1st August 2017

The weather again consisted of moderate south-westerly winds, sunny intervals and showers. Seawatching highlights included 70 Oystercatchers, 72 Whimbrel and ten Redshank flying south.

Thornwick Pools attracted a Little Grebe, 20 Dunlin, ten Redshank, three Green Sandpipers, with a Greenshank also flying south over the pools.

Sightings from Bempton Cliffs RSPB included three Shoveler and nine Black-tailed Godwits flying south-east, with seven Snipe and a juvenile Yellow-legged Gull heading north-west. A total of 377 Swallows also flew south-east there, where a Banded Demoiselle represented an unusual local record. Additional sightings from Buckton included one Marsh Harrier, a Cuckoo, two Whinchat, a Grasshopper Warbler, nine Willow Warblers, 30 Yellow Wagtails and two Willow Tits.

Little Grebe, Thornwick Pools, by Craig Thomas
Barn Owl, Buckton, by Paul Reed