Sunny intervals developed during a day that featured an increasing onshore wind and temperatures that reached 21 degrees C. The morning’s seawatch was rewarded with 116 Common Scoters, 13 Manx Shearwaters, a Great White Egret, two Avocet, three Mediterranean Gulls, 134 Sandwich Terns, 14 Common Terns, 121 Arctic Terns and a Bonxie flying north, with an Arctic Skua heading south.
Thornwick Pools attracted two Great White Egrets, a Greenshank and one Green Sandpiper. Presumably one of the Great White Egrets earlier overflew RSPB Bempton Cliffs, where the Black-browed Albatross continued in residence.
