A much cooler day, with temperatures hardly feeling their peak of a mere 16 degrees C in a strengthening westerly wind and heavy, at times, thundery showers of rain and hail. During the seawatch, a Sooty Shearwater, 75 Sandwich Terns, 220 Common Terns and six Arctic Terns flew north, 13 Manx Shearwaters, three Bonxies and six Arctic Skua flew south, whilst two Black Terns fed offshore. However, easily the most notable record related to two Fin Whales that fed distantly offshore on and off for the best part of 90 minutes from 0755hrs.
The Short-eared Owl remained at North Marsh, but passerines were difficult to locate in the conditions, with five Wheatear, one Whinchat, a Spotted Flycatcher and a White Wagtail. In addition, 40 Pied Wagtails roosted at Thornwick Pools.
West of the Dykes, RSPB Bempton Cliffs attracted ten Willow Warblers, a Spotted Flycatcher and a Brown Hawker dragonfly.
