The Lincolnshire Bird Club

Continuing my run of migrants on the patch I had this morning:-
1 Redstart in hedge by cow field, only rear flight views so could not sex or age.
2 new Spotted Flycatchers (Freddy, in elders just north of Catchwater drain bridge).
1 Lesser Whitethroat.
3 Whitethroats.
Also:-
1 Little Grebe (only 2nd record this year).
1 Cormorant (ZD4).
1 Buzzard.
1 Sparrowhawk.
7 Swifts, feeding over mere with hirundines.
2 Kingfishers.

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Regards,

Andy.

Andy,
Thanks for the tip-off ( again ) re the Spot Flys but as per yesterday late morning/early afternoon, when I spent a couple of hours looking further North, I drew a blank this afternoon (1.40 - 3.10pm).

I loitered for some time around the Catchwater Drain bridge area, then carried on further as far as the Sugar Beet field, checking hedge and tree lines.....especially the leeward side in the fairly strong breeze. There were a number of the commoner smaller passerines around ( Goldfinch, Linnet, Dunnock, spp.Tit, etc.) but no migrants that I could find,unless some were skulking low down and out of sight and out of the wind.

As you reported yesterday, on your afternoon re-visit you found that all the migrants from the morning had moved on and I think the same may well have happened today. The breezy conditions didn't help, but I suspect the migrants might have fed up locally in the morning and then had moved on by midday if not before.

Freddy
PS.......and here, one completeth one's 900th post.

Late afternoon:-
7 Yellow Wagtails, 1 adult & 6 juveniles, feeding around feet of cattle.
1 juvenile Willow Warbler.
No sign of this mornings Spotted Flycatchers but another bird in a different area.

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Regards,

Andy.