The Lincolnshire Bird Club

Highlights from a wet & windy evening at Covenham Res:

5 Little Gulls
1 Common Sandpiper
8 Redshank
25 Yellow Wagtail
1 White Wagtail
62 Pied Wagtail
Plenty of Sand Martins & Swallows with at least 1 House Martin in amongst them
16 Great Crested Grebes
Good selection of ducks - Mallard, Gadwall, Shoveler, Wigeon, Pochard, Tufted Duck, Shelduck & Goldeneye all present.


Thoresby Bridge (near North Cotes):

1 Whooper Swan with 3 Mute Swans

regards

Chris

whoops
sorry chris you must have had a better view than me, i was going on what i thought was a smaller necked bird in with a head tucked under the wing, should have given it a bit more time but was in a rush ( daughters ) etc. sorry should have waited till it moved but still a good bird.
Terry Whalin

Evening Terry,

The Whooper was quite active when I got there and the bill pattern, neck length, overall size etc were then quite conspicious. It should be thinking about getting back to it's breeding grounds in Iceland rather than hanging around with the local Mutes
Bewick's or Whoopers are always a nice bird to find.

regards

Chris

Chris
pleased to here it was active but it was in a very relaxed mode when i was there.
It was not a place where you could pullover and view the road is very narrow at that point, people were honking to get past but as i scanned i kept coming back to what i genuinelly thought was a smaller bird with a slender shortish neck and caught a very brief flash of yellow on the bill.
There were probably approx 25-27 birds in total in the bunch but the sleeping ones were very tight together so i could not be sure ( time permitting ) the total count so i only put down the mutes i could see feeding and this one i was sure was bewick. So i dashed of to the sound of cars honking not swans and lights flashing at me as well as a few gestures with just enough time to get home a quick report - changed and Newark by 18.00hrs. Phew, what a dash, but i notice there was only a few birds present in the evening so i wander if the bird i saw might have gone because among the other sleeping birds there could have been several whoopers or it could easily be me just not giving it time. Cheers Chris see you around Terry Whalin