The weather consisted of light/moderate east-north-easterly winds, relatively overcast skies with brighter spells later and temperatures reaching 17 degrees C. During the seawatch, 23 Teal, a Tufted Duck, 1215 Common Scoters, 27 Manx Shearwaters, a Bar-tailed Godwit, two Mediterranean Gulls, 105 Sandwich Terns, 25 Arctic Terns and six Bonxies flew north; the highlight were four Pomarine Skuas: a dark adult adult and a pale morph south during the morning, followed by two birds flying north in the evening. Thornwick Pools attracted a Little Egret and two Green Sandpipers, whilst another Green Sandpiper flew south over the lighthouse. However, the day’s most unexpected record was a Hawfinch attending a bird feeder in the village for its second day.
Sightings from RSPB Bempton Cliffs included 709 Common Scoters, 67 Teal, four Whimbrel, a Bar-tailed Godwit, 87 Black-headed Gulls moving north-west and single Arctic Skua and Bonxie.
