15th September 2015

It was an overcast day, with a light south-westerly wind and rain during the middle part of the day. Seawatching highlights included 15 Red-throated Divers, seven Sooty Shearwaters, nine Manx Shearwaters, three Balearic Shearwaters, three Eiders, 18 Arctic Skua, nine Bonxie, two Mediterranean Gulls and a first calendar-year Yellow-legged Gull all heading south.

Thornwick Pools attracted 11 Teal, a Wigeon, one Snipe and a Green Sandpiper. Elsewhere, sightings included a Hobby, single Golden Plover, two Greenshanks, two Grey Wagtail and Garden Warbler, two Redstarts, six Wheatear and fifteen Siskins.

Bempton Cliffs RSPB hosted five Redstarts and a Spotted Flycatcher.

Green Sandpiper and Snipe, Thornwick Pools, by Alan Walkington
Green Sandpiper and Snipe, Thornwick Pools, by Alan Walkington
Kestrel, Outer Head, by Andy Hood
Kestrel, Outer Head, by Andy Hood