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Joined: Mon Apr 03, 2006 8:06 am
Posts: 1930
Location: Boston, South Lincs
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TIME: 14:00 - 17:50
WEATHER: Windy at first, wet later.
Saw quite a lot.
SPECIES SEEN:
Short-eared Owl - 1 hunting over bank near salt marsh
Mute Swan - plenty
Little Egret - 2
Coot - plenty
Moorhen - 5
Garganey - 1 male still on scrapes
Shoveler - several pairs
Mallard - usual lots
Tufted Duck - about 50-60
Gadwall - 3 pairs
Shelduck - circa 100
Wigeon - 4
Greylag Goose - 20
Canada Goose - 30
Brent Goose - large flock on salt marsh
Curlew Sandpiper - 1
Whimbrel - 3
Avocet - about 30
Redshank - 20
Lapwing - many all over reserve
Ruff - about 5
Dunlin - 10
Oystercatcher - 5
Ringed Plover - 7
Turnstone - 2
Swallow - 30
Sand Martin - 15
House Martin - 10
Swift - 3 (my first sighting this year)
Goldfinch - 5
Chaffinch - 2
Yellow Wagtail - 1
Wheatear - 1
Starling - 10
Blackbird - several
Skylark - 4
Meadow Pipit - 1
Reed Bunting - 2 pairs
Greater Black-backed Gull - 20
Lesser Black-backed Gull - 15
Herring Gull - 25
Black-headed Gull - many
Pheasant - many in fields, some on Scrape islands
Carrion Crow - 1 over Salt Marsh
Magpie - 5
Rook - some in fields
Usual Collared Doves and Woodpigeons
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