June Sightings

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

9 Gadwall
6 Teal
4 Pochard
47 Tufted Duck
5 Little Gull (ad & 4 1s)
3 Common Tern
Little Egret
Hobby
Kingfisher

21st June – Hornsea Mere, Southside/Wassand

Mandarin
5 Shoveler
116 Mallard
31 Teal
Pochard
55 Tufted Duck
3 Curlew south
2 Little Gull
2 Common Tern
Spoonbill circled Swan island then flew east
imm Shag flew NE from the Mere
Bittern
Great white Egret east
Red Kite over Wassand
2 Hobby
Kingfisher
2 Bearded Tit

20th June – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP

2 Shoveler
6 Teal
35 Tufted Duck
Quail singing on the south side
3 Little Grebe
2 Great crested Grebe
3 Curlew
Greenshank south
8 Little Gull (all 1s)
3 Common Tern

19th June – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP

68 Greylag Goose
2 Shoveler
10 Gadwall
35 Tufted Duck
Curlew
4 Little Gull
3 Common Tern
Arctic Tern the first Mere sighting of the year
2 Hobby

18th June – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP

198 Canada Goose
48 Greylag Goose
54 Mute Swan
2 Shoveler
10 Gadwall
Wigeon
Teal
2 Pochard
29 Tufted Duck
Great crested Grebe
4 Little Gull
2 Little Tern flew east from the mere, then seen shortly after flying north over the seafront

17th June – Hornsea Mere, Southside

Shoveler
18 Gadwall
16 Teal
30 Tufted Duck
520+ Swift
4 Little Gull
Common Tern
2 Sandwich Tern
Kingfisher

Hornsea seawatch 10.00-11.00

2 Red-breasted Merganser on the sea
11 Sandwich Tern
20+ Razorbill
150+ Guillemot
2 Manx Shearwater south
47 Gannet feeding offshore

16th June – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP

7 Barnacle Goose SW
2 Shoveler
8 Gadwalll
3 Wigeon
11 Teal
24 Tufted Duck
Common Sandpiper
4 Little Gull (all 1s)
3 Common Tern

15th June – Hornsea Mere, Southside

2 Shoveler
Wigeon
39 Teal
20 Tufted Duck
Great crested Grebe
Redshank
3 Little Gull (all 1s)
Common Tern
Cattle Egret flew south 07.20
Hobby

14th June – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Wassand

2 Shelduck
Mandarin
4 Shoveler
15 Gadwall
2 Wigeon
3 Teal
Pochard
11 Tufted Duck
Curlew west
3 Little Gull
2 Common Tern
2 Hobby

Great spotted Woodpecker in Wassand – Jon Lamplough

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

Teal
2 Wigeon
Pochard
20 Tufted Duck
Common Scoter
Great crested Grebe
Curlew west
2 Little Gull
2 Hobby

c300 auks south between 14:00-15:00 off Hornsea
1 probable Arctic Tern north + small no’s of Gannet

Common Scoter on the Mere – Roy Lyon

auks passing south off Hornsea – Roy Lyon

12th June – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Wassand

59 Mute Swan
3 Shoveler
4 Teal
114 Mallard
3 Pochard
13 Tufted Duck
c320 Swift
Little Grebe
Great crested Grebe
3 Little Gull

11th June – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Wassand

Teal
16 Tufted Duck
Curlew
3 Little Gull (all 1s)
Spoonbill west
Little Egret
Hobby

5 Manx Shearwater and 2 Red-throated Diver off the seafront

10th June – Hornsea Mere, Southside

10 Tufted Duck
c300 Swift
Great crested Grebe
2 Little Gull (both 1s)
Common Tern

Hornsea seawatch

Common Scoter 10 north, 14 south, 12 on sea
Arctic Skua 1 north
Fulmar 90 north
Manx Shearwater 43 north, 4 south

9th June – Hornsea Mere, Southside

2 Shoveler
11 Gadwall
8 Tufted Duck
c110 Swift
3 Oystercatcher
2 Avocet flew west
2 Little Gull (both 1s)
1s Mediterranean Gull
Fulmar blogging over the mere
Hobby

8th June – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP

Shelduck
Mandarin
5 Shoveler
4 Gadwall
2 Teal
19 Tufted Duck
c50 Swift
2 Common Sandpiper
1s Little Gull
Common Tern
Red Kite
2 Hobby

Azure Damselfly in Wassand – Steve Mason

7th June – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Wassand

2 Shelduck
3 Shoveler
15 Tufted Duck
c320 Swift
1s Little Gull
1s Mediterranean Gull
4 Common Tern
2 Little Egret
Hobby
Grasshopper Warbler

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

2 Shoveler
13 Gadwall
12 Tufted Duck
Cuckoo
1s Little Gull
ad Kittiwake
Hobby
Grasshopper Warbler

Siskin at Seaton – Jon Lamplough

5th June – Hornsea Mere, Southside/Wassand

Pintail
3 Teal
9 Tufted Duck
drake Long-tailed Duck
c200 Swift
1s Little Gull
Common Tern

4th June – Hornsea Mere, Southside/KP/Wassand

2 Shelduck
9 Tufted Duck
drake Long-tailed Duck
1s Little Gull
5 Common Tern
Osprey south 09.00
2 Spotted Flycatcher

Osprey heading south – Dale Middleton

Osprey heading south – Dale Middleton

Barn Owl – Jon Lamplough

Pied Wagtail – Dale Middleton

juv Long-tailed Tit – Dale Middleton

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

3 Barnacle Goose
drake Garganey
5 Teal
3 Pochard
10 Tufted Duck
drake Long-tailed Duck
Cuckoo
2 Common Tern
2 Hobby
Garden Warbler

Garganey from KP – Jon Lamplough

2nd June – Hornsea Mere, Southside

9 Tufted Duck
drake Long-tailed Duck
Ringed Plover
1s Little Gull
2 Common Tern
5 Hobby

1st June – Hornsea Mere, Southside

drake Long-tailed Duck
c150 Swift
4 Common Tern
Fulmar
Little Egret

Hornsea seawatch 09.45-10.45

Purple Sandpiper 1 north
Sandwich Tern 4 south
Kittiwake 47 north
Puffin 1 north
Guillemot c120 north
Great Northern Diver 1 north at 10.20
Fulmar 32 north
Manx Shearwater 2 north
Gannet c80 north

first Mere year record of Fulmar today – Dale Middleton

Common Tern – Dale Middleton

Black-headed Gull – Dale Middleton