Chris Atkin

Know a little bit about birds and other nature stuff

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@ManfromMarton Thanks Brian 👍

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One of two Lesser Emperors at Cleethorpes Country Park this morning + Red-veined Darter, 4+ Hairy and plenty of Red-eyed Damselflies

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The Rimac area was certainly productive today - Hoopoe, Temminck's Stint, Spoonbill, Red Kite, Common Crane, male Common Redstart and my first Hairy Dragonfly of the year

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@tonycards That's an excellent garden tick! 👏

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2 Firecrests and a mobile male Ring Ouzel at Donna Nook today. I'm presuming they are pollen horns around the Firecrest's beak - evidence it was foraging in southern climes not long ago. Also Yellow Wagtail over, 2 Wheatears and 2 Willow Warblers

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Black Redstart still at Donna Nook this morning + a fine male Common Redstart

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Odonata season is underway on Saltfleetby-Theddlethorpe Dunes NNR with 4 Large Red Damselflies seen today. Also this obliging Yellow Wagtail seen on the reserve.

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A couple from last month - Siberian Chiffchaff at Donna Nook and Water Pipit at Rimac

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Caspian x Herring hybrid? Yellow X7VE at Cleethorpes Country Park today. Ringed in a mixed colony in eastern Germany.

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A skulky Firecrest at North Cotes Point the past 2 days and a probable Siberian Lesser Whitethroat at RSPB Tetney Marshes today.

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Shore Larks along the Lincs coast yesterday

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Chuffed to pick up a calling Richard's Pipit flying over at Saltfleet this afternoon. Seen to then hover and land in an adjacent field. Brief views on the ground from distance... #longlegs

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Black Brant at Saltfleet today

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Water Rail fresh in on the beach at Saltfleet today

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@philespin Probably so. Just surprising the area had been checked multiple times daily since that initial sighting with no sign of it.

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Firecrest at Donna Nook today

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Red-veined Darter at Donna Nook NNR yesterday

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@jazzmariner The reeds by the bridge had clogged the channel up so did some clearance. Still think it needs a raft in the middle of the lake - terns would be more frequent visitors + refuge for wildfowl as lake perimeter regularly patrolled by off-lead dogs. Shame there's nowhere for waders.

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Juvenile Common Tern at Cleethorpes Country Park today

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Barn Owl at Donna Nook last week