A bright day with a light to moderate south-westerly and maximum temperature of 15°C.
Morning seawatching produced single Manx and Sooty Shearwaters, a lone Bonxie, five Little and two Mediterranean Gulls while three Goosander (seen at South Landing earlier) also passed. A pod of 26 Bottle-nosed Dolphins went north.
An estimated 1000 Pink-footed Geese again headed north early morning and Whooper Swan was at Thornwick Pools during the evening where a Water Rail and Bittern were also seen briefly. Thirty three Whoopers flew south and a Great Egret east at South Dykes. A Kingfisher was seen again on the Outer Head where passerine interest continued with small numbers of inbound Redwings, three Brambling, five Siskin, a Lesser Whitethroat, five Yellow-browed Warblers and a Cetti’s Warbler briefly at the Golf Course Willows. The Merlin continued to hunt the finch flock in the Lighthouse area.
Bempton Cliffs RSPB retained the Firecrest and Whooper Swan and two Lapland Buntings flew south-east.
