EAST YORKSHIRE

HIGHLIGHTS: An Eastern Subalpine Warbler was at Flamborough (16th). A Black Stork flew over Goole (28th). Rose-coloured Starlings were at Flamborough (23rd) and over Hornsea (28th). FLAMBOROUGH: There was a Firecrest (3rd), a Bee-eater and Blue-headed Wagtail (6th), Hobby (8th), Great Northern Diver (9th), two Dotterel (13th), a Yellow-legged Gull (19th), another Dotterel (from 22nd), a Red-backed Shrike (25th), and a Temminck’s Stint plus Black-throated Diver (26th). HORNSEA MERE: There was a Garganey and Spoonbill (5th), a Black-necked Grebe (7th) and Little Egret (9th). NORTH CAVE WETLANDS: There was an Iceland Gull (25th). A Garganey was seen intermittently.

SPURN: A Red-rumped Swallow flew south (8th). Two Bee-eaters stopped off briefly at the Warren (14th) before heading south. A Savi’s Warbler was singing from the Canal (30th). Four Great Northern Divers flew north (16th), a spring record until next day when six flew north. The sea was generally quiet except for a remarkable flock of 10 Pomarine Skuas that cut out from the Humber (25th). There were some good wader counts on the Humber including 8,000 Dunlin, 1,050 Grey Plover and 196 Sanderlings (11th). Kilnsea Wetlands also fared well with two Temminck’s Stints, two Wood Sandpipers and three Curlew Sandpipers mid-month as well as Spoonbill and a couple of Garganey. It was a good month for Red Kite passage with at least three some days but the star raptor was a Montagu’s Harrier (24th), when one of several passing Hooded Crows was also seen. A singing Nightingale was at Sammy’s Point (1st), with a Wood Warbler and six Pied Flycatchers next day. Early rain (4th) preceded the arrival of 113 Wheatears, 12 Whinchats, seven Redstarts and a Wood Warbler while both Wryneck and Firecrest were found next day. With predominating northerlies and rolling mist it was no surprise that drift migrants began to appear, heralded by the first of around six different Red-backed Shrikes (14th), when a Red-breasted Flycatcher was at the Warren. A male Bluethroat was at Cliff Farm (16th) and another gave amazing views in a garden at Driftwood (19th). A Quail came in off the sea (21st) and another was flushed (29th). Around six Marsh Warblers, two more Red-breasted Flycatchers, Icterine Warbler and a Golden Oriole completed a good month. John Hewitt 07952 293060 OTHER SITES: There were 16 Dotterel near Swinefleet (1st). A Crane was near Whitgift (5th). Blacktoft Sands held two Spoonbills (10th), a Garganey (16th) and a Montagu’s Harrier throughout. A Roseate Tern visited Southfield Reservoir (12th). An Iceland Gull was at Paull Holme Strays (13th). A Garganey was at Tophill Low (17th). Bempton had a Red-breasted Flycatcher (26th), two Cranes over (13th), a Little Egret (14th) and Firecrest (16th). A Marsh Warbler was at Buckton (27th). A Great White Egret was off Sunk Island (28th). Ian Marshall (01482 627 446)