Light, variable winds and warm sunshine lasted all day. Seawatching produced 52 Red-throated Divers flying south, 198 Fulmars, 33 Sooty Shearwaters, six Manx Shearwaters, 162 Common Scoters and one Velvet Scoter all flying north and four Pintail heading south. Eleven Arctic Skuas moved north, 18 Bonxies flew south, along with a Little Gull.
Four Common Buzzards overflew the Outer Head, as did a Merlin, whilst the Little Owl remained in residence west of the Golf Course. The Eastern Subalpine Warbler toured the hedgerows south-west of the Lighthouse, but remained elusive; a Swift hawked insects over the same area. Four Arctic Skua flew high and north over the head early evening. Four Mistle Thrushes flew over Hartendale, three Whinchats were at Thornwick Bay with Lesser Whitethroat in Holmes Gut and single Grey and Yellow Wagtail, 11 Siskins and eight Lesser Redpolls flew over the Outer Head.
West of the Dykes, the Bempton/Buckton area hosted three Common Buzzards, five Sparrowhawks, 60 Lapwings, eight Golden Plover flying west, a first calendar-year Yellow-legged Gull, nine Whinchat, one Reed Warbler, a Goldcrest and four Lesser Redpolls.
https://youtu.be/uV8FVrdZBgw
Short video of the Eastern Subalpine Warbler