Blog: Birdwatching

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A flock of pink-footed geese in flight

Lincolnshire Coastal Country Park - February 2022

There were so many great sightings in February including the first otter since 2019, a resident glossy ibis for a few days, a rare ‘Arctic race’ of peregrine falcon and excellent numbers of…

Grey partridges

Lincolnshire Coastal Country Park - November 2021

November was another busy month with good numbers of bearded tit, great sea-watching, a rescued grey seal pup, short-eared owls quartering over the Sandilands Golf Course and the completion of the…

Yellow-browed warbler (c) Alan Ball

Lincolnshire Coastal Country Park - October 2021

Although October failed to produce the favourable wind directions for scarce migrant birds there were lots of interesting sightings to keep one entertained. Sea watching was again one of the…

Flock of five snipe flying above water (c) Garry Wright

Lincolnshire Coastal Country Park - September 2021

September was an excellent month for sightings with a couple of locals finding some unusual hawkmoths in their gardens, a new record count of spoonbills, lots of migration from seabirds to pink-…

Flock of golden plover in flight over a coastal wetland (c) Garry Wright

Lincolnshire Coastal Country Park – August 2021

With northerly winds during the month, August was very exciting for our local sea watchers. They put in a huge amount of time (118 hours) sea watching, resulting in a great number of bird and…

Roe deer buck (c) Garry Wright

Lincolnshire Coastal Country Park – July 2021

July really did produce some very unexpected sightings from a new orchid discovery, unusual migrating waders, breaching dolphins all the way through to small moths. This just goes to show how much…

Binoculars

The art of fieldcraft

Matthew Capper, keen birdwatcher, photographer and our Head of Public Engagement & Communications, on the importance of fieldcraft to improve your chances of seeing wildlife and decrease the…

Brown argus butterfly

Lincolnshire Coastal Country Park – May 2021

Spring really is a great time of year to be out and about. There were lots of great sightings in May with new species of butterfly, dragonfly and orchid for the Lincolnshire Coastal Country Park…