Another couple of excellent visits to the local birding patch between East Halton and Goxhill,the following is what i saw.
Sunday 15th
Today,coverage of the patch between Winter's Pond and Goxhill Tilery saw some excellent birding again,with 2 additions to the year list.
Winter's first thing held a few birds,with a pair of Pochard being the highlight,not a common bird here at all.
The Skitter area today,saw some lovely birds being seen on the 2 visits,with a juvenile Marsh Harrier in the morning and the male Merlin seen again as he shot past after some un-suspecting prey.
In the afternoon,a Short-eared Owl,2 Water Pipit and a very late Swallow were seen,the latter,a juvenile was my latest record of the species for some time it has to be said.
Good coverage of the Dawson City area,saw incredibly,the Olive-backed Pipit still being present,with it being flushed from the saltmarsh on 4 occasions and being seen perched up twice in the adjacent Hawthorns.This is the latest and longest staying Olive-backed Pipit for Lincolnshire and the 15th record overall.
A lovely,showy Siberian Chiffchaff found by GPC on the 9th,was thankfully still present today and gave some lovely views,with the bird singing also,a first for me.This is the second Sibe Chiff i have seen here,the first being in March 1989!.
Also in the Dawson area were 650 Pink-footed Geese,26 Grey Plover,450 Lapwing,61 Great black-backed Gulls and 250 Dunlin.
After a nice find by Chas Adland,it was great to see his Snow Buntings still present early afternoon,my first down here for a couple of years and they showed impeccably,a lovely adult and 1st winter male.
Sunday 22nd
A much quieter affair today until i made it back to the car to set off home,as a Lapland Bunting flew overhead and north,calling.A new species for the year and the first i have had down here for many years.
Other sightings around Winter's comprised of 4717 Pink-footed Geese leaving their roosts in Yorkshire and travelling over into Lincolnshire to feed.Today was part 2 of the Icelandic Goose survey and there was certainly more birds present than on the corresponding count in 2019.
An increase in Rock Pipits today,saw 1 on the shore infront of Winter's,1 at the Skitter and 4 along the shore between Dawson City and Goxhill Haven.
Also at the Skitter,5 Water Pipits were seen around the brackish pools,giving their usual flight only views,but plenty of calls as per and 5 Bearded Tit were also in the area.
A good walk of the saltmarsh and look around Dawson City,saw no sign of either the Olive-backed Pipit or the Siberian Chiffchaff unfortunately,but 3 Goldcrest and a Treecreeper were nice to see.
Stonechats also featured in today's visit,with birds at East Halton Skitter(1 fem.),Dawson City(2 fem.) and a pair between Dawson and Goxhill Haven.
A lovely Grey Wagtail was found at Witter Farm along East marsh Road and showed nicely on the roof of the farm,with 3 Little Egret pretending to be Cattle Egrets feeding nearby on worms in a cattle field.....one day!
Another feature of today's wander,was more Fieldfare's on the patch than previous visits,with flocks of 23(East Marsh Road),82(Chapel Field Road) and 84 along the Beck.
Finally,a very late Common Darter was seen at Chapel Farm,my latest ever record.
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| Sunset On The 15th,With Redhouse Farm In The Distance. |
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| Sunrise On The 22nd. |
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| The Rookery,Goxhill Marsh,15th. |
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| Pink-footed Geese,Goxhill Marsh,22nd. |
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