The Lincolnshire Bird Club

Three Black Terns headed north at sea this morning along with 17 Common Terns, 3 Sandwich Terns, 2 Gannets, 8 Cormorants and 40 Common Scoters. An Arctic Skua flew south. I was unable to verify a report of 2 Spoonbills dropping onto the flashes at 0645, but did see 11 Little Egrets, 5 Greenshanks, Common Snipe and a Common Sandpiper. On the dunes were 10 Kestrels, a Common Buzzard, 8 Willow Warblers, 12 Common Whitethroats, one Lesser Whitethroat, 7 Reed Warblers, a Blackcap, a Goldcrest, 2 Yellow Wagtails, a Wheatear and a Pied Flycatcher. A party of 14 Common Swifts flew high to the north.

The 2 Spoonbills flew S over Stonebridge at 6.20am with the Osprey present off Pyes at the same time and seen by other birders in the same area into the afternoon.

Other highlights between the base & Pyes Hall:
1 Marsh Harrier
1 Merlin
2 Whimbrel
4 Greenshank
4 Common Sandpiper
1 Common Snipe
2 Wheatear
2 Sedge Warbler
8 Common Whitethroat
1 Lesser Whitethroat
4 Willow Warbler
1 Chiffchaff
2 Yellow Wagtail

Regards

Chris (with Josh Forrester)