The usual large influx of
Little Gulls hasn't happened at Hornsea this year yet. Although there is still time for them to arrive, the annual count of 2,500+ birds at Hornsea Mere roost has not materialised - numbers have been nowhere near. The most I have seen was 14 one morning on the jetties -
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| Little Gulls on Hornsea Mere jetty |
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| Little Gull on Hornsea Mere jetty |
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| Little Gulls on Hornsea Mere jetty |
It may be they have not left their breeding grounds yet, or they could have taken a totally different migration route this year, or maybe there is no food for them or perhaps the large off-shore wind farm has affected their migration route enough to move them away from Hornsea. We'll probably never know for sure.
This morning a juvenile
Black Tern was back off Kirkholme Point. It was reported yesterday but I was away and couldn't get down to see it. We had one through last year round about the same time.
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| Black Tern juv |
I walked through the south side of The Mere and although there was a
Little Egret stooging around, the area was very quiet indeed.
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