LWT Wild News Just some of the DL Arctic Terns. Biggest flock I have seen here.

Nice walk along the Humber bank from Winter's Pond to East Halton Skitter earlier this morning. Highlights include: Common Crane (3) over heading NW - patch tick, Cuckoo, Garganey, Swifts, Wheatear (4), Whimbrel (11) - all NFY and Willow Warbler (2). Lincsbirding

A Bearded Tit from Macca here to oversee today's #RSPBFrampton sightings

3 Swifts screaming over the house, Carlton le Moorland, on the 2nd May, earliest I’ve recorded. Lincsbirding Lincs Wildlife Trust Notts Birdwatchers Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust Mike Bacon

Crane pair and chick showing well at willow tree fen this morning. Boomng bittern and singing cuckoo added to the atmosphere. @Lincswildlife @lincsbirding

Fairly quiet Patchwork Challenge around Trent Port this AM. 44spp eBird Sedge Warbler (a late new one for #PWC2024 ), 2 Bullfinch, 2 Treecreeper, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, L.Egret, Gadwall pair, Shelduck pair, 3 Red-legged Partridge Lincsbirding LNU

5 Arctic Terns just dropped in at the mere and started feeding. Patchwork Challenge at its best. Lincsbirders.org Lincsbirding BTO Lincolnshire Lincs Wildlife Trust LNU

Will this weekend be the last chance to see the Red-breasted Goose at #RSPBFrampton ? It and the Brent Geese it associates with appear to be increasingly twitchy, surely soon to head northwards on their migration back to Siberia. Photo by Paul Sullivan. Here are today's sightings

Bird on a stick, and 2 in-flight views, product of a very successful Cuckoo hunt near Boultham Mere @RSPB Lincs Wildlife Trust Lincsbirding (Thank-you Andrew C Sims for a wonderful morning's walk)

Have you heard a cuckoo yet? One has been singing at the reserve for the last week. Just one of the birds to hear on our walks this Sunday, ending with a delicious breakfast. events.rspb.org.uk/framptonmarsh to book. Here also are today's sightings. 📸 Ben Andrew, rspb-images.com

My first Whitethroat of the year, Cliff Farm path Branston Lincsbirding LNU

Grey Partridges, Cliff Farm path Branston LNU Lincsbirding RSPB

The RSPB Frampton Marsh 🌍 Red-breasted Goose was distant on the wet grassland to start with, but after a short while followed its Siberian mates right past me and onto the saltmarsh RareBirdAlertUK

Marston STW: Chiffchaff 5 Cettis 3 Sedge Warbler 5 Reed Warbler 4 Gadwall 19 Red legged Partridge 2 Sparrowhawk 1 Buzzard 4 Swallow 4 Jay 1 Green Woodpecker 1 Lincsbirding

First Ringed Plover nests have been found at Gibraltar Point (a week earlier than usual). The reserve continues to support 20-25 breeding pairs on an annual basis. Please be careful to avoid walking on any shingle ridges along the beach and any Shorebird Sanctuary areas.

Sunny conditions and distinctly warmer weather over the past couple of days. Is it summer? Well, here's one swallow, courtesy of Steven Quantrill... here too are today's sightings, plus a look at the almost completed arrivals board for spring migrants.

Following a good morning of Breeding Bird Surveys down near The Wash, I popped into RSPB Frampton Marsh 🌍 for a couple of hours. As always, an enjoyable visit with plenty of rares and breeding birds on show. Two Common Crane flying low overhead were probably the highlight, though!

Anderby Marsh this morning (1st May): drake Garganey, Wood Sandpiper, 3 Greenshank, Spoonbill, Black-tailed Godwits, Avocets, Barwit and Kingfisher. WOODCHAT SHRIKE present for its 7th day- showing well around the roundhouse tower south of Anderby Creek! BirdGuides Lincsbirding

Black Tern at the mere this afternoon, only present for about a minute. #PWC2024 111/125. 3rd patch record in last 17 years. Patchwork Challenge Lincsbirding Lincsbirders.org BTO Lincolnshire Lincs Wildlife Trust LNU

Gibraltar Point sightings from yesterday (29th April) with updated figures from last night. A massive day for Wheatear with 154 recorded (including a flock of 66!), 4 Redstart in the East Dunes and a drake Garganey on Croft Marsh Lincsbirding BirdGuides