The Lincolnshire Bird Club

Had a day off work and decided to head over to Freiston Shore for the High Tide and ended up staying seven and a half hours - it was that good. The wetland area at the moment is superb holding huge numbers of birds. On with the sightings:

Sea:
Red-throated Diver - 1
Diver sp. - 2
Great crested Grebe - 1
Goldeneye - 6
Eider - 12
Red-breasted Merganser - 13

Saltmarsh (at High Tide)
Mallard - 2
Wigeon - 2
Teal - 10
Shelduck - 37
Dark bellied Brent - 174
Turnstone - 1
Black-tailed Godwit - 1
Curlew - 11
Redshank - 63
Dunlin - 170
Oystercatcher - 600

Lagoon:
Knot - 1
Golden Plover - 1
Dunlin - 2
Black-tailed Godwit - 5
Curlew - 5
Redshank - 8
Turnstone - 11
Grey Plover - 14
Lapwing - 270
Oystercatcher - 358
Goldeneye - 6
Tufted Duck - 26
Teal - 28
Wigeon - 197
Mute Swan - 16
Canada Goose - 33
CanadaxGreylag hybrid - 1
Little Grebe - 4

Scrub:
Tree Sparrow - 2
Reed Bunting - 5
Linnet - 40

Saltmarsh:
Hen Harrier - 1m headed out over saltmarsh towards Cut End area

Wetland Area:
Pale bellied Brent - 1
Dark bellied Brent - c3000
Shoveler - 94
Pintail - 114
Teal - 114
Wigeon - c2650
Ruff - 1
Black tailed Godwit - 29
Redshank - 42
Dunlin - 80
Curlew - 102
Lapwing - c430
Golden Plover - c1200
Little Egret - 3
Sparrowhawk - 1f

Reservoir:
Goldeneye - 3f including a very striking leucistic bird, very sandy and pale
Tufted Duck - 6

I think thats about it

Matthew