RSPB Frampton Marsh

   On my way to Spurn for the weekend I made the long detour to Frampton Marsh in Lincs to see a friend who was also visiting. I visited the reserve once before, but it now it was autumn which gave the place a different feel. There were good numbers of returning waders around, including brick red Bar-tailed Godwits and Red Knots, as well as dapper Spotted Redshanks and Turnstones. On the reserve island there were 10 Spoonbills, and an immature Little Gull drifted past. In the end we managed a whopping 79 species, which was not bad for a mid-summers day.

  During the afternoon we went out searching for Turtle Doves, but sadly none had arrived this year. Instead we found a Variable Damselfly, a species I don’t see much of up north and was apparently the first ever for the reserve. The icing on the cake for a brilliant days birding. 

-Variable Damselfly

Species List:
RSPB Frampton Marsh: Greylag Goose, Canada Goose, Mute Swan, Common Shelduck, Northern Shoveler, Gadwall, Eurasian Wigeon, Mallard, Eurasian Teal, Common Pochard, Tufted Duck, Common Pheasant, Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, Rock Dove, Stock Dove, Common Wood Pigeon, Eurasian Collared Dove, Common Swift, Common Moorhen, Eurasian Coot, Pied Avocet, Eurasian Oystercatcher, Grey Plover, Northern Lapwing, Common Ringed Plover, Little Ringed Plover, Eurasian Whimbrel, Eurasian Curlew, Bar-tailed Godwit, Black-tailed Godwit, Ruddy Turnstone, Red Knot, Ruff, Dunlin, Green Sandpiper, Spotted Redshank, Common Greenshank, Black-headed Gull, Little Gull, European Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Common Tern, Great Cormorant, Grey Heron, Little Egret, Eurasian Spoonbill, Eurasian Sparrowhawk, Eurasian Hobby, Peregrine Falcon, Eurasian Magpie, Rook, Carrion Crow, Eurasian Blue Tit, Great Tit, Eurasian Skylark, Sedge Warbler, Eurasian Reed Warbler, Sand Martin, Barn Swallow, Common House Martin, Eurasian Blackcap, Common Whitethroat, Eurasian Wren, Common Starling, Song Thrush, Common Blackbird, European Robin, Dunnock, House Sparrow, Western Yellow Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, Common Chaffinch, European Greenfinch, Common Linnet, European Goldfinch, Corn Bunting, Common Reed Bunting, Common Blue Damselfly, Azure Damselfly, Variable Damselfly, Common Blue-tailed Damselfly, Emperor Dragonfly, Four-spot Chaser, Black-tailed Skimmer,