LINCOLNSHIRE

HIGHLIGHTS: The Blue-winged Teal remained at East Halton (to 21st). A Sabine’s Gull flew past Chapel Point (19th). A Pallid Swift was at Mablethorpe (17th). One, possibly two, American Wigeon were at Bardney Pits (6th-13th).

FRAMPTON MARSH: There were two Hen Harriers (2nd), a Merlin (7th), Stonechat (7th), Brambling (11th), Rock Pipit (11th), Water Pipit (12th), Wood Sandpiper (12th), Black Redstart (13th), Little Stint (14th-17th), Osprey (18th), White-fronted Goose (19th-20th) and two Spotted Redshanks (20th).

GIBRALTAR POINT: Highlights included an Arctic Tern (1st), Firecrest (2nd), three Velvet Scoters (2nd), Black-throated Divers (3rd and 7th), three Bearded Tits (5th), a Sandwich Tern (6th), Long-tailed Duck (7th), two Waxwings (10th), a Great Skua (11th), three Great Northern Divers (11th), Caspian Gulls (11th and 25th), 14 Snow Buntings (12th), two Sand Martins (12th), two Short-eared Owls (12th), a Raven (14th), two White-fronted Geese (14th), two Swallows (15th), a Purple Sandpiper (18th), Little Auk (18th), 183 Little Gulls (18th), a probable White-billed Diver (19th), Sooty Shearwater (19th), Puffin (19th), two Pomarine Skuas (19th), Twite (20th and 25th), a Spotted Redshank (20th), Hawfinches (21st and 30th), two Hen Harriers (23rd), a Scaup (25th) and Lapland Bunting (26th).

OTHER SITES: Covenham Reservoir had a Great Northern Diver (from 14th), 52 Little Gulls (18th), a Kittiwake (18th), two Red-breasted Mergansers (18th), a Black Redstart (18th), two Velvet Scoters (from 19th), a Snow Bunting (20th) and Slavonian Grebe (from 22nd). Whisby had 20 Bramblings (4th) and a Mealy Redpoll (12th). Normanby held two Hawfinches (5th). A Snow Bunting was at Toft Newton Reservoir (7th). The Grimsby area had a Garganey (16th) and two Waxwings (24th). A Hooded Crow was at Saltfleetby (17th). A Wheatear was at Marston (26th).