12th August 2025

Mainly sunny with a light easterly and a maximum temperature of 20°C.

Seawatching highlights included a Little Tern, 285 Common Terns north and 201 south, a single Arctic Tern, a total of 77 Sandwich Terns, a Mediterranean Gull and a Little Gull, three Arctic Skuas, two Sooty and 12 Manx Shearwaters. A Little Egret also passed as did three Grey Plover, 32 Whimbrel, 10 Redshank and 6 Knot.

The hepatic Cuckoo, present on the Outer Head for several days remained. An adult and juvenile Roseate Tern fed off Cattlemere where there were two Common Sandpipers. Passerine migrants were fewer compared with yesterday but still included 20 Willow Warblers, 21 Chiffchaff, Reed Warbler, eight Blackcap, 36 Whitethroat, two Whinchat, single Wheatear, Spotted Flycatcher and Yellow Wagtail. Two Whimbrel and a Common Sandpiper passed overhead and a Little Egret was on the beach at South Dykes.

Bempton Cliffs RSPB attracted good numbers of passerine migrants too with a Wood Warbler, 52 Willow Warblers, nine Chiffchaffs, three Blackcaps, 13 Whitethroats, 4 Lesser Whitethroats, three Sedge Warblers, a single Wheatear and Whinchat, two Pied Flycatchers and 12 Yellow Wagtails overhead. A Caspian Gull and three Golden Plover were also seen.

Wood Warbler, Bempton Cliffs RSPB (Trevor Charlton)