27th December 2022

An overcast day, with spells of rain, a moderate south-south-westerly wind and temperatures that peaked at eight degrees C. The morning’s seawatch was quiet, with lone Pink-footed Goose and ‘northern’ Herring Gull flying past the Fog Station. Two Whooper Swans, two Mute Swans and the long-staying Little Grebe continued to feature. A covey of 12 Grey Partridge on the northern side of the headland was a notable local record. Fresh in, a Chiffchaff on the cliff top at Bempton then flew off south-east.

Little Grebe, Thornwick Lakes, by Andy Hood