The Lincolnshire Bird Club

0800 to 0900 NE f5 + drizzle and low cloud, Churchill lane to Brickyard lane.
several parties of thrushes, mostly blackbirds/songthrush/redwing flying around with c 60 song thrush arriving and dropping in also 8 to 10 brambling calling, , 4 or 5 ring ouzel, several robins and crests calling, 3 sparrowhawks, but difficult to
to watch with wet and misty bins and blowing bushes, but a good fall occuring.
regards John.

1040 hrs to 1400 hrs
drier and better light ene f3 some showers, ,heavy rain from 1500 hrs
lots of crests, robins and blackbirds( 100s), also song thrush and redwing, 10+ blackcaps and 12 chiffchaffs( pale and dull plumaged birds), 2 yellow broweds, 3 woodcock, 6 + ring ouzels, siskins and bramblings calling, at least 30 dunnocks,24 yellowhammers,
lots of movement and active feeding .
All within 250m of Churchill Lane car park.

regards John

Same area today 1 round in morning , reduced numbers of thrushes but similar range of species
also 3 mealy redpoll and 1 cracking arctic redpoll , also 1 male black redstart,
repeat circuit in afternoon with Nick Tribe and Pete childs added 1st year icterine warbler and a briefly viewed but repeatedly calling skulking dusky warbler.
regards John

Nice to meet you yesterday John - and thanks for your efforts with the rarities, but yesterday was just one of those days I seemed to be in the wrong place at the wrong time!

Just a few of the migrants noted around Churchill Lane during the afternoon (13/10) although numbers were difficult to judge for some species with much movement through and over the dunes.

Ring Ouzel - 2
Chiffchaff - 4
Snipe - 2
Bullfinch - 1f
Sparrowhawk - 1
plus Robins, Dunnocks, Blackbirds and Redwings flitting about constantly (although did not seem to be in any great numbers), same for Goldcrests with several Yellowhammer, Reed Bunting and particularly Chaffinch also evident.

A very quick look at Brickyard Lane as the light was fading and the next heavy shower loomed produced 1 cracking male Ring Ouzel, a few more Blackbirds, Robins and Goldcrests as well as another Sparrowhawk trying its luck.

Matthew