The Lincolnshire Bird Club

Another big tide this morning brought good numbers of waders up to roost

knot 85000
sanderling 2000
bar-tailed godwit 3000
oystercatcher 3500

Visible migration continues with many Hirundines (over 3000 house martin today !) and meadow pipits and finches including small numbers of crossbills, siskins and redpolls. BIrds of prey also moving with at least 2 buzzrds, a marsh harrier and 6 kestrels through.

Osprey and spoonbill reported on Birdguides still present too

Kev

Any decent numbers of Dunlin Kev? There seems to be a real lack of Dunlin in the Inner Humber at least this autumn and als a real lack of Redshank.

The dearth of Dunlin and Redshanks is also apparent in the outer Humber. Several other wader species are in fairly poor numbers, too.

Hi

5250 dunlin yesterday - not a particularly accurate count as many waders were already at the roost by 0710 - RD may have a better idea.

This morning 4970 dunlin on a lower tide. Both figures are not very high for here although we rarely get near 10,000 dunlin here.

Grey plover starting to build up now - 2120 this morning.

Many gannets ofshore, single black tern south and a line of three skuas north - an arctic, a bonxie and a juv Pom !

An imm male marsh harrier came in off the sea and was mobbed by a merlin, both flushed the knot flock - 70,000

Incoming wldfowl including 26 pintail.

Mipits and hirundines moving south again.

An awesome couple of hours in light drizzle !

Kev