The Lincolnshire Bird Club

A couple of hours first thing produced:

Smew (male) back on hotel pit (apparantly returned there yesterday after going AWOL for a couple of days)
1 Sparrowhawk (male)
1 Bittern (male) (flew right in front of Ness Hide from the left)
2 Bearded Tit
Lots Redwing/Fieldfare
1 Goldeneye (female)
2 Wren
Few Tree Sparrows around feeders
c50 Pink Foots over


M&M

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Mandy,
Many thanks for the info re the return of the drake Smew at Far Ings. Having an 'empty' Sunday afternoon and given the bright weather, I thought I would have another try at connecting with the bird. (This time I told my wife 'Far Ings'!)
Excellent views (2.00- 2.45pm - (almost continuous) -missed my lunch again; not even crisps this time)- initially from the Hotel Pit hide and then from the high bank to the N of the Pit which gives great views over the whole Pit. The bird took flight a couple of times but only across the Pit and not to another pit/lake.
Also on Hotel Pit : incl :

Pochard
Tufted Duck
Great-crested Grebe
Little Grebe
Gadwall
Cormorant
(but no sign of the drake Goldeneye).

Regards,

Freddy

Hi Freddy

Glad you caught up with the Smew!!
We didnt see the drake Goldeneye either but a female was present on Ness Pit.
Mandy

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Visit there today 9/12/08 10am-2pm

Smew - on Hotel Pit then flew off towards Pursuit Pit
2 Bearded Tit (1m1f) seen in front of Ness Hide
2 Reed Bunting (f)
2 Sparrowhawk
1 Marsh Harrier
1 Goldeneye(m)
2 Willow Tit
Lots Redwing and a few Fieldfare
2 Song Thrush
Lots Blue Tit/LTTit
4 Bullfinch
1 Treecreeper
4 GC Grebe
4 Little Grebe
3 Wren
4 Dunnock
Usual Greenfinch/Goldfinch/CHaffinch
2 Robin

Mandy

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