Today felt appreciably cooler with afternoon the temperature peaking at 16°C. A sunny morning gave way to a much cloudier afternoon with the wind mainly from a westerly direction.
At the Fog Station, morning and evening seawatches were steady, the highlights being 11 Sooty and 19 Manx Shearwaters flying north, 87 Common Scoter north and 37 Sandwich Tern south. There relatively few skuas with 4 Bonxies and 3 Arctic. Reduced numbers of Meadow Pipits were passing overhead with only 21 logged together with a Grey Wagtail and a single Swift.
Migrants seemed to be in short supply again with only 3 Willow Warblers, 7 Chiffchaff, a Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Grey and 1 Yellow Wagtails, 3 Spotted and a single Pied Flycatchers. A Lesser Redpoll and 15 Siskins were on the Outer Head. Meadow Pipits numbered 86 and there was a Stonechat at Beacon Hill. Wader interest included 4 Bar-tailed Godwits, a Whimbrel and a Golden Plover. A Hobby dashed through Thornwick,
At Bempton, a Hobby flew SE and no doubt the same individual seen at Thornwick, 14 Coal Tits, departing over the field in groups of 5 and 9, was a good count and otherwise there was a general scattering of common migrants including 5 Yellow and 2 Grey Wagtails, 2 Willow Warblers, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Goldcrest , 3 Stonechat and 2 Wheatear. Three Great Spotted Woodpeckers and single lesser Redpoll and Siskins flew over. At least 4 Bottle-nosed Dolphins headed NW offshore.
Buckton also produced bird with 2 Whinchat , 2 Willow Warblers, a Blackcap with 1 or 2 Marsh Harriers still hunting the fields.
