The Lincolnshire Bird Club

REPORTED :Temmincks Stint RSPB Frampton today, found by Steve Holloway

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Excellent stuff.

We also had a Snow Bunting reported from the scrapes this morning. And a Whinchat was showing well on top of the bushes alongside the access road until about 1815 this evening.

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Brilliant - I love Snow Buntings!

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No sign of the Temmincks, Snow Bunting, Winchat.

Highlights

Little Stint (2) in front of East Hide
Little Egret (6)
Black Tailed Godwit (40)
Avocet (3)
Swallow
Tree Sparrow
Cormorant (3)

Felt really quiet around the reserve. Usual mallards, Moorhen and Black Headed Gull.

Andrew

Crikey. The reserve must have really emptied after high tide this morning! Plenty about between 0730-1000.

c3500 Black-tailed Godwit
14 Bar-tailed Godwit
c150 Knot
c200 Dunlin
c40 Ruff
13 Snipe
10 Ringed Plover
3 Golden Plover
3 Curlew Sandpiper
2 Little Stint
1 Spotted Redshank

Spent half an hour stood by the bench on the mound. The Whinchat was showing really well atop of the bushes a little further up the access road (same place as previous evening), a Merlin was sat out on the fence post in the middle of the wet grassland and the Little Owl was sunning itself on top of the dead tree by the barn. Also had a Peregrine cruise over about 0915.

I didn't pick the Temminck's Stint up either, unfortunately, although it was apparently reported again later this morning - as was a juvenile Pectoral Sandpiper.

http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=259759&page=5

Was thinking about a nice trip to Gib this afternoon, but unfortunately my exhaust fell off about half a mile out of Frampton! Looks like we both lucked out a little today!

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It was the quietest I have known Frampton. My list was just a highlights and had chance to check my note book, there were also

Curlew Sandpiper (3)
Ringed Plover (2)
Stock Dove
Canada Geese
Greylag Geese

What really surprised me was there was next to nothing on the area I front of the Visitor Centre, and elsewhere it was sparser than used to.

Andrew

"[quote="Andrew Vaughan"]It was the quietest I have known Frampton." Was at Frampton About 10:30 and was suprised at the amount of waders to be seen from 360 hide,thousands of Godwits,suplemented by 30 Ruff, 20 Dunlin,5 Curlew sand,4 Snipe, and from the East Hide Little Stint,5 Avocet,Spotted Redshank,dozens of Wigeon&Teal,2 Pintail,30 Shoveler,50 Little Egret,8 Grey Heron,although they were disturbed by a Marsh Harrier and shortly after many waders went back to the wash after two Peregrines appeared overhead,so this may be the reason why when you arrived the place seemed quiet.
Earlier at Frieston there were the usual multiple Redshank,Oystercatcher,Dunlin,Grey Plover,Ringed Plover,Curlew,Godwits,Knot,Turnstone,numbers difficult to estimate due to in and out movements.Other species of note were 1 Kingfisher,1 Greenshank,4 Snipe,1 Mistle Thrush and at a guess about 500 Wigeon between lagoon and offshore,30 Little Egret and 20 Brent. Gary

Hi All,

I was there with Dave and Sue Thorpe. Shortly after meeting Daniel at about 9.15 on Sunday we saw the Whinchat and then went on to the mound where we got good views of a Temminck's Stint and certainly over 2000 Blackwits. From 360 hide we had 3 Little Stints and at least 5 Curlew Sands; 16 wader species in total. We also saw 3 Wheatears, 20+ Yellow Wagtails, the Little Owl a Peregrine on the pylon, a Merlin on a post in the wet grasslands and over the saltmarsh 3 Kestrels and an adult female Marsh Harrier. More than 60 species in total.

However late morning there was a mass exodus with most of the Godwits with the Ruffs, Knot, Dunlin, Grey and Golden Plover all taking off and heading for the Wash but it certainly pays to time your visit with high tide; especially when it is a very high tide!

Cheers

Ian