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Joined: Thu Feb 04, 2010 11:23 am Posts: 298 Location: Gibraltar Point, Sykes Farm
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Finally achieved my aim of seeing 100 species of bird at Gib.
Highlights include: Long-tailed Skua 1 (South) (Dark Phase Juv) (Found by Kev Wilson) (LIFER) Wryneck 1 (Seawatch Ridge) (Found by Kev Wilson & John Shaugnessy) (LIFER) Spoonbill 5 (Jacksons) Wheatear 2 Green Woodpecker 1 Arctic Tern 7 (North) Manx Shearwater 6 (North) Fulmar 1 (North) Spotted Flycatcher 1 Treecreeper 2 Arctic Skua 4+ Red Kite 1 (South, over visitor centre, showed really well) Merlin 1 Peregrine 1 Marsh Harrier 6 Kestrel 5 Sparrowhawk 4 Common Buzzard 1 Possible Osprey very distant, not included in final count Tree Sparrow 50+ Guillemot 1 Yellowhammer 1 Curlew Sandpiper 1 (Mere) Spotted Redshank 3 (Mere) Ruff 2 Snipe 1 Grey Plover 124 Golden Plover 112 (over Croft Marsh) Knot 25000 Brent Goose 1 Siskin 4 (South) Yellow Wagtail 70+ Swift 7 (South)
My best ever day birding in Lincs
Cheers,
Richard
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