
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1
Redwing 10
Water Pipit 2 (1 Old Saltmarsh, 1 Jacksons Marsh)
Sparrowhawk 2
Merlin 1
Grey Plover 3
Lesser Redpoll 6
Water Rail 1
Bearded Tit 2
Common Buzzard 1 (Matt Heaver)
Jack Snipe 2
Short-eared Owl 2
Tawny Owl 1
Guillemot 1
Kittiwake 1
Green Sandpiper 1
Pied Wagtail 1

Cheers,

Richard, with David Wright

Well done both of you, not an easy total in February!