The Lincolnshire Bird Club

went outside to lock up the gate at 23.30hrs etc and could hear calling waders passing sounded like a small migration movement.
cleethorpes morning tide just about every winter visitor was present on the foreshore including some cracking grey plover in summer plumage also
2 curlew sands
wheatear

grainthorpe early afternoon
3 flocks lapwing 400 birds total
lots of whimbrel calling, seemed to be all over but i could only find 2 birds in the outfall and 2 more on the saltmarsh finally after 20 frustrating minutes they were straight up overhead just circling and calling. grey birds against a grey sky and very very high, counted eventually 35 birds but there must have been more and they never landed finally going inland south of covenham at 14.40hrs ish
also present
greenshank
2 common sands
300 golden plover
linnets
goldfinch
at least 20 yellow wags
2 wheatear
3 kestrel
me thinks i have seen around 17 or 18 species of wader today some in very nice plumage.

terry whalin