12th July 2019

A day of sunny intervals, with a north-north-westerly wind increasing in strength throughout; temperatures reached 19 degrees C. During the seawatch, three Teal, 35 Common Scoters, 68 Manx Shearwaters, five Arctic Terns and an Arctic Skua flew north, with 17 Knot and a Bonxie heading south. A drake Goosander sheltered off Beacon Hill, a Green Sandpiper frequented Thornwick Pools and a Grey Wagtail visited a garden pond on the edge of the village. RSPB Bempton Cliffs attracted a Hobby, with a Little Egret also flying north(-west) there.

Odonata interest included a Red-veined Darter that graced the edge of the Gorse Field. 

Grey Wagtail, Flamborough village, by Rob Little
Red-veined Darter, Lighthouse Grassland, by Andrew Allport