The day was sunny throughout with a light to moderate south-easterly keeping temperatures comfortably warm, peaking at 19°C.
Seawatching produced the expected Common Scoters (49) and Manx Shearwaters (21) as 214 Sandwich Terns and two Mediterranean Gulls also passed. Single Whimbrel and Black-tailed Godwit were the only waders but the bird of the watch was a dark phase Pomarine Skua. A Black Redstart was at the lighthouse while Thornwick Pools again held a Little Ringed Plover and a Green Sandpiper.
The star birds, Black-browed Albatross and Red-tailed Shrike, showed well again. Other notable birds at Bempton Cliffs RSPB included a Red Kite, a Marsh Harrier, a juvenile Yellow-legged Gull and two Siskin and four Yellow Wagtails passed through.
