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
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