23rd December 2019

The weather consisted of light/moderate south-westerly winds, sunny intervals and temperatures that reached seven degrees C. During the morning’s seawatch, an Eider flew south and a Velvet Scoter headed north. Seven Whooper Swans lingered on the headland, with a second-winter near Old Fall and six birds in fields near Oceanview. A Little Owl calling pre-dawn at Bempton station was a notable record.

Whooper Swans, Oceanview, by Andy Hood