11th September 2016

A day of light/moderate south-westerly winds and sunny intervals. Seawatching produced a Tufted Duck, 15 Red-throated Divers and a Marsh Harrier flying south, whilst moving in the opposite direction were 41 Common Scoters, two Mediterranean Gulls, 158 Common Terns, 26 Arctic Terns, six Arctic Skuas and a Hobby; a Coal Tit also appeared to come in off the sea.

Sightings from Sewerby included four Wigeon, 22 Sanderling and 11 Ringed Plovers. Five Swift and a Garden Warbler were recorded in the vicinity of Thornwick.

Records at Buckton included three Common Buzzards, two Marsh Harriers, two Little Egrets, seven Whinchat and a Stonechat.

Swallows, Thornwick, by Alan Walkington
Swallows, Thornwick, by Alan Walkington