A relatively overcast, calm but warm day, with temperatures reaching 22 degrees C. The undoubted highlight was the sight of hundreds of thousands of seabirds feeding off the headland in a scene described as unprecedented by observers who have seawatched locally for over 50 years! Presumably the vast majority were from the local colony or those within the vicinity, with the following also logged flying past; 283 Common Scoters, 13 Manx Shearwaters, a juvenile Mediterranean Gull, 42 Sandwich Terns (including the year’s first juvenile), an Arctic Tern and three Arctic Skuas. An additional three second calendar-year Mediterranean Gulls and 60 Common Scoters were off South Landing early evening, while Thornwick Pools hosted two Shoveler, a Tufted Duck, two Little Ringed Plovers and a Green Sandpiper.
Both the Black-browed Albatross and Red-tailed Shrike remained at Bempton, where another Mediterranean Gull and a lone Whinchat were recorded.
