May Sightings

15th May – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP

4 Shelduck
Pochard
19 Tufted Duck
Goldeneye
Cuckoo
3 Common Sandpiper
Whimbrel west
Redshank west
Greenshank east
3 Common Tern
6 Sandwich Tern east
2 Red Kite
2 Hobby
Kingfisher
Grasshopper Warbler

Greenshank off KP – Mark Robinson

14th May – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP

2 Shelduck
7 Gadwall
14 Tufted Duck
Red-legged Partridge
Ringed Plover east
Common Sandpiper
4 adult Kittiwake
5 Common Tern
Little Egret
2 Cattle Egret NE

Reed Bunting – Steve Mason

13th May – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Wassand

75 Mute Swan
Shelduck
2 Shoveler
64 Mallard
13 Tufted Duck
2 Common Sandpiper
2 Common Tern

Black Redstart at Cowden – Mark Robinson

Black Redstart at Cowden – Mark Robinson

Black Redstart at Cowden – Mark Robinson

early morning Barn Owl at the Mere – Jon Lamplough

12th May – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP

76 Mute Swan
Shelduck
Shoveler
4 Gadwall
12 Tufted Duck
8 Swift
8 Ringed Plover south-east
2 Common Sandpiper
5 Common Tern
6 Hobby

Whitethroat at Rolston – Steve Mason

11th May – Hornsea Mere, Southside/Wassand

2 Shelduck
2 Wigeon
14 Tufted Duck
c50 Swift
Cuckoo
Ringed Plover over
3 Whimbrel east
Knot east
2 Common Sandpiper
4 Common Tern
3 Black Tern (presumably the same birds that were seen flying east at Tophill Low 20 minutes earlier)
2 Hobby

Black Terns over the Mere – Jon Lamplough

3 Black Terns over the Mere – Dale Middleton

Cetti’s Warbler – Jon Lamplough

10th May – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP

84 Mute Swan
Shelduck
8 Gadwall
4 Pintail
20 Tufted Duck
9 Ringed Plover south
Dunlin south
2 Common Sandpiper
2 Greenshank east
2 Common Tern
Yellow Wagtail
Hairy Dragonfly

Sparrowhawk – Jon Lamplough

9th May – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Wassand

22 Barnacle Goose east
Shelduck
Shoveler
8 Gadwall
2 Wigeon
Pochard
30 Tufted Duck
Ringed Plover north
2 Common Sandpiper
8 Common Tern
Red Kite south

2 Red Kite south over North Cliff

Red Kite – Dale Middleton

Red Kite – Dale Middleton

Pink-footed Goose with Greylag – Dale Middleton

8th May – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP

3 Shelduck
drake Garganey
4 Wigeon
19 Tufted Duck
Goldeneye
Ringed Plover
Curlew
2 Common Sandpiper
8 Common Tern
2 Little Egret
Hobby

2 Ringed Plover, Whimbrel, Dunlin + 3 Yellow Wagtail at Goxhill

Common Sandpiper off KP – Mark Robinson

Swallow – Mark Robinson

7th May – Hornsea Mere, Southside/Wassand

2cy White-fronted Goose
2 Shelduck
drake Garganey
11 Gadwall
4 Wigeon
Pochard
10 Tufted Duck
3 Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Greenshank
2 Common Tern
11 Hobby
male Ortolan Bunting

Iceland Gull again from Aldbrough beach

Ortolan Bunting – Mark Robinson

Hobby over 2nd Field – Mark Robinson

Hobby over 3rd Field – Mark Robinson

White-fronted Goose and Greylag – Mark Robinson

Iceland Gull at Aldbrough – Ade Johnson

6th May – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Wassand

2cy White-fronted Goose
4 Shelduck
drake Garganey
11 Gadwall
4 Wigeon
Pochard
26 Tufted Duck
5 Whimbrel
Curlew south
6 Common Tern
9+ Hobby
Grasshopper Warbler
Yellow Wagtail
male Ortolan Bunting at the set-aside but elusive

male Ortolan Bunting at Ouzel Hedge – Dave Hobson

male Ortolan Bunting at Ouzel Hedge – Dave Hobson

Cuckoo at Cowden – Ade Johnson

5th May – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Wassand

76 Mute Swan
4 Shelduck
drake Garganey
3 Shoveler
8 Gadwall
2 Pochard
drake Pochard x Tufted Duck
28 Tufted Duck
Cuckoo
2 Great crested Grebe
4 Common Sandpiper
2 Common Tern
4 Little Egret
female Montagu’s Harrier flew north at 9.30
Hobby

11 Whimbrel north over North Cliff

female Montagu’s Harrier heading north over the Mere – Dale Middleton

female Montagu’s Harrier heading north over the Mere – Dale Middleton

4th May – Hornsea Mere, Darkside

2 Shelduck
7 Gadwall
4 Wigeon
3 Pochard
drake Pochard x Tufted Duck
27 Tufted Duck
c25 Swift
Common Sandpiper
5 Common Tern
Hobby

Dunlin at Grimston – Tim Isherwood

3rd May – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Wassand

2cy White-fronted Goose
3 Shelduck
2 Shoveler
6 Gadwall
3 Wigeon
4 Pochard
drake Pochard x Tufted Duck
25 Tufted Duck
Goldeneye
3 Common Sandpiper
3 Common Tern
2 Barn Owl
4 Hobby

Ring Ouzel North Cliff

2nd May – Hornsea Mere. Southside/KP/Wassand

White-fronted Goose
2 Shelduck
Shoveler
6 Gadwall
2 Wigeon
2 Pochard
18 Tufted Duck
2 Goldeneye
Whimbrel
Curlew north
5 Common Sandpiper
2 Common Tern
Hobby

Ring Ouzel, 2 Wheatear and Whimbrel at North Cliff

Wheatear at North Cliff – Jim Cooper

Ring Ouzel at North Cliff – Jim Cooper

1st May – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP

Pink-footed Goose
7 Shelduck
6 Gadwall
3 Wigeon
26 Tufted Duck
3 Goldeneye
Whimbrel south
8 Common Sandpiper
4 Common Tern
Cuckoo

Ring Ouzel at North Cliff. Wood Sandpiper and White Wagtail near Goxhill