A light south-easterly breeze gradually increased in strength during a largely sunny day, with temperatures reaching 13 degrees C. During the seawatch, eight Eiders, two summer-plumaged Black-throated Divers, 30 Sandwich Terns and an Arctic Tern all flew south.
A Merlin hunted the outer head early morning, whilst wader interest included a Common Sandpiper at Stainforth’s Flash, an Avocet that initially flew north then south past the headland and a Green Sandpiper at Thornwick Pools, where a Water Rail was also present. A Hooded Crow blogged south/north past the Fog Station before settling near North Marsh and a Firecrest was also located on the outer head. Other migrants included two Goldcrests, 24 Chiffchaffs, ten Willow Warblers, five Blackcap, 18 Lesser Whitethroats, a Common Whitethroat, two Sedge Warblers, five Wheatears, three Yellow Wagtails and five Siskin. In addition, a flock of 100 Linnets lingered near North Dykes.
West of the Dykes, a Water Rail was caught at Buckton, where five Yellow Wagtails were present in the evening. Sightings between Bempton and North Dykes included lone Ring Ouzel and Redstart, with the escaped Ring-necked Parakeet also recorded on several occasions.
