ORNITHOLOGY OF LINCOLNSHIRE. O 



it is, for the most part, a muddy flat; the tide even receding from one to 

 two miles. Here then innumerable birds resort to feed — Stints, Curlews, 

 Ringed Dotterels, Redshanks, Gulls and Ducks of all kinds; and just above 

 high-water mark I have found the nests of the Oyster-catcher and Tern. 



That Lincolnshire is one of the most favourite counties for ornithological 

 pursuit, cannot, I think, be doubted.. I send a list of those species which 

 have been observed in one single locality, near Swinhope, namely, Croxby 

 Lake. This piece of water contains about thirty acres, and is surrounded on 

 three sides by a belt of plantation, varying from fifty to two-hundred yards 

 in breadth: a portion of the fourth is occupied by a gorse cover, and the 

 rest by a swamp of rushes, willows, etc.; a very limited space, not exceeding 

 in all ninety acres. 



1. Avocet 



2. Bunting, Yellow 



3 Black-headed 



4 Common 



5. Blackbird 



6. Blackcap 



7. Bramble E'inch 



8. Chaffinch 



9. ChifFchafF 



10. Crow, Carrion 

 11 Hooded 



12. Crossbill, Common 



13. Creeper, Tree 



14. Cuckoo 



15. Coot : 



16. Chat, Stone 

 17 Whin 



18. Duck, Common Wild 



19. Pintail 



20 Shoveler 



21 Scaup 



22 Red-backed Pochard 



23 Tufted 



24 Golden-eye 



25. Diver, Great Northern 



26. Dove, Ring 



27. Fieldfare 



28. Grebe, Little 



29 Dusky 



30 Crested 



31. Goldfinch 



32.' Goose, Wild 



33. Greenfinch 



34. Gull, Black-headed 

 35 Common 



36. Hawfinch 



37. Hen Harrier 



38. Hobby 



39. Heron, Common 



40. Jackdaw 



41. Jay 



42. Kingfisher 



43. Kestrel 



44. Lark, Sky 



45. Linnet, Common 



46. Moorhen 



47. Martin, House 

 48 Sand 



49. Magpie 



50. Nightjar 



51. Owl, Long-eared 



52. ... Tawny 



53. Pipit, Tree 



54 Meadow 



55. Peregrine Falcon 



56. Redpole 



57. Redbreast 



58. Redwing 



59. Rail, Land 



60. ... Water 



61. Rook 



62. Partridge 



