Overcast throughout, with a very light variable breeze. However, seawatching looked promising with a stronger northerly airflow down the majority of the North Sea and so it proved. Two Long-tailed Skuas flew north during the morning, including an immaculate adult that went past at 1010hrs; three Sooty Shearwaters heading in the same direction were also new for the year. An adult Pomarine Skua flew south close inshore mid-afternoon, but arguably the highlight was a northerly movement of 827 Arctic Terns. Other notable records included 418 Common Scoters, a day record ten Mediterranean Gulls and 332 Sandwich Terns all north; a juvenile Yellow-legged Gull flew south. There was no sign of the Black-browed Albatross at RSPB Bempton Cliffs.
