they could have been Gyr Falcon and Ivory Gull but this is Barton; a long photo session in the Far Ings hide produced a lot of Shoveler action plus the drake Smew, a Bittern and a passing Little Egret which even landed for about 20 minutes; although common enough on the Lincs coast they are still scarce enough on the patch to make this a good year tick; the first Barton record was not until 2000 and I had only seen the species in four of the years up to 2008; the second overdue encounter was with the adult Mediterranean Gull which has been making infrequent visits to the foreshore by the sailing pit. So 108 for the year.
Above the Little Egret at Far Ings this am and the drake Smew
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