23rd March 2025

A relatively overcast day, with a blustery northerly wind developing and a high of eight degrees C. Highlights were the year’s first White Wagtail, another Black Redstart and a first-summer male ‘Continental-type’ Stonechat, part of a small arrival of migrants that included six Golden Plovers, seven Goldcrest, a Blackcap, one Wheatear, ten Stonechats, 11 Redwing, three Fieldfare, 24 Pied Wagtails, a Grey Wagtail, one Siskin and a Brambling.

RSPB Bempton Cliffs hosted a Water Rail, one Jack Snipe, two Woodcock, four Redwing, 24 Blackbirds and four Fieldfare.

Stonechat, Lighthouse, by Brett Richards