The Lincolnshire Bird Club

Had a late decision to head over to the coast yesterday morning for a sea watch with Dean Nicholson.. Conditions were good, with cloud a chilly wind and rain..

We arrived at 9.45am getting instant views of a Black Tern and a Red Throated Diver...

We were joined a little over an hour later by Andy Sims, Rich Bennett and Ben Ward, the peace being destroyed in an instant..!

Seriously, we had a great few hours and a very enjoyable fun sea watch. Two mass south bound passages of Swallows and House Martins being a grand sight to see.. 3 Swifts, my first for a fortnight and surely my last of the year.. A Peg coming in off the sea, a Short Eared Owl getting harassed by a couple of Crows an Arctic Skua pestering a Sarny Tern and my first Lincs Fulmar..

Grand time chaps...! Thanks..

(09:45-15:00)
Black Tern 1 juv (n)
Sandwich Tern 38 (mainly s)
Gannet 228 (mainly s)
R-T Diver 6 (s)
G-C Grebe 2 (n)
Bonxie 1 (s)
Arctic Skua 2 (1n, 1s)
Oystercatcher 5 (n+s)
Golden Plover 1 (s)
Curlew 4 (s)
Little Stint (s)
Dunlin 18 (s)
Sanderling 12 (s)
Knot 8 (s)
C Scoter 4 (n+s)
Eider 1 (s)
Shelduck 3 (n)
Fulmar 1 (s)
Peregrine 1 juv (in-off)
Short-eared Owl 1
Swift 3
H Martin 400+
Swallow 300+
S Martin 2
Meadow Pipit 3 (s)

What a difference twenty-four hours can make
Gannet 22
Sandwich Tern 3
Sanderling 3
Oystercatcher 2
Pintail 1 on Huttoft Pit
Dogs 300+

"Dogs 300+" Christ. Thought Tetney was bad in summer Chris but 54 is best count I've ever had.

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Regards.
Del.

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