Friday 30 December 2016

Around Hornsea Mere

It was another very frosty and cold morning, but sunny and bright. A circuit of the Mere seemed like a good idea so off I went.

Although there haven't been many great birds around recently there were loads of the common species and I managed a reasonable tally of 48 species for the morning:

26 Cormorant
67 Mute Swan
7 Grey Heron
5 Greylag Goose
4 Canada Goose
105 Barnacle Goose
c25 Mallard
c150 Tufted Duck
c50 Gadwall
45 Goldeneye
c30 Wigeon
7 Pochard
c10 Shoveler
loadsa Coot
4 Moorhen
2 Water Rail
loadsa Herring Gull
lotsa Black-headed Gull
21 Great Black-backed Gull
2 Marsh Harrier
Kestrel
2 Collared Dove
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker
2 Pied Wagtail
5 Wren
3 Dunnock
6 Robin
c35 Blackbird
8 Redwing
Cetti's Warbler
c10 Long-tailed Tit
Coal Tit
c10 Bliue Tit
8 Great Tit
4 Magpie
I didn't bother to count Wood Pigeons, Rooks, Carrion Crows and Jackdaws as there were way too many all over the place
c150 Starling
c50 House Sparrow
35+ Tree Sparrow
6 Yellowhammer
40+ Reed Bunting
c20 Chaffinch
c70 Goldfinch
5 Greenfinch
20+ Linnet
Water Rail, Mallard and Moorhen
Pochard
Barnacle Geese and Roe Deer
Roe deer family group
A few of the 105 Barnacle Geese
Tree Sparrows and a Yellowhammer
Hornsea Mere
Marsh Harrier from Wassand Hide
Yellowhammer
Yellowhammer
Linnets at Wassand
Here's wishing everyone a very peaceful 2017 :)