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Keelby Wildlife Conservation Group Observing wildlife around Keelby, in Lincolnshire and sometimes further afield!

Please share your photos, videos, sightings and thoughts of wildlife & fauna from around the Keelby area and further a field here!

18/10/2026

First Winter Thrushes of the autumn noted on the village patch this morning, with 105 Redwing seen flying inland over Primrose Hill. Also the large flock of 100+ Goldfinches is still present, happily feeding on seed heads, whilst a pair of Stonechats can also be found perching on tall grasses on top of the hill.

02/10/2026

A very productive autumnal walk around the Keelby village patch was taken this morning, with forty species of bird and a not too common species of butterfly being recorded. Whilst up on Primrose Hill, I was able to observe Autumn migration in action, with a group of six Swallows seen heading South, a pair of Stonechats and 500+ Pink-footed Geese dropping onto the Brocklesby Estate somewhere between Brocklesby and Great Limber.

During the walk, the following were recorded:

Blackbird (5)
Blue Tit (8)
Buzzard (4)
Carrion Crow (5)
Chaffinch (2)
Chiffchaff (3)
Collared Dove (1)
Common Gull (1)
Dunnock (4)
Feral Pigeon (1)
Goldfinch (114)
Great Spotted Woodpecker (1)
Great Tit (5)
Herring Gull (12)
House Sparrow
Jackdaw (6)
Jay (4) - very busy gathering acorns
Kestrel (3)
Lesser Black-back Gull (1)
Linnet (62)
Long-tailed Tit (4)
Magpie (5)
Meadow Pipit (2)
Pheasant (6)
Pied Wagtail (2)
Pink-footed Goose (549)
Red Kite (1)
Reed Bunting (1)
Robin (9)
Rook (17)
Skylark (10)
Song Thrush (1)
Sparrowhawk (1)
Starling (4)
Stock Dove (1)
Stonechat (2) - male and female on Primrose Hill
Swallow (6) - seen flying South over Primrose Hill
Woodpigeon (73)
Wren (2)
Yellowhammer (1)

Clouded Yellow butterfly (1) - 2nd record for Keelby. Seen feeding on wildflowers in the area between Nuns Cotham and Roxton Woods.

09/09/2026

Just seen my first Stonechat of the Autumn - single bird up on Primrose Hill.

04/09/2026

Just had a male Hobby fly low over the fields at the end of Roxton Avenue.

31/05/2026

I am currently sitting on Primrose Hill and can hear a distant Cuckoo calling from somewhere within the Brocklesby Estate!
Not heard a Cuckoo around here for a long, long time 🙂

31/05/2026

Just seen my first Keelby Hobby of 2026, circling very high up over the village.

25/05/2026

A really nice walk earlier today along Cissplatt Lane, up Primrose Hill then cutting across Nuns Cotham to Roxton Woods, before the temperature got too warm. Plenty to see, including a new addition to the Keelby Village Bird List in the form of a singing Reed Warbler, found in a most unexpected pace - singing from within the bottom of the large hedge along Cissplatt Lane! Also a new species of butterfly was recorded.

Thirty-eight species of bird noted during the walk:

Black-headed Gull (3)
Blackbird (7)
Blackcap (6)
Blue Tit (2)
Buzzard (3)
Carrion Crow (4)
Chaffinch (11)
Chiffchaff (6)
Dunnock (2)
Goldfinch (3)
Great Tit (3)
Greenfinch (1)
Grey Partridge (2)
House Martin (1)
House Sparrow (5)
Jackdaw (3)
Kestrel (1)
Lesser Black-back Gull (7)
Linnet (3)
Long-tailed Tit (1)
Magpie (1)
Marsh Harrier (1) - hunting over Primrose Hill
Pheasant (3)
Pied Wagtail (1)
Red Kite (1) - initially seen very high over Roxton Woods, then observed at a much lower altitude over the village.
Reed Bunting (1)
Reed Warbler (1) - new species for village bird list
Robin (4)
Rook (10)
Skylark (7)
Song Thrush (1)
Starling (7)
Swallow (5)
Swift (5)
Whitethroat (8)
Woodpigeon (118)
Wren (5)
Yellowhammer (2)

A new addition to the Butterfly list was a Small Copper.

The Keelby Village Bird list now contains 114 species (includes historical sightings) of which I have seen 101.

The Keelby Village Butterfly list now contains 22 species.

25/05/2026

Just found a singing Reed Warbler along Cissplatt Lane, at the end near the gate to Nuns Cotham.
The bird is singing from within scrub at the bottom of the tall hedge.
A new addition to the Keelby Village bird list!

10/05/2026

Red Kite up over the village. Drifting from the Riby Rd area towards the sports field.

08/05/2026

It's good to see that Swifts are back over Keelby again. Matthew Chaplin noted three over the school this afternoon and I have just seen my first one of the year feeding over our garden. Looking back at my records, the Swifts have returned to the area two days earlier than last year.

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