Generally overcast, with some sunny spells; temperatures peaked at 24 degrees C after a band of light rain during the middle part of the day, while variable winds remained light. No fewer than five Minke Whales fed off the Fog Station during the morning; seven Sooty Shearwaters were also recorded along with 149 Sandwich Terns, 29 Arctic Terns, two juvenile Yellow-legged Gulls and a juvenile Caspian Gull. In the evening, two adult Pomarine Skuas flew north.
Passerine interest included a Cetti’s Warbler at Thornwick, five Yellow Wagtails and a Grey Wagtail. A Tree Pipit and nine Willow Warblers were recorded at RSPB Bempton Cliffs; a single Purple Sandpiper that flew north-west within a Curlew flock was a noteworthy site record for Bempton.
