22nd September 2020

Another unseasonably warm day, with temperatures reaching 23 degrees C in sunny skies and light south-west winds. The first-winter Caspian Gull re-appeared at Thornwick Camp late afternoon and a Short-eared Owl hunted the outer head. Both the Greenish Warbler at Thornwick, the juvenile Red-backed Shrike alongside the Golf Course and the two Barred Warblers in the Bay Brambles remained. Other notable sightings included two Yellow-browed Warblers, one Whinchat, two Pied Flycatcher, one Spotted Flycatcher, a Redstart, eight Siskin and 75 Lesser Redpolls.

RSPB Bempton Cliffs three Yellow-browed Warblers, a Pied Flycatcher, two Stonechat and two Grey Wagtails, whilst a Hawfinch flew south. Two Yellow-browed Warblers remained in the Dell at Buckton.

Willow Warbler, Thornwick, by Alan Walkington