A relatively overcast day after a brighter start, with a light/moderate easterly wind and temperatures reaching 18 degrees C. A juvenile Caspian Gull flew north during the morning’s seawatch that also featured five Shelduck, four Shoveler and 18 Teal, with three Bonxies and 11 Arctic Skuas also recorded. Thornwick Pools attracted a Shoveler, two Green Sandpipers, four Little Ringed Plovers, a Ringed Plover and two Dunlin. A ringing session at South Landing was rewarded with a Common Redstart, but better still a flock of ten Common Crossbills visited a garden on the south end of the village.
A juvenile Caspian Gull that headed north past RSPB Bempton Cliffs was the most notable sighting from the reserve.
