A cloudy day with an afternoon maximum temperature of 15°C in a moderate to fresh south-westerly.
Highlights from the Fog Station included a Great Northern Diver, three Manx Shearwaters, six Arctic, two Common and one Sandwich Tern, 66 Little Gulls and a Mediterranean Gull. Skuas included a Pomarine and five Arctic.
Away from the sea, the Merin continued to terrorise the finch flock at the Lighthouse Field and the Bittern and Whooper Swan remained at Thornwick Pools. In terms of migrant passerines, two Yellow-browed Warblers were at South Dykes and one at South Landing. Otherwise, there were scattered small numbers of Redwings and Goldcrests and a Cetti’s Warbler was caught at South Landing.
Three Short-eared Owls were at Bempton Cliffs RSPB along with a Whooper Swan and 165 Pink-footed Geese and two House Martins. A Bittern was seen to come in off the sea at dusk, only the second record for the reserve.
