Mainly sunny with a maximum temperature of 20°C and a light westerly breeze.
A quieter day over the sea than yesterday. Highlights included a Shoveler, 55 Teal, 165 Common Terns, a Little Gull and first year Yellow-legged Gull and Caspian Gulls.
A small arrival of migrant passerines appeared on the Outer Head with a Barred Warbler being the main event but also included eight Spotted Flycatchers, three Goldcrests, single Redstart and Whinchat and eight Wheatear while at least 20 Yellow Wagtails remained in the Water Lane horse paddocks. The Cetti’s Warbler at Thornwick Pools sang again. A Short-eared Owl was on the Golf Course and Lighthouse Grassland. A Little Egret graced Cattlemere while another and a Common Sandpiper flew over Thornwick with 200 Swallows coming in to roost there. More than 30 Swifts fed with hirundines over the Outer Head towards evening.
A Spotted Flycatcher was also at Bempton Cliffs RSPB. Hirundines were moving with 300 House Martins and 250 Swallows over Bempton village.
