The Lincolnshire Bird Club

Gib 111013

Sea Watch from Mill Hill 0700 to 1045 and 1500 to 1700

RT Diver 3S
Diver sp 3N
GC Grebe 3S
Brent Goose 15N 4S
Gannet 742N
Manx Shear 1N
Shearwater sp 1N
Storm Petrel 1N at 1010
Bonxie 38N 6S
Arctic Skua 9N
Pom Skua 6 juvs S. 1 ad N. 1 juv S
LT Skua 1 juv N
Skua sp 7N
Kittiwake 4N
Little Gull 13N
Common Tern 1N
Common Scoter 340N 20S
Goldeneye 1S
Scaup 2 drakes S
Teal 16N
Wigeon 28N 12S
Guillemot 4N
Auk sp 10N
An unidentified Asio sp headed high south being mobbed by Gulls.

There was a sizeable fall of Thrushes from 0945 with birds (mainly Redwing) coming in/off and dispersing all over the NNR. I logged about 2200 Redwing and estimate a minimum of 1500. Numerous flocks of between 40 and 500 birds were seen with the largest flock of about 800 heading south along the West Dunes. A few Fieldfare and Song Thrush were also seen. 8 Brambling also around. 3 Swallow went south. A Ring Ousel was in the East Dunes with 30 Redwing in the afternoon. Single Goldcrest were at Mill Hill and North Car park.

Cheers

Nige

I was out from approximately 315 to 615pm

Highlight was a Richard's Pipit just north of the shorebird warden's hut. Also noted were:
Ring Ouzel - 24 including a single flock of 15 in the East Dunes (with at least 9 additional birds noted by other observers)
Redwing c300
Song Thrush 80
Firecrest - 1
Jack Snipe 4 flushed when trying to relocate the Richard's
Goldcrest - 15+ and seemed to be arriving towards dusk

James