The main feature of the weather was the wind which was fresh all morning and strengthened throughout the afternoon. The 13°C maximum temperature was academic.
Seawatching was dominated by 1320 Little Gulls moving into Bridlington Bay. Other highlights included two Arctic Terns and an arctic Skua. Wildfowl logged included 14 Whooper Swans, two Red-breasted Mergansers and a Goosander.
Yesterday’s Pallid Swift was seen again but only briefly after first light before heading south . The main event was a passage of Whooper Swans with 35 passing over and another 30 in a field near Sykes Plantation. The day’s passerine highlights included a Lapland Bunting coming in off with Skylarks, a Ring Ouzel and two Bramblings.
West of the Dykes, a ringtail Hen Harrier was at Speeton and a further ten Whooper Swans were in a field between North Dykes and Bempton.
