The Lincolnshire Bird Club

A juvenile Long-tailed Skua flew north at 1103, then successfully harried a Sandwich Tern before settling on the sea. Northerly sea passage between 0945 and 1145 in the much calmer conditions was restricted to 175 Teal, 62 Shelducks, 140 Wigeon, 4 Pintail, 66 Common Scoters, 2 Velvet Scoters, one Kittiwake, one Great Skua, 6 Gannets and one Guillemot. A Grey Wagtail came in from the sea with a party of Meadow Pipits and 4 Pink-footed Geese flew south. A Peregrine was onshore where waders included 1,750 Dunlin, 2 Curlew Sandpipers, 2 Little Stints, 42 Ringed Plovers, 114 Sanderling, 135 Curlews and 330 Oystercatchers. One Rock Pipit was on the outmarsh.

Checking the bushes between the RAF base and Pyes Hall this pm:

1 Yellow-browed Warbler (in dense blackthorn by track N of Stonebridge)
4 Redstart
2 Whinchat
1 Stonechat
1 Yellow Wagtail over
3 Common Whitethroat
3 Lesser Whitethroat
6 Willow Warbler
1 Chiffchaff
8 Goldcrest
2 Siskin

Regards

Chris