Monthly Archives: July 2023

July 3, 2023

July Sightings

31st July – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Wassand

14 Shoveler
2 Wigeon
drake Scaup
15 Tufted Duck
3 Goldeneye
2 Whimbrel west
2 Common Sandpiper
4 Redshank south
3 Little Gull
juv Yellow-legged Gull
5+ Common Tern
4 Hobby
Great white Egret
3 Little Egret

juv Marsh Harrier – Steve Mason

30th July – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP

4 Shoveler
4 Wigeon
21 Teal
drake Scaup
4 Great crested Grebe
3 Common Sandpiper
Redshank
9 Little Gull
juv Caspian Gull
2 Common Tern
Great white Egret
3 Little Egret

Short-winged Conehead – Tim Isherwood

Migrant Hawker at Aldbrough – Ade Johnson

egg laying female Emperor at Aldbrough – Ade Johnson

Mute Swans congregating in Wassand – Steve Mason

Small Copper – Steve Mason

Sparrowhawk – Steve Mason

29th July – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Wassand

25 Shoveler
2 Wigeon
73 Teal
drake Scaup
38 Lapwing
Golden Plover south
Curlew south
3 Common Sandpiper
Redshank
3 Little Gull
juv Caspian Gull
6 Common Tern
Great white Egret
2 Little Egret
4+ Bearded Tit

fresh Migrant Hawker – Jon Lamplough

White Satin at Grimston – Tim Isherwood

Common Blue at Grimston – Tim Isherwood

28th July – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP

Shoveler
2 Wigeon
46 Teal
3 drake Scaup
drake Common Scoter
22 Lapwing
Ringed Plover south
4 Curlew south
2 Common Sandpiper
4 Redshank south
5 Little Gull
5+ Common Tern
Great white Egret
2 Little Egret

Great White Egret – Jon Lamplough

27th July – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP

5 Shoveler
3 Wigeon
3 drake Scaup
4 Common Scoter (3 drakes)
42 Lapwing
3 Common Sandpiper
Redshank
Greenshank
4 Little Gull
2+ Common Tern
Great white Egret
4 Little Egret
Cuckoo

Cuckoo in 1st Field – Jeff Cox

26th July – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP

4 Shoveler
8 Wigeon
18 Teal
3 drake Scaup
Cuckoo
2 Great crested Grebe
42 Lapwing
2 Golden Plover
6 Common Sandpiper
Redshank
3 Little Gull
5+ Common Tern
Great white Egret
6 Little Egret
Barn Owl

Little Egret – Jon Lamplough

25th July – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP

5 Shoveler
3 Wigeon
23 Teal
Pochard
3 drake Scaup
32 Lapwing
4 Curlew
7 Whimbrel
Dunlin
3 Common Sandpiper
Redshank
6 Little Gull
Common Tern
Great white Egret
3 Little Egret
Yellow Wagtail
Grasshopper Warbler

Common Sandpiper – Jon Lamplough

24th July – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP

69 Coot
3 Little Gull
3 ad Kittiwake
2 Common Tern
Great white Egret
2 Little Egret

Hornsea seawatches – 05.35-09.45 & 14.56-16.28

Teal 15 north,35 south
Common Scoter 81 north, 50 south
Oystercatcher 1 north, 20 south
Whimbrel 2 north
Bar-tailed Godwit 2 north
Little Gull 107 north
Sandwich Tern 99 north, 4 south
Common Tern 40 north, 2 south
Arctic Tern 4 north
Arctic Skua 2 north, 3 south
Red-throated Diver 1 north
Fulmar 2 north
Manx Shearwater 92 north
Gannet 335 north, 63 south

2 of 3 Kittiwakes on the Mere today – Jon Lamplough

23rd July – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP

2 Shoveler
Teal
62 Coot
Ringed Plover south
2 Dunlin
7 Common Sandpiper
35 Little Gull in the evening
Common Tern
Great white Egret
3 Little Egret

Hornsea seawatch – 06:00-10:00

Teal 14 south
Common Scoter 53 north, 84 south
Oystercatcher 12 north, 23 south
Ringed Plover 4 south
Whimbrel 2 north, 10 south
Turnstone 3 north, 35 south
Knot 3 South
Dunlin 24 south
Redshank 15 south
Little Gull 2 north
Sandwich Tern 32 north
Common Tern 8 offshore
Arctic Skua 1 north, 2 south
Manx Shearwater 6 south
Gannet 73 north, 17 south

Little Egret on KP – Jon Lamplough

Great White Egret and Grey Heron – Dale Middleton

Great White Egret on Swan Island – Jon Lamplough

Essex Skipper at Grimston – Tim Isherwood

22nd July – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Wassand

7 Wigeon
7 Teal
41 Lapwing
4 Common Sandpiper
2 Dunlin
470 Little Gull in the evening
3 Common Tern
Little Egret
Barn Owl

21st July – Hornsea Mere, Southside

2 Shoveler
2 Wigeon
3 Teal
2 Pochard
19 Tufted Duck
c250 Swift
7 Oystercatcher
Dunlin
6 Common Sandpiper
3 Greenshank
14 Little Gull
Green Woodpecker
3 Bearded Tit

Grey Heron – Steve Mason

female Blackcap – Steve Mason

Ringlet – Steve Mason

20th July – Hornsea Mere, Southside

Mandarin
4 Wigeon
2 Teal
Pochard
34 Tufted Duck
42 Lapwing
3 Curlew south
4 Common Sandpiper
Redshank
9 Common Tern
Spoonbill west

Hornsea seawatch

3 Red-throated Diver
2 Manx Shearwater south
35 Common Scoter
1 Teal
16 Little Gull
6 Gannet, 2 Common Tern, 4 Sandwich Tern
100 Kittiwake

Treecreeper in Wassand – Steve Mason

Roe Deer – Steve Mason

distant Manx Shearwater south off Hornsea – Roy Lyon

Gannet, Common Scoters and Teal off Hornsea – Roy Lyon

19th July – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP

Shelduck
2 Mandarin
9 Shoveler
74 Tufted Duck
31 Lapwing
11 Curlew south
14 Black-tailed Godwit south
Dunlin
5 Common Sandpiper
75 Redshank south
290 Little Gull between 20.50 – 21.45
3+ Common Tern
9 Hobby
2 Little Egret

18th July – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Wassand

3 Mandarin
2 Shoveler
6 Wigeon
Pochard
9 Black-tailed Godwit south
11 Dunlin south
7 Common Sandpiper
5 Redshank south
24 Little Gull flew high inland
3+ Common Tern
Green Woodpecker

Bearded Titmice in Wassand – Chris Cox

Small red-eyed Damselfly in Wassand – Chris Cox

Silver Y moth in Wassand – Chris Cox

Common Terns off South beach – Jeff Cox

Common Tern off South beach – Jeff Cox

Sandwich Tern off South beach – Jeff Cox

17th July – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Wassand

2 Mandarin
8 Shoveler
13 Teal
c700 Swift
2 Black-tailed Godwit south
9 Common Sandpiper
2 Redshank south
4 Common Tern
2 Little Egret

16th July – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP

2 Mandarin
drake Garganey flew west
3 Shoveler
5 Wigeon
22 Teal
c1100 Swift
Cuckoo
28 Lapwing
Curlew west
2 Common Sandpiper
3 Common Tern
2 Hobby
2 Little Egret
c800 Sand Martin

15th July – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP

Shelduck
4 Mandarin
7 Shoveler
4 Wigeon
12 Teal
2 Pochard
16 Lapwing south
Curlew west
2 Common Sandpiper
Redshank
7+ adult Little Gull
3 Common Tern
2 Little Egret

14th July – Hornsea Mere, Southside

7 Wigeon
4 Marsh Harrier (incl. 2 juvs)
28 Lapwing in set aside
1 Oystercatcher
3 Redshank
1 Greenshank
3 Bearded Tit

Blackcap – Jeff Cox

13th July – Hornsea Mere, Southside

3 Marsh Harrier
2 Common Buzzard
2 Little Egret
4 Grey Heron
4 Wigeon
10 Shoveler
1 Common Sandpiper
62 Lapwing in set aside
2 Oystercatcher

Comma – Jeff Cox

Six-spot Burnet – Jeff Cox

Marsh Harrier – Steve Mason

Sedge Warbler – Steve Mason

Reed Warbler – Steve Mason

12th July – Hornsea Mere, Southside/Wassand

Egyptian Goose
10 Pochard
2 Wigeon
8 Teal
2 Oystercatcher
c300 Swift
2 Bearded Titmouse

Pochards on the Mere – Jeff Cox

Whitethroat – Steve Mason

Bullfinch – Steve Mason

Puss Moth at Grimston – Tim Isherwood

Hobby at the Mere – Dave Hobson

11th July – Hornsea Mere, Southside

7 Shoveler
Wigeon
6 Teal
3 Pochard
50 Tufted Duck
c700 Swift
15 Lapwing
2 Curlew
Common Sandpiper
Redshank
15 Common Tern
3 Little Egret
c240 Sand Martin

10th July – Hornsea Mere, Southside

Marsh Harrier
Redshank
Dunlin
2 Common Sanpiper
2 Oystercatcher
3 Common Tern
Pochard
24 Teal

Banded Demoiselle at Aldbrough

male Banded Demoiselle at Aldbrough – Ade Johnson

Banded Demoiselle at Aldbrough – Jeff Cox

9th July – Hornsea Mere, Southside

3 Mandarin
Wigeon
58 Teal
50 Tufted Duck
2 Grey Partridge
Golden Plover
2 Curlew
2 Dunlin
Common Sandpiper
Greenshank
2 Little Gull
2 Common Tern
4 Little Egret

Marsh Harrier seen at Skipsea + Rolston

Meadow Pipit – Steve Mason

Goldfinch – Steve Mason

8th July – Hornsea Mere, Southside

233 Greylag Goose
346 Mute Swan
14 Wigeon
25 Teal
2 Pochard
42 Tufted Duck
19 Lapwing
Curlew
Dunlin
2 Common Sandpiper
Redshank
Greenshank
4 Little Gull (2 ad, 1. 2s, 1. 1s)
Common Tern

17 Whimbrel south at Grimston
Marsh Harrier south at Rolston

7th July – Hornsea Mere, Southside

Egyptian Goose
2 Mandarin
10 Shoveler
72 Teal
2 Pochard
49 Tufted Duck
Avocet
21 Curlew
Black-tailed Godwit
Dunlin
2 Common Sandpiper
3 Common Tern
4 Little Egret

6th July – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP

3 Mandarin
8 Wigeon
62 Teal
2 Pochard
54 Tufted Duck
40 Curlew SW
2 Whimbrel SW
Common Sandpiper
Redshank
2 Common Tern
Great white Egret
3 Little Egret

Reed Bunting – Steve Mason

Common Buzzard – Steve Mason

5th July – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP

5 Mandarin
2 Shoveler
2 Wigeon
Teal
59 Tufted Duck
3 Curlew south
Black-tailed Godwit south
Common Sandpiper KP
Green Sandpiper Swan island spit
5 Redshank south
3 Common Tern
4 Little Egret
Kingfisher

Dunnock – Dale Middleton

4th July – Hornsea Mere, Southside

Mandarin
3 Shoveler
4 Wigeon
8 Teal
3 Pochard
Cuckoo
27 Lapwing
3 Curlew north
Black-tailed Godwit south
2 Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper on Swan island spit
Redshank
2 Common Tern
6 Little Egret

Black-tailed Godwit – Jon Lamplough

Longhorn Beetle – Jeff Cox

Gatekeeper – Jeff Cox

Brown Hare near Weatherhill – Jeff Cox

3rd July – Hornsea Mere, Southside

Shoveler
3 Wigeon
2 Pochard
c600 Swift
3 Curlew west
Green Sandpiper on Swan island spit
Redshank
Wood Sandpiper on Swan island spit
3+ Common Tern
4 Little Egret
juv Stonechat