4th August 2024

Overcast, with a light south-westerly wind and top temperature of 20 degrees C. Seawatch highlights included two Sooty Shearwaters flying north and another juvenile Caspian Gull (new individual). Additional sightings included 93 Common Scoters, six Arctic Skuas, 255 Sandwich Terns and 27 Manx Shearwaters moving north, with 115 Oystercatchers, 12 Whimbrel and a Bar-tailed Godwit flew south. Four Little Egrets included three together, while a Minke Whale fed offshore. Elsewhere, a Marsh Harrier flew over North Marsh and three Willow Warblers were on the outer head along with a lone Whinchat.

Fulmar, RSPB Bempton Cliffs, by Alan Walkington