Light easterly winds, prolonged sunny intervals and temperatures that reached 16 degrees C; a perfect day for an afternoon arrival of drift migrants and so it proved. Highlights included three Red-breasted Flycatchers (Old Fall, outer head garden, RSPB Bempton Cliffs), two Barred Warblers (Golf Course Willows), five Yellow-browed Warblers (Buckton, RSPB Bempton Cliffs, South Landing & two outer head) and a Hawfinch (Old Fall). Other migrant totals included two Golden Plovers, six Redwing, four Spotted Flycatchers, six Pied Flycatchers, 11 Goldcrests, 12 Chiffchaffs, 12 Willow Warblers, 11 Blackcap, a Garden Warbler, 11 Lesser Whitethroats, three Redstarts, five Whinchat, four Stonechat, three Wheatears, a Grey Wagtail, two Lesser Redpolls and three Brambling.
During the morning seawatch wildfowl records included four dark-bellied Brent Geese, 12 pale-bellied Brent Geese, 86 Wigeon, a Shoveler, 36 Teal and 218 Common Scoter. A total of 208 Red-throated Divers flew south, 67 Sooty Shearwaters, 79 Manx Shearwaters and eight Arctic Terns headed north, two Little Egrets and 37 Bonxies headed south, whilst 20 Arctic Skuas were also logged. Two Little Gulls and two Mediterranean Gulls were also recorded.
Sightings from RSPB Bempton Cliffs included a Marsh Harrier, five Golden Plovers, a Grey Plover, a Merlin, one Short-eared Owl, two Redwing, three Pied Flycatchers, three Redstarts and four Stonechats.
