There were strong northerly winds throughout a day which began with a sea fret once again. However, this cleared within a few hours to leave overcast skies and temperatures reaching 17 degrees C. An above average seawatch featured the year’s first Balearic Shearwater and Long-tailed Skuas, with notable records including: 32 Teal, 12 Wigeon, a Shoveler, 297 Manx Shearwater north, a Balearic Shearwater north, 26 Sooty Shearwaters north, 259 Oystercatchers south, a Bar-tailed Godwit north, a Green Sandpiper south, 29 Arctic Skuas, nine Bonxies, five Long-tailed Skuas north (three juveniles, two juvs/imm), 429 Sandwich Terns, 195 Common Terns, 53 Arctic Terns, a juvenile Caspian Gull, a juvenile Mediterranean Gull and three juvenile Little Gulls.
Thornwick Pools hosted a Shelduck, 11 Teal, a Little Stint, three Dunlin, a Ruff, two Redshank and seven Green Sandpipers; a Greenshank also flew south over the headland. Passerine migrants included the juvenile Red-backed Shrike lingering at the lighthouse, a Garden Warbler and six Pied Flycatchers.
Sightings from RSPB Bempton Cliffs included five Bonxies, four Willow Warblers and three Pied Flycatchers.
