21st September 2022

The quiet theme in the weather continued with light winds, full cloud cover though dry and a maximum temperature of 19°C.

Two juvenile Yellow-legged Gulls were the high light of the seawatch with a supporting cast of two Sooty and 29 Manx Shearwaters and 10 Arctic Skuas. Small numbers of geese also passed the Fog Station – four Pink-feet along with three Pale-bellied and two Dark-bellied Brents.

The Snow Bunting remained by the Golf Course while a Whinchat was a Thornwick Pools. A Little Egret frequented the rocks below Cattlemere.

Bempton Cliffs RSPB saw 140 Pink-footed Geese pass over during the morning though a flyover calling Common Rosefinch was only the second record for the reserve.

Snow Bunting, Golf Course by Dean Evans