Sunny throughout, with a light westerly backing onshore later, while temperatures reached 16 degrees C. A total of 35 Manx Shearwaters flew north during the morning’s seawatch, with 50 Sandwich Terns and three Common Terns moving in the same direction. Three Mute Swans and a Tufted Duck were at Thornwick Pools; locally rarer, a drake Mandarin flew south from North Marsh mid-morning. Two Hobbies and two Marsh Harriers overflew the outer head. Passerine migrants included three Wheatears, a Willow Warbler (outer head) and three Yellow Wagtails. The Black-browed Albatross remained at RSPB Bempton Cliffs, where additional sightings included a Marsh Harrier, two Spotted Flycatchers and two Yellow Wagtails; a Cuckoo was seen near Hoddy Cows Lane, Buckton.
