Moderate/strong northerly winds, overcast skies and temperatures reaching 16 degrees C suggested seawatching was the order the day and so it proved. In total, 104 Sooty Shearwaters, 43 Manx Shearwaters, 84 Sandwich Terns, an adult Roseate Tern, 17 Boxies and two Long-tailed Skuas flew north; 225 Oystercatchers, a ‘spooned’ Pomarine Skua, 33 Bonxies and 73 Arctic Skuas headed south. The Black-browed Albatross re-appeared at RSPB Bempton Cliffs where it was present until 0930hrs and again from 1648hrs; amazingly, presumably the same individual flew east past Sheringham, Norfolk in the interim, a straight-line round trip of 200 miles.
