2nd June 2025

A light north-westerly backed to south-easterly by afternoon and strengthened. The temperature reached 16°C.

Morning seawatching yielded 14 Eiders, 52 Common Scoters, an Arctic Skua and 32 Manx Shearwaters.

The second Red-rumped Swallow of the year dashed past the lighthouse at 12:15. Five Garden Warblers was a good count locally. A first-summer Caspian Gull flew past Bempton Cliffs RSPB.

Nuthatch, Danes Dyke (Alan Walkington)