A day of moderate south-west winds, sunny intervals and temperatures peaking at 25 degrees C. Seawatch highlights included eight Teal, 16 Manx Shearwaters, 284 Sandwich Terns, 18 Common Terns, three Arctic Terns and an Arctic Skua flying north, with four Whimbrel, 12 Dunlin and 18 Redshank moving south.
A Little Egret fed on the rocky beach near the Lighthouse, single Wood Sandpiper and Green Sandpiper were on Thornwick Pools, ten Dunlin frequented Stainforth’s Flash and a Greenshank also flew south. South Landing attracted an adult Yellow-legged Gull and a juvenile Mediterranean Gull. A juvenile Red-backed Shrike in hedges on the eastern edge of the Gorse Field represented the first scarce drift migrant of the autumn; additional migrants included a Cuckoo and one Wheatear.
West of the Dykes, records from RSPB Bempton Cliffs included a Marsh Harrier and a Whinchat.
