July Sightings

18th July – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Northside (JL,MI,JC)

7 Shoveler
2 Wigeon
41 Teal
2+ Garganey. Drake and female off 1st field early morning, single female late afternoon
Mandarin
8 Pochard
5 Little Egret
2+ Hobby
Redshank south
4 Curlew west
2 Whimbrel west
5+ Little Gull
6+ Common Tern
Kingfisher

Sedge Warbler – Jeff Cox

17th July – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Northside (JL,JC)

17 Shoveler
9 Teal
5 Wigeon
Mandarin
6 Pochard
16 Great crested Grebe
5 Little Egret
107 Lapwing north
c80 Golden Plover over the northside
Greenshank
4 Redshank
5 Curlew west
20 Little Gull early morning, 28 during the afternoon
6+ Common Tern
Barn Owl

Rook along the Southside – Jeff Cox

Willow Warbler – Jeff Cox

Barn Owl – Justin Foradip

16th July – Hornsea Mere, Southside (JL,MR,LB)

2 Shoveler
3 Wigeon
5 Pochard
2 Little Egret
2 Hobby
2 Marsh Harrier
2+ Common Buzzard
14 Lapwing
Golden Plover
Dunlin KP
30 Little Gull am
6+ Common Tern
Grey Wagtail

Kestrel with prey over 3rd Field late morning

Little Gull on Jetty from KP – Jon Lamplough

15th July – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Northside (JL,MR)

Teal
3 Mandarin
10 Pochard
2 Little Egret
19 Redshank south
Curlew south
Whimbrel south
2 Hobby
73 Little Gull departed east c.5.00 am
10+ Common Tern
2 Grey Wagtail KP
Water Vole on KP late morning

Pipistrelle Bat at Rolston – Graham Russell

14th July – Hornsea Mere, Southside/Northside (JL)

Shelduck south
6 Teal
2 Garganey
Mandarin
8 Pochard
Goldeneye
2 Little Egret
Dunlin south
18 Redshank south
Whimbrel south
77 Little Gull am
7+ Common Tern
Kingfisher

Ringlet – Steve Mason

13th July – Hornsea Mere, Southside/Northside (JL)

11 Teal
2 Garganey
3 Wigeon
2 Mandarin
4 Pochard
Goldeneye
2 Little Egret
Redshank
Curlew
58 Little Gull up to mid morning, 22 late afternoon
13+ Common Tern
2 Kingfisher

Garganey on the Mere – Jon Lamplough

12th July – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Northside (JL)

18 Teal
2 Wigeon
Mandarin
7 Pochard
Goldeneye
1+ Little Egret
Peregrine
Redshank
Greenshank south
30 Little Gull am (28 ad, 1.1s, 1. 2s) 7 ad in the afternoon
ad Mediterranean Gull
10+ Common Tern
2 Arctic Tern
Kingfisher Swan island

Grey Heron through Wassand – Steve Mason

11th July – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Northside (JL,TI)

3 Teal
3 Wigeon
Mandarin
7 Pochard
7+ Hobby
3 Little Egret
2 Redshank
Curlew west
12 Little Gull including 11 ad west during the morning
6+ Common Tern

10th July – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Northside (JL)

3 Shoveler
Wigeon
59+ Teal
9 Pochard
5 Little Egret
3 Dunlin south
9 Curlew west
36 Little Gull west early morning (34 ad, 2. 1s)
7+ Common Tern
Kingfisher

9th July – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Northside (JL,MR,TM)

24+ Teal
Wigeon
Mandarin
8+ Pochard
3+ Little Egret
4 Hobby
Dunlin
Common Sandpiper
4+ Oystercatcher
8+ Redshank
11+ Curlew south/west
2 ad Mediterranean Gull
2 ad Little Gull
4+ Common Tern
2 Kingfisher

Hornsea Seawatch 7.30 – 8.55

220 Common Scoter north
2 Dunlin south
2 Curlew north, 2 south
20 Little Gull
3 Sandwich Tern north

8th July – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Northside (JL,MR,BH,CH)

4 Shelduck
19 Teal
2 Pochard
10 Little Egret
2 Oystercatcher
25 Redshank south
13+ Black-tailed Godwit
Greenshank blogging
Whimbrel
24+ Curlew
adult Little Gull
5+ Common Tern
Kingfisher

Black-tailed Godwits over 2nd Field – Bill Harkleroad

Black-tailed Godwits through Wassand – Steve Mason

Black-tailed Skimmer 2nd Field – Bill Harkleroad

7th July – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Wassand (JL,JC)

3 Pochard
2 Little Egret
Hobby
3+ Marsh Harrier
Tawny Owl
Barn Owl
2 Dunlin south
27 Redshank south
7+ Common Tern
Grey Wagtail

6th July – Hornsea Mere, Southside/Northside/Wassand (JL,JC,RL,EH)

3 Pochard
Goldeneye
1+ Little Egret
4 Hobby
4 Marsh Harrier

Common Sandpiper
3 Curlew west
3+ Common Tern
Kingfisher

Hobby in Wassand – Roy Lyon

imm male Goldeneye – Roy Lyon

1 of 2 Hornet seen today – Roy Lyon

Toad of Wassand Hall – Roy Lyon

5th July – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP (JL)

2 Wigeon
2 Pochard
5+ Little Egret
2 Hobby
Black-tailed Godwit south
2 Whimbrel north
18 Little Gull including 17 west early morning
4+ Common Tern
Kingfisher
2 juv Grey Wagtail Swan Island

Kingfisher along the Southside – Jon Lamplough

4th July – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP (JL)

2 Pochard
2 Little Egret
Hobby
2+ Redshank
14 Curlew west
3 Little Gull (ad & 2. 1s)
3+ Common Tern
Kingfisher
Grey Wagtail

Black-tailed Skimmer – Scott Creek

3rd July – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP (JL)

3 Teal
Wigeon
2 Pochard
2 Little Egret
4 Redshank
4 Curlew west
7 Little Gull (3 ad, 4 1s)
adult Mediterranean Gull
3+ Common Tern

ringed Cetti’s Warbler in Wassand – Jeff Cox

Hornet in Wassand – Steve Mason

Hobby in Wassand – Steve Mason

Hobby in Wassand – Steve Mason

2nd July – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Northside (JL)

Shoveler
Wigeon
2 Teal
Mandarin
5+ Grey Heron
Little Egret
14+ Redshank
27 Black-tailed Godwit south
2 Curlew west
1s Little Gull
4+ Common Tern
Grey Wagtail

Redshanks heading through the Mere – Steve Mason

1st July – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP (JL,MI)

7 Teal west
3 Pochard
3 Grey Heron
5 Little Egret + 5 Little Egret between Mappleton and Hornsea (JC)
4+ Common Sandpiper
3 Little Gull
2+ Common Tern

Emperor Dragonfly at Rolston – Jeff Cox

5 Little Egret moving up the beach from Mappleton – Jeff Cox

part of the Sand Martin colony near Mapp – Jeff Cox

Wren in Wassand – Steve Mason

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June Sightings

30th June – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Northside/Wassand (JL,JC)

2 Grey Heron
Wigeon
44 Teal west
4 Mandarin
7 Pochard
3+ Hobby
Redshank
4 Curlew west
12+ Little Gull
3+ Common Tern
2 Little Tern over the mere at 6.13 then flew east

juv Reed Bunting – Jeff Cox

Marsh Harrier – Justin Foradip

Common Tern from Wassand Hide – Steve Mason

Hobby from Wassand – Steve Mason

29th June – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Wassand (JL,RL,EH,JS,MS)

2 Teal
2 Mandarin
Pochard
3+ Little Egret
6 Hobby
Redshank
18 Curlew west
26 Little Gull
3+ Common Tern
Kingfisher
Grass Snake

Hobby from Wassand – Roy Lyon

2 Hobby over Decoy upto 6 seen today – Roy Lyon

2 Hobby from Decoy/Wassand upto 6 seen today – Roy Lyon

Grass Snake from Wassand/Decoy – John Sanders

Hobby in Wassand – John Sanders

28th June – Hornsea Mere (JL,JC)

Mandarin
4 Little Egret
2 Hobby
7 Curlew north
5 Little Gull
3 Common Tern

Pyramidal Orchid – Jeff Cox

Common Swift over the Mere – Jeff Cox

Hobby from Wassand Hide – Steve Mason

Hobby from Wassand Hide – Steve Mason

27th June – Hornsea Mere, Southside (JL)

Mandarin
3 Pochard
Little Egret
Redshank south
2 Black-tailed Godwit south
9 Curlew
2 Little Gull
3+ Common Tern

Hobby from Wassand Hide – Steve Mason

Hobby from Wassand Hide – Steve Mason

Hobby from Wassand Hide – Steve Mason

26th June – Hornsea Mere (JL)

5 Pochard
3 Little Egret
Redshank
7+ Common Tern

Reed Bunting from the Mere – Jon Lamplough

25th June – Hornsea Mere (JL,JC)

Mandarin
91 Tufted Duck
5 Pochard
Little Egret
Curlew
7 Little Gull
3 Common Tern

Jelly Ear Fungus in Wassand – Jeff Cox

24th June – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Wassand (JL,JC)

Little Grebe
6 Teal
Mandarin
4 Pochard
Little Egret
Curlew west
12 Black-tailed Godwit south
13+ Little Gull
5+ Common Tern
Hobby
2 Jay
10+ Painted Lady

Carrion Crow in 1st Field – Jon Lamplough

Sedge Warbler – Jeff Cox

Common Tern and Grey Heron from Wassand – Jeff Cox

23rd June – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP (JL)

Shelduck
2 Teal
2 Mandarin
5 Pochard
13 Great crested Grebe
2+ Little Egret
Common Sandpiper KP
5 Curlew west
4+ Little Gull
4+ Common Tern

Kingfisher from Wassand Hide – Steve Mason

22nd June – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP (JL)

8 Shoveler
2 Wigeon
2 Teal
2 Mandarin
6 Pochard
3 Little Egret
Hobby
Common Sandpiper KP
3 Redshank
2 Curlew west
9 Little Gull
4+ Common Tern
2 Little Tern at 11.00 from KP (MI)

Little Egret off 1st Field edge – Jon Lamplough

21st June – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP (JL,JC,BH,JF)

Shoveler
Teal
Mandarin
2 Goldeneye
2+ Little Egret
Hobby
5 Oystercatcher
Green Sandpiper 1st field edge
7 Redshank south
3 Curlew south
4 Little Gull
6+ Common Tern
Green Woodpecker
6+ Cetti’s Warbler

Linnet – Jeff Cox

Meadow Brown – Jeff Cox

Ringlet – Justin Foradip

Roebuck – Bill Harkleroad

Coot on Water Crowfoot from Wassand – Bill Harkleroad

20th June – Hornsea Mere, KP (MR)

Little Egret
4+ Oystercatcher
Redshank
4+ Little Gull
4+ Common Tern

Redshank on KP

Swallow on KP

Little Egret from KP

19th June – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP (JL)

8 Shoveler
Teal
4 Pochard
2 Goldeneye
5 Oystercatcher
3 Curlew west
6 Little Gull
7+ Common Tern

18th June – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP (JL,LB)

4 Shoveler
32 Gadwall
11 Teal
Wigeon
2 Mandarin
10 Pochard
2 Goldeneye
3 Grey Heron
Red Kite low west over Hornsea Bridge Ind Est (TI)
3+ Hobby
5+ Curlew south
2 Black-tailed Godwit south
10 Little Gull
5+ Common Tern
Otter

drake Pochard – Jon Lamplough

17th June – Hornsea Mere, Southside (JL)

2 Shoveler
Teal
5 Pochard
Little Egret
Peregrine
Curlew south
8 Little Gull
6+ Common Tern

Yellow Shell in 1st Field – Lee Ives

16th June – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP (JL,LB,LI)

5 Pochard
2 Little Egret
4 Hobby
Redshank
Curlew south
7 Little Gull
6+ Common Tern
Cuckoo

Meadow Vetchling found in 2nd and 3rd Field – Lesley Ball

15th June – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP (JL,LB)

2 Shoveler
3 Wigeon
drake Garganey
Teal
2 Pochard
2 Goldeneye
2 Hobby
Redshank
Curlew south
10 Little Gull (5 ad,5 1s)
7+ Common Tern

Painted Lady near Wassand Hide – Scott Creek

flowering Dog Rose on 2nd Field bank – Lesley Ball

14th June – Hornsea Mere, Southside/Northside/KP (JL,MR,LB,AE)

2 Shoveler
5 Teal
2 Goldeneye
Pochard
Great white Egret flew north west 7.38
Hobby
Barn Owl
5 Oystercatcher
6 Little Gull (2 adult, 4. 1s)
6+ Common Tern
Grey Wagtail

Barn Owl in 1st Field

1st summer Little Gull off 2nd Field

Red-tailed Bumblebee and Southern Marsh Orchid – Bill Harkleroad

Painted Lady in 1st Field – Bill Harkleroad

13th June – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP (JL,LB)

2 Shelduck
Pochard
2 Goldeneye
Barn Owl
3 Little Gull (2 adults)
6 Common Tern

12th June – Hornsea Mere, Southside/Northside/KP/Wassand (JL,RL)

3 Hobby (all 2cy)
2 Little Gull (both 1s)
Common Tern

Hobby at the Mere – Roy Lyon

11th June – Hornsea Mere, Southside (JL)

2 Shoveler
9 Teal
Pochard
Hobby
4 Oystercatcher
Dunlin east
4 Curlew east
3 Little Gull (all 1s)
5 Common Tern

10th June – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP (JL,LB)

Teal
3 Pochard
Goldeneye
Hobby
2 Redshank
1s Little Gull
2 Common Tern

Southern Marsh Orchid – Lesley Ball

9th June – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP (JL,JC)

2 Shelduck
Teal
8 Pochard
Little Egret
Cattle Egret flew in from the east at 05.55. Still present on Swan island at 9.40
2 Sparrowhawk
Hobby
Barn Owl
4 Little Gull (all 1s)
3 Common Tern
4 Yellowhammer

Common Spotted Orchid in Wassand – Justin Foradip

Speckled Wood – Justin Foradip

8th June – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP (JL,TM,LB)

2 Shelduck
2 Teal
Pochard
Little Egret
2 Little Gull (both 1s)
2cy Mediterranean Gull
2 Common Tern
Yellow Wagtail
small numbers of Painted Lady’s through the Mere today
Small Copper

7th June – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP (JL,MR)

6 Pochard
2 Shelduck
5 Shoveler
Cattle Egret Swan Island till late morning at least
3 Hobby
Spoonbill flew west 8.30
2 Fulmar
Greenshank south
2 Little Gull (both 1s)
2cy Mediterranean Gull
3 Common Tern

Fulmar from KP

Fulmar from KP

Fulmar from KP

6th June – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Wassand (JL,MR)

5 Shoveler
4 Teal
Goldeneye
Cattle Egret (3rd Mere record) Swan Island in morning, flew west at 13:40
Peregrine
Hobby
2 Little Gull (both 1s)
2cy Med Gull
2 Common Tern

Cattle Egret on Swan Island – Jon Lamplough

2cy Med Gull over the Mere – Jon Lamplough

5th June – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Northside (JL,MR,JC,LB,MI)

2 Teal
2 drake Mandarin
Pochard
Goldeneye
fem Goosander
Hobby
Tawny Owl
Barn Owl
2 1s Little Gull
1s Mediterranean Gull
2 Common Tern

Cowden – (MR)

Hobby
120+ Swift south
3 Cuckoo
Grasshopper Warbler

Soldier Beetle from the Mere – Bill Harkleroad

Cuckoo at Cowden

Swift at Cowden

Kestrel along the Southside of the Mere – Jeff Cox

juv Great Spotted Woodpecker – Jeff Cox

male Bullfinch – Justin Foradip

Water Crowsfoot in Wassand – Jeff Cox

4th June – Hornsea Mere, Southside (JL,MR,LB)

2 Shelduck
2 Shoveler
2 Teal
8 Pochard
6 Little Egret (including 5 on Swan island early morning then flew west)
Tawny Owl
Hobby
5 Oystercatcher
4+ Common Tern
Yellow Wagtail
Chimney Sweep, Red Admiral, Holly Blue

Cowden – (MR)

Osprey – in the area around 50 mins then flew high north 09:30ish
1 Hobby
Grasshopper Warbler
1 Fulmar

Osprey heading out north over Cowden

Osprey over Cowden

Osprey at Cowden

Osprey at Cowden causing a fuss

a Roebuck in 1st Field early morning – Jon Lamplough

3rd June – Hornsea Mere, Southside/Northside (JL,MI,JC)

2 Wigeon
Teal
Goldeneye
fem Goosander
3+ Grey Heron
Little Egret
Red Kite south west over 1st field in afternoon (presumed same over Tansley Lane,Hornsea JC) Red Kite over Mappleton mid morning (GR)
Hobby
4+ Oystercatcher
Avocet Swan Island spit
3 Black tailed Godwit north
1s Mediterranean Gull west early morning
2 Common Tern
450+ Swift
Cuckoo

a lingering Goldeneye at the Mere – Jeff Cox

Common Buzzard – Jeff Cox

2nd June – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP (JL,RL,MI,ML)

4 drake Shoveler
6 Pochard
drake Mandarin
4 Grey Heron north east
Spoonbill flew south east 9.42
3+ Hobby
Common Sandpiper
2cy Little Gull
4 Little Tern (Mere rarity) over the Mere for about 3 minutes early morning
Common Tern
Cuckoo
Otter

Hornsea seafront (RL,ML)

6 Manx Shearwater
c60 Sandwich Tern south
3 Puffin south
Teal south
Fulmar south
Kestrel south

Sandwich Tern – Roy Lyon

Gannet south off Hornsea – Roy Lyon

Auks off Hornsea – Roy Lyon

Reed Warbler singing down Stream Dike – Jeff Cox

Orange Tip – Jeff Cox

Small Copper – Jeff Cox

1st June – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Northside (JL)

drake Mandarin
2+ Little Egret
Hobby
7+ Oystercatcher
Common Sandpiper
Greenshank
2cy Little Gull
adult Kittiwake over the mere early morning
Common Tern
2 Barn Owl
2 Cuckoo
Otter

Little Gull over the Mere – Jon Lamplough

May Sightings

31st May – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP (JL,TM,MR,JC)

no sign of the drake Baikal Teal
drake Mandarin
2 Wigeon
drake Teal
Little Egret
3+ Common Tern
2 Cuckoo
2 Yellow Wagtail

male Montagu’s Harrier through south at Aldbrough/East Newton mid afternoon (AJ)

Broad-bodied Chaser at Cowden

Meadow Pipit at Cowden

Common Blue from around the Mere – Justin Foradip

30th May – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP (JL,MR,LB)

drake Baikal Teal till mid afternoon at least around buoy 7 west of Swan Island
2+ Wigeon
10 Pochard
11 Great Crested Grebe
Barn Owl
Tawny Owl
1+ Hobby
3+ Common Tern
1+ Cuckoo
Yellow Wagtail

Baikal Teal on the Mere today – Jon Lamplough

Baikal Teal favouring the west end of Swan Island this afternoon – Jon Lamplough

Baikal Teal favouring the west end of Swan Island this afternoon – Jon Lamplough

Phonescoped Tawny Owl near the Mere

aerial Hobby over KP

male Marsh Harrier over 2nd Field

Great Spotted Woodpecker from around the Mere – Justin Foradip

29th May – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP (JL,MR,LB)

drake Baikal Teal on Swan Island to late morning at least
5 Teal
11 Pochard
Little Egret
Barn Owl
1+ Hobby
3+ Common Tern
2 Cuckoo
Grass Snake in 1st Field

Baikal Teal 28/05 on Swan Island – Jon Lamplough

Swallow over 1st Field

Little Egret off 1st Field

28th May – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP (JL,MR,BH,LB)

Shoveler
2 Wigeon
3 Teal
drake Baikal Teal on Swan Island mid to late morning at least
9 Pochard
Fulmar blogging during the morning
Little Egret
Barn Owl
2 Hobby
Dunlin east
Common Sandpiper
3 Common Tern
2 Yellow Wagtail
Otter

Barn Owl over 2nd Field – Bill Harkleroad

27th May – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Northside (JL)

4 Wigeon
11 Teal
drake Baikal Teal mobile between Swan island and Decoy
4 Pochard
Fulmar high over Swan island 8.37
Honey Buzzard flew south east over Swan island 8.55
Hobby
4 Ringed Plover west
5 Dunlin west
Common Sandpiper Swan Island
Curlew west
3+ Common Tern

Honey Buzzard also south over Aldbrough late morning (AJ) and Grimston shortly after (TI)

Tree Sparrow in 1st Field – Steve Mason

Willow Warbler in Wassand – Steve Mason

26th May – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Northside (JL)

Barnacle Goose
Shelduck
4 Shoveler
4 Wigeon
4 Teal
drake Baikal Teal off Swan island during the morning before moving to Decoy
10 Great crested Grebe
2+ Hobby
Greenshank
2cy Mediterranean Gull
3+ Common Tern

25th May – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Northside (JL)

2 Shelduck
drake Baikal Teal west of Swan Island during the morning, flew to Decoy midday
Teal
4 Wigeon
Little Egret
1+ Hobby
2 Common Sandpiper Swan Island
3+ Common Tern
Otter

Baikal Teal in flight from Wassand – John Sanders

Baikal Teal in Wassand – Alan Elkin

Baikal Teal in Wassand – Alan Elkin

Baikal Teal in Wassand – Alan Elkin

24th May – Hornsea Mere, Southside (JL)

drake Baikal Teal associating with drake Wigeon, till 20:39 at least off west end of Swan Island
Little Egret
6 Dunlin
Redshank
3+ Common Tern

drake Baikal Teal on the Mere – Jon Lamplough

drake Baikal Teal with the drake Wigeon – Roy Lyon

drake Baikal Teal at the west end of the Mere – Roy Lyon

drake Baikal Teal – Roy Lyon

drake Baikal Teal – Roy Lyon

Mute Swans from Wassand – Steve Mason

23rd May – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP (JL)

Pochard
Goldeneye
2 Little Egret
2+ Hobby
Common Sandpiper
5 Common Tern
Otter

male Marsh Harrier in Wassand – Steve Mason

Fox in Wassand – Steve Mason

22nd May – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP (JL,JC,MR)

7 Grey Heron (3 from KP, 4 flew high west)
drake Garganey from KP till late morning then flew west
3+ Pochard
5+ Common Tern
Red Kite high over Cowden/Aldbrough (AJ)
3+ Hobby
Barn Owl at Southorpe + Mappleton
Green Woodpecker at Southorpe

Common Tern off 2nd Field

Barn Owl at Mappleton

21st May – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP (JL,MR)

2 drake Garganey from northside of KP from mid morning
5+ Common Tern
4 Pochard
4 Wigeon
1+ Hobby
fem Ring Ouzel back on 1st field edge till 08:40

Ring Ouzel early morning 1st Field edge – Jon Lamplough

2 drake Garganey from KP – Jon Lamplough

2 drake Garganey off KP carpark

20th May – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Northside (JL,TM,JC,MR)

5 Shelduck
drake Garganey KP
drake Mandarin
Little Egret
3 Red Kite – 1 circling over the west end was soon joined by another 2, all 3 eventually heading SSE over 2nd Field around 12:30. The second observation of 3 birds together over the Mere this year.
Peregrine west
3 Hobby
4 Oystercatcher north
2 Common Sandpiper 1st field
5+ Common Tern
Cuckoo
fem Ring Ouzel briefly in 1st Field mid afternoon
Spotted Flycatcher in Wassand

Grasshopper Warbler at South Cliffs
3 Oystercatcher
Barn Owl

Ring Ouzel 1st Field edge

Ring Ouzel off east sharpish

Oystercatchers over South Cliffs – Jeff Cox

Water Vole – Jeff Cox

19th May – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Wassand (JL,JC,MR,BH)

drake Garganey north side of KP
4 Wigeon
4 Pochard
fem Goldeneye
drake Mandarin
Little Egret
Common Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper 1st field then flew south
Curlew west
Cuckoo
Green Woodpecker
Otter off Swan island

Skylark at Southorpe – Bill Harkleroad

18th May – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Northside (JL)

2 Shelduck
drake Garganey north side of KP
Little Egret
Hobby
Common Sandpiper 1st field
Greenshank 1st field
4+ Common Tern

Tunstall – (GT,AJ)

sum’plumaged Water Pipit
Wood Sandpiper

Greenshank off 1st Field – Jon Lamplough

Hobby at the Mere – Steve Mason

Wigeon at the Mere – Jon Lamplough

17th May – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP (JC,JL)

drake Garganey northside of KP
4 Wigeon
Hobby
Kestrel
Barn Owl
3+ Common Tern
Great Spotted Woodpecker
1+ Common Sandpiper 1st Field/KP
Dunlin 1st Field
2 Cuckoo

Common Sandpiper – Jeff Cox

Great Spotted Woodpecker – Jeff Cox

1 of 2 Cuckoo around Heslop’s – Jeff Cox

female Orange Tip – Justin Foradip

16th May – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Northside (JL)

drake Garganey off KP
Little Egret
Common Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper 1st field edge, then flew east 05.17
2cy Little Gull east
2+ Common Tern
25 Arctic Tern east
Cuckoo

drake Garganey off the northside of KP – Jon Lamplough

drake Garganey off the northside of KP – Jon Lamplough

15th May – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Northside (JL,MR,LB,TI)

Pink-footed Goose
drake Garganey KP then flew west
7 Wigeon
2 Hobby
3 Ruff west
2+ Common Sandpiper
Greenshank south
2+ Common Tern
Cuckoo
Yellow Wagtail

2 Spoonbill high south over Grimston early morning (SW)

drake Garganey off KP this morning

Holly Blue from Aldbrough – Ade Johnson

1 of 2 Avocet south off Cowden

14th May – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP (JL,MR,LB)

1 Pink-footed Goose
1 Barnacle Goose late morning then west
Shelduck
3 Pochard
Hobby
3 Oystercatcher chicks Swan Island (MI)
Common Sandpiper
Greenshank
4+ Common Tern
Wheatear 1st field

Wheatear in 1st Field – Jon Lamplough

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Reed Bunting 1st Field – Bill Harkleroad

13th May – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Northside (JL,MR,LB)

2 Shelduck
Red Kite high south 9:45 (possibly same bird through west at Grimston 10:30,TI)
Common Buzzard high NW
Hobby
6 Oystercatcher
Common Sandpiper 1st Field
Dunlin west
Redshank
6 Black-tailed Godwit south
2 Common Tern
2 Cuckoo

Hobby high over 3rd Field/Heslop’s

even higher Red Kite over the Mere

12th May – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP (JL,MR)

3 Pink-footed Goose
2 Shelduck
Little Egret
Common Sandpiper
4+ Common Tern
1+ Cuckoo

Whitethroat along the Southside

Sedge Warbler in 1st Field

Common Sandpiper off 1st Field

11th May – Cowden (LI,JL)

a stunning adult Brown Shrike found mid-afternoon in the coastal scrub at Cowden

adult Brown Shrike at Cowden – MR

adult Brown Shrike at Cowden – MR

adult Brown Shrike at Cowden – MR

adult Brown Shrike at Cowden – MR

adult Brown Shrike at Cowden – MR

adult Brown Shrike at Cowden – MR

adult Brown Shrike at Cowden – Roy Lyon

adult Brown Shrike at Cowden – Roy Lyon

adult Brown Shrike at Cowden – Roy Lyon

Hornsea Mere – Southside/KP/Northside (JL,MR,JC,RL)

3 Pink-footed Goose
2 Shelduck
4 Little Egret including 3 north
8+ Buzzard
2 Hobby
Ringed Plover
Curlew west
1+ Cuckoo
4 Jay in Wassand
Green Woodpecker
Turtle Dove between Cowden and Withernwick in evening
Garden Warbler in Wassand and Southorpe Road
Otter

Jays in Wassand – Roy Lyon

Common Frog in Wassand – Jeff Cox

Stock Dove over 1st Field – Bill Harkleroad

Chiffchaff down Southorpe – Bill Harkleroad

10th May – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Northside/Wassand (JL,JC)

3 Pink-footed Goose
Wigeon
3 Goldeneye
9 Great crested Grebe
3+ Common Sandpiper
6+ Common Tern
2 Black Tern
Cuckoo
Grasshopper Warbler reeling Wassand (also on 5th)
Flava Wagtail south

House Martin in 1st Field – Jon Lamplough

9th May – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Northside (JL,JC,LI)

Goldeneye
Grey Plover west
6+ Common Sandpiper Tree Island/KP
2 Dunlin
2 Redshank
1 Greenshank
Whimbrel north
2 Sandwich Tern off KP/Swan island
6+ Common Tern
6 Arctic Tern east
9+ Black Tern off Swan island in morning, 11 in evening
Kingfisher
c120 Swallow
c40 Sand Martin

Black Tern over the Mere this morning – Jon Lamplough

Black Tern at the Mere – Alan Elkin

early morning Black Tern in the gloom – Jeff Cox

Black Tern over the Mere – Bill Harkleroad

8th May – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Northside (JL,LB)

5 Shelduck
Little Egret
Dunlin 1st Field
14+ Common Sandpiper 1st Field/KP
Curlew
2 Black-tailed Godwit east
2 Sandwich Tern early morning on a buoy off KP
5+ Common Tern
10 Arctic Tern east
6 Black Tern (3 flew high east at 6.50, 3 feeding over the mere late afternoon)

7th May – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Northside (JL,LB)

2 Pink-footed Goose
Shelduck
drake Garganey Swan Island/KP
Hobby
Common Sandpiper KP
12 Redshank “blogging”
Whimbrel
Curlew
3 Common Tern
2 Barn Owl
Grey Wagtail KP

Hobby over the Mere – Jon Lamplough

Hobby over the Mere – Jon Lamplough

6th May – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Northside (JL,TM,LB)

3 Pink-footed Goose
Shelduck
Wigeon
4 Pochard
3+ Grey Heron
3 Little Egret north
Hobby
Common Sandpiper KP
Whimbrel east
Sandwich Tern KP jetties area
5 Common Tern
Yellow Wagtail

Sandwich Tern around KP today – Jon Lamplough

Sandwich Tern around KP today – Jon Lamplough

Sandwich Tern around KP today – Jon Lamplough

5th May – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Northside (JL,JC,MR,BH)

3 White-fronted Goose
2 Pink-footed Goose
Bar-headed Goose west
Shelduck
5 Teal
Hobby
3 Common Sandpiper
Redshank
5 Common Tern
120+ Swift late morning
2 Cuckoo
4 Shoveler
2 Marsh Harrier
Sparrowhawk
8+ Great Crested Grebe

ad White-fronted Goose in 2nd Field – Bill Harkleroad

3 Russian White-fronts over Heslop’s – Bill Harkleroad

May The Fourth Be With You – Hornsea Mere, Southside/Northside/Darkside (JL,DV,LS)

3 White-fronted Goose
2 Pink-footed Goose
Shelduck
1+ Hobby
2 Common Tern
8 Arctic Tern ‘moved along’ east

Great Crested Grebe on the Mere – Jon Lamplough

Ewok ‘on the draw’ from the Mere woods – Jango Fett

3rd May – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Northside (JL,MR,JC,LI)

3 White-fronted Goose
2 Pink-footed Goose
5 Shelduck
drake Garganey off Swan + Tree Island/KP
Common Sandpiper
Curlew
Snipe
Whimbrel south
Marsh Harrier
40+ Swift
c250 Sand Martin
c150 Swallow
c30 House Martin

Common Swift from a drizzly KP – Bill Harkleroad

Swallow from 1st Field – Bill Harkleroad

3 Russian White-fronts + Pink-feet south of Heslop’s – Justin Foradip

Roe Deer here on the fringes of the Mere – Roy Harper

bedraggled Hare – Jeff Cox

2nd May – Hornsea Mere, Southside/Northside (JL,LB)

3 White-fronted Goose
2 Pink-footed Goose
Shelduck
Little Egret east
2 Dunlin west
2 Common Sandpiper
Black-tailed Godwit west
6+ Common Tern
Barn Owl
40+ Swift

Goldfinch – Steve Mason

singing Blackcap – Steve Mason

1st May – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Northside (JL,JC,MR,LB)

2 White-fronted Goose
2 Pink-footed Goose
pair Little Grebe
Shelduck
3 Goosander flew west over Seaton
9 Oystercatcher (8+1)
2 Common Tern
3 Marsh Harrier
Barn Owl
Cuckoo
fem Wheatear 1st Field
14 Swift

Whitethroat, plenty of common Warblers round the Mere – Jeff Cox

Lesser Whitethroat – Jeff Cox

April Sightings

30th April – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP (JL)

2 White-fronted Goose
2 Pink-fronted Goose
Whimbrel south
Common Tern
Cuckoo
Swift

Pied Wagtail on KP – Jon Lamplough

Treecreeper in Wassand – Steve Mason

29th April – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP (JL,MR,LB,RW)

2 White-fronted Goose
2 Pink-footed Goose
Shelduck
2 Pochard
Curlew north
Whimbrel north
4 Common Tern
12 Arctic Tern east
Swift
1+ Cuckoo
Yellow Wagtail north
Fieldfare
*of interest the green wing-tagged Marsh Harrier (4X) seen yesterday, was ringed and tagged on the Holkham estate in North Norfolk
on 13.06.2018 and was 1 of 5 (4 males and 1 female). It was seen several times in Norfolk then was seen in Baranny, Galway on 18.11.2018. He
disappeared for a while then was seen near Lough Larne, Co. Antrim on
13.04.2019

green wing-tagged Marsh Harrier 4X over 1st Field

Russian White-fronted Goose in 2nd Field – Rich Willison

Russian White-fronts in 2nd Field – Rich Willison

Pink-feet on the Mere with Greylags – Dicky Ticker

28th April – Hornsea Mere, Southside/Northside/KP (JL,MR)

2 White-fronted Goose
17 Teal
3 Wigeon
2 Pochard
2 Hobby
green wing-tagged Marsh Harrier flew south
5+ Common Buzzard
Golden Plover north
Curlew south
Whimbrel north
4 Common Tern
1 Arctic Tern east
c150 House Martin over Heslop’s late afternoon
4 Swift

1 of 2 Hobby over 2nd Field this afternoon

Reed Warbler in 1st Field

Green Woodpecker – Alan Elkin

Common Buzzard in Wassand – Steve Mason

27th April – Hornsea Mere, Southside/Northside/KP (JL,MR,JC,RH)

Bittern
2 White-fronted Goose
2 Pink-footed Goose
2 Common Tern
Little Egret
4 Marsh Harrier
2 Golden Plover
Oystercatcher
Common Sandpiper
2 Cuckoo
Fieldfare

Willow Warbler – Roy Harper

Common Sandpiper on KP – Roy Harper

26th April – Hornsea Mere, Southside/Wassand (JL,RL)

2 White-fronted Goose
2 Pink-footed Goose
2 Shelduck
Fulmar over Swan island/KP 7:50
Little Egret
2 Red Kite
4 Marsh Harrier
Bittern
Dunlin
Common Sandpiper
2 Curlew north west
2 Whimbrel west
3 Common Tern
Cuckoo
Tree Pipit briefly on northside before flying off
Wheatear 1st field
Hooded Crow flew north over 2nd field 6:45

Tree Pipit at the Mere – Jon Lamplough

Red Kite over Wassand 1 of 2 seen today – Roy Lyon

Marsh Harrier with Short-tailed Vole – Roy Lyon

Marsh Harrier – Roy Lyon

25th April – Hornsea Mere, Southside/Northside (JL,CH)

Bittern in Bull Hole late afternoon
2 White-fronted Goose
2 Shelduck
7 Shoveler
Pochard
Little Egret
Hobby
Turnstone attempted to land on Swan island then flew east towards KP
Common Sandpiper Swan island
7 Black-tailed Godwit south
4 Curlew east
2 Whimbrel south
2 Common Tern
Cuckoo
Yellow Wagtail 1st field
Fieldfare 1st field
Reed Warbler 1st field reedbed

Fox in Wassand – Steve Mason

Speckled Wood – Steve Mason

24th April – Hornsea Mere, Southside/Northside (JL,JC)

2 White-fronted Goose
2 Pink-footed Goose
Egyptian Goose
2 Shelduck
3 Common Tern

Song Thrush in Wassand – Steve Mason

Jackdaw in 1st Field – Jeff Cox

Wheatear off Hull Road – Jeff Cox

Gadwall on the Mere – Jon Lamplough

Great Spotted Woodpeckers in Wassand – Steve Mason

23rd April – Hornsea Mere, Southside/Northside (JL,TI)

2 White-fronted Goose
2 Pink-footed Goose
3 Grey Heron
4 Little Egret flew north east
Ringed Plover east
Common Sandpiper KP jetties
Green Sandpiper east
Dunlin east
4 Bar-tailed Godwit east
Curlew east
2 Common Tern
Fieldfare 1st field

22nd April – Hornsea Mere, Southside/Northside (JL,JH)

White-fronted Goose
2 Shelduck
Bittern
2cy Little Gull
2 Arctic Tern east
Green Woodpecker

Common Sandpiper at Far Grange

Reed Bunting in 1st Field – Jon Lamplough

Great Tit in Wassand – Steve Mason

male Blackcap in Wassand – Steve Mason

21st April – Hornsea Mere, Southside/Northside (JL,JC)

Bittern
2 White-fronted Goose
Pink-footed Goose
Shelduck
8 Teal
Little Egret Swan island
2 Whimbrel west
Grasshopper Warbler 1st field
2 Red-legged Partridge
3 Marsh Harrier
Sparrowhawk
Green Woodpecker
4 Great Spotted Woodpecker
2 Whitethroat

Grasshopper Warbler reeling from 1st Field – Jon Lamplough

Whitethroat – Jeff Cox

Yellowhammer – Jeff Cox

Speckled Wood – Jeff Cox

Brown Hares – Jeff Cox

20th April – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Northside (JL,JC,SC)

2 White-fronted Goose
2 Pink-footed Goose
2 Shelduck
16 Teal
Little Egret Swan island
Redshank
Greenshank heard
Wheatear
4 Yellowhammer
Bittern
3 Marsh Harrier
Green Woodpecker
Redwing
3 Great Spotted Woodpecker
3 Lesser Whitethroat along Southorpe Rd

Brambling + Barn Owl at Rolston (GR)

Little Grebe – Steve Mason

Moorhen – Jeff Cox

Wren in Wassand – Steve Mason

Wheatear along the Southside – Jeff Cox

Brimstone today – Scott Creek

19th April – Hornsea Mere, Southside/Northside (JL,JC,AE)

Bittern heard to boom from Wassand Hide
2 White-fronted Goose
2 Pink-footed Goose
Shelduck
drake Garganey flew west into Decoy
13 Teal
Red Kite west over Seaton
Ringed Plover
Curlew east
Whimbrel heard
2 Greenshank east
Fieldfare
1+ Hooded Crow – 1 briefly perched on Cormorant trees at 8.00 then flew east. Another (or same bird) flew north east at 9.33, briefly perching on a hedge on the north side of the Mere before moving on

mobile drake Garganey with Teal – Mark Brzezicki

drake Garganey from Decoy/Wassand – Mark Brzezicki

Cetti’s Warbler in big country from Wassand – Alan Elkin

Brimstone by the Crossing in Wassand – Stuart Adamson

posing Chiffchaff in Wassand – Steve Mason

boom, a posing Chiffchaff – Steve Mason

Roe Deer (blind in one eye) from the Mere today – Scott Creek

White-fronted Geese in 3rd Field – Scott Creek

18th April – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Northside (JL)

Bittern heard in Wassand (SM)
2 White-fronted Goose
2 Pink-footed Goose
Egyptian Goose
2 Shelduck
2 Pintail
8 Wigeon
11 Teal
Little Egret
Peregrine
12 Lapwing
2 Curlew
Sedge Warbler 1st field

17th April – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Northside (JL)

Bittern heard in Wassand (SC)
2 White-fronted Goose
2 Pink-footed Goose
2 Pintail
Peregrine
Curlew
Common Tern
2 Arctic Tern (MI)
Fieldfare 1st field

drake Pintail on the Mere – Jon Lamplough

drake Pintail on the Mere – Jon Lamplough

16th April – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Northside (JL)

2 White-fronted Goose
2 Pink-footed Goose
2 Pintail
3 Pochard
drake Goosander
Great white Egret flew west towards Decoy at 6.45, later flew to the south east reedbed at 8.45
Redshank
Whitethroat

15th April – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Northside/Wassand (JL,AE)

2 White-fronted Goose
2 Pink-footed Goose
2 Pintail
10 Shoveler
Peregrine
3 Oystercatcher
Green Woodpecker
Fox

Green Woodpecker in Wassand – Alan Elkin

Fox in Wassand – Alan Elkin

14th April – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Wassand (JL,JC,JF)

Fulmar blogging around KP/Swan Island several times during day
40+ Sand Martin
5 Swallow
2 House Martin
Green Woodpeckjer
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker
3 Marsh Harrier
2 Common Buzzard
3 Pink Footed Goose
2 White-fronted Goose
3 Blackcap
Lesser Whitethroat
2 Lapwing

Fulmar over KP this morning – Jon Lamplough

Green Woodpecker – Jeff Cox

Pink-footed Geese from today – Justin Foradip

13th April – Hornsea Mere, Southside/Northside/KP (JL,MR,JC,JF)

2 White-fronted Goose
Dark-bellied Brent Goose flew west
3 Pintail
female Goosander

Bullfinch – Justin Foradip

local Little Owl – Jeff Cox

local Little Owl – Jeff Cox

12th April – Hornsea Mere, Southside/Northside (JL,MR)

2 White-fronted Goose
3 Pink-footed Goose, flew high north late morning
3+ Shelduck
3 drake Pintail
26 Shoveler
55 Teal
8 Wigeon
1 Common Sandpiper on KP (MI)
3+ Snipe in Heslop’s
2 Lesser Whitethroat
Grasshopper Warbler at Cowden (JC)

Lesser Whitethroat 2nd Field

Lesser Whitethroat in 2nd Field

Pink-footed Geese heading out late morning

Yellowhammer by Ouzel Hedge

Lesser Whitethroat 2nd Field – Bill Harkleroad

11th April – Hornsea Mere, Southside/Northside/KP (JL,MR,JH,JC,JF)

2 White-fronted Goose
3 Pink-footed Goose
Egyptian Goose
3 drake Pintail
22 Shoveler
7 Wigeon
91 Teal
5 Pochard
Goosander
8+ Common Buzzard
4+ Marsh Harrier
1s Mediterranean Gull
8 Golden Plover
2 Curlew
Little Egret Swan island
2 White Wagtail
8+ Blackcap
3 Lesser Whitethroat
5 Chiffchaff
5+ Cetti’s Warbler
Green Woodpecker
2 Jay
Grass Snake at Heslop’s

drake Pintail on the Mere today – Jon Lamplough

male Blackcap – Justin Foradip

female Blackcap – Jeff Cox

Golden Plover at Southorpe

drake Chaffinch 2nd Field

White Wagtail along the Southside

10th April – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Wassand (JL,MR,JC,CH,JH)

2 White-fronted Goose
3 Pink-footed Goose
2 drake Pintail
3 Pochard
8+ Common Buzzard
4+ Marsh Harrier
1 Peregrine on Swan Island
1 Hobby in Wassand
35 Golden Plover flew NE
male Redstart in Wassand
Lesser Whitethroat 2nd Field
several Willow Warbler
Chiffchaff + Blackcap in good no’s

2 drake Pintail over the Mere

it’s the time of year we get deer in the Mere – Jon Lamplough

9th April – Hornsea Mere, Southside/Northside (JL,MR)

2 White-fronted Goose
3 Pink-footed Goose
2 drake Pintail
3 Pochard
5 Grey Heron
8+ Common Buzzard
1 Red Kite north over Mere
4+ Marsh Harrier
3+ Sparrowhawk
7 Little Gull (6 flew east, 1 in afternoon)
2 Oystercatcher
1 Redshank

Red Kite over 3rd Field/Heslop’s

Red Kite over 3rd Field/Heslop’s

Redshank off 1st Field

female Marsh Harrier over 2nd Field

Reed Bunting in 1st Field

8th April – Hornsea Mere, Southside/Northside (JL)

2 White-fronted Goose
3 Pink-footed Goose
Peregrine
180+ Sand Martin
1+ Swallow
4+ House Martin
Otter

Gadwall on the Mere – Jon Lamplough

7th April – Hornsea Mere, Northside (JL)

2 drake Pintail
female Red-crested Pochard
210 Sand Martin
2 Swallow
5 House Martin
Otter

6th April – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Northside (JL)

2 Russian White-fronted Goose 1st field
Shelduck
2 drake Pintail
female Red-breasted Merganser
6 Great crested Grebe
Curlew south
Barn Owl
240+ Sand Martin
2 Swallow
2 House Martin

1 of 2 drake Pintail present on the Mere – Jon Lamplough

5th April – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Northside (JL)

2 Russian White-fronted Goose
3 Pink-footed Goose
female Red-crested Pochard
Red Kite south over 1st field
3 Oystercatcher
Curlew south
Redshank
Grey Wagtail
60 Sand Martin
Swallow

4th April – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Northside (JL,MR,RL,ML,TM)

2 Russian White-fronted Goose
3 Pink-footed Goose
Shelduck
2 Pintail
6+ Buzzard
Peregrine
Wheatear 1st Field shore
2+ Grey Wagtail
Green Woodpecker
Jay

Wheatear in 1st Field – Tony McCoy

Wheatear 1st Field – Roy Lyon

Wheatear 1st Field – Roy Lyon

Pink-footed Goose in 2nd Field – Tony McCoy

Green Woodpecker in Wassand – Roy Lyon

Chiffchaff at Atwick – Roy Lyon

Redwing at Atwick – Roy Lyon

Little Ringed Plover at Swinemoor – Roy Lyon

3rd April – Hornsea Mere, Southside/Northside/KP (JL,MR,LB,PM)

2 White-fronted Goose
3 Pink-footed Goose
2 drake Pintail
female Red-crested Pochard
female Common Scoter
6 Little Grebe
Little Ringed Plover flew east
Redshank flew east
24 Lapwing
2+ Grey Wagtail
160+ Sand Martin
6 Swallow
5 House Martin

Chiffchaff in Heslop’s

female Common Scoter off 2nd Field

Russian White-fronted Goose in 1st Field

Russian White-fronted Goose in 1st Field

3 Pink-footed Goose off 2nd Field

2nd April – Hornsea Mere, Northside/KP (JL,MR)

2 White-fronted Goose
3 Pink-footed Goose
female Red-crested Pochard
2 drake Scaup
Goosander
Oystercatcher
8 Lapwing
2 Marsh Harrier
3cy Mediterranean Gull east
3 Swallow
220+ Sand Martin
House Martin
11+ Pied Wagtail on KP
Brambling

Red-crested Pochard – Jon Lamplough

1st April – Hornsea Mere, Southside/Northside (JL,JC)

Swallow over west end of the Mere
120 Sand Martin
2 White-fronted Goose
3 Pink-footed Goose
3 Common Buzzard
2 Marsh Harrier
Jay
Blackcap singing

3 Pink-footed Goose at the Mere – Jeff Cox

Water Vole – Jeff Cox

pair Great Crested Grebe – Jeff Cox

Brown Hare – Jeff Cox

March Sightings

31st March – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Northside/South beach and cliffs (JL,JC)

2 Russian White-fronted Goose
3 Pink-footed Goose
female Red-crested Pochard
4 Scaup (3 drakes)
3 Sand Martin
19 Sanderling incl a metal ringed bird (unread)
Turnstone
15 Meadow Pipit on the cliffs
4 Skylark
4 Linnet
2 Reed Bunting
Kestrel

Meadow Pipit on the cliffs – Jeff Cox

metal ringed Sanderling – Jeff Cox

4 Scaup on the Mere – Jeff Cox

30th March – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP (JL,LB)

3 White-fronted Goose 1st field
3 Pink-footed Goose
Egyptian Goose
21 Shoveler
4 Scaup (3 drakes)
4 Grey Heron flew north west

Egyptian Goose on the Mere – Jon Lamplough

29th March – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP (JL,GR,LI,AE)

3 Whooper Swan flew west
2 White-fronted Goose
3 Pink-footed Goose
10 Shelduck
26 Shoveler
female Red-crested Pochard
4 Scaup (3 drakes)
Grey Wagtail

Pink-footed Geese – Alan Elkin

28th March – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP (JL,JC,AE)

2 Russian White-fronted Goose 1st field
Egyptian Goose
2 Shelduck
33 Shoveler
27 Teal
female Red-crested Pochard
4 Scaup (3 drakes) off 1st field
5+ Little Grebe
2 Great white Egret flew west 7.05
adult Little Gull west
4+ Marsh Harrier
Green Woodpecker
5 Brambling
51 Goldfinch
68 Linnet
6 Chaffinch
6 Chiffchaff
5 Cetti’s Warbler
Brimstone + Peacock

5 Brambling (ringed using technology) at Ouzel Hedge – Jeff Cox

Jackdaw – Jeff Cox

Russian White-front in 1st Field – Jeff Cox

Russian White-front in 1st Field – Jeff Cox

raptor action over Wassand – Jeff Cox

Egyptian Goose in 1st Field – Alan Elkin

27th March – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Northside/Wassand (JL,RL,SC)

2 Russian White-fronted Goose 1st field
2 Pintail
21 Shoveler
female Red-crested Pochard
4 Scaup (3 drakes) off 1st field
5 Marsh Harrier
adult Little Gull west

Little Grebe in Wassand – Jon Lamplough

Little Grebe in Wassand – Jon Lamplough

26th March – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP (JL)

2 Russian White-fronted Goose
4 Scaup (3 drakes)

25th March – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Northside (JL)

2 Russian White-fronted Goose
4 Scaup (3 drakes)

Treecreeper – Steve Mason

Great Spotted Woodpecker – Steve Mason

24th March – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP (JL)

2 Russian White-fronted Goose 1st field
Egyptian Goose
2 Shelduck
23 Shoveler
female Red-crested Pochard
hybrid Tufted x Pochard
2 Scaup (1 drake) off 1st field
Kingfisher

drake Tufted Duck – Jon Lamplough

female Goldeneye – Steve Mason

23rd March – Hornsea Mere, Southside/Northside (JL)

2 Russian White-fronted Goose 1st field
Pink-footed Goose
2+ Shelduck
19+ Shoveler
female Red-crested Pochard
hybrid Tufted x Pochard
2 Scaup (1 drake) off 1st field
6 Oystercatcher

Coot and Red-crested Pochard – Jon Lamplough

22nd March – Hornsea Mere, Southside (JL)

2 Russian White-fronted Goose 1st field
female Red-crested Pochard
hybrid Tufted x Pochard
2 Scaup (1 drake) off 1st field
female Goosander
2 Curlew west
2 Sand Martin west

21st March – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP (JL)

2 White-fronted Goose southside
Pink-footed Goose southside
2 Shelduck
2 Scaup (1 drake) off 1st field
Barn Owl

Cowden (LI)

Wheatear
Chiffchaff

Far Grange + Barmston (JH,RL)

Wheatear
24 Whooper Swans

24 Whooper Swans off Barmston – Roy Lyon

20th March – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP (JL)

9 Whooper Swan departed west early morning
2 Russian White-fronted Goose 1st field
5 Shelduck west
hybrid Tufted x Pochard
2 Scaup (1 drake) 1st field
2nd calendar yr Mediterranean Gull

19th March – Hornsea Mere, Southside (JL)

2 Russian White-fronted Goose 1st field
2 Shelduck
14 Shoveler
46 Wigeon
hybrid Tufted x Pochard
2 Scaup (1 drake) off 1st field

18th March – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP (JL)

2 Russian White-fronted Goose 1st field
2 Pintail
141 Gadwall
hybrid Tufted x Pochard
23 Pochard
2 Scaup (1 drake) off 1st field
4 Great crested Grebe
4 Little Grebe

17th March – Hornsea Mere, Southside/Wassand/Northside (JL,RL,JC)

2 Russian White-fronted Goose 1st field
3 Little Grebe
2 Scaup
637 Goldeneye from Wassand Hide + 92 from Seaton Road Hide
1300+ Tufted Duck from Wassand Hide
15 Pochard
13 Wigeon
11 Shoveler
117 Gadwall
2 female Red-crested Pochard
2 Scaup (1 drake) off 1st field
Peregrine
2 Chiffchaff
4 Cetti’s Warbler
pair Marsh Harrier
2 Common Buzzard
Jay
2 Grey Wagtail Stream Dike
Green Woodpecker
3 Yellowhammer
2 Skylark
c200 Linnet and Goldfinch flock

a cracking pic of a Grey Wagtail on Stream Dike – Jeff Cox

Grey Wagtail – Jeff Cox

Grey Wagtail – Jeff Cox

drake Chaffinch – Jeff Cox

Grey Heron and 3 Little Grebe in Decoy – Roy Lyon

16th March – Hornsea Mere, Southside/Northside/Wassand (JL)

2 Russian White-fronted Goose 1st field
36 Teal
female Scaup
4 Marsh Harrier
Red Kite west over Seaton

Black-headed Gull – Steve Mason

15th March – Hornsea Mere (JL,RL)

hybrid Tufted x Pochard
2 fem Red-crested Pochard
2 Shelduck
2 Marsh Harrier

drake Goldeneye – Roy Lyon

2 Red-crested Pochard – Roy Lyon

Marsh Harrier – Roy Lyon

male Marsh Harrier – Roy Lyon

Goldcrest – Steve Mason

14th March – Hornsea Mere, Southside (JL)

2 Russian White-fronted Goose 1st field
10 Shoveler
hybrid Tufted x Pochard
female Scaup off 1st field
2 Goosander (1 drake flew west)
Fulmar + Red-throated Diver off Hornsea (RL)

Fulmar off Hornsea – Roy Lyon

Sanderling off Hornsea – Steve Mason

13th March – Hornsea Mere, Southside/Northside (JL)

7 Whooper Swan
2 Scaup (1 drake) off 1st field
Goosander

Whooper Swans on the Mere today – Jon Lamplough

Goosander on the Mere – Jon Lamplough

Teal – Jon Lamplough

Teal – Jon Lamplough

12th March – Hornsea Mere, Southside (JL)

2 female Red-crested Pochard
hybrid Tufted x Pochard
2 Scaup (1 drake) off 1st field

11th March – Hornsea Mere, Southside (JL,LB,AE)

2 Russian White-fronted Goose 1st field
2 Red-crested Pochard
hybrid Tufted x Pochard
2 Scaup (1 drake) off 1st field
4 Little Grebe
34+ Lapwing
Barn Owl

Russian White-fronted Geese in 1st Field – Alan Elkin

Russian White-fronted Geese in 1st Field – Alan Elkin

Scaup off 1st Field – Jon Lamplough

10th March – Hornsea Mere, Wassand/Southside/KP (JL,JC,MR,BH)

2 Russian White-fronted Goose off 1st field
2 Scaup (1 drake) off 1st field
hybrid Tufted x Pochard
2 Oystercatcher
14 Sanderling on Hornsea beach
Bittern from Wassand hide
4 Marsh Harrier
Common Buzzard
4 Jay

Russian White-fronted Geese – Jon Lamplough

Cormorant from Wassand Hide – Jeff Cox

Black-headed Gull on KP – Bill Harkleroad

Oystercatcher with a freshly picked wogom – Bill Harkleroad

9th March – Hornsea Mere, Southside (JL,LB)

2 Russian White-fronted Goose
2 Scaup
3 Oystercatcher
3 Lesser Black-backed Gull

drake Scaup off 1st Field – Jon Lamplough

8th March – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP (JL,MR)

100+ Barnacle Goose
2 Russian White-fronted Goose
2 Scaup
2+ Snipe
2 Oystercatcher
4 Common Buzzard

Russian White-fronted Goose in 1st Field

Russian White-fronted Goose in 1st Field

2 Russian White-fronted Geese in 1st Field

pair Oystercatcher on KP

7th March – Hornsea Mere, Southside/Northside (JL,JC,LI)

12+ Red-throated Diver off Hornsea (RL,ML)
100+ Barnacle Goose
female Red-crested Pochard
hybrid Tufted x Pochard
2 Scaup (1 drake) off 1st field
Common Buzzard
ad Mediterranean Gull off KP
41 Lapwing
2 Lesser Black-backed Gull
2 Jay

Scaup and the hybrid – Jon Lamplough

Stock Dove action in 3rd Field – Jeff Cox

Red-throated Divers off Hornsea – Roy Lyon

Red-throated Divers off Hornsea – Roy Lyon

6th March – Hornsea Mere, Southside/Northside (JL)

hybrid Tufted x Pochard
female Red-crested Pochard
2 Scaup (1 drake) off 1st field
4 Little Grebe
Peregrine
52 Lapwing
3 Lesser black backed Gull west

Reed Bunting at the Mere – Steve Mason

Wren at the Mere – Steve Mason

5th March – Hornsea Mere, Southside (JL)

hybrid Tufted x Pochard
female Red-crested Pochard
4 Scaup (2 drakes) off 1st field
4 Little Grebe
Little Egret west
3 Lesser Black-backed Gull west
Siskin west

Russian White-fronted Goose at Skirlington

drake Scaup at the Mere – Jon Lamplough

Russian White-fronted Goose at Skirlington – Jon Lamplough

Russian White-fronted Goose at Skirlington – Jon Lamplough

4th March – Hornsea Mere, Southside (JL,LB)

female Red-crested Pochard
hybrid Tufted x Pochard
5 Scaup (2 drakes) off 1st field
5+ Grey Heron
Red Kite south west over 1st field
Barn Owl
37 Lapwing
Dunlin west
3 Lesser Black-backed Gull west

some of the 5 Scaup present on the Mere off 1st Field – Jon Lamplough

some of the 5 Scaup present on the Mere off 1st Field – Jon Lamplough

some of the 5 Scaup present on the Mere off 1st Field – Jon Lamplough

3rd March – Hornsea Mere, Southside (JL,JC)

155 Gadwall
hybrid Tufted x Pochard
female Red-crested Pochard
6 Scaup (3 drakes)
280 Goldeneye
drake Goosander
4 Lesser Black-backed Gull

Common Buzzard from around the Mere today – Jeff Cox

Common Buzzard from around the Mere today – Jeff Cox

Common Buzzard from around the Mere today – Jeff Cox

2nd March – Hornsea Mere, Southside (JL)

2 Shelduck
hybrid Tufted x Pochard
female Red-crested Pochard
3 Marsh Harrier
75 Golden Plover west
3 Lesser black backed Gull
adult Mediterranean Gull

Siskin at Rolston

Little Owl near Aldbrough – Ade Johnson

1st March – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP (JL,LI,JC,EG,CH,MR,LB,RL)

12 Shoveler
1w drake Scaup
hybrid Tufted x Pochard
female Goosander + drake flew east over Mere from Decoy
3 Marsh Harrier
2 Common Buzzard
Barn Owl
2 Oystercatcher
Avocet KP/1st field
7+ Snipe
189 Lapwing
2 Lesser Black-backed Gull
Adult Mediterranean Gull
3 Great Spotted Woodpecker
Jay
2 Stock Dove
Cetti’s Warbler

3 Russian White-fronted Goose + 4 Pink-footed Goose at Skirlington (LI)

2 Russian White-fronted Goose at Aldbrough today (AJ)

Barmston (LI)

200+ Corn Bunting, 150 Yellowhammer, 60 Reed Bunting, 50 Linnet, 20 Tree Sparrow + 2 Twite
2 Eider on sea

2 Russian White-fronted Geese at Aldbrough – Ade Johnson

Gadwall and Tufted Duck on the Mere – Ella Guru

Cormorant over the Mere – Ella Guru

Black-headed Gull off KP – Ella Guru

February Sightings

28th February – Hornsea Mere, Southside (JL,JC,MR)

103 Barnacle Goose incl Orange FVZ
hybrid Tufted x Pochard
ad Mediterranean Gull
4+ Snipe
35+ Lapwing
3 Marsh Harrier
1+ Chiffchaff

27th February – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Wassand (JL,JC,CH,RL)

103 Barnacle Goose incl Orange FVZ
3 Little Grebe
10 Shoveler
1w drake Scaup
2 Oystercatcher
Marsh Harrier
Common Buzzard
2 Jay
Green Woodpecker calling
Yellowhammer singing
c40 Lapwing
4 Song Thrush singing
Corn Bunting in Heslop’s area

first Mere record of Corn Bunting for 5 years today – Jeff Cox

singing Song Thrush – Jeff Cox

Teal on the Mere today – Jon Lamplough

Marsh Harrier – Jeff Cox

1 of 3 Little Grebe seen today – Roy Lyon

Orange FVZ still present around the Mere – Roy Lyon

Goldeneye at the Mere – Roy Lyon

Common Buzzard – Roy Lyon

26th February – Hornsea Mere, Southside/Wassand (JL,CH)

2 White-fronted Goose
female Red-crested Pochard
Lesser Black-backed Gull
2 Green Woodpecker heard

2 Russian White-fronted Geese off 1st Field – Jon Lamplough

2 Russian White-fronted Geese off 1st Field – Jon Lamplough

White-fronted Goose off 1st Field – Jon Lamplough

Barn Owl in 3rd Field/Heslop’s – Steve Mason

Barn Owl in 3rd Field/Heslop’s – Steve Mason

25th February – Hornsea Mere, Southside (JL,JC,LB)

50 Barnacle Goose
1w drake Scaup
Goosander
hybrid Pochard x Tufted Duck
4+ Grey Heron
Ringed Plover east
2 Marsh Harrier
3 Moorhen
2 Jay
Green Woodpecker
5 Great Spotted Woodpeckers
Chiffchaff singing
5 Meadow Pipits in field by Weatherhill Farm

Goosander off 2nd Field- Jeff Cox

Moorhen – Jeff Cox

24th February – Hornsea Mere, Wassand/Southside (JL,LB)

1w drake Scaup
Tufted x Pochard hybrid
3 Marsh Harrier
Green Woodpecker

Russian White-fronted Goose at Skirlington (RL,ML)
Pink-footed Goose

White-fronted Goose at Skirlington today – Roy Lyon

Pink-footed Goose at Skirlington – Roy Lyon

Dunnock in Wassand – Steve Mason

Robin in Wassand – Steve Mason

Marsh Harrier in Wassand – Steve Mason

23rd February – Hornsea Mere, Southside (JL,MR,LB)

1w drake Scaup
Tufted x Pochard hybrid
3+ Snipe
3 Marsh Harrier
8+ Common Buzzard
Goosander off 2nd Field
pair Stonechat Heslop’s
Green Woodpecker
Cetti’s Warbler

Goosander off 2nd Field

male Stonechat in 3rd Field

Carrion Crow and Common Buzzard over Heslop’s

22nd February – Hornsea Mere, Southside/Northside/Wassand (JL,JC,CH,LB,JH)

200+ Pink-footed Goose north over Mere
369 Wigeon
Pochard x Tufted Duck hybrid KP
1w drake Scaup between buoys 4 and 5
female Red-crested Pochard near buoy 4
4+ Goosander
3 Great crested Grebe
6+ Little Grebe
16 Sanderling on Hornsea beach incl 1 metal ringed bird
101+ Lapwing
Cetti’s Warbler
Stonechat in 1st Field
female Brambling with Linnet/Goldfinch flock by Ouzel Hedge

male Stonechat in First Field – Alan Elkin

Red-crested Pochard from the Mere today – Jon Lamplough

Sanderling off Hornsea – Jeff Cox

Sparrowhawk – Jeff Cox

flowering Green Alkanet near the Mere – Jeff Cox

21st February – Hornsea Mere, Southside (LB)

200 Pink-footed Goose over
1 Curlew west

Treecreeper in Wassand – Steve Mason

20th February – Hornsea Mere, Kirkholme Point (MR,JC)

2 White-fronted Goose with c30 Greylags close to Swan Island (often out of view)
2 Oystercatcher Swan Island
Lesser Black-backed Gull
male Marsh harrier
Sparrowhawk
6 Skylark over

Grey Heron flypast at Wassand Hide – Steve Mason

Grey Heron flypast at Wassand Hide – Steve Mason

19th February – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Wassand (JL)

Shelduck
Pochard x Tufted Duck hybrid KP
1w drake Scaup
295 Goldeneye
4 Goosander
70 Lapwing west
Golden Plover

pair Ring-necked Parakeets (female has a grey plastic or metal ring on left leg) in an Aldbrough garden (AJ)

Ring-necked Parakeet in Aldbrough – Ade Johnson

pair Ring-necked Parakeets in Aldbrough – Ade Johnson

local Little Owl – Alan Elkin

18th February – Hornsea Mere, Southside/Wassand/Northside (JL,JC)

9+ Shelduck
12 Teal
1w drake Scaup
2 Goosander
3 Great crested Grebe
Red-legged Partridge
Red Kite west over Wassand
3 Marsh Harrier
122+ Lapwing west
2 Lesser black-backed Gull
Barn Owl
300+ mixed finch flock, Linnet,Goldfinch and Chaffinch

Red Kite over Wassand today – Jon Lamplough

1w drake Scaup in Wassand – Jeff Cox

1w drake Scaup in Wassand – Jeff Cox

1w drake Scaup in Wassand – Jon Lamplough

Shelducks in Wassand – Jeff Cox

17th February – Hornsea Mere, Southside (JL)

440 Tufted Duck
Hybrid Pochard x Tufted Duck
1w drake Scaup
2 Oystercatcher

16th February – Hornsea Mere, Southside/Northside (JL)

232 Gadwall
207 Pochard
Hybrid Tufted x Pochard
1w drake Scaup
303 Goldeneye
2 Oystercatcher
88 Lapwing
Lesser Black-backed Gull

Red Kite south at Aldbrough Fish Ponds 11:00 (AJ)

15th February – Hornsea Mere, KP/Southside (JL,MR,JC)

c125 Pink-footed Goose flew NW
1w drake Scaup between KP and 1st Field
drake Goosander
Oystercatcher still KP
21 Lapwing
3 Marsh Harrier
3+ Common Buzzard
4+ Great Spotted Woodpecker

at least 1 Hooded Crow still at Barmston on beach (JL)

male Marsh Harrier by Ouzel Hedge

Common Buzzard over Heslop’s

Tree Sparrow in 1st Field

Oystercatcher on Kirkholme Point

Oystercatcher on Kirkholme Point

King Alfred’s Cakes fungus – Jeff Cox

Lapwing from Southorpe Road – Jeff Cox

14th February – Hornsea Mere, Kirkholme Point (LI)

Pink-footed Goose – skeins of 55 and 85 heading west over KP this morning

c119 Red-throated Diver between Hornsea and Barmston (RL,ML)
2 Hooded Crow on beach at Barmston

1 of 2 Hooded Crow at Barmston – Roy Lyon/Martin Lonsdale

1 of 2 Hooded Crow at Barmston – Roy Lyon/Martin Lonsdale

Siskin in Wassand – Steve Mason

Jay in Wassand – Steve Mason

13th February – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP (JL,TI,MR)

130 Barnacle Goose
179 Pochard
Tufted x Pochard hybrid
1w drake Scaup
213 Goldeneye
3 Red Kite west
3 Marsh Harrier
2+ Common Buzzard
1 Oystercatcher KP jetties
2+ Snipe
110 Lapwing west
1w Mediterranean Gull

Pochards and Tufted Ducks over the East end

Oystercatcher on the jetties

Oystercatcher from KP – Steve Mason

Snipe in Heslop’s

Black-headed Gulls on KP

12th February – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP (MR,JL)

hybrid Tufted x Pochard off KP
3 Common Buzzard over Seaton Road hide
Grey Wagtail from KP

11th February – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Northside (JL)

4 Pink-footed Goose
5 Egyptian Goose late afternoon off Swan island
160 Pochard
1w drake Scaup
151 Goldeneye

10th February – Hornsea Mere, Southside/Wassand (JL,JC)

3 Pintail
24 Teal
170 Pochard
1w drake Scaup
3 Marsh Harrier
106 Lapwing
Green Woodpecker
3 Bullfinch

Pochard on 1st Field shoreline – Jeff Cox

Marsh Harrier in Wassand – Jeff Cox

Marsh Harrier in Wassand – Jeff Cox

single Pink-footed Goose at Aldbrough – Ade Johnson

9th February – Hornsea Mere, Wassand (JL,JC)

130 Barnacle Goose
161 Cormorant flew west at dawn
drake Goosander flew west
3 Marsh Harrier
1w Mediterranean Gull west
Grey Wagtail
3 Great Spotted Woodpecker

8th February – Hornsea Mere (SC)

Peregrine from Seaton Road hide in afternoon

6th February – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP (JL,MR,JC)

130 Barnacle Goose
1w White-fronted Goose off Swan Island
1w drake Scaup
drake Smew off Swan Island
hybrid Tufted x Pochard
3 Marsh Harrier
Peregrine
Kingfisher
500+ Linnet still by Ouzel Hedge
smaller no’s Goldfinch, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Tree Sparrow and Reed Bunting
Siskin
Green Woodpecker
47 Stock Dove south of Ouzel Hedge
Otter

White-fronted Goose distantly off Swan Island – Jeff Cox

drake Smew off Swan Island

Peregrine high over Ouzel Hedge

Robin at Ouzel Hedge

Sanderling at Longbeaches Hornsea

5th February – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP (JL,MR)

Tundra Bean Goose off 1st Field then flew east with Greylags 07:35
1w drake Scaup
12 Teal
97 Pochard
180 Goldeneye
hybrid Tufted x Pochard
2 Water Rail from KP
3 Marsh Harrier
Common Buzzard
Black-headed Gull with white colour ring (unread) on ice late morning
Great Black-backed Gull with black colour ring on ice late morning
Snipe
White-fronted Goose at Aldbrough (AJ)

Pied Wagtail on KP today

2cy White-fronted Goose at Aldbrough – Ade Johnson

4th February – Hornsea Mere, Southside/Wassand (JC)

82 Pochard off 1st/2nd Fields
3 Fieldfare at Ouzel Hedge
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker
40+ Linnet at Ouzel Hedge
5 Redwing

Red-throated Divers off Hornsea 03/02 – Roy Lyon

Red-throated Divers off Hornsea 03/02 – Roy Lyon

Red-throated Divers off Hornsea 03/02 – Roy Lyon

Roe Deer at the Mere – Scott Creek

Fox from around the Mere – Scott Creek

3rd February – Hornsea Mere, Southside/Wassand/Northside (JL,JC)

130 Barnacle Goose
8 Pink-footed Goose at Skirlington (RL,ML)
1w drake Scaup
101 Pochard
2 Common Buzzard
imm male Marsh Harrier
Jay
Water Rail
Green Woodpecker
3 Common Snipe flushed from 1st field

Common Buzzard over the Mere today – Jeff Cox

Common Buzzard over the Mere today – Jeff Cox

Water Rail at Aldbrough feeding on a dead fish – Ade Johnson

single Pink-footed Goose (8 present) at Skirlington – Roy Lyon

2nd February – Hornsea Mere, Southside/Wassand (JL,JC)

Bittern from Wassand Hide
292 Gadwall
1w drake Scaup
6 Great Spotted Woodpecker

wintering Water Rail at Aldbrough – Ade Johnson

recent Kingfisher from Wassand Hide – Steve Mason

recent Kingfisher from Wassand Hide – Steve Mason

recent Kingfisher from Wassand Hide – Steve Mason

1st February – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Northside (JL)

16 Shoveler
71 Teal
123 Pochard
1w drake Scaup
5 Goosander south

Goldcrest in Wassand – Steve Mason

January Sightings

31st January – Hornsea Mere, Southside (JL)

84 Teal
126 Pochard
Goosander east
4 Little Grebe

30th January – Hornsea Mere, KP/Southside/Wassand (MR,JC,JL,JS)

130 Barnacle Goose incl Orange FVZ
Bittern from Wassand Hide
6+ Grey Heron
1+ Marsh Harrier
2 Common Buzzard
Barn Owl
Kingfisher
500+ Linnet by Ouzel Hedge/Heslop’s
100+ Goldfinch 2nd Field/Ouzel Hedge
smaller no’s Tree Sparrow, Chaffinch and Greenfinch
Jay
2 Cetti’s Warbler

male Marsh Harrier over Bull Hole

male Marsh Harrier over Bull Hole

male Marsh Harrier over Bull Hole

male Marsh Harrier over Bull Hole

a fraction of the Linnet flock by Ouzel Hedge

29th January – Hornsea Mere, KP/Southside/South beach (JL,MR,BMJ)

130 Barnacle Goose incl Orange FVZ
1w drake Scaup off 1st Field

Great Northern Diver south past Longbeaches 13:05
12+ Red-throated Diver
Guillemots off south beach
3 Sanderling
2 Turnstone

Turnstone at Longbeaches Hornsea

28th January – Hornsea Mere, KP/Southside (JL,MR)

130 Barnacle Goose incl Orange FVZ
Great Northern Diver off KP early morning, moved to West end by boundary signs mid morning
1w Scaup from south side of KP

male Hen Harrier between Aldbrough and East Newton mid morning (AJ)

Great Northern Diver off Kirkholme Point car park

Great Northern Diver off Kirkholme Point car park

27th January – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Wassand (MR,JL,JC)

130 Barnacle Goose incl Orange FVZ
Great Northern Diver west end of Swan Island late afternoon
1 Sanderling around KP Cafe/Car Park
hybrid Tufted x Pochard off jetties
3 Marsh Harrier (2 m 1 f)
2 Common Buzzard
Sparrowhawk
2 Jay
3 Treecreeper
4+ Great Spotted Woodpecker
340+ Linnet
60+ Common Gull
Skylark
Otter from Wassand Hide

Sanderling at KP this afternoon

Sanderling at KP this afternoon

record shot of the Great Northern Diver from this afternoon – Jon Lamplough

Barnacle Geese along the Southside this morning – Jeff Cox

Goldeneye over the Mere today – Jeff Cox

Common Buzzard – Jeff Cox

25th January – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Northside (JL,MR,GR)

Pink-footed Goose
1w drake Scaup off KP
drake Smew off KP
male Marsh Harrier

Danish rung Black-headed Gull present on and off since late November at the Mere

Common Gull over KP

juv Herring Gull from KP this afternoon

24th January – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Northside (JL,MR)

14 Shoveler
70 Teal
90 Pochard
1w drake Scaup
drake Smew
of interest:
3 yellow ringed Herring Gulls on the ice
1 metal ringed Herring Gull
1 green ringed Common Gull
1 black ringed Great-black backed Gull
Marsh Harrier
Common Buzzard
Barn Owl
single White-fronted Goose seen with Greylags at Rolston (TI)

Common Gull over KP

local Little Owl

23rd January – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP (JL,MR)

130 Barnacle Goose incl Orange FVZ
5+ Grey Heron
1w drake Scaup
drake Smew off 2nd Field
Kingfisher
male Marsh Harrier
2 Common Buzzard

Shoveler off KP

Grey Heron in 1st Field reedbed

22nd January – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP (JL,MR)

130 Barnacle Goose incl Orange FVZ
1w drake Scaup KP
drake Smew KP
juvenile Glaucous Gull west over Seaton at 14.08

21st January – Hornsea Mere, Southside (JL,RW)

12 Shoveler
27 Teal
82 Pochard
1w drake Scaup
190 Goldeneye
drake Smew
2 Little Grebe

drake Smew off KP – Dicky Ticker

Sanderling on Hornsea South beach – Steve Mason

Long-tailed Tit down the old Hornsea Railway line – Steve Mason

Kingfisher along Stream Dike – Jeff Cox

20th January – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Northside (JL)

10 Shoveler
33 Teal
325 Wigeon
1w drake Scaup
2 Common Scoter

Goldeneye on the Mere – Jon Lamplough

19th January – Hornsea Mere, Southside (JL,LB,JC)

96 Pochard
1w drake Scaup
170 Goldeneye
Little Egret
3 Marsh Harrier
2 Treecreeper
Jay
Green Woodpecker
3+ Great Spotted Woodpecker
Common Buzzard

Red Kite between Routh and Leven appeared to head NW 12:30 (PM)

Cowden (JC,AH,NC)

27+ Red-throated Divers offshore
2 Yellowhammer
2 Sparrowhawk
Barn Owl
4 Reed Bunting

Red-throated Divers off Cowden today – Jeff Cox

18th January – Hornsea Mere, Southside (JL,LB)

24 Teal
73 Pochard
1w drake Scaup
3 Goosander (2 drakes)
drake Smew
Great white Egret
Marsh Harrier

male Hen Harrier through at Grimston (TI)

17th January – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP (JL,LB)

drake Smew from KP
Great White Egret
20 Meadow Pipit

drake Smew showing off KP today – Jon Lamplough

drake Smew showing off KP today – Jon Lamplough

drake Smew showing off KP today – Jon Lamplough

15th January – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP (JL,LB)

306 Gadwall
360 Tufted Duck
1w drake Scaup
155 Goldeneye
40 Pink-footed Goose over NW
Barn Owl

Goldcrest in Wassand – Steve Mason

14th January – Hornsea Mere, Northside/Southside/KP (JL,LB)

73 Pochard
1w drake Scaup
Great White Egret
Barn Owl

aythya hybrid off KP this morning – Jeff Cox

aythya hybrid off KP this morning – Jeff Cox

13th January – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Northside (JL,RL,ML)

260 Gadwall
1w drake Scaup
Common Scoter
drake Smew
Great White Egret

drake Smew off KP today – Roy Lyon

drake Smew off KP today – Roy Lyon

Common Scoter off 1st Field – Roy Lyon

Common Scoter off 1st Field – Roy Lyon

Common Scoter off 1st Field – Martin Lonsdale

single Pink-footed Goose at Skirlington – Roy Lyon

12th January – Hornsea Mere, Southside (JL,JC,LB)

1w drake Scaup
Common Scoter
9 Golden Plover west

Common Scoter off 1st Field – Jeff Cox

11th January – Hornsea Mere, KP/Southside (JL,JC)

123+ Barnacle Goose incl Orange FVZ
1w Scaup
2 Jay
4 Great Spotted Woodpecker (1 drumming)
Green Woodpecker heard
3 Marsh Harrier
Sparrowhawk
Kestrel
Barn Owl
5 Redwing
Song Thrush
c150 Goldfinch
295+ Linnet
6+ Tree Sparrow
6 Chaffinch
3 Greenfinch

part of the Linnet/Finch flock by Ouzel Hedge – Jeff Cox

some of the Linnet/Finch flock by Ouzel Hedge – Jeff Cox

Barn Owl along the Southside – Jeff Cox

10th January – Hornsea Mere, KP/Northside (JL)

1w drake Scaup
70 Pochard
120 Goldeneye
2 Little Grebe

Little Egret on Stream Dyke near Tesco’s – Ade Johnson

recent Marsh Harrier from Wassand – Steve ‘Perry’ Mason

Great Spotted Woodpecker in Wassand – Steve ‘Perry’ Mason

Treecreeper in Wassand – Steve ‘Perry’ Mason

9th January – Hornsea Mere, Southside (JL)

ad Peregrine

8th January – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP (JL)

Great White Egret
probable hybrid Tufted Duck x Pochard from KP

probable Tufted x Pochard hybrid from KP – Jon Lamplough

probable Tufted x Pochard hybrid from KP – Jon Lamplough

7th January – Hornsea Mere, Southside/Northside (JL,JC)

120+ Barnacle Goose incl Orange FVZ
309 Gadwall
1w drake Scaup
Great White Egret

Winter Heliotrope in Hornsea – Jeff Cox

Orange FVZ dropping in along the Southside – Jeff Cox

6th January – Hornsea Mere, Southside/Northside (JL,MR,LB)

120+ Barnacle Goose incl Orange FVZ
1w drake Scaup
166 Goldeneye
320+ Wigeon
Great White Egret
2 Snipe
Barn Owl
3 Marsh Harrier
Jay
Chiffchaff
3+ Cetti’s Warbler
Green Woodpecker