Adult Black Tern on the beach this morning in the tern roost @lincsbirding.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social
Gib Point Bird Obs
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Hummingbird Hawk Moth @ Spoonbills from @gibpointbirdobs.bsky.social
4 Hummingbird Hawkmoths showing well on Buddleia, Tennysons Sands North Hide per @steveclippo.bsky.social
4 Roseate Terns on the beach with roosting terns out from Mill Hill this morning @birdguides.bsky.social @lincsbirding.bsky.social
2 Black storks @lincswildlife.bsky.social @gibpointbirdobs.bsky.social the Wash viewpoint seen well in flight. Short eared owl & marsh harrier. 30 spoonbills, common sandpipers, little ringed plovers Avocet & 150 + black-tailed godwit including 2 colouringed submitted. @rarebirder.bsky.social
2 juvenile BLACK STORK showing again on and off all morning from The Wash Viewpoint/Lills Hut. Circling high over the woods to the south and over the saltmarsh @lincsbirding.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social
2 BLACK STORK dropped into creek on the New Saltmarsh out from The Wash Viewpoint! @lincsbirding.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social
Osprey south the beach 0738hrs @lincsbirding.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social
32 Spoonbill on Tennysons Sands this afternoon @lincsbirding.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social
A small influx of Southern Migrant Hawkers on the reserve with at least 5 recorded between North Car Park and the Mere Hide! @lincsbirding.bsky.social @lincswildlife.bsky.social
Adult Glaucous Gull on the River Haven this morning, viewed from The Wash Viewpoint on morning high tide 10:00 @lincsbirding.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social
Good @gibpointbirdobs.bsky.social visit yesterday with 15 Little +450 Sandwich Terns, 15 Spoonbills, 7 Greenshank, Little Gull, 3 Green +2 Common Sandpipers, 3 Whimbrel, Snipe, LRP. However, the highlight was a Southern Migrant Hawker, a lifer. @lincsbirding.bsky.social @lincswildlife.bsky.social
Adult Roseate Tern in the Shorebird Sanctuary this evening with roosting Sandwich Terns. There is strictly no entry into the Shorebird Sanctuary due to nesting Little Terns. @lincsbirding.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social
Recent moth trapping highlights courtesy of Nige Lound! Sallow Clearwing (first for Lincolnshire), Dusky Plume (second record for the reserve) and Breckland Plume (scarce in Lincs) @lincswildlife.bsky.social
First Wheatear of the autumn at the Visitor Centre this evening. Curlew numbers building up nicely on The Wash with 460 birds @lincsbirding.bsky.social
First visit to Gibraltar Point this year. Little Gull, Spotted Redshanks, Greenshanks, Spoonbills, Common & Green Sandpipers, Dunlins & Mistle Thrushes. 4 species of raptor but I missed a ringtail. Lots of butterflies 🦋 Sad to see a dead Grass Snake on the road in. #LowCarbonBirding 🪶 #LincsBirding
Quail singing in the East Dunes just north of the Sleeper Track. Ringtail Harrier sp over Croft Marsh at 10:30 @birdguides.bsky.social @lincsbirding.bsky.social
Quail singing on the Old Saltmarsh this morning heard from Mill Hill. Also, 10 Spoonbill, 3 Spotted Redshank and a Wood Sandpiper on Tennysons Sands @birdguides.bsky.social @lincsbirding.bsky.social
Late news of a Quail singing by the Visitor Centre at 6am @birdguides.bsky.social @lincsbirding.bsky.social
15 White-letter Hairstreak butterflies feeding on Wild Privet, along cycle track, just south of Harvey’s Hide @lincsbirding.bsky.social @lincswildlife.bsky.social
Icterine Warbler trapped at the Bird Obs this morning. @birdguides.bsky.social @lincsbirding.bsky.social Photo’s by George Gregory and Kev Wilson.
Ringtail Montagu’s Harrier this evening from The Wash Viewpoint and a Little Stint on the beach with a group of Dunlin @lincsbirding.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social
Honey Buzzard south over North Car Park 1149hrs @lincsbirding.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social
Probable Cory’s Shearwater north at 0625hrs @lincsbirding.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social
Female type Golden Oriole in the East Dunes this morning and a Glossy Ibis over Jackson’s Marsh @lincsbirding.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social
Hawfinch high south over the West Dunes @lincsbirding.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social
Hepatic Cuckoo in the West Dunes and a Redwing near North Car Park! @lincsbirding.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social
Golden Oriole in the East Dunes seen in flight at 0724hrs @lincsbirding.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social
Little Gull still on Tennysons Sands, from Harvey’s Hide and hundreds of Painted Lady butterflies around the reserve @lincsbirding.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social