A light north-easterly wind, with generally overcast conditions until mid-morning and sunny intervals thereafter. Seawatch highlights included a Sooty Shearwater flying north, a dark-bellied Brent Goose moving south, two Pintail, 148 Common Scoter and two first-winter Mediterranean Gulls all north, with a first calendar-year Yellow-legged Gull heading south. An adult Yellow-legged Gull lingered on the Outer Head this morning, whilst a candidate first calendar-year Baltic Gull sporing a darvic ring was present on the Golf Course during the evening. A Ruff remained in residence at Thornwick Pool, whilst the Hobby was also seen again.
Although passerine migrants were relatively scarce, no fewer than three Barred Warblers were found; two in the Gorse Field and the other near Lighthouse Road. In addition, there were nine Whinchat, one Redstart, four Pied and one Spotted Flycatcher, a single Reed Warbler and two Garden Warblers.
Fifteen Golden Plover overflew Bempton, as did a Greenshank, whilst five Whinchat were also present. Nearby Buckton hosted two Marsh Harriers, a Merlin, a Little Owl (now rare locally) and single Spotted Flycatcher and Reed Warbler.
