Saturday 2nd
Today saw me covering both Goxhill and East Halton, parking at my usual spot at Goxhill Haven. A good species count of 84 was recorded on today's visit, during the 9.7 hours on site.
On today's visit no real surprises were noted, but some nice encounters' with the usual suspects, saw a lovely Barn Owl, female Northern Wheatear, female Ruff, Common Sand and a good count of 23 Whimbrel entering the notes.
Also, a flock of 12 Common Scoter flew out east along the estuary and 3 tardy Pink-footed Geese were seen along Goxhill Marsh.
Numbers of summer migrants have picked up with counts of singing males including, 5 Willow Warbler, 9 Lesser Whitethroat, only 13 Whitethroat, 26 Reed Warbler and finally 22 Sedge Warbler. The Willow Warblers are the most singing males i have recorded in any year.
Cetti's Warblers seem to go from strength to strength, with 15 singing males recorded on today's visit.
Saturday 9th
Today i covered the Goxhill part of the patch recording a respectable 77 species in the notes.
A bit of wader passage was the order of the day in the morning, with 4 Sanderling, 14 Ringed Plover, 2 Dunlin, 3 Turnstone, 6 Whimbrel and 4 Common Sandpiper being seen. Also at the Haven, a lovely male Grey Wagtail flew west along the Humber shore and a pair of Red-breasted Mergansers flew in the same direction.
A lovely singing male Cuckoo showed nicely near Dawson City allowing me to take some decent pics with the phone and telescope combo.
A light overhead passage involved 3 Yellow Wagtail, 55 Sand Martin and only 6 Swallows, with another Wheatear near the Haven. It has been a decent spring for the latter.
Saturday 16th
A visit to East Halton for a few hours in the afternoon to look for a pair of Hobby which had been reported, saw me seeing them distantly over Goxhill Marsh, my first sighting of the species for the year and always a most welcome one.
Sunday 17th
The final visit of the month to the patch for the month as we were going away to Pembrokeshire, saw a decent visit again, with 69 species being logged.
As i drove along Barrow Road and into Goxhill, i picked up a Spoonbill soaring over the fields before it flew off east over the village, a very fortunate sighting!.
The rest of the visit was left to counting summer migrants and breeding birds, but a couple of passage species seen included 2 Little-ringed Plover, a Whimbrel and 2 Common Sandpipers.
Wildlife Sightings Roundup
Some nice wildlife sightings through the month, saw the start of a large Painted Lady passage, as hundreds of these lovely Butterflies arrived on the local patch, along with smaller numbers of Red Admirals. A new insect species was found on the 17th at Chapel Field Farm in the form of a species of Robber Fly, Dioctria rufipes. It was really nice to see this smart insect, a species i have only seen at a few sites in Lincolnshire.
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| Sunrise Goxhill Haven, 2nd. |
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| Goxhill Marsh, 2nd |
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| Hoverfly Species - Rhingia campestris, East Halton, 2nd. |
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| Predatory Fly Species, Empis tesellata, East Halton, 2nd |
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| Ten-spot Ladybird, East Halton Skitter, 2nd. |
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| Painted Lady, East Halton Skitter, 2nd. |
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| Hoverfly Species - Cheilosia albitarsus, East Halton Skitter, 2nd. |
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| The Moon Over Goxhill, 9th. |
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| Misty Sunrise, Goxhill Haven, 9th. |
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| Some Lovely Calves, Goxhill Marsh, 9th. |
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| Male Cuckoo, Dawson City, 9th. |
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| Small Copper, Winter's Pond, 17th. |
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| Goxhill Haven, Looking Towards The Ruins Of The Old Boatyard, 17th. |
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| Red Admiral, Goxhill Tilery Ponds, 17th. |
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| Ruard's Lane, Goxhill, 17th. |
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| Robberfly Species - Dioctria rufipes, Chapel Field Farm, Goxhill, 17th. |
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| Storm Clouds At East Halton Skitter, 17th. |
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| Roe Deer Making Their Break For Yorkshire, 17th. |
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