The Lincolnshire Bird Club

I found another pair of Spotted Flycatchers today in a small wood west of Kirton Lindsey feeding three very recently fledged young, sitting in a bunch on a high oak branch. These were apparently the first seen in SK99 during the atlas! (Apart from being a private site, Freddy, you would need a car built in a previous millenium to get there.)

On the way home, I called at Messingham SQ - a very rare event for me - having noticed that SE90 was missing several species. My visit was rushed and the only ones I added as confirmed breeders were Collared Dove at the farm shop near the entrance, and a Shoveler duck with six downy young in front of Duck Hide. But I also noticed singing Sedge & Garden Warblers, amazingly missing from the confirmed list in SE90. Surely someone who has visited Messingham since April 2008 has noticed one of those carrying food or with fledged young? I also passed an actively feeding Spotted Flycatcher in the conifers in what appears to be called Zone 16, giving all the impression of being one of a pair; this species is recorded for SE90 in the atlas but with no breeding code. Maybe a regular visitor could confirm that they are breeding and either enter it on the atlas website or let us know here.

Andrew

Hi Andrew,i know for certain that all the species you have mentioned have bred at MSQ,successfully in recent years,as i have seen them all with young.The best person to speak to is Wayne Gillatt,who regularly does BBS surveys at the site.



Regards



Steve.

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4 Fledged yesterday between 9 and 16:30

Also 3 very vocal and unsteady Kestrels with adults.

Steve

When you say farm shop do you mean the stables, only farm shop I know of is at Cleatham x-roads?

John

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Not sure if this is relevant to Lincolnshire Bird Reports, but it is to the west of the road a short way to the north of the reserve entrance and has a sign with large lettering saying Melcot Nurseries Farm Shop. I have never bought anything there but expect that it provides exceptional value as well as juvenile Collared Doves.

Andrew