After a bright start, increasing amounts of cloud arrived during the afternoon, when a cool south-easterly wind also developed. Seawatch highlights included a dark-bellied Brent Goose, 47 Wigeon, 49 Teal, a Velvet Scoter, 123 Common Scoters, nine Sooty Shearwaters, 30 Manx Shearwaters, 120 Little Gulls and 17,500 Razorbills all flying north; two juvenile Pomarine Skuas lingered offshore.
Eleven Yellow-browed Warblers were present on the headland, as detailed below. Notable records from the outer head involved 260 Pink-footed Geese moving south/west, a Short-eared Owl, seven Goldcrest, two Mistle Thrush, 26 Fieldfare, 20 Redwing, seven Yellow-browed Warblers, 16 Chiffchaff, two Willow Warblers, two Lesser Whitethroats, one Redstart, a Wheatear, five Stonechat, one Grey Wagtail, and single Brambling, Twite and Corn Bunting.
Two Yellow-browed Warblers frequented RSPB Bempton Cliffs, with one caught & ringed, along with a Barred Warbler; other sightings there included 80 Skylarks moving west, 20 Redwing, 20 Goldcrests, ten Chiffchaffs, a Siberian Lesser Whitethroat and three Stonechats. Sightings from nearby Buckton included 60 Pink-footed Geese moving south, a Ring Ouzel, 45 Redwing, 57 Skylarks south, two Yellow-browed Warblers, 12 Chiffchaff, a Common Whitethroat, three Stonechat and a Whinchat.
