A moderate westerly wind gradually dropped in strength during an overcast day, with temperatures reaching 19 degrees C. Seawatching highlights included 89 Common Scoters, eight Manx Shearwaters, 146 Sandwich Terns, 61 Common Terns, seven Arctic Terns and two Bonxies flew north; a Sooty Shearwater, 20 Whimbrel, 26 Knot, 17 Dunlin and three Arctic Skuas flew south.
Thornwick Pools attracted single Little Egret and Greenshank; a single of the latter species also flew over the headland, but the day’s most notable sighting referred to a Kingfisher feeding from rocks below the cliffs at Thorwick. Passerine interest included a migrant Sedge Warbler, 24 Willow Warblers, four Whinchat, a male Stonechat, two Wheatear, the Black Redstart at Oceanview, three Spotted Flycatchers and 13 Yellow Wagtails.
Sighting from RSPB Bempton Cliffs included 28 Willow Warblers, a Garden Warbler, two Wheatear, two Whinchat, three Spotted Flycatchers, 44 Yellow Wagtails and two Tree Pipits; the latter heading north-west. Nearby Buckton attracted single Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, Cuckoo and Spotted Flycatcher.
