NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE

HIGHLIGHTS; Up to 75 Waxwings were in Bottesford (18th–24th). An Arctic Redpoll was in Laughton Forest (4th). ALKBOROUGH FLATS: Up to 600 Wigeon, 832 Barnacle Geese, three Egyptian Geese, 170 Gadwall, 760 Teal, 120 Shoveler, a redhead Smew (17th-18th, first site record), Merlins (12th & 13th), 28 Coot (by 21st), 4,100 Lapwings (13th), 240 Dunlin, 107 Black-tailed Godwits, 320 Curlew, seven Spotted Redshanks and 98 Redshanks were the key species, with 120 Fieldfare (21st), six-plus Cetti’s Warblers, and three Chiffchaffs, with one in song all month. BARTON: Wildfowl counts included 243 Greylag Geese, 122 Gadwall (26th), 30 Shovelers, 60 Pochards, 105 Tufted Ducks, up to five Scaup and 58 Goldeneye, and there was an adult Shag (15th-26th), odd Bittern sightings, up to five Stonechats on passage, about 18 Cetti’s Warblers, just one pair and one male Willow Tit, and 44 Bramblings (1st). DONNA NOOK–PYES HALL: Notables were tundra Bean Goose (2nd-3rd), 550 Pink-footed Goose (18th), nine White-fronted Geese (17th), up to 1,200 dark-bellied Brent Geese, a pale-bellied Brent Goose (2nd-3rd), six Whooper Swans all month, two Eider (5th), a dead Shag (18th), one or two Merlin, single Hen Harrier with two (19th), 1,250 Lapwing (3rd), Woodcock (15th), Jack Snipe (19th), Purple Sandpiper (17th-26th), second calendar year Glaucous Gulls (2nd, 19th & 28th), Mediterranean Gull (28th), Guillemot (5th), dead Razorbill (19th), single Short-eared Owls (7th, 17th & 26th and two, 19th), seven Shore Larks (2nd), 20-22 birds (5th-15th), 10 (18th) and four (19th), two Stonechats all month, Grey Wagtail (28th), Twite regularly with up to 80 and a peak of 102 (18th), and Lapland Bunting, with 30-32 (5th-15th), one (17th), four (18th), one (19th) and two (26th). OTHER SITES: On the 21st there were 600 Teal at Read’s Island and 600 at Bonby Carrs; off Mablethorpe North End (18th) were 65 Common Scoter and 43 Velvet Scoter. A Red Kite flew west at Read’s Island (24th), Merlins were at North Killingholme and South Ferriby with up to three at Tetney, where there were also four or five Short-eared Owls. At Read’s Island there were still 20,000 Golden Plovers, 240 Avocets, 10 Ringed Plovers (21st), and 30 Grey Plovers. Up to 150 Lesser Redpolls were in Laughton Forest with a Common Crossbill (20th). Graham Catley with records from Steve Lorand and other observers