A day of very light onshore winds, prolonged sunshine and temperatures that reached 11 degrees C. Seawatching highlights included 11 Manx Shearwaters, 75 Sandwich Terns, four Common Terns and six Arctic Terns flying north, with an additional 70 Sandwich Terns and four Arctic Terns heading in the opposite direction. Thornwick Pools attracted two Gadwall, a Greenshank and a Redshank, with Stainforth’s Flash hosting a pair of Little Ringed Plovers. A Marsh Harrier circled over the north side of the headland, whilst there were two Short-eared Owls along the South Cliffs.
Passerine interest was headlined by the re-discovery of the Woodchat Shrike, which showed well in the Gorse Field all day, augmented by the discovery of three Wrynecks: the first discovered along Old Fall Hedge early morning, with the other two individuals at South Landing. A fall of migrants also included: seven Swifts, 94 Willow Warblers, three Garden Warblers, seven Pied Flycatchers, two Spotted Flycatchers, 35 Wheatear, five Whinchat, 16 Redstarts, five Yellow Wagtails and a Hawfinch; the latter in a village garden.
