The Lincolnshire Bird Club

Richard Lorand and I did a 5 hour sea watch today in a freshening easterly wind with squalls. Good southerly movement of gannets and 1 sooty shearwater north:

Gannet, 310>S, 40>N
Sooty shearwater, 1>
Arctic skua, 9>, 2>S
Pomarine skua, 1>N
Bonxie, 2>N, 3>S
Guillemot, 6>N, 2>S, 3 on sea
Red-throated diver, 5>N, 16>S, 3 on sea
Common scoter, 123>N, 3>S
Wigeon, 5>N
Teal 13>N, 4>S
Great-crested grebe, 1>N, 1>S
Brent goose, 1>N
Sandwich tern, 21>S
Commic tern 7>N
Lesser black-backed gull, 3

Sanderling, 2
Bar-tailed godwit, 10 on practice golf course
Starling 170 .............................

Gib seawatch 09:30-11:30

Gannet 128 N, 61 S
Common Scoter 201 N
Red-throated Diver 2 N, 2 S
Great-crested Grebe 2
Guillemot 5 N
Arctic Skua 1 N, 2 S
Sandwich Tern 7 S
Greenshank 1 S

Mere
Black-tailed Godwit 21
Snipe 3

Tennyson Sands
Marsh Harrier 1
Spotted Redshank 3
Avocet 12
Golden Plover 2000 over fields

Cheers, Rob and Helen