The Lincolnshire Bird Club

Hi,

I decided to spend some time looking for the female red-crested pochard that has been reported over the last couple of days. Unfortunately, despite other birders seeing it today, I did not manage to catch up with it.

Other highlights included:

Mute swan 13
Dark-bellied brent goose 680
Pale-bellied brent goose 4
Pink-footed goose 450
European white-fronted goose 2
Greylag goose 24
Little grebe 12
Little egret 9
Moorhen 29
Mallard 118
Shoveler 43
Pintail 21
Gadwall 36
Wigeon 190
Teal 97
Tufted duck 139
Scaup 4
Pochard 11
Goldeneye 10
Shelduck 18
Redshank 1
Lapwing 1100
Golden plover 850
Ruff 1m
Curlew 49
Snipe 3
Dunlin 27
Kestrel 1m
Merlin 1m
Sparrowhawk 1m
Hen harrier 1m
Starling 180
Goldfinch 36
Meadow pipit 16
Rock pipit 1

Cheers,

Simon.

Good to meet you today Simon, thanks for the tip off about the White Fronted Geese, found them in fields over from the end car park. Flock of Curlew landed, but light was so poor couldn't count them, but I guess at 20.

Hopefully you can sort out the dumped farm ducks and goose and hope they don't have a negative impact on the other birds.

Andrew

PS My wife, who had the Guide Dog enjoyed the sound of the Teal and Wigeon, natures real entertainment.