Monthly Archives: March 2019

March 1, 2019

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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