11th October 2019

An overcast morning with spells of relatively light rain; sunny intervals developed during the afternoon; moderate south-westerly winds throughout. Seawatch highlights included a Velvet Scoter, 16 Red-throated Divers, a Manx Shearwater, a Golden Plover, 90 Knot, 26 Dunlin, a Snipe, 104 Little Gulls and a Mediterranean Gull flew south; single Velvet Scoter and Bonxie lingered offshore. 

A skein of 23 Pink-footed Geese flew south over the headland. Passerine migrants included three Ring Ouzels, five Yellow-browed Warblers, two Willow Warblers, five Blackcap, a Firecrest (South Landing), a Red-breasted Flycatcher at Old Fall, a Redstart, six Stonechat and three Grey Wagtails. Sightings from RSPB Bempton Cliffs included a Ring Ouzel, one Lesser Whitethroat and 150 Skylarks heading south.

Yellow-browed Warbler, Old Fall, by Andrew Allport