The Lincolnshire Bird Club

This mornings visit produced the following:

Grey Heron 29 - better than last week!
Little Egret 1
Black-tailed Godwit 2
Wood Sandpiper 8 - at least
Green Sandpiper 12
Ruff 1 - a full plumage male!

Regards,

Colin and Sheila

Still busy at Manby this afternoon, with the following counts:-

Wood Sandpiper 7+
Green Sandpiper 16+
Ruff 1 male (as before)
Greenshank 1
Redshank 2
Grey Heron 11
Little Egret 1, which flew off for a while, before returning

no sign of Godwits.

Richard.

Manby Flashes

There was a tractor on site doing some digging but waders still present were:

3 Wood Sandpiper
2 Green Sandpiper
2 Oystercatcher

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We arrived at Manby Flashes at 3.30pm today (Wed). Fortunately, the tractor had finished its work near the Flashes and the bird count had improved :

Wood Sandpiper - 5
Green Sandpiper - 9
Ruff
Greenshank
Little Ringed Plover
Oystercatcher
Grey Heron - none: some local birders told us that they usually flight in from c. 6.00pm or so.

NOTE: Manby Flashes is not the easiest site to find. We had to ask directions from 2 or 3 local residents. One woman at first misheard 'Manby Flashers' and looked quite ill at ease. Actually, none of them had ever heard of 'Manby Flashes' - "I've lived here all my life but......" In the end we hopefully offered 'Water Pumping Station'. So, go down ever narrowing Church Lane in the centre of Manby , fork/bear right twice, pass the Anglian Water Treatment Plant on your left and arrive at a dead-end below a sign "Frank's Meadow". You have arrived.

Regards,

Freddy (with son Alex)

Before the tractor !

Heron 26
Wood sand 6
Green sand 8
Blackwit 2
Greenshank 2
LRP 1
Oystercatcher 1

Cheers Kev (with Keith Scott)