16th May 2022

Light/moderate easterly winds featured throughout a day that started with rain and finished with prolonged sunshine; temperatures reached 16 degrees C. Thornwick Lakes/Pools attracted ten Mute Swans, a pair of Tufted Ducks, four Ringed Plovers, a Little Ringed Plover, a Grey Plover, one Common Sandpiper, a Greenshank and three Dunlin. A Hobby flew along the South Cliffs, while passerine interest was confined to three Spotted Flycatchers, a Ring Ouzel, a female Common Redstart, a White Wagtail and a Brambling. The Black-browed Albatross continued to entertain at RSPB bempton Cliffs, where a further Spotted Flycatcher was present.

Grey Plover, Thornwick Pools, by Alan Walkington