Keelby Wildlife Conservation Group

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!

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.

27/04/2026

Red Kite drifting over the village this lunchtime. Initially reported over Riby Rd, then 10 minutes later seen drifting over Yarborough Rd heading towards Nuns Cotham field.

24/04/2026

A nice after work walk around the village patch this afternoon. 39 species recorded.
Highlights:
Lesser Whitethroat (first of the year)
Yellow Wagtail (only 2nd record around Keelby)
Whitethroat (4)
Blackcap (6)
Chiffchaff (5)
Grey Partridge (2)
Jay (1)
Lapwing (2) (possibly nesting on field behind Nuns Cotham)
Green Woodpecker (1)
Buzzard (3)
Kestrel (2)
Sparrowhawk (1)

20/04/2026

First Common Whitethroat of 2026 heard singing this morning from trees that form the sports field boundary, opposite Roxton Lane.

09/04/2026

A walk up to Roxton Woods this morning found thirty-nine species of bird recorded including a new entry onto the Keelby Village bird list in the form of a Ruff!

The Keelby Village bird list now contains one hundred and thirteen entries, of which I have recorded one hundred, the Ruff being my one hundredth species recorded around the village.

The following were noted during my walk:

Blackbird (9)
Blackcap (3) - 2 male + female. New for the year.
Blue Tit (3)
Buzzard (2)
Carrion Crow (7)
Chaffinch (8)
Chiffchaff (6)
Dunnock (1)
Feral Pigeon (10)
Goldfinch (6)
Great Spotted Woodpecker (1)
Great Tit (6)
Green Woodpecker (1)
Greenfinch (5)
Herring Gull (7)
House Sparrow (8)
Jackdaw (8)
Kestrel (1)
Lapwing (1) - on wet field behind Nun Cotham.
Lesser Black-back Gull (1)
Linnet (40)
Long-tailed Tit (5)
Magpie (7)
Mallard (7)
Meadow Pipit (2)
Mistle Thrush (1)
Pheasant (11)
Pied Wagtail (3)
Reed Bunting (1)
Robin (5)
Rook (11)
Ruff (1) - new species for the village bird list
Skylark (15)
Song Thrush (4)
Starling (10)
Stock Dove (1)
Woodpigeon (45)
Wren (5)
Yellowhammer (1)

A Stoat was also seen at the end of the Cissplatt Lane bridleway / entrance to Nun Cotham filed.

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