12th September 2025

A day of sunny intervals, heavy showers, light/moderate south-westerly winds and a high of 18 degrees C. An Osprey briefly perched on the cliff represented the highlight of a morning seawatch that also featured two first calendar-year Yellow-legged Gulls and a similarly aged Caspian Gull. A Little Gull, 137 Common Terns and an Arctic Tern were also logged.

Cattlemere hosted six Little Egrets, Thornwick Pools three Shoveler, 24 Teal and a Water Rail. A total of 33 Swifts were pushed onto the headland by the winds and were also accompanied by a Hobby. Passerine migrants on the outer head included a Goldcrest, two Whinchat, a Wheatear, a Redstart, three Pied Flycatcher and two Redpoll. Another Redstart was at RSPB Bempton Cliffs.

Osprey, Fog Station, by Phil Galtry