A generally overcast day, with a belt of rain from late morning and sunny intervals later; a westerly wind picked up whilst temperatures reached 10 degrees C. Seawatching produced five Curlew flying south, three Lesser Black-backed Gulls also south and eight Puffins moving north. Two Red-necked Grebes were again off Sewerby. Thornwick Pool hosted two Shelduck, three Teal, six Snipe and a Dunlin. A Water Rail was on the Outer Head and passerines included three Chiffchaffs, seven Redwing, one Scandinavian Rock Pipit and parties of Meadow Pipits moving north along the cliffs.
Sightings from the Bempton area included a leucistic Guillemot, a Black Redstart, two Scandinavian Rock Pipits, a ‘Nordic-type’ Jackdaw and ten Corn Buntings.
