A relatively quiet day weatherwise. A dry day with maximum temperature of 12°C and a moderate southerly.
A first-winter Caspian Gull was offshore during the seawatch which also produced 13 Whooper Swans, four Great Northern Divers, a Manx Shearwater, 82 Golden Plover, 44 Little Gulls and a Bonxie. Passerines were also passing with four Redpolls, three Siskin and two Snow Bunting.
On land, a total of 80 Siskins and 3 Lesser Redpolls were noted in addition to small numbers of winter thrushes. Eight Sanderling were at South Landing beach.
Sightings at Bempton Cliffs RSPB reflected those further east with about a Siskin, 90 Golden Plover, 12 Whooper Swans on the sea and another in a field just to the west of North Dykes.
