31st October – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Wassand/Northside (JL,MR,LB)
Orange FVZ Barnacle Goose still present with Barney flock
4 Scaup
28 Pochard
3 Common Scoter
Rough-legged Buzzard flew north over KP at 15.58
2 Marsh Harrier
Water Rail
12 Golden Plover
Redshank
Snipe
Woodcock over Heslop’s
Grey Wagtail Southside
Rock Pipit 2nd Field
Grimston (TI)
46 Crossbills over early morning
Cowden (MR)
1 Hooded Crow north
4+ Redpoll over
3 Brambling
Chiffchaff
several Crossbill over (heard only)
Water Rail from Wassand Hide – Alan Elkin
Common Scoter’s on the Mere – Jon Lamplough
Grey Wagtail on the Southside today – Jon Lamplough
Grey Wagtail on the Southside today – Jon Lamplough
30th October – Hornsea seawatch 06:30-07:50 (JL,LB)
Common Scoter 11 north, 2 south
Velvet Scoter 1 south
Eider 4 north
Red throated Diver 2 north
Little Gull 1 north
Great Skua 1 north
Little Auk 2 north
Hornsea Mere, KP
2 Scaup
Peregrine
29th October – Hornsea seawatch 06:25-08:55 (JL)
Brent Goose 3 north
Wigeon 2 north
Teal 67 north, 16 south
Common Scoter 93 north, 35 south
Velvet Scoter 2 south
Eider 28 north
Red throated Diver 1 north
Little Gull 1 north
Arctic Skua 1 north
Little Auk 24 north
Hornsea Mere, KP/Northside/Southside (JL,JC,LB)
3 Whooper Swan
2 Scaup
12 Pochard
78 Goldeneye
18 Great crested Grebe
2 Great white Egret
9 Grey Heron
Marsh Harrier
5 Dunlin
7 Redwing
3 Fieldfare
3 Mistle Thrush
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker
18 Skylark
5 Yellowhammer
Whooper Swan’s off KP _ Jon Lamplough
Goldeneye from today – Jeff Cox
Great White Egret – Jeff Cox
Whooper Swan’s on the Mere – Alan Elkin
28th October – Hornsea seawatch 06:15-10:35 + 14:25-15:55 (JL,LB,BMJ,JC,RL,ML)
Brent Goose 3 north, 1 south
Shelduck 4 north
Mallard 12 north, 1 south
Teal 198 north
Tufted Duck 1 north
Goldeneye 8 north, 4 south
Common Scoter 720 north
Velvet Scoter 4 north
Long-tailed Duck 2 north
Eider 85 north
Great-northern Diver 2 north
Red-throated Diver 3 north, 4 south
Great crested Grebe 1 north
Red necked Grebe 1 north
Sooty Shearwater 1 north
Leach’s Petrel 1 north
Peregrine north
Grey Phalarope on the sea
Little Gull 35 north
Great Skua 5 north, 1 south
Little Auk 52 north
Grey Phalarope off Hornsea beach – Jeff Cox
Grey Phalarope off Hornsea beach – Jeff Cox
Grey Phalarope off Hornsea beach – Jeff Cox
Grey Phalarope off Hornsea beach – Jeff Cox
Little Auks north off Hornsea – Jeff Cox
Eider off Hornsea – Jeff Cox
Common Scoter, Wigeon and a Teal – Jeff Cox
Brent Geese north off Hornsea – Jeff Cox
Kittiwakes ad + juv north off Hornsea – Roy Lyon
2 of 4 Velvet Scoter off Hornsea today – Roy Lyon
Little Auk on sea – Roy Lyon
Eider north off Hornsea – Roy Lyon
Cowden – (TM,RW,MC,SC)
Grey Phalarope north
Little Auks
2 Woodcock
all kinds of waifs and stragglers washing up on the coast this weekend – Dicky Ticker
Little Auk north off Cowden – Rich Willison
27th October – Hornsea seawatch 07:20-11:10 + 14:20-16:35 (JL)
Whooper Swan 1 north
Brent Goose 3 north
Mallard 44 north
Wigeon 440 north
Teal 465 north
Tufted Duck 2 north
Goldeneye 14 north
Goosander 1 north
Red breasted Merganser 2 north
Long tailed Duck 1 north
Common Scoter 675 north, 70 south
Velvet Scoter 3 north
Eider 2 north
Great-northern Diver 2 north
Red-throated Diver 7 north, 8 south
Manx Shearwater 9 north
Curlew 1 north
Bar-tailed Godwit 1 north
Sanderling 4 north
Little Gull 1 north
Great Skua 19 north, 5 south
Pomarine Skua 72 north, 16 south
Arctic Skua 3 north
Little Auk 6 north
26th October – Hornsea Mere, Southside (JL,LB,BMJ,JH)
19 Whooper Swan (18 on the Mere, then flew south + the regular bird)
4 Scaup
6 Pochard
49 Goldeneye
Great white Egret
Black-tailed Godwit first field
4 Dunlin first field
2 Snipe
Cowden 11:30-14:30 (MR)
36+ Pomarine Skua south (incl a flock of 26 at 12:14)
Long-tailed Duck south
5 Goldeneye north
1 Manx Shearwater south
Common Scoters
winter Thrushes and Starlings in off
10 Golden Plover north
Auks, Gannets, Kittiwakes in good no’s
Grimston totals in 8 hours seawatching (TI)
80 Pomarine Skua south 7 north
10 Bonxie south
5 Arctic Skua
17 Whooper Swan south
178 Little Gull north
5 Manx Shearwater
1 Sandwich Tern north
Merlin
Peregrine
Purple Sandpiper
Gadwall
6 Goosander
3 Goldeneye
Scaup on the Mere – Jon Lamplough
Scaup and Tufted Duck’s on the Mere – Jon Lamplough
25th October – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP (JL,MR,LB)
15 Whooper Swan
Pintail
12 Shoveler
271 Gadwall
382 Wigeon
4 Scaup
240 Tufted Duck
8 Pochard
48 Goldeneye
3 Goosander
17 Great crested Grebe
Great white Egret
5 Dunlin
Grey Wagtail KP
Crossbill west
Rough-legged Buzzard flew NW over Swan Island 14:37 + 2 White-fronted Geese off 1st Field (GB)
Stonechat at Mappleton today
Stonechat at Mappleton today
Jackdaw from KP
candidate ‘sinensis’ Cormorant on the Mere today – Jon Lamplough
24th October – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Northside (JL,JC,LB,CH)
30 Whooper Swan (23 flew out at first light)
121 Barnacle Goose
111 Gadwall
2 Scaup
45 Goldeneye
18 Great crested Grebe
Great white Egret
Little Egret
Sparrowhawk
Common Buzzard
Marsh Harrier
65 Golden Plover
4 Dunlin
Kingfisher
3+ Fieldfare
6 Redwing
Shoveler from Wassand Hide – Scott Creek
Sparrowhawk along the Southside – Jeff Cox
Scaup off KP – Jon Lamplough
Common Darter – Jeff Cox
23rd October – Hornsea Mere
info regarding the Orange ringed Barnacle Goose currently residing at the Mere:
Orange FVZ was ringed 7/8/2012 at Ny Aalesund, Svalbard, Norway by Maarten Loonen as a female gosling. This bird was last seen on the Solway last winter on 28/10/17 at the RSPB Mersehead reserve near Southerness.
Orange FVZ on 2nd Field 01/10/18
22nd October – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Northside/Wassand (JL,AE,LI,LB)
53 Whooper Swan
Pintail
220 Gadwall
280 Wigeon
4 Scaup
260 Tufted Duck
6 Pochard
14 Goldeneye
5 Little Grebe
Great white Egret
2 Little Egret
Bittern from Wassand hide
4 Dunlin 1st Field/Swan island
Kingfisher
Cowden – (JC)
14 Whooper Swans over, flying South
Stonechat
Kestrel
2 Song Thrush
c400 Wood Pigeon
2 Goldcrest
2+ Cetti’s Warbler
Bittern in Wassand – Alan Elkin
Bittern in Wassand – Alan Elkin
Stonechat at Cowden – Jeff Cox
Whooper Swan over Cowden – Jeff Cox
Long-tailed Tit at Cowden – Jeff Cox
Roe Deer – Jeff Cox
21st October – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Northside (JL,JC,LI,BMJ)
11+ Whooper Swan
107+ Barnacle Goose
220 Gadwall
5 Scaup
290 Tufted Duck
15 Pochard
15 Goldeneye
6 Little Grebe
Great white Egret
3 Little Egret
Marsh Harrier
4 Dunlin 1st field
Snipe
Kingfisher
3 Redwing
Mistle Thrush
Aldbrough/Cowden (RL,ML,LI)
1 Lapland Bunting
Hen Harrier ringtail through
1 Stonechat
2 Common Buzzard
1 Woodlark
10 Twite
Blackcap
59 Stock Dove
Lapland Bunting Aldbrough clifftop – Roy Lyon
Lapland Bunting Aldbrough clifftop – Roy Lyon
Lapland Bunting Aldbrough clifftop – Roy Lyon
Scaup and Goldeneye – Jeff Cox
Christ the Redeemer Hornsea style – Jeff Cox
20th October – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Northside (JL,JH,AE,BMJ,MI)
4 Whooper Swan
2 Pintail
4 Scaup
15 Pochard
14 Goldeneye
2 Great white Egret
2 Little Egret
7 Grey Heron
2 Marsh Harrier
4 Dunlin
Kingfisher
3 Brambling
Siskin
Hen Harrier’s through at Cowden + Grimston (AJ,TI)
75 Red-throated Diver off Hilston at dusk
40 Guillemot + 120 Teal (RL)
Redwing at Rolston – Graham Russell
Redwing at Rolston – Graham Russell
Red-throated Diver’s inshore off Hilston – Roy Lyon
Red-throated Diver inshore off Hilston – Roy Lyon
Wren at the Mere – Jon Lamplough
19th October – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP (LI,BMJ,JL,AE)
5 Whooper Swan
c100 Barnacle Goose
2 Pintail
213 Wigeon
3 Scaup
13 Pochard
5 Red crested Pochard
2 Great white Egret
3 Little Egret
4 Lapwing
10 Golden Plover south
Dunlin
Redshank
Rock Pipit KP
1+ Crossbill over
Red-crested Pochard’s off KP – Alan Elkin
Red-crested Pochard’s off KP – Alan Elkin
Whopper Swan’s on the Mere today – Jon Lamplough
18th October – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP (JL,AE,LB,JC)
47 Whooper Swan south + regular bird
3 Pintail
3 Scaup
17 Pochard
13 Great crested Grebe
3 Little Grebe
Great white Egret
2 Little Egret
Curlew south
Dunlin 1st field
Redshank
Snipe
Adult Mediterranean Gull
Chiffchaff
2 Brambling
a calling Hawfinch over Mere at 12:10 (TI)
Kestrel – Jeff Cox
Great White Egret vacating Bull Hole – Jeff Cox
Grey Wagtail on KP – Jeff Cox
Whooper Swan off KP – Alan Elkin
17th October – Hornsea Mere, 1st/2nd Field (JL,JC,MR,LB,BMJ,AE)
12 Whooper Swan east in am + 9 off 1st Field late afternoon
5+ Pintail
5 Goldeneye
40 Pink-footed Goose west
3 Little Egret
Snipe
ad + 2w Med Gull
Yellow-browed Warbler 2nd Field
3+ Chiffchaff
Goldcrest
9+ Brambling
Kestrel in off at North Beach Hornsea
Dolphin sp. seen off North Beach headed south
Grimston in am (TI)
4 Blackcap
4 Chiffchaff
2 Yellow-browed Warbler
170 Skylark
50 Pink-footed Goose
7 Twite
30 Siskin
20 Brambling
Wheatear
3 Stonechat
2 Swallow
16th October – Hornsea Mere, Southside/Wassand (JL,AE,JC)
6 Pintail
3 Great white Egret
3 Little Egret
Marsh Harrier
Ringed Plover south
Adult Mediterranean Gull west
12 Skylark south
Brambling south
Cowden (MR)
36+ Brambling
several hundred Redwing, Song Thrush, Fieldfare
5+ Ring Ouzel
1 Yellow-browed Warbler
2 Blackcap
4+ Chiffchaff
2+ Cetti’s Warbler
4 Swallow south
juv Marsh Harrier
4 Kestrel
Grimston in pm (TI)
3 Yellow-browed Warbler
20+ Brambling
3 Chiffchaff
Blackcap
Wheatear
Yellow-browed Warbler at Cowden
Yellow-browed Warbler at Cowden
15th October – Hornsea Mere, Southside/Northside (JL,TI,MR,LB)
No sign today of the White-rumped Swift
3 Great White Egret
104 Barnacle Goose, inc Orange darvic ringed bird
Water Rail
6+ Pintail
Scaup
2+ Marsh Harrier
2 Sparrowhawk
2 Kestrel
1+ Short-eared Owl (Northside + Heslop’s)
25 Lapwing north
4 Redshank
2+ Dunlin
Snipe
Golden Plover
Adult Mediterranean Gull
5 Swallow
several hundred Redwing moved through Mere early am
9 House Martin
6+ Brambling
Brambling at Ouzel Hedge
2 of 3 Great White Egret at the Mere today
Barnacle Geese at the West End
14th October – Hornsea Mere, Southside/Northside (JL,LB,RL)
5 Little Grebe
Great white Egret
4 Little Egret
2 Dunlin
2 Mediterranean Gull (adult & 2nd winter)
4 Swallow
4 House Martin
1 Sand Martin
At around 15:15 Lesley Ball picked up a ‘white-rumped’ Swift sp. feeding/roaming over 1st Field/1st Field reedbed in poor light/weather conditions, from her front window. Lesley spread the news via WhatsApp and shortly after several birders arrived at 1st Field. The bird was identified as a Pacific Swift initially, until later in the afternoon when it was re-identified from better views and pic’s as a White-rumped Swift. A first for Britain!
Some 150 people managed to get to the Mere, before the bird was last seen distantly at the west end of the Mere around 18:10.
White-rumped Swift, Hornsea Mere – Tim Jones
White-rumped Swift, Hornsea Mere – Tim Jones
White-rumped Swift, Hornsea Mere – Tim Jones
White-rumped Swift, Hornsea Mere – Tim Jones
White-rumped Swift, Hornsea Mere – Rich Willison
Twitch on at the Mere, an ever increasing crowd scanning from 2nd Field – Jemma Longthorn
13th October – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Northside (JL,LB)
Whooper Swan
2 Pintail
Great white Egret
3 Little Egret
21 Lapwing west
2 Mediterranean Gull (adult & 2nd winter)
5 Grey Wagtail south
Ring Ouzel 2nd field
Green Woodpecker 2nd Field
2 Siskin west
2000+ Starling
Yellow-browed Warbler heard at Far Grange (JH)
Ring Ouzel in 2nd Field – Jon Lamplough
Great White Egret dropping in – Jon Lamplough
12th October – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Northside (JL)
Pintail
Great white Egret
3 Little Egret
Dunlin
Snipe
2 Mediterranean Gull (adult & 2nd winter)
11th October – Hornsea Mere, Southside/Wassand/KP (JL,BMJ,JC,LB)
Scaup
14 Pochard
38 Wigeon
5 Little Grebe
2 Great white Egret
4 Little Egret
18 Lapwing
44 Golden Plover
4+ Dunlin
1 Common Sandpiper
Adult Mediterranean Gull west
2 Brambling south
3 Grey Wagtail
3 Snipe
2 Meadow Pipit
Grimston day total (TI)
5 Yellow-browed Warbler
Pied Flycatcher
4 Redstart
70+ Brambling
500+ Song Thrush
Comma at Rolston – Graham Russell
10th October – Hornsea Mere, Southside/Wassand/Northside (JC,JL,LB)
89+ Barnacle Goose Southorpe area
3+ Grey Heron
6 Pintail
Scaup
2 Goosander west
Great white Egret
3+ Little Egret
30 Golden Plover east
Adult Mediterranean Gull
Kingfisher
120+ Goldfinch Ouzel Hedge area
2 Yellowhammer
12+ Reed Bunting
Bearded Tit Wassand
Small Copper
2 Common Darter
a late/rare record for Aldbrough of a male Brown Argus 7th October – Ade Johnson
Bearded Tit from Wassand Hide – Jeff Cox
Bearded Tit from Wassand Hide – Jeff Cox
Bearded Tit from Wassand Hide – Jeff Cox
Kingfisher from Wassand Hide – Jeff Cox
Kingfisher from Wassand Hide – Jeff Cox
Little Grebe’s from Wassand Hide – Jeff Cox
Small Copper form this morning – Jeff Cox
9th October – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Northside (JL,MR,LB)
4+ Pintail
Scaup
Slavonian Grebe
3 Little Grebe
Great white Egret
4 Little Egret
6 Lapwing west + 32 in afternoon
Dunlin 1st field
4 Mediterranean Gull during the morning, adult & 2 1st winter west by 7.25, 2nd winter mid morning. Adult on the mere late afternoon + 1w
5 Stock Dove
Kingfisher
3 Chiffchaff 2nd field
2+ Cetti’s Warbler 3rd Field/Heslop’s
Goldcrest
Redpoll sp over
150+ Goldfinch nr Ouzel Hedge
Brambling over 2nd field
Redwing 2nd field and small group over south in afternoon
7 Common Buzzard at West Carlton (AJ)
Pintail off 1st Field
Common Gull over Heslop’s
8th October – Hornsea Mere, Southside,Wassand/Northside (JL,JC,BMJ,MR,LB)
Pink-footed Goose west
18 Pochard
9 Goldeneye
Common Scoter
15 Great crested Grebe
Adult Slavonian Grebe
Great white Egret
4 Little Egret
Dunlin 1st field + 4 Swan Island spit late afternoon
1+ 1cy Mediterranean Gull
House Martin
West Carlton (AJ)
Red Kite + 3 Common Buzzard early afternoon
Slavonian Grebe spending most of the time mid Mere (aka distant) – Jon Lamplough
Little Grebe from Wassand Hide – Jeff Cox
Little Grebe from Wassand Hide – Jeff Cox
Little Grebe from Wassand Hide – Jeff Cox
Great White Egret from Wassand Hide – Jeff Cox
upwards of 170 Goldfinch on set-a-side near Ouzel Hedge – Jeff Cox
Barnacle Geese along the Southside, no sign so far of the Orange ringed bird recently – Jeff Cox
7th October – Hornsea seawatch (JL)
Wigeon 5 north
Teal 2 north, 5 south
Common Scoter 145 north, 4 south
Velvet Scoter 1 south
Eider 4 south
Red throated Diver 21 north, 6 south
Red necked Grebe 1 south
Curlew 2 north
Sandwich Tern 2 north
Great Skua 3 north, 1 south
Hornsea seawatch 13:00-15:00 (RL)
95 Pink-footed Goose
Shelduck
2 Pintail
31 Wigeon
25 Teal
31 Common Scoter
10 Red-throated Diver
5 Sandwich Tern
1 Puffin
Male Ring Ouzel in off
Hornsea Mere, Southside (JL)
Whooper Swan
Great white Egret
3 Dunlin Swan Island spit/1st field
Adult Mediterranean Gull
7 Fieldfare south
Grimston – (TI)
Ring Ouzel
Snow Bunting
40 Siskin
15 Brambling
2 Swallow
Grey Wagtail
20 Redwing
15 Chiffchaff
2 Yellow-browed Warbler
Far Grange – (JH)
Redwing + influx of Blackbirds
also Robins and Dunnock in good no’s
Little Grebe from Wassand Hide – Scott Creek
‘Parasitic type’ Wasp probably ‘Ichneumon’ Wasp from Rolston/Tatooine – Graham Russell
Common Scoters passing north – Roy Lyon
6th October – Hornsea seawatch (JL,BMJ)
Pintail 2 north
Wigeon 56 north
Teal 75 north, 1 south
Common Scoter 472 north
Velvet Scoter 1 north
Red-throated Diver 16 north, 10 south
Manx Shearwater 4 north
Bar-tailed Godwit 1 north
Little Gull 11 north
Sandwich Tern 6 north
Common Tern 1 north
Great Skua 1 north, 2 south
Arctic Skua 8 north, 1 south
Grimston – (TI)
5 Brambling
Willow Warbler
2 Chiffchaff
1 Yellow-browed Warbler (1st of the Autumn at Grimston)
5th October – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP (JL,BMJ)
78 Pink-footed Goose north-west
225 Gadwall
33 Shoveler
75 Wigeon
70 Teal
160 Tufted Duck
2 Pochard
5 Goldeneye
Great white Egret
2 Little Egret
Snipe
2 1cy Mediterranean Gull
Kingfisher
Grey Wagtail from KP – Graham Russell
4th October – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Northside (JL,JH,BMJ)
20 Whooper Swan (19 flew south + regular bird)
Pink-footed Goose west
Pintail
140+ Gadwall
32 Shoveler
90+ Wigeon
80+ Teal
Scaup
Pochard
4 Goldeneye
14 Great crested Grebe
Great white Egret
6 Little Egret
1+ Marsh Harrier
Common Sandpiper Swan island spit
Juvenile Mediterranean Gull KP
Grey Wagtail KP
5 Siskin west
Spotted Flycatcher, juv Hobby and Red Kite still Aldbrough/East + West Carlton (AJ)
Little Egret in Bull Hole – Jon Lamplough
3rd October – Hornsea Mere, Southside/Northside (JL,MR)
Whooper Swan
c440 Pink-footed Goose west
Scaup
3 Pochard
5 Goldeneye
Great white Egret
5 Little Egret
Common Sandpiper Swan island spit
Adult Mediterranean Gull west
Kingfisher
Fieldfare
2 Siskin west
West Carlton/Aldbrough (AJ,MR)
juv Hobby still
Red Kite
juv Hobby at Aldbrough – Ade Johnson
juv Hobby at Aldbrough – Ade Johnson
Cowden seawatch 12:30-13:30 (MR)
2 Bonxie north
5 Manx Shearwater
juv Mute Swan on sea
6 Red-throated Diver
16 Common Scoter north
13 Teal
7 Wigeon
1w + 2w Med Gull north
2w Med Gull, a close flyby off Cowden clifftop
Tufted Ducks over KP
Roe Deer
2nd October – Hornsea Mere/Cowden (SC/MR)
Roe Deer on the Woodland walk – Scott Creek
Hornet on the Woodland walk – Scott Creek
Small Copper on the Woodland walk – Scott Creek
Black-headed Gull off Cowden clifftop
Common Gull off Cowden clifftop
Stonechat at Cowden
1st October – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP (JC,MR)
Whooper Swan off KP and Swan Island spit
4 Little Egret
Greenshank on Tree Island
4 Lapwing Swan Island
2 Curlew over south
juv Marsh Harrier
2 Pintail
3 Scaup
3 Med Gull (2ad’s + 2w)
120+ Barnacle Goose (1 bird wearing an Orange darvic ring on right leg, partially read, last 2 digits in black either VZ or 7Z)
270+ Pink-footed Goose (several groups round the Southside, several groups over WNW + South)
Hornsea seawatch (JL) 06:35-09:55
Wigeon 6 north
Teal 40 north
Common Scoter 2 north, 2 south
Red throated Diver 10 north, 22 south
Sooty Shearwater 1 north
Manx Shearwater 6 north
Grey Heron 1 north
Little Gull 3 north
Sandwich Tern 21 north
Great Skua 12 north, 2 south
Pomarine Skua 1 north
Arctic Skua 1 north
Barnacle Geese in 2nd Field
Pink-feet, Barneys and Greylags in 2nd Field
Pink-feet over the Mere
Barney with orange darvic ring
Fox round the Mere – Jeff Cox
a trickle of Meadow Pipit thru the Mere this morning – Jeff Cox
Teal – Jeff Cox
