16th June 2026

Overcast with light south-east winds and a high of sixteen degrees C. Seawatch records included 73 Common Scoters, three Common Terns, 14 Sandwich Terns and 24 Manx Shearwaters. Elsewhere, 130 Common Scoters were in the bay off South Dykes and 12 Eider flew east past Hartendale. A Little Egret headed south over the Lighthouse Grassland, while a first-summer Caspian Gull rested on the nearby Golf Course. Additional records included a single Whimbrel, a Hobby and a Grasshopper Warbler singing at South Dykes.

Tawny Owl, South Dykes, by June Fox