4th September 2014

A very light northerly wind, with overcast conditions prompted further arrivals of drift migrants. The seawatch produced three Sooty Shearwaters flying north, 12 Shelduck and two Gadwall moving in a similar direction, together with 21 Little Gulls, 147 Common and 13 Arctic Terns. Single juvenile Mediterranean and Yellow-legged Gulls were also present.

Marsh Harrier and Hobby were present on the Outer Head, whilst the flashes attracted three Greenshank, two Green Sandpipers and a Little Stint.

Drift migrants included a Wryneck in the ‘Gorse Field’, 20 Whinchats, 14 Pied and four Spotted Flycatchers, and five Redstarts; eight Yellow and two Grey Wagtails were also present.

Lesser Whitethroat, Andrew Allport
Lesser Whitethroat, Andrew Allport
Pied Flycatcher at Bempton, Dave Aitken
Pied Flycatcher at Bempton, Dave Aitken