Sunny throughout, with a light onshore wind developing and temperatures reaching 23 degrees C. Conditions were conducive for drift migrants and nine Pied Flycatchers duly arrived on the outer head: additional passerine records in the same area included 23 Common Whitethroats, two Lesser Whitethroats, a Reed Warbler, one Sedge Warbler, 15 Willow Warblers, a Whinchat, five Wheatears, 18 Yellow Wagtails and two Grey Wagtails. There were also signs of wader passage including seven Green Sandpipers (inc. six at Thornwick), three Greenshank (inc. one Thornwick), five Golden Plovers south, a Grey Plover south, 12 Curlew and five Whimbrel. A juvenile Caspian Gull rested with gulls on the rocks below New Fall, while single Hobby and Marsh Harrier toured the headland. Seawatch records included three Arctic Skuas, three Arctic Terns, a Mediterranean Gull and a juvenile Yellow-legged Gull all north. The Red-tailed Shrike remained at Bempton, where a Grasshopper Warbler and three Pied Flycatchers were in residence.
