The weather consisted of sunny skies throughout, a light easterly wind and temperatures peaking at 18 degrees C. Seawatch highlights included an Eider, 41 Sandwich Terns, a Common Tern and 16 Manx Shearwaters; in addition, 25 Common Gulls represented an appreciable increase on recent weeks.
The Marsh Warbler remained at Thornwick Pools, where lone Dunlin and Sanderling were present. A singing Grasshopper twixt the Lighthouse Grassland and Old Fall was new, as was a Whinchat at North Landing, while a Hobby appeared over South Landing late evening. The most notable sighting from RSPB Bempton Cliffs was a Little Egret in off the sea.
