28th July 2022

A relatively overcast day, with a light south-easterly establishing and temperatures peaked at 18 degrees C. The seawatch was rewarded with 29 Common Scoters, 47 Manx Shearwaters, 48 Oystercatchers, 47 Whimbrel, four Mediterranean Gulls, 177 Sandwich Terns, three Common Terns and two Arctic Skuas. Thornwick Pools attracted a Teal, four Dunlin, a Common Sandpiper and a Redshank.

Sightings from RSPB Bempton Cliffs included both the Black-browed Albatross and Red-tailed Shrike, together with a Yellow-legged Gull; a Marsh Harrier hunted cliff top fields at nearby Buckton.

Oystercatchers, Fog Station, by Phil Buxton