Snow Buntings on The Coastal Path

The English Coastal Path has been renamed as the King Charles III England Coast Path, which makes it much easier to say?! The signs for the path passing through Hornsea have been in place for a while so I thought I'd wander along the cliffs southward to Mappleton and take in part of the new section. As expected, the ground was really wet under foot - but the weather was sunny and bright so it was a good walk.

 

Sightings

Snow Bunting (7)

Stonechat (2)

Buzzard 

Sanderling (3) on the beach

Meadow Pipit (6)

Skylark (7) 

Pied Wagtail (2) 

Great Black-backed Gull (11) 

Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull, Blackbird, Wren, Robin, Wood Pigeon, Crow, Dunnock 

 

Snow Buntings on South Cliffs this morning

 

Stonechat

 I was very pleased to see a Buzzard on the cliff top as I haven't seen many there over the years.

 

Common Buzzard at South Cliffs

Meadow Pipit

Pied Wagtail

The cliffs continue to erode and move the path inland

Path finger post at Mappleton

Long distance footpath signs (not as much wood needed!)

Path indicators at Mappleton car park

On the way home from Mappleton

Using the OS Maps app, the distance from here back to south promenade was 2.2 miles; 1.75 miles takes you to the start of Longbeach caravans.

I'll add this walk to the Walks Around Hornsea page over the next days, with fewer bird photos and more views.