An overcast day, with a moderate south-westerly wind and temperatures peaking at 11 degrees C. A Shelduck flew south during a seawatch that also featured a ‘northern’ Herring Gull and five Bottlenose Dolphins; later in the day, a pod of 30 of the latter were off RSPB Bempton Cliffs. The Rose-ringed Parakeet remained on the outer head, where a Chiffchaff surely constituted a spring migrant. Additional signs of early spring were two Lesser Black-backed Gulls along Bempton Lane, as were 53 Skylark and 21 Meadow Pipits moving north-west at the RSPB reserve.
