Light drizzle to start which cleared by mid-afternoon; gentle north-westerlies throughout. Moving north on the morning’s seawatch, unless otherwise stated, saw 129 Wigeon (16 south), single Pintail and Tufted Duck, 14 Teal (12 south), 33 Common Scoter (one south), eight Red-throated Diver (25 south), four Sooty, nine Manx and a Balearic Shearwater, 22 Redshank, two Knot, two Sabine’s Gull, three Great Skua south, five Arctic Skua (eight south) and one Long-tailed Skua (two south).
On land the obvious highlight was the excellent fall of Yellow-browed Warblers with up to 28 recorded across a number of sites, a record day count for the headland. In addition, a Bluethroat was located on the Outer Head and the Dotterel remained nearby. Other migrants included six Wheatear, four Goldcrest, 14 Song Thrush and a Redstart.
West of the Dykes, Bempton RSPB played host to four Yellow-browed Warbler, two Redstart, seven Chiffchaff, a single Whinchat and a flyover Long-tailed Skua.
