The Lincolnshire Bird Club

Hi,

At Frampton this morning;

European white-fronted goose - 2
Dark-bellied brent goose - 1910
Pale-bellied brent goose - 3
Wigeon - 2890
Golden plover - 4500
Ruff - 85
Peregrine - 2
Marsh harrier - 2
Hen harrier - 1
Snow bunting - 7 (two males, flew up and down sea bank)

Between reserve and village
Rough-legged buzzard - 1 (Ian Ellis)
Common buzzard - 4
Pink-footed goose - 668 feeding on winter wheat

Cheers,

John

_________________
-------------------------------


Contact: recorder_south@lincsbirdclub.co.uk

Magical light at Frampton this evening and an amazing spectacle when the golden plover, lapwing and wigeon took to the air
Had a walk out to Cut End where there must have been in the region of 10,000 golden plover, 64 turnstone, 1000 knot, 300 bar-tailed godwit, one scoter, one red throated diver and a ring tail hen harrier
Back on the reserve I saw the male and a female hen harrier, a merlin, a peregrine and marsh harrier all from the sea wall. Some of the golden plover from the river end had been pushed on to the reserve by the incoming tide judging by the numbers. As I said - magical