The Lincolnshire Bird Club

Finished the day with 102 species, starting at 05:30 and finishing at 20:30

Highlights:

Firecrest 1 (A great find by Jim and Jill Atkins this afternoon near Sykes Farm, showing well on and off for 2 hours, less than 15 metres away at one point, enjoyed by many)
Red Kite 1 (viewed from the wash viewpoint this evening)
Glaucous Gull 1 (flew into the wash this evening) (This was the 100th species of the day and the most surprising of all!!)
Black Redstart 1
Ring Ouzel 2
Bullfinch 1
White Wagtail 1 (Jacksons)
Willow Warbler 1 (singing in the west dunes, briefly)
Yellow Wagtail 4 (south)
Swallow 35 (south)
House Martin 9 (south)
Sand Martin 6 (south)
Redwing 2000 (south, early morning) (hundreds more arriving at dusk)
Blackbird 140+
Song Thrush 5
Fieldfare 1
Sandwich Tern 1 (south)
Hen Harrier 1
Merlin 1 (chasing a pipit)
Short-eared Owl 1
Tawny Owl 1 (heard only)
Woodcock 1
Jay 1 (probably the same bird as yesterday)
Lesser Black-backed Gull 81 adults (moving south, throughout the day)

It seems to get better each day, what a day!!!!)

Cheers,

Richard

I was around Mill Hill at about 0730 when a continuous stream of redwings moved south at low level, c 700 birds with a few blackbirds, song thrushes, starlings and a ring ouzel mixed in.

Observations this evening were similar to Geoffs report - redwings and blackbirds were amassing in hawthorn trees on the East Dunes before leaving high to the north-east - I saw approx 90 blackbirds and 500 redwings leaving the Reserve over the sea well before dusk.

Kev