Sunny throughout, with light easterly winds and a high of 21 degrees C. A Pomarine Skua flew north during a seawatch that also featured 156 Sandwich Terns, a Little Gull, one Sooty Shearwater, a juvenile Caspian Gull, one Little Egret and two Marsh Harriers. Drift migrants continued to make landfall on the outer head including five Pied Flycatchers, three Redstarts, four Whinchat and 40 Willow Warblers. In addition, Thornwick Pools hosted a single Green Sandpiper, three Dunlin and a Cetti’s Warbler.
There was no sign of yesterday’s Wood Warbler at RSPB Bempton Cliffs where sightings included two Grasshopper Warblers, two Reed Warblers, two Whinchat, four Pied Flycatchers and 20 Willow Warblers. The nearby village attracted a lone Pied Flycatcher.
