22nd April 2026

More north-easterlies brought increasing cloud cover as the temperature slowly rose to 12°C.

The first Arctic Skua of the year, a pale morph adult, passed the Fog Station during the morning seawatch. Warblers continued to trickle through with numbers Whitethroats, Lesser Whitethroats, Sedge Warblers all still in single figures. A Reed Warbler was at Thornwick Pools again. .

Puffin, Bempton Cliffs RSPB (Dean Evans)