30th September – (GB)
KP – am
2 Grey Heron
Egyptian Goose
Barnacle Goose + flock of 90+ birds
5 Red-crested Pochard
60+ Teal
Garganey
2 Little Gull
2w Med Gull
2 Grey Wagtail
Pink-footed Goose
Wassand Hide/Woodland Walk – am
2 Grey Heron
Common Buzzard
2 Sparrowhawk
Hobby
Kestrel
12 Great Crested Grebe
68 Gadwall
55 Shoveler
104 Wigeon
60+ Teal
2 Garganey
4 Pintail
Green Woodpecker
Jay
1st field – late aft (MR,GB,LB)
Little Grebe
35 Swallow
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Cetti’s Warbler
ad Med Gull
29th September – (RL et al)
1 Bittern at East end
Kingfisher north side
5 Little Gull south side
Pink-footed + Egyptian Goose KP
28th September – (GB)
Hornsea – am
74 Pink-footed Geese flew south
KP – late aft
30+ alba Wagtail
6 Little Gull
Offshore Hornsea – late aft
10 Little Gull feeding
36 Common Tern flew south
27th September – (MR) Wassand/Decoy hide late am/early aft
2 Garganey
Pintail
Goldeneye
9 Pink-footed Goose (groups of 4 + 5)
80+ Gadwall
157 Wigeon
33 Teal
2 juv Little Gull thru west
Kingfisher
Jay
2 Marsh Harrier
2+ Common Buzzard
4 Pink-feet in Decoy channel from hide
Pintail in Decoy
Garganey (2 birds) still present in Decoy
drk Goldeneye dropping into Decoy
Shoveler from the Wassand hide
Gadwall from the Wassand hide
recordshot of the 2 Garganey
KP – am
3 Grey Heron
Egyptian Goose
Garganey off Swan Island
Kingfisher
2 Little Gull
26th September – (MR) 1st/2nd field in am
10 Pink-footed Goose dropped in off Heslop’s 10:30 then flew west
fem Scaup off Cormoramt Trees
Pintail off Heslop’s
Pink-feet off Heslop’s
KP – am (GB)
Sparrowhawk
3 Grey Heron
Egyptian Goose
Red-crested Pochard
Goldeneye – eclipse drake
3 Little Gull
Wassand Hide/Woodland Walk – am
2 Grey Heron
2+ Sparrowhawk
2+ Common Buzzard
Marsh Harrier – 2cy bird/wing moult
10 Pink-footed Geese flew WSW at 10:45
92 Mute Swan
80+ Wigeon
24 Teal
25+Siskin
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker
25th September – (GB)
Offshore Hornsea – early am
4 Red-throated Diver flew south
14 Teal flew north
220 Little Gull feeding
KP – am
4 Grey Heron
Sparrowhawk
Egyptian Goose
Barnacle Goose + flock of 90+
Little Gull
Offshore Hornsea – pm
44 Little Gull feeding
Arctic Skua flew north
12 Common Tern flew south
4 Sandwich Tern flew south
1st field/2nd field pm
4 Little Gull
1450+ Coot
24th September – (GB)
KP – am
3 Grey Heron
Common Buzzard
Egyptian Goose
Barnacle Goose + flock of 90+
3 Little Gull
Offshore Hornsea – am
Sandwich Tern flew south
Pomarine Skua flew south
Yellow-legged Gull
Offshore Hornsea – pm
juv Pomarine Skua flew south
3,200 Little Gull offshore – late afternoon
Northcliffe Boatyard area – (AE)
100+ Golden Plover
Golden Plover’s – Alan Elkin
Golden Plover – Alan Elkin
23rd September – (GB)
KP – am
4 Grey Heron
Egyptian Goose
Barnacle Goose + flock of 90+
Mandarin
5 Red-crested Pochard
Kingfisher
7 Little Gull
Wassand Hide/Woodland Walk – am
5 Grey Heron
Common Buzzard
Kestrel
Pintail
80+ Gadwall
44 Shoveler
120+ Wigeon
90+ Teal
70+ Pochard
430+ Tufted Duck
16 Swallow
Green Woodpecker
2 Goldcrest
Jay
KP – late aft
12 Little Gull
30+ ”alba” Wagtail
12 Swallow
Sand Martin
Spurn – (AJ)
1w Masked Shrike – Ade Johnson
1w Masked Shrike – Ade Johnson
Tunstall – (AJ)
Stonechat at Tunstall, 1 of 2 – Ade Johnson
22nd September – Cowden early am (MR,BMJ)
5 Stonechat
3 Whinchat
1st/2nd field late am
1+ Cetti’s Warbler 1st field
3 Common Buzzard
87+ Barnacle Goose
Comma in 1st field
KP – late aft (GB)
4 Grey Heron
Barnacle Goose
Egyptian Goose
Mandarin
37 Little Gull
fem Scaup (JC)
2nd field in evening – (LI)
22 Barnacle Goose flew in high from the east over Mere
1 Ruff
Hobby
150 Little Gull
juv Med Gull
21st September – Mappleton late aft (BMJ,TM,MR)
Leach’s Petrel close in north 16:30
30+ Little Gull
Black Tern lingering of Mapp
6 Red-throated Diver
1 Arctic Skua
2 Sooty Shearwater north
5+ Manx Shearwater north
KP mid aft – (TM)
2 Wheatear
Black Tern off Hornsea seafront
KP – am (GB)
3 Grey Heron
4 Red-crested Pochard
Mandarin
Egyptian Goose
11 Little Gull
Kingfisher
Wassand Hide/Woodland Walk – am
3 Grey Heron
Common Buzzard
137 Mute Swan + 38 elsewhere KP et al (day total 175)
76 Gadwall
42 Shoveler
124 Wigeon
43 Teal
38 Pochard
184 Tufted Duck
Reed Warbler
offshore Hornsea – pm
52 Little Gull
20th September – Wassand/Decoy hide in pm (TM,MR,JC)
1 Garganey
129 Mute Swan
2w Med Gull thru east
2 Little Grebe
Cowden early am/midday/early aft (MR,TM)
18 Little Gull
12+ Red-throated Diver
40+ Wigeon
13 Teal
Greenshank over
KP – am (GB)
4 Grey Heron
5 Red-crested Pochard
16 Little Gull
Spurn
1w Masked Shrike
distant Masked Shrike at Barnsley-by-the-sea
19th September – Tunstall in am (AJ)
juv/1w Red-breasted Flycatcher
Firecrest
Spotted Flycatcher
Osprey
Cowden early am – (LI,BMJ,GB) in pm (MR,MT)
2 Stonechat
3+ Whinchat in am, 6 in pm
3+ Kestrel
2 Blackcap
2 Redstart in pm
2 Grey Wagtail south
1 Little Gull
122 Wigeon -3 flocks (16,42 and 64) moving north offshore
Marsh Harrier – “cream crown”
Wheatear
Redstart at Cowden
KP – am (GB)
4 Grey Heron
Egyptian Goose
Barnacle Goose + 90+ in flock
Mandarin
4 Red-crested Pochard
53 Little Gull
Wheatear
Siskin
18th September – Cowden early am + late pm (MR,MT,LI)
2 Yellow-browed Warbler
Grasshopper Warbler
10+ Whinchat
Tree Pipit
5 Redstart
Ring Ouzel
Garden Warbler
2 Wheatear
6+ Siskin
2 Stonechat
4 Common Buzzard
Marsh Harrier
3 Kestrel
1w Med Gull
Siskin at Cowden
Hornsea Boatyard/Atwick Gap – in am (LI)
1w Red-breasted Flycatcher till late aft at least
Wheatear
Whinchat
Grey Wagtail
50+ Common Scoter south
6+ Kestrel
Grimston – (TI)
2 Yellow-browed Warbler
KP – am (GB)
2 Grey Heron
Egyptian Goose
Mandarin
Barnacle Goose, also 90+ in flight
5 Red-crested Pochard
16 Little Gull
Common Sandpiper
Wheatear
Mandarin on KP, 1 of many munters currently residing on KP – Alan Elkin
KP – late aft
31 Little Gull
Wheatear
17th September – Grimston (TI)
Yellow-browed Warbler still present
Kingfisher male (2nd Autumn record)
12+ Wheatear
Whinchat
Cetti’s Warbler caught and ringed
16th September – (GB)
KP late aft
Peregrine over Swan Island
26 Little Gull
Hornsea seafront – (TI)
3 Wheatear
Whinchat
10+ Robin
Goldcrests
Grimston – (TI)
Yellow-browed Warbler still present
12 Wheatear
2 Redstart
Pied + Spotted Flycatcher
4 Song Thrush
Whinchat
Garden Warbler
15th September – (GB)
KP – am
3 Grey Heron
5 Red-crested Pochard – 4 juvs (1 ringed) and an eclipse drake
5 Little Gull
60+ Swallow
2 Grey Wagtail
KP – late aft
2 Grey Heron
5 Red-crested Pochard -1 juv (ringed) +4 eclipse drakes
25 Little Gull
40+ House Martin
White Wagtail
Little Gulls around the Jetties
Grimston in pm – (TI)
4 Redstart
3 Pied Flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher
4 Wheatear
2 Grey Wagtail
Garden Warbler
Barred warbler still present
Brambling
Yellow-browed Warbler
14th September – (GB)
KP – am
3 Grey Heron
2 juv Red-crested Pochard
11 Little Gull
40+ House Martin
2 Cetti’s Warbler singing (LI)
4 Common Sandpiper
2 Dunlin
1st field – pm
4 Little Gull upto 19:00
13th September – (BMJ,MR) Wassand/Decoy hide late am/early aft
2 Garganey
juv Marsh Harrier
1+ Common Buzzard
2 Hobby
fem Mandarin
82 Wigeon
23 Shoveler
40+ Teal
3 RCP’s (2 juvs, ecl drk)
Reed Warbler
Peregrine east
Green Woodpecker
2 Goldcrest
1+ Kingfisher
Garganey from Wassand hide 1 of 2 present
KP in am – (GB)
4 Grey Heron
2 juv Red-crested Pochard
2 Dunlin flew E
12 Little Gull
70+ House Martin
Grimston – (TI)
Barred Warbler – 3rd record this year (different bird from yday)
Sedge Warbler
Dotterel flew south
12th September – (TM) late aft
2 ad Med Gull on Mere from KP
Grimston – (TI)
Barred Warbler
Pied Flycatcher
Wheatear
Barred Warbler Grimston – 2nd record in as many weeks
KP – am (GB)
3 Grey Heron
Egyptian Goose
1 Barnacle Goose + flock of 90+ birds
2 Red-crested Pochard – juvs-one with band/ring on left leg
27 Little Gull
Wassand Hide/Woodland Walk
3 Grey Heron
3 Common Buzzard
2 juv Marsh Harrier
2 Hobby
Little Grebe juv
60+ Teal
76 Wigeon
42 Shoveler
45+ House Martin – Wassand
Redwing Wassand carpark
1st field – pm
5 Little Gull upto 19:00
11th September – (MR) Wassand/Decoy hide late am/early aft
2 Garganey
93 Teal
43 Wigeon
28 Shoveler
1 juv Little Grebe
1+ Hobby
2 Common Buzzard
upto 3 Kingfisher
7 Grey Heron (3 in Decoy, 4 over west)
Barnacle Goose flock over Decoy
c95 Barnacle Goose in field behind 2nd field this evening (LI)
2 Hobby around Seaton
Grimston – (TI)
present now just over a week, Tim’s 4th Grimston Kingfisher
yet another Grimston 2014 Mega
10th September – (MR) Mere in evening
c65 alba Wagtail around jetties/east end reedbed
4 Little Grebe off Swan Island
Cowden
Common Buzzard south
Whimbrel south
5 Curlew north
18 Wigeon + 7 Teal north
2 Arctic Skua
KP – am (GB)
4 Grey Heron
Little Egret
Common Tern
12 Little Gull
60+ House Martin
1st field – pm
14 Little Gull
70+ House Martin
9th September – KP in am (GB)
Little Egret Swan Island
Kingfisher on jetty
12 Little Gull
Wheatear + Sedge Wrb on KP (TI)
3 Kingfisher + Grey Wagtail over (LI)
1st field – pm
11 Little Gull
60+ House Martin
8th September – KP in am (GB)
Sparrowhawk
4 Grey Heron
Little Egret
Egyptian Goose
Red-crested Pochard
Common Snipe flew west
14 Little Gull
Common Tern
70+ House Martin
20+ Sand Martin
40+ Swallow
1st field – pm
24 Little Gull
Little Egret – Swan Island
Common Tern
60+ House Martin
7th September – KP in am (GB)
3 Grey Heron
Little Egret
Egyptian Goose
38 Pochard
Red-crested Pochard
2 Redshank
Black-tailed Godwit (had roosted on jetty)
Common Tern
14 Little Gull
70+ House Martin
Black-tailed Godwit around KP – Alan Elkin
1st field – pm
22 Little Gull upto 18:40
Common Tern
Tunstall – (AJ)
4 Whimbrel
Curlew
4 Redshank
4 Dunlin
Knot
2 Ringed Plover
6th September – (LI) mid aft from KP
1 Garganey off Swan Island
1 fem Mandarin off Swan Island
1 Blackwit around KP
KP in am – (GB)
4 Grey Heron
Little Egret
26 Little Gull
160+ House Martin
KP – late aft
cream crown Marsh Harrier – Heslop’s
Black-tailed Godwit
Little Egret – Swan Island
24 Little Gull
5th September – (MR,TM)
Cowden early am
5 Whinchat
3 Marsh Harrier
3 Kestrel
6+ Fulmar
2 Wigeon north
21 Teal
3 Shelduck north
Snipe west
Barwit south
Redshank south
Curlew north
KP over midday
13 Redshank flew east over Mere with 3 Knot
2 Redshank around KP
2 Common Sandpiper KP/Swan Island
Whinchat around putting green
Common Tern
7 Little Gull
Whinchat around the Putting Green – Alan Elkin
Southside/Wassand Wood + Decoy Hide in aft
1 Redshank over 1st field north
3 Redshank south over Heslop’s
Snipe over 2nd field
Little Egret on northside from 2nd field
male Marsh Harrier west over Mere
21 Lapwing ploughed field south of Heslop’s
ad fem Marsh Harrier over Heslop’s
Grey Wagtail east over Ouzel Hedge
696 Coot from Wassand hide
11 Redshank east thru Decoy with a Dunlin
1 Pintail
29 Wigeon
3 Little Grebe
38 Teal
2 Hobby viewed from the pines from the Woodland Walk
Cetti’s Warbler singing from east end 16:00
22 Little Gull (2 juvs) from 1st field 16:00
11 Redshank thru Decoy, at least 30 where seen today around the Mere
Pintail distant from the Wassand hide
Hobby in area by the pines
2nd bird favouring the Wood by the Wassand carpark
Mappleton late aft
a pants sea watch off Mapp produced an unusually close in Razorbill
KP – in am (GB)
3 Grey Heron
Little Egret
Egyptian Goose
5 Little Gull
140+ House Martin
30+ Sand Martin
40+ Swallow
Wassand Hide/Woodland Walk – am
2 Grey Heron
juvenile Marsh Harrier
42 Shoveler
Pintail
22 Wigeon
185 Tufted Duck
24 Pochard
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker
70+ House Martin over Wassand
1st field – pm
22 Little Gull upto 19:40
Little Egret on Swan Island
Tunstall – (AJ)
some passage waders on the Tunstall pools
Redshank 6
Dunlin 6
Curlew Sandpiper 2
Green Sandpiper 1
Little Ringed Plover 1
Knot 1
l-r Knot, Dunlin, Curlew Sand and Redshank – Ade Johnson
Curlew Sandpipers – Ade Johnson
Curlew Sandpiper – Ade Johnson
4th September – (MR,LI)
Cowden early am
9 Whinchat
4 Marsh Harrier
25 Knot south
3+ Yellow Wagtail
1 GS Woodpecker
2 Kestrel
6+ Fulmar
Whinchat at Cowden
1st/2nd field in evening (MR,TM)
18 Shoveler
1 Kingfisher
1 Common Tern
3 Little Gull
KP – am (GB)
3 Grey Heron
2 Little Egret
Fulmar flew NE
Egyptian Goose
5 juv Shelduck
16 Wigeon
Pintail
18 Little Gull
Common Tern
Swift
160+ House Martin
Kestrel over 1st field
KP – late aft
32 Little Gull
2 Little Egret
13 Shoveler
3rd September – Cowden late pm (LI)
1 juv/1w Red-backed Shrike
4 Whinchat
recordshot of the brief Cowden Red-backed Shrike
Grimston – (TI)
Kingfisher (4th Grimston record)
KP – am (GB)
4 Grey Heron
Little Egret
Egyptian Goose
210 Teal
13 Shoveler
5 Wigeon
18 Little Gull
40+ Sand Martin
KP – late aft
35 Little Gull
220+ House Martin
200+ Swallow
30 Sand Martin
Cetti’s Warbler singing from 3rd field (LI)
Offshore Hornsea – pm
160 Little Gull – 19:20
1st field – pm
75 Little Gull – 19:40
Little Egret – Swan Island
2nd September – (GB)
1st field – pm
60 Little Gull upto 19:30
24 Pochard
Little Egret – Swan Island
1st September – (GB)
1st field – pm
Little Egret on Swan Island
32 Little Gull upto 19:30
Merebirders 