The Lincolnshire Bird Club

Travelling north back to Skeg this afternoon, I noted a single adult Bewick's Swan with 18 Mutes visible west from the A52, just behind Lomax's Garage/junction with Low Road

Also to the east, where the A52 crosses the Cowbank DRain, a very unusually coloured buzzard seen v briefly before dissappearing behind a copse - it appeared to have extensively white upperwing coverts and possibly white on the back/tail too - looked more common buzzard shaped but could not eliminate rough-leg on the views

Cheers

Kev

Bewick's Swan still present with Mute herd today, in same area.

Are the Bewicks in TF56 or 55?

Neither Bewicks or Whooper have been recorded for the atlas in 56. There is also a massive dearth of Geese in TF56 with even Greylag and Brent not recorded. Any roving records would be appreciated and here is a list of whats missing from this square.

Species missing from TF56 (No is the no. of adjacent squares the species has been recorded in).
Greylag Goose 5
Green Sandpiper 5
Pochard 4
Barnacle Goose 3
Brent Goose 3
Shelduck 3
Pintail 3
Great Crested Grebe 3
Marsh Harrier 3
Hen Harrier 3
Water Rail 3
Mediterranean Gull 3
Short-eared Owl 3
Bearded Tit 3
Treecreeper 3
Jay 3
Twite 3
Lesser Redpoll 3
Bewick's Swan 2
Whooper Swan 2
Scaup 2
Eider 2
Long-tailed Duck 2
Velvet Scoter 2
Goldeneye 2
Smew 2
Red-breasted Merganser 2
Ruddy Duck 2
Red-necked Grebe 2
Fulmar 2
Sooty Shearwater 2
Leach's Petrel 2
Gannet 2
Shag 2
Ruff 2
Black-tailed Godwit 2
Pomarine Skua 2
Arctic Skua 2
Great Skua 2
Iceland Gull 2
Kittiwake 2
Razorbill 2
Little Auk 2
Puffin 2
Ring-necked Parakeet 2
Long-eared Owl 2
Water Pipit 2
Firecrest 2
Willow Tit 2
Common Redpoll 2
Common Crossbill 2
Corn Bunting 2

Phil

I reckon the Bewicks was around TF 533620 when I saw it - I'd be grateful if you could submit it.

The Buzzard turned out to be an extreme pale morph common buzzard similar to that on plate 322 Forsman Raptor Guide

Cheers

Kev

No worries

Thanks Kev