31st August – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Northside (JL,CH)
Shelduck
2 Pintail
51 Shoveler
26 Wigeon
30 Teal
Garganey
2 Pochard
Great white Egret
10 Little Egret
Hobby
3 Dunlin
Common Sandpiper
4 Redshank
Greenshank 1st field
Snipe
790 Little Gull early morning
Dunlin on KP today – Jon Lamplough
Greenshank off 1st Field – Jon Lamplough
Little Egret off 1st Field – Jon Lamplough
30th August – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP (JL,MI,MR)
Shelduck
55 Shoveler
4 Wigeon
30 Teal
5 Pochard
2 Hobby from Wassand (AE)
Great white Egret
9 Little Egret
2 Dunlin
2+ Common Sandpiper
Greenshank
Snipe
860 Little Gull early morning
2 Bearded Tit
prob juv Yellow-legged Gull off Cowden in evening
juv Mediterranean Gull
16 Swift south
Common Sandpiper
2 Wheatear
2 Porpoise
Snipe off 1st Field – Jon Lamplough
Reed Warbler – Steve Mason
Little Grebe off 2nd Field – Scott Chegg
Swift south off Cowden
2 Harbour Porpoise off Cowden
29th August – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP (JL)
Shelduck
12 Shoveler
9 Wigeon
125 Teal
2 Pochard
10 Grey Heron
Great white Egret
10 Little Egret
Hobby
Little ringed Plover west
4 Dunlin
2 Common Sandpiper
4 Snipe
630 Little Gull early morning
Garden Warbler 2nd field
Dunlin on KP – Jon Lamplough
28th August – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Northside (JL,MI,RL,EH)
Shelduck
36 Shoveler
75+ Wigeon
570+ Teal
Great White Egret
9 Little Egret
2+ Hobby
Common Sandpiper
4 Dunlin
Redshank
2 Ruff west
Turnstone west
5 Curlew south
Whimbrel south
1170 Little Gull early morning
Whinchat 1st field
Great White Egret – Roy Lyon
Great White Egret – Roy Lyon
Migrant Hawker – Roy Lyon
27th August – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Northside (JL)
15 Shoveler
12 Wigeon
200+ Teal
2 Garganey
3 Pochard
Great white Egret
8+ Little Egret
Peregrine
Ruff west
2 Dunlin
3 Redshank
Greenshank
Curlew
Whimbrel
520 Little Gull early morning
27 Whinchat
5 Pied Flycatcher
2 Wheatear this afternoon at Grimston (TI)
Marsh Harrier from Wassand – Steve Mason
Marsh Harrier from Wassand – Steve Mason
Marsh Harrier from Wassand – Steve Mason
26th August – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Northside (JL)
7 Pintail
25 Shoveler
31 Wigeon
240 Teal
2 Garganey
Mandarin
2 Pochard
7 Little Grebe
11 Little Egret
25 Ringed Plover south
Dunlin south
Wood Sandpiper south
Common Sandpiper
5 Redshank
1030 Little Gull early morning
3+ Common Tern
2 kingfisher
2 Bearded Tit
7 Mediterranen Gull + Yellow-legged Gull south at Grimston (TI)
Reed Warbler – Steve Mason
Lesser Whitethroat – Steve Mason
25th August – Hornsea Mere, Southside/Wassand (JL,JC)
3 Little Grebe
2 Shelduck
5 Wigeon
330 Teal
9 Shoveler
12 Little Egret
1+ Peregrine
2 Oystercatcher
Common Sandpiper
5 Redshank
6 Curlew
4+ Whimbrel
Turnstone south
1160 Little Gull early morning
Spotted Flycatcher
2 Jay
2 Bearded Tit
migrants at Grimston (TI) included:
3 Pied Flycatcher
6 Wheatear
19+ Whinchat
good no’s of common warblers
fem Common Darter – Jeff Cox
Sedge Warbler – Steve Mason
Sedge Warbler – Steve Mason
Spotted Flycatcher along the Southside – Steve Mason
pair Bearded Tit off 2nd Field – Alan Elkin
Shoveler over the Mere – Justin Foradip
Cormorant – Jeff Cox
Reed Bunting – Steve Mason
24th August – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Northside (JL,CH)
40 Shoveler
3 Wigeon
160 Teal
drake Garganey
Great white Egret
8 Little Egret
Peregrine
3 Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper south
Greenshank south
32 Curlew
6+ Whimbrel south
Snipe
670 Little Gull early morning
juvenile Mediterranean Gull
2 Kingfisher
2 Bearded Tit
Whinchat in Bull Hole in evening
Wigeon on the Mere – Jon Lamplough
23rd August – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Northside (JL,MR)
6 Shelduck
36 Shoveler
2 Wigeon
70+ Teal
drake Garganey
2 Pochard
9 Little Egret
Snipe
Common Sandpiper
Redshank
Whimbrel
Black-tailed Godwit
960 Little Gull early morning
juvenile Mediterranean Gull + 3 Med Gull at Cowden 2ads + juv
juvenile Black Tern
2 Spotted Flycatcher
2 Bearded Tit
2 Grey Wagtail
juv Black Tern on buoy off KP
Little Egret off 1st Field
Sunflower, its good but its no van Cox – Steve Mason
22nd August – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Northside (JL,LI,JH,JC)
82 Cormorant
Shelduck + flock of 12 that circled and flew east
59 Shoveler
8 Wigeon
470+ Teal
2 Pochard
female Scaup
Great white Egret
10 Little Egret
juvenile Peregrine
1+ Hobby
2 Marsh Harrier
3 Common Sandpiper
Redshank
3 Curlew west
1280 Little Gull early morning
juvenile Black Tern
Kingfisher
2 Grey Wagtail
Yellow Wagtail
2 Bearded Tit
Great White Egret at the Mere today – Jon Lamplough
juv Black Tern close at times off 1st Field – Alan Elkin
juv Black Tern close at times off 1st Field – Alan Elkin
recent pic, pair Bearded Tit from 2nd Field – Steve Mason
female Bearded Tit – Steve Mason
male Bearded Tit off 2nd Field – Steve Mason
male Bearded Tit – Steve Mason
Lesser Whitethroat – Steve Mason
part of the Shelduck flock over the Mere – Jeff Cox
Treecreeper – Justin Foradip
21st August – Hornsea Mere, Southside/Wassand (JL,JC)
2 Shelduck
15 Shoveler
2 Wigeon
50+ Teal
2 Pochard
juvenile Peregrine
Kestrel
Sparrowhawk
Common Sandpiper
Redshank
c930 Little Gull early morning
juvenile Black Tern
4 Yellow Wagtail
2 Spotted Flycatcher 1st/2nd Field
2 Bearded Tit off 2nd Field
15+ Willow Warbler
4 Lesser Whitethroat
good no’s Chiffchaff
2 Jay
3 Great Spotted Woodpecker
juv Black Tern – Steve Mason
juv Black Tern – Steve Mason
Lesser Whitethroat – Jeff Cox
juv Willow Warbler – Jeff Cox
Sunflower along the Southside – Vincent van Cox
a good mix of butterflies seen this morning – Justin Foradiip
20th August – Hornsea Mere, Southside/Northside (JL,LI)
3 juvenile Shelduck
3 Shoveler
70+ Teal
female Scaup
10 Little Egret
Ringed Plover south
Common Sandpiper
c630 Little Gull early morning
juvenile Black Tern
2 flava Wagtail south
Whinchat 1st field
2 Spotted Flycatcher 1st/2nd field
2 Bearded Tit
Tree Pipit over at Grimston, and an increase in Willow Warbler (TI)
Clouded Yellow on Buddleia from Sunday – Lee Ives
Tree Bumble Bee in Aldbrough – Ade Johnson
Southern Hawker at Aldbrough Fish ponds – Ade Johnson
Whinchat present at the Mere today – Jon Lamplough
1 of 2 Spotted Flycatchers 1st/2nd Field today – Jon Lamplough
a few Willow Warblers also present for good measure – Jon Lamplough
Sand Martin over the Mere – Steve Mason
Sedge Warbler – Steve Mason
19th August – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Northside/Wassand (JL,JC,MR)
11 Shoveler
70+ Teal
11 Little Egret
Common Sandpiper
3+ Curlew
Redshank
670 Little Gull early morning
3 juvenile Mediterranean Gull
Spotted Flycatcher
2 flava Wagtail south
2 Grey Wagtail
2 Bearded Tit
Spotted Flycatcher in 2nd Field – Jeff Cox
Spotted Flycatcher in 2nd Field – Jeff Cox
Spotted Flycatcher in 2nd Field – Steve Mason
pair Bearded Tit from 2nd Field – Alan Elkin
Little Egret over the Mere -Jeff Cox
Little Egret over the Mere -Jeff Cox
18th August – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Northside (JL)
19 Shoveler
40+ Teal
15 Little Egret
Common Sandpiper
6 Redshank
620 Little Gull early morning
5 flava Wagtail south
2 Bearded Tit
male Bearded Tit posing off 2nd Field today – Jon Lamplough
17th August – Hornsea Mere, Southside/Northside (JL,MR,TM,JC,SC)
16 Shoveler
70 Teal
Garganey
Pochard
12 Little Egret
38 Lapwing
Common Sandpiper
2 Redshank
2410 Little Gull early morning
2 Bearded Tit (adult male & female)
juv Caspian Gull and juv Yellow-legged Gull at Grimston on beach (TI)
male Bearded Tit off 2nd Field – Jon Lamplough
male Bearded Tit off 2nd Field – Jon Lamplough
female Bearded Tit off 2nd Field – Jon Lamplough
pair Bearded Tit off 2nd Field – Scott Chegg
female Bearded Tit – Scott Chegg
female Bearded Tit – Alan Elkin
16th August – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Northside (JL,MR)
18 Shoveler
Teal
Garganey
Pochard
Goldeneye
15 Little Egret
2 Common Sandpiper
3 Redshank
Greenshank
840 Little Gull early morning
19+ Common Tern
5 Mediterranean Gull (2 ads + 3 juvs) ploughed field at Goxhill just past Great Hatfield
Shoveler on the Mere – Jon Lamplough
ad Mediterranean Gull at Cowden
Little Egrets on Swan Island
Gull action near Goxhill
15th August – Hornsea Mere, Southside/Northside (JL,MR)
14 Shoveler
17 Teal
Garganey
15 Little Egret
2 Common Sandpiper
Turnstone
890 Little Gull early morning
50+ Common Tern west early morning
Kingfisher
2 Whinchat 1st field
1+ Bearded Tit heard in Heslop’s
juv Black Tern south past Mappleton 19:44 (MR) also Grimston 19:56 (TI)
1 of 2 Whinchat in 1st Field this morning – Jon Lamplough
Common Terns passing Mappleton
Common Scoters off Hilston – Roy Lyon
14th August – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Northside (JL,MI,CH)
6 Shoveler
28 Teal
Garganey
Pochard
17 Little Egret
Peregrine
5 Common Sandpiper
Curlew north
550 Little Gull
adult Mediterranean Gull
Sandwich Tern off KP
4 Grey Wagtail KP
2+ Bearded Tit Bull hole
Swedish Blue-ringed Little Gull ‘SP’ – Jon Lamplough
13th August – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Northside (JL,MI,JC,LB)
7 Shoveler
20+ Teal
Garganey
11 Little Egret
2 Dunlin
Knot KP
3 Common Sandpiper
3 Redshank
710 Little Gull early morning
Kingfisher
Green Woodpecker in Sigglesthorne
Knot on KP today – Jon Lamplough
Dunlin on 1st Field edge – Jeff Cox
Dunlin on 1st Field edge – Jeff Cox
Little Gull on the Mere – Jeff Cox
12th August – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Northside (JL,JC)
2 Shelduck
4 Shoveler
7 Teal
Garganey
Pochard
13+ Little Egret
3 Knot west
4 Dunlin (3 west, 1 1st field)
2+ Common Sandpiper
590 Little Gull early morning
2 juvenile Mediterranean Gull
15+ Common Tern
Arctic Tern
Kingfisher
3+ juvenile Bearded Tit 1st/2nd field
10 juv Mediterranean Gull south past Grimston, 5 Arctic Skua
6 Manx Shearwater
Great crested Grebe (TI)
Bearded Tit in 2nd Field – Jon Lamplough
1 of a minimum 3 Bearded Tit 2nd Field – Jeff Cox
1 of a minimum 3 Bearded Tit 2nd Field – Jeff Cox
Reed Warbler along the Southside – Jeff Cox
11th August – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Northside (JL,JC)
3 Shoveler
5 Teal
3 Garganey
3 Mandarin
2 Pochard
11 Little Egret
Dunlin south
Common Sandpiper
3 Black-tailed Godwit south
1180 Little Gull early morning
juvenile Mediterranean Gull
2 Kingfisher
juv Knot on South beach – Jeff Cox
juv Knot on South beach – Jeff Cox
obliging Fox in Wassand – Steve Mason
Fox in Wassand – Steve Mason
Bearded Tit in 2nd Field – Jon Lamplough
Grey Heron in Wassand – Steve Mason
Garganey still present from the Northside – Jon Lamplough
10th August – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP (JL,MR,TI,JR)
14 Shoveler
110 Teal
2 Garganey
2 Goldeneye
Mandarin from KP
8 Little Egret
1+ Hobby
Curlew heard
2 Common Sandpiper
Redshank
Greenshank east
875 Little Gull early morning
1+ juvenile Mediterranean Gull
1+ Bearded Tit 1st field reedbed
At 9:09 a long slim winged ‘White-rumped’ Swift sp. was picked up distantly from 1st field reedbed feeding over the west end of Swan Island. The bird was observed several times upto 09:50 albeit distantly (approx 600-700 yards), when it was decided to look from Kirkholme Point for closer views. The bird was seen again over Heslop’s reedbed and over the Mere (again distantly) before it was relocated by Mark Thomas late morning over Swan Island and the Northside of the Mere. Views afforded around this time till midday at least made the decision to identify the bird as a Pacific Swift solid!
Pacific Swift at the Mere, from KP – Will Scott
Pacific Swift at the Mere, from KP – Will Scott
9th August – Hornsea Mere, Southside/Northside/KP (JL,JC)
1+ Little Grebe
4 Shoveler
2 Wigeon
3 Teal
3 Garganey
2 Pochard
9 Little Egret
Dunlin
8 Common Sandpiper
4 Redshank
14 Common Gull
210+ Little Gull early morning
Kingfisher
1+ Bearded Tit 1st field reedbed
Mandarin off KP – Jeff Cox
Common Tern with Little Gulls – Jeff Cox
Swedish rung Little Gull blue band ‘HJ’ – Jeff Cox
8th August – Hornsea Mere, Southside/Northside/KP (JL,MR,AE)
1+ Little Egret
8 Shoveler
3 Wigeon
2 Teal
Mandarin from KP
3 Garganey
3 Pochard
drake Scaup
9 Little Egret
1+ Water Rail 1st Field
1 Curlew
1 Whimbrel
7+ Common Sandpiper
4 Greenshank
3 Redshank
92 Little Gull early morning
Nuthatch seen from Fair View, NE corner of Mere
Wheatear from KP
Comma in Heslop’s – Bill Harkleroad
Wheatear on KP – Alan Elkin
Mandarin from KP – Alan Elkin
7th August – Hornsea Mere, Southside (JL,MR)
3 Little Grebe
7+ Shoveler
2 Wigeon
20+ Teal
3 Garganey
5 Pochard
drake Scaup
2 Goldeneye
12 Little Egret
1 Common Sandpiper
3 Redshank
63 Little Gull early morning
12+ Common Tern
Kingfisher
Bearded Tit heard
6th August – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Northside (JL,JC)
6 Shoveler
11 Wigeon
10+ Teal
3 Garganey
5 Pochard
6 Grey Heron
5+ Little Egret
Ringed Plover
2 Dunlin 1st field edge
2 Common Sandpiper
41 Little Gull
12+ Common Tern
5 Bearded Tit 2nd field before moving into Heslops
*of interest a Bedstraw Hawkmoth was found in a moth trap down Mere View (LB)
a stunning Bedstraw Hawkmoth found in Mere View – Lesley Ball
Otter in Wassand – Jeff Cox
Goldfinch in Wassand – Steve Mason
3 Garganey on the Northside – Jon Lamplough
5th August – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Northside (JL,JC)
8 Shoveler
2 Wigeon
c35 Teal
3 Garganey (1 drake) off 2nd field
Mandarin
14 Pochard
drake Scaup off 2nd field
2 Goldeneye
26 Great crested Grebe
7 Little Egret
Knot briefly on Hornsea south beach (JC)
3 Dunlin
2 Common Sandpiper
31 Little Gull
10+ Common Tern
Kingfisher
Bearded Tit heard southside
female Common Blue on KP – Jeff Cox
Little Gull over the Mere – Jon Lamplough
Little Gull over the Mere – Jon Lamplough
Minnows in Stream Dike, Little Egret fodder – Justin Foradip
4th August – Hornsea Mere, Southside/Wassand/KP/Northside (JL)
12 Shoveler
2 Wigeon
3 Teal
2 Garganey off Swan island late afternoon
2 Mandarin
drake Scaup off 2nd field
5 Pochard
6 Little Egret
Hobby
Golden Plover
Dunlin
4+ Common Sandpiper
Redshank
3 Curlew west
Whimbrel west
2 Black-tailed Godwit south
Snipe south
17 Little Gull
12+ Common Tern
Kingfisher
2 Bearded Tit Southside
drake Scaup off 2nd Field – Jon Lamplough
3rd August – Hornsea Mere, Southside/Wassand (JL,MR)
6 Shoveler
12 Teal
3 Garganey from Wassand hide
2 Wigeon
5 Pochard
juv Shelduck
6 Little Egret
Avocet west
Dunlin
4 Common Sandpiper
Redshank
2 Curlew
83 Little Gull early morning
juvenile Mediterranean Gull
15+ Common Tern
Kingfisher
Sedge Warbler in 1st Field – Jon Lamplough
a belated pic of the adult Black Tern from the 29th July – Jon Lamplough
2nd August – Hornsea Mere, Southside/Wassand (JL,JC)
10 Shoveler
15 Teal
2 Garganey from Wassand hide
4 Pochard
6 Little Egret
Grey Plover south
4+ Common Sandpiper
Redshank
4 Curlew west
Black-tailed Godwit south
165 Little Gull early morning
20+ Common Tern
Kingfisher
2 Garganey from Wassand Hide – Jon Lamplough
juv Marsh Harrier from Wassand – Jeff Cox
juv Marsh Harrier from Wassand – Jeff Cox
Sedge Warbler – Justin Foradip
Migrant Hawker – Jeff Cox
1st August – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Wassand (JL,JC)
10 Shoveler
3 Wigeon
13 Teal
2 Garganey from Wassand hide
3 Pochard
3 Little Egret
2 Dunlin south
7+ Common Sandpiper
2 Redshank
Greenshank south
Turnstone south
882 Little Gull flew in early morning, most of which returned to the sea by 6.00 am
20+ Common Tern
Kingfisher
Grey Wagtail KP
2 Bearded Tit from Wassand hide
*of interest the ringed Little Egret “AN” present on 30th July was rung as a chick near Newark-on-Trent in 2014. It was then last sighted at North Killingholme Haven in 2016 before its appearance at the Mere on Tuesday.
Kingfisher at the Mere – Jon Lamplough
Green-veined White in Wassand – Steve Mason
juv Wren in Wassand – Steve Mason
Wrens in Wassand – Steve Mason
Peacock in Wassand – Steve Mason
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