Monday 5th January 2026
The weather continues to be wintery and cold with travel difficult
Highlights
Burniston Road Garden - 3 Redpoll
Scalby Road Garden - 11 Greenfinches
Throxenby Mere - 1 Goosander (briefly)
Peasholm Glen - Dipper
Scarborough Mere - 3 Little Grebe
Ox Pasture - 2 Black Redstarts
Allerston - 1 Little Egret (ebird)
Highlights:
Cayton Carrs: 7 Tundra Bean Geese with the Pink-footed Geese flock, plus an increase of Curlews there, a total of 110+.
Scalby Mills: Adult Mediterranean Gull, 3 Ringed Plovers.
Jackson's Bay/Scalby Ness: 60 Oystercatchers, 51 Redshank, 3 Golden Plovers, Bar-tailed Godwit, 4 Ringed Plovers, Purple Sandpiper, 3 Rock Pipits, Kingfisher. Plus 35 Meadow Pipits in the fields.
Peasholm Park: A Barnacle Goose with the Canadas, 151 Mallard.
Low Marishes: c500 Pink-footed Geese, 11 Snipe, Little Egret.
Thornton le Dale: 2 Dippers, 2 Grey Wagtails.
Seamer Road Mere: 2 Goosanders.
Potter brompton Carr: 4 Whooper Swans, 2 Water Rails, Marsh Harrier, Merlin, 2 Willow Tits, Cetti's Warbler.
Overnight/morning snow gave a covering of 5+ inches, making for tricky driving!
Highlights:
Harbour: A Little Auk showed well in the harbour mouth. Red-throated Diver and Guillemot in the inner harbour.
South Bay: Great Northern Diver, Mediterranean Gull.
Cloughton: The Barnacle Goose was still with the feral geese at Town Farm Pond.
Peasholm Glen: Kingfisher, 2 Grey Wagtails.
Long Nab: 3 Snipe, 29 Meadow Pipits, 11 Skylarks in the fields. 11 Kittiwakes flew north.
Seamer Tip Pools: 2 Shoveler, 5 Gadwall, Pink-footed Goose.
Throxenby Mere: Kingfisher.
Highlights:
Jackson's Bay: 25 Redshank, 3 Purple Sandpipers, 30 Turnstone, 40 Oystercatchers.
Potter Brompton Carr: 180 Stock Doves, Water Rail, 1,100 Common Gulls, Little Egret, 7 Great White Egrets, 2 Marsh Harriers, 2 Willow Tits, Cetti's Warbler, Corn Bunting, 2 Crossbills.
Cayton Carrs: 6 Russian White-fronted Geese, 2 Tundra Bean Geese.
Woodlands Ravine: Crossbill.
Wykeham Lakes: 7 Whooper Swans, 43 Wigeon, 4 Shelduck, 24 Goldeneye, Goosander, 5 Great Crested Grebes, 2 Great White Egrets.
Long Causeway Road: Willow Tit near Ings Farm.
Dalby Forest (Sand Dale / Ellerburn): Goshawk, 2 Willow Tits, 30 Siskins, 2 Jays.
Cloughton (Town Farm Pond / Salt Pans Road): 2 Tundra Bean Geese, Barnacle Goose, Chiffchaff, 2 Stonechats.
Harbour: Red-throated Diver, Guillemot.
Harwood Dale Forest: No sign of the shrike, Goshawk, 2 Crossbills.
Spiker's Hill: 45 Yellowhammers, 15 Skylarks.
Lots of year listers out in Scarborough today!
Highlights
Town Farm Pond, Cloughton: Tundra Bean Goose, Barnacle Goose, single Crossbill (left north).
Potter Brompton Carr: 3 Marsh Harriers, 3 Little Egrets, Water Rail, 96 Tree Sparrows (roost movement).
Harbour/South Bay: Great Northern Diver, 2 Red-throated Divers.
Holbeck car park: 2 Mediterranean Gulls.
Wykeham Lakes: 7 Whooper Swans,
Hackness Lake: 5 Mandarins.
Cayton Carrs: 6 Tundra Bean geese, 7 Russian White-fronted Geese.
Harwood Dale Forest: Great Grey Shrike.
Ruston Carr: Great White Egret.
Cayton: Male Blackcap in a garden.
A Siberian Chiffchaff (third day), and 5 Common Chiffchaffs plus 2 Little Egrets, 200 Linnets at Seamer Water Treatment Plant. A Great White Egret by Ayton castle. 12 Grey Partridge Marishes Lane. At Cayton Carrs: 6 Tundra Bean Geese, 4 Russian White-fronted Geese. A Great White Egret near Ruston Carr bridge. Seven Whooper Swans in a field NW of Wykeham Lakes. The Red-necked Grebe was still at the Water Sports Lake, also 11 Little Grebes, 2 Great Crested Grebes, 10 Goldeneye, 2 Goosanders, Water Rail, 18 Siskins, 2 Lesser Redpolls. Two Kingfishers Throxenby Mere.
