The winds finally switched from the west, as light northerlies developed during a sunny day; temperatures reached 13 degrees C. Seawatch highlights included four Barnacle Geese south, a Great Northern Diver north, 135 Little Gulls south (13 north), three Manx Shearwaters north, a Mediterranean Gull, seven Arctic Terns, two Bonxies, three Pomarine Skuas south (two adults, one juv) and nine Arctic Skuas south.
Elsewhere, four Barnacle Geese rested on Beacon Hill, while seven Whooper Swans flew south. A Richard’s Pipit on the outer head headlined passerine interest that also included three Fieldfare, 50 Redwing, a Yellow-browed Warbler (South Dykes), 14 Siskin, a Brambling, two Twite and a Snow Bunting.
Passage over RSPB Bempton Cliffs included 162 Pink-footed Geese, 33 Whooper Swans, four Goosanders and a Raven south-east, with 89 Golden Plovers moving north-west. In addition, nine Barnacle Geese flew south over Bempton village in the afternoon.
