The Lincolnshire Bird Club

At Saltfleetby Theddlethorpe N N R I have measured 142 mm of rainfall over the past 2 weeks, large areas of the meadows have been flooded
on at least 2 occasions and the Great Eau has floooded the local
overspill area twice, and on the floodings i noted 13 pairs of tufted duck and 11 pairs of mallard none with young, so all presumed to have been washed out and likewise probably many of the c 30 pairs of reed warblers as the reeds were 2 to 3 feet under water, curlews have increased from 48 on the 10 06 to 156 on 24 06, and i guess localskylarks, meadow pipits
and other ground nesting birds will have been seriously affected.
As i write this its still sluicing down, a Flushing June? John.

Probably the way things will be from now on, with very dry winters and very wet summers.

Climate change sucks.

Lots of flooding in the low lying parts of Louth, I've never seen so many police and fire/rescue. It even gets a mention as I write on BBC News 24. I watched a woman and cockatiel being rescued from an upstairs window near the Coop which is flooded. I'll post a load of photos later on my Flickr site.

Adi

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We've been lucky down here , not had a drop of rain all day !

Saw an amazing waterspout though East of Grantham, it must have been hundreds of feet high and lasted for around 15mins !

Trev

A few of Monday's flood photos;

http://www.flickr.com/photos/46984194@N ... 486431897/

Adi

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Total rainfall June Saltfleetby n n r 171mm, and July has started with 22mm by late on the 2nd (some heavy thundery torrents and ducked into cover). John.