Another warm, sunny day with temperatures reaching 20 degrees C before an onshore wind developed. A total of 360 Common Scoters moved north during the morning’s seawatch, with other notable sightings including 45 Sandwich Terns north, two Arctic Skuas, a Bonxie and a first-summer Mediterranean Gull. Thornwick Pools attracted two Little Ringed Plovers, a Dunlin and a Green Sandpiper.
Both the Black-browed Albatross and the Turkestan Shrike lingered at Bempton, where single Little Egret and Marsh Harrier flew south-east, along with six Siskin.
