After an overcast start, sunny skies prevailed; there were light south-easterly winds and temperatures reached a peak of eight degrees C. During the seawatch, six Eider, 36 Common Scoter, a Red-breasted Merganser, 162 Common Gulls and the year’s first Arctic Tern flew south, whilst a Sandwich Tern headed north.
Stainforth’s Flash attracted two Little Ringed Plovers. Passerine interest included five Sand Martins, three Swallows, three Hooded Crows, the year’s first Willow Warbler, a singing Blackcap, 215 Linnets and a female Brambling.
