31st March – (TI)
Grimston
Black Redstart
Sand Martin
Marsh Harrier
30th March – (MR,RL,EH)
Cetti’s Warbler singing from east end of Mere
Long-tailed Duck off KP
3 Egyptian Goose
2 Shelduck
215 Goldeneye
2 redhead Goosander
7 singing Mistle Thrush
c11 Sand Martin
sum’plumaged ad Med Gull early aft off 2nd field
c7 Oystercatcher over Mere/Swan Island spit
5 Oycs from 2nd field
distant on a hazy Mere – ad summer Med Gull
ad summer Med Gull – Roy Lyon
Long-tailed Duck from KP – Roy Lyon
Reed Bunting – Roy Lyon
Chiffchaff – Roy Lyon
Cowden – (MR)
8+ Sand Martin + 1 Swallow over cliff top
30+ Linnet
2 Meadow Pipit over
4 Skylark
Aldbrough Fish Ponds – (AJ)
Sand Martin
Grimston – (TI)
Black Redstart
29th March – (AJ)
Long-tailed Duck from KP
Aldbrough Fish Ponds
drk Goosander
Goosander – Ade Johnson
28th March – (TM,MR)
scandi Rock Pipit 2nd field in am
Long-tailed Duck off KP
Little Grebe off east end
Cetti’s Warbler singing from east end reedbed/willows in am
6+ Chiffchaff east end reedbed
Chiffchaff
27th March – (LI,MR,RL,EH)
scandi Rock Pipit elusive on 2nd field shore
6 Marsh Harrier, including a green wing-tagged ad fem Marsh Harrier
fem Velvet Scoter off jetties
Long-tailed Duck off east end/jetties
Little Grebe off east end
3 Egyptian Goose
2+ Shelduck
drk RCP
Cetti’s Warbler singing east end reedbed/willows 15:50 + 16:55
1 House Martin over KP in am (GB)
scandi Rock Pipit – 2nd field
26th March – (LI,MR)
Long-tailed Duck off KP early am
fem Velvet Scoter off jetties/east end reedbed
3 Egyptian Goose
1 Barnacle Goose
fem Goosander off Heslop’s
2w Iceland Gull off 3rd field in middle of Mere 11:00-11:30 then flew east
male Marsh Harrier over south side
2+ Common Buzzard
Peregrine over south of Heslop’s
4+ Chiffchaff
4 LBb Gull
male Marsh Harrier through the southside
Long-tailed Duck off KP
Iceland Gull – just
Bewholme
1 Pink-footed Goose
2 Oycs
25th March – (MT)
fem Velvet Scoter off 1st field reedbed
Sand Martin over east end/KP
Marsh Harrier
24th March – (GT)
Iceland Gull
Long-tailed Duck
6 Whooper Swan
23rd March – (TM)
Rock Pipit on KP
Goosander + Velvet Scoter off 1st field
Sand Martin over 2nd field
Peregrine with a Lapwing kill south of Heslop’s
1 Pink-footed Goose
22nd March – (TM)
6 Whooper Swan
1 Grey Wagtail
Black-necked Grebe
Kingfisher
Marsh Harrier
21st March – (MR,TM,GT,GB,JM)
Black-necked Grebe between 1st field and Swan Island
2 Curlew north
3 Egyptian Goose
Long-tailed Duck
fem Velvet Scoter flew to east end off jetties
2 Sand Martin over Mere late morning, 2 at dusk
Rock Pipit mid aft on KP
6 Whooper Swan off 2nd field late aft, roosted on Swan Island
2 Oystercatcher on KP late aft
Iceland Gull around KP car park 16:30-16:35
Whooper Swans off 2nd field
Iceland Gull off KP late aft
20th March – (MR)
drk RCP off KP
1 Sand Martin west over Mere
1 Rock Pipit late aft on KP
fem Marsh Harrier over Mere
2+ LBb Gull Swan Island
18th March – (MR early am)
Chiffchaff 1st field
Long-tailed Duck
drk RCP off 1st field
Black-necked Grebe off 2nd field
leucistic GBb Gull on Mere
fem Velvet Scoter
fem Marsh Harrier over Hermitage field
LRP reported
Mink near HVWG Hide
Black-necked Grebe off 2nd field
East Newton + Aldbrough – (AJ)
Wheatear
Little Owl
Wheatear – Ade Johnson
Little Owl – Ade Johnson
Aldbrough Fish Ponds
1w White-fronted Goose with the Greylags
1w White-fronted Goose – Ade Johnson
16th March – (GD,LI)
Cetti’s Warbler 1 singing from 1st field early am
sum’plumage Black-necked Grebe off 1st field in am/off 2nd field in pm
Redhead Smew off Cormorant Trees in am/in SE corner in pm
Long-tailed Duck
drk RCP
fem Velvet Scoter in pm
4 Scaup in pm
Peregrine
Common Buzzard
13th March – (LI,MR)
4 Scaup from KP
drk RCP from KP
Egyptian Goose from KP
8 Chiffchaff (3 1st field, 2 Heslop’s, 3 west end)
Common Buzzard
Red-necked Grebe Decoy channel
25+ Yellowhammer Ouzel Hedge
30+ Reed Bunting
9 Chaffinch
4 Tree Sparrow
5+ Skylark
Snipe Heslop’s
Curlew over north
Bewholme
1 Oystercatcher
Little Grebe
12th March – (AJ,MR)
Egyptian Goose from KP in am
Long-tailed Duck from KP
4 Scaup from HVWG hide
6 Whooper Swan
Chiffchaff in Wassand
Long-tailed Duck – Ade Johnson
Egyptian Goose off KP – Ade Johnson
Scaup
Whooper Swans
Bewholme
Little Grebe
6 Shelduck
8 Shoveler
11th March – (MR,TI)
4+ LBb Gull from KP in am
8 Common Buzzard from KP
Long-tailed Duck off Swan Island
Bittern seen briefly in Bull Hole in am from KP
Pink-footed Goose 1 off KP, 1 over north late morning
20+ Yellowhammer Ouzel Hedge
30+ Reed Bunting Ouzel Hedge
3+ Tree Sparrow Ouzel Hedge
4 Skylark
10th March – (MR)
6 Lesser Redpoll 2nd field in am
25 Linnet 1st/2nd field
4 Brambling Ouzel Hedge/West end
40 Reed Bunting Ouzel Hedge/West end
35 Yellowhammer Ouzel Hedge/West end
6+ Tree Sparrow
4 Skylark
Red-necked Grebe Decoy Channel
2 Shelduck
2 Oycs over Mere
Chiffchaff singing 1st field reedbed
4 Common Buzzard
9 Scaup + drk RCP (RL et al)
9th March – (TM)
Corn Bunting along Ouzel Hedge
Good no’s of Yelllowhammer + Reed Bunting Ouzel Hedge
6 Bullfinch
5 Skylark
8 Tree Sparrow
4 Linnet
2 Peregrine
13 Common Buzzard
Marsh Harrier
Egyptian Goose
Noctule Bat
Bewholme
3 Dunlin
8th March – (LI)
1 Black-tailed Godwit on KP
Long-tailed Duck Swan Island
1 Barnacle Goose
2+ LBb Gull
2 Oycs
Goldcrest
Black-wit off KP
6th March – (LI)
215 Wigeon Bewholme
4th March – (GT,MR)
Long-tailed Duck off Swan Island in am
2 LBb Gull Swan Island
5+ Scaup north side of Mere
drk Red-crested Pochard
Red-necked Grebe Decoy Channel
2 Marsh Harrier
2 Common Buzzard
12 Yellowhammer west end
15+ Reed Bunting
20+ Chaffinch
3rd March – (BMJ,MR)
fem Velvet Scoter from HVWG hide
7 Scaup (2 drks) from HVWG hide
2 LBb Gull Swan Island
drk Red-crested Pochard
Merebirders 