Mediterranean Gulls

Boultham Mere Lincoln
Presumed adult male and a second summer female.

WHITE STORK

LINCOLN BOULTHAM MERE, Thursday evening
Stood in a field up from our local patch, taken at 9.00pm in the rain, watched for 15 minutes or so before it flew off towards the bypass, what was no doubt the same bird flew low over me on Station Road Bardney the following morning, it went down somewere on the fens near Bardney Abbey.Many Thanks to Andy for the prompt phone call, this was my 200th bird for the area.

Grey Partridge

Lincoln area.

Hare

Gibraltar Point
Kept running past hide.

COMMON COOT

Just look at them great big feet.

Common Sandpiper

Gibraltar Point, May 2008

Avocet

Gibraltar Point

Common Swift

Boultham Mere
Not alot else really today, beside a brief fly over Greenshank.

Common Whitethroat

Boultham Mere

WOOD WARBLER

Gibraltar Point Lincolnshire
Watched for over an hour but could be lost for quite long periods, never sang just catching insects low down along the bank in dense dark bush's, gave stunning close views but to hard for pictures, so these efforts turned out well.

Little Gull

Gibraltar Point Lincolnshire
Three first summer Little Gulls on Tennyson's

Avocet

Gibraltar Point Lincolnshire.

Kirkby On Bain Pits

Sat on main pit for an hour then flew to tip pit.

Green Hairstreak

Gibraltar Point Lincs May 2008
First of the year.

Whitethroat

Boultham Mere

Hobby

Boultham Mere
Showed well this morning, high over hide end before drifting towards the Swanpool/Birchwood area.