The Lincolnshire Bird Club

Marston STW - 04/01/2016 - 48 species in 2.5 hours....

Stumbled on Alex & Nargila Lees, who had just found a tristis chiff in the reedbed. I saw the bird on at least three occasions between 14.00 - 14:45hrs, and heard the contact call very well and clearly different from the collybita which was accompanying the bird. Further down the 'long' hedgerow (beyond the footpath and near the gap) were two more calling collybita. Alex got some decent images of the bird.....

If you are interested in seeing the bird, it seemed to favour the reedbed edge between the gate and the big gap in the hedgerow (almost in the same place as last years wintering reed warbler).

Other birds included;

Mute Swan 2
Greylag Goose 41
Gadwall 12
Teal 71
Mallard 11
Red-legged Partridge 1
Pheasant 1
Grey Heron 1
Little Grebe 1
Sparrowhawk 1 (female)
Water Rail c7 (at least)
Moorhen 5
Golden Plover 30 (flight only)
Lapwing 1
Curlew 9
Snipe 1
Black-headed Gull 53
Common Gull c40
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Feral Pigeon 19
Stock Dove 15
Woodpigeon 1
Kestrel 1
Magpie 1
Jackdaw 25
Rook 40
Carrion Crow c18
Blue Tit 6
Great Tit 4
Cetti's Warbler 2 (singing birds)
Long-tailed Tit 7
Chiffchaff 3
Chiffchaff (Siberian - tristis) 1
Wren c15
Starling 20
Blackbird 8
Fieldfare 55
Song Thrush 1
Redwing 3
Robin 2
Dunnock 10
Pied Wagtail 1
Bullfinch 1
Greenfinch 2
Lesser Redpoll 3
Goldfinch 4
Reed Bunting 6

As I was leaving Marston village, I had a peregrine overhead....

A number of new birds for the year, bring my Lincs year list to 90 species....

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Andrew Chick
Website: http://www.forktail.co.uk/

Alex's image below, from his twitter feed - https://twitter.com/Alexander_Lees (follow this man!)

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Andrew Chick
Website: http://www.forktail.co.uk/