Quick change of plan to cancel a plumber(who needs water?) meant we could go to Anderby for the Stone Curlew on Monday - what a super bird! In turn meant we were minutes away to dash to Huttoft when news of the Greenish Warbler broke! Came home fixed (bodged?) the leak ourselves too Win win win!

Great to catch up with a singing male Tree Pipit in North Lincolnshire yesterday, poor lad almost got blown off his perch a couple of times. #lincsbirding #ukbirding

Sound up and you might be able to hear one of two Quails calling over the wind noise, at Searby Top yesterday evening. One of them even gave us a flight view! #lincsbirding #ukbirding Can you get a 'dead cat' for a phone? Would it even work?

Also at Chambers Farm Wood this Hornet with its lunch, we thought it might be munching a Damselfly at first but not at all sure about that. @lincswildlife.bsky.social

A successful visit to Chambers Farm Wood on Monday morning for Purple Emperor, Purple Hairstreak (lucky to spot on resting low down) and Silver-washed Fritillary. Plus another 10 species to back them up. @lincswildlife.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

And photos of a couple of the five adults seen yesterday

Another Spotted Flycatcher video from our patch yesterday #lincsbirding

One of our (at least three) patch pairs of Spotted Flycatcher was clearly busy feeding young in the nest yesterday #ukbirding #lincsbirding

A great evening of farmland birding locally yesterday, at least 8 singing Corn Buntings, up to 20 Yellow Wagtails, some feeding young, 4 singing Yellowhammers, and 2 calling Quails #lincsbirding #ukbirding

After the moth trap on Monday morning we visited Chambers Wood in search of butterflies, saw 11 species including Black Hairstreak and Silver-washed Fritillary (no pic 😕) both new for us, plus White Admiral.

33 of 16 in our Caistor, Lincolnshire garden on Monday morning, with Heart and Club and Barred Straw NFG plus Buff Ermine, Clouded Border, White Plume and Celypha striana NFY.

A few phone photos of one of two Broad-bordered Bee Hawk Moths seen at Chambers Wood garden this morning, a Lifer for us. #teammoth

Found this on the inside of our moffice (summerhouse) roof, thinking it's a solitary wasp of some sort, but Alison isn't keen on things that buzz, can someone more knowledgeable confirm my thinking that it is harmless to her please. @manfrommarton.bsky.social maybe? Thanks very much.

Had the incredible privilege to watch a family of Nuthatch fledge on our patch this morning. Ultimate five youngsters. A couple of phonescoped videos of the event... Ok, one at a time in the comments. #lincsbirding #ukbirding #phonescoped

97 of 35 in our Caistor,Lincs trap yesterday morning.1st Elephant Hawk Moth of the year & 7 NFG, inc fa.flavescens Cinnabar, Pale Oak Beauty and this Pug which app insists is Freyer's, can anyone confirm or correct that for us please? Pugs give us palpitations 😂 #teammoth

Sunday turned out to be a very good day for us. After our first Quail of the year (heard only) on a localish walk. We popped into Cleethorpes for our first UK Purple Heron. Then rounded off by finding that our local Nightjars are back (well one at least) #ukbirding

The Purple Heron at Cleethorpes country park showed pretty well around lunchtime. A UK and #Lincsbirding ✔️ for us both.

The last new bird of our Suffolk trip was this smart Tree Pipit, only noticed the Colour Rings in the photos later, looks like Black over metal BTO right leg and possibly red on the left - probably another ring on that leg though so I doubt it will be possible to get any details for him? #ukbirding

we had three days birding in Suffolk at the weekend, 103 species seen, 15 First of Year birds, including Stone Curlew, Dartford Warbler, Zitting Cisticola, Turtle Dove, Cuckoo, loads of Nightingales and 1 Lifer - Iberian Chiffchaff... #ukbirding

Our few days birding in Suffolk last weekend started with a big surprise... Stone Curlews with chicks already! (and sorry, but heat haze at 8.56am!) #ukbirding

six First of year species for us @rspbframptonmarsh.bsky.social yesterday, Sedge Reed Warblers, C.Whitethroat, Little Stint, and some sparkling Yellow Wagtails, but this partially leucistic Brent Goose was a star of the day #ukbirding #lincsbirding

At last, after three failed attempts, it was fourth time lucky with the Crook Bank Lapland Bunting today. a #lincsbirding tick for us too. Thanks to @mattdenial.bsky.social for encouraging a fourth visit. #ukbirding

The garden has been very busy in the current cold snap. One of our Wrens has been regularly foraging close to the house in our weedy pots. Deliberately weedy of course😂 P950 photos through double glazed window. #LincsBirding #UKBirding

Our first chance this year to catch up with the Covenham Reservoir divers yesterday, and the first time ever that we have seen all three regular British species on the same day. 2 Great Northern, a pic of each bird. And 1 each of Red-throated and Black-throated, together. #LincsBirding #UKBirding

The magnificent seven Snow Buntings @rspbframptonmarsh.bsky.social last weekend were very confiding. Sat quietly on the bank (with Stig!) they happily came within 5-6 feet of us.

We caught up with our first Lincolnshire Glaucous Gull this morning, which took us to 200 species for the County this year. Thanks @mikepilsworth.bsky.social for finding and getting news out. #UKBirding #LincsBirding

Alison's video of the Jack Snipe @gibpoint today. She initially picked it up with thermal, but still took a few minutes to get regular optics on it! Yellow-browed Warbler, 3 Ring Ouzel, among 73 species seen there, 2 Swallows and terrific thrush and finch movement #lincsbirding #ukbirding

The Grey Phalarope at Novartis Ings was initially quite distant, but played nice by working a lot closer to the hide feeding, then came to the bank to preen. #lincsbirding #ukbirding

Huttoft Pit LWT NR was pretty dry yesterday. This Kingfisher was probably hoping for easy pickings of any remaining fish coralled around the platform. She didn't stay around long and we didn't see her dive so she was likely disappointed.

We've waited all year for a Whinchat and five turned up together @gibpoint yesterday. Plus one possibly two more individuals around. Also managed to be nearby when a Black Tern was found in the beach tern roost. Yearlist up to 230 now. Plus photo bombing Stonechat. #ukbirding #Lincsbirding

App suggested Tree Lichen Beauty & Small Ranunculus for these two but we are not so sure on either. @mothiduk.bsky.social could you help us out please?

Alison said she wanted a Lifer from our trip to Shetland, I didn't even consider that it could be a Eyebrowed Thrush! Day two, of 15. Not sure anything can top this though. #ukbirding

Very happy to find some Spotted Flycatchers on our patch near Caistor. A pair plus at least one other male at the weekend.

Delighted to find this drake Smew near Brigg this morning. Initially on a break between jobs and without optics, distant and flushed along with 11 Goosander by a small boat they flew towards Cadney Reservoir. 1/2 #UKbirding @lincsbirding.bsky.social #Birds

The redhead Smew at Idle Valley GP's at the weekend. We really enjoyed some super views of her. Just need to work on the phonescoping a bit more though.

A foray into Notts yesterday. Black-throated Diver at S.Muskam. The Slav Grebe was always distant at Kilvington. Finished with a couple of Lincs year ticks at places we don't visit often, Millennium Green and Job's Lane. A Buzzard in the last of the sun was quite nice.

We were very happy to find two Shore Larks at Crook Bank, Saltfleetby-Theddlethorpe NNR, this morning. Also a single Snow Bunting. #Birds #UKBirding #Lincsbirding

One of two CR Avocets at East Halton Skitter yesterday, both had same colour combo, but we couldn't get a read of the other. I'm guessing @routledgesteve.bsky.social and/or @jondrakes.bsky.social will have logged the details already? R-n grebe @ winters pond still too #birds #ukbirding #lincsbirding

Stig didn't entirely appreciate the 6+ hour wait for his first American warbler on Friday. The Yellow Warbler eventually gave us some great views though. Also Alison's first, and my second.

Tough going at times for our Solstice birding @gibpoint yesterday. A lone Snow Bunting and a late Chiffchaff probably the best of the 60 species we got. Shaky phonsecoped photos in the wind and rain

I've been putting some old notebooks into eBird recently and just got to these two, almost 16 years to the day since we saw them both in Lincolnshire - time flies! Steppe Grey Shrike and Desert Wheatear

The Bearded seedlings were performing very well at Alkborough yesterday. #ukbirding

A pretty good afternoon at Donna Nook yesterday, Siberian Stonechat, Yellow-browed Warbler, Lifers and Red-breasted Flycatcher, GB tick. With Whinchat, Wheatear and Common Redstart in the supporting cast. The YBW nemesis put to bed at last. #ukbirding

One of the Gibraltar Point Kingfishers was quite obliging on Sunday #ukbirding

A small section of the stunning 120,000 plus wader spectacular at Gibraltar Point NNR on the high tide roost yesterday. #ukbirding