The day featured moderate/strong west-south-westerly winds, sunny intervals and temperatures that peaked at 18 degrees C. Eleven Red-throated Divers flew south during a seawatch that also included two Manx and a Sooty Shearwater moving north, whilst a Bar-tailed Godwit, two juvenile Mediterranean Gulls and seven Little Gulls flew south; a juvenile Yellow-legged Gull lingered off the outer head.
Away from the sea, two Little Egrets flew south, a Red Kite drifted over the village and three Swifts remained. Passerine migrants included three Spotted Flycatchers, a Whinchat, three Yellow Wagtails, 18 Siskin, 22 Lesser Redpolls and a Lapland Bunting that flew in off the sea at the lighthouse. Eleven Coal Tits, included three also ‘in off’ at the lighthouse continuing the influx noted over recent days.
Sightings from RSPB Bempton Cliffs included single Little Egret, Merlin and Hobby, a Wheatear, two Yellow Wagtails, seven Siskin and a Lesser Redpoll. A Marsh Harrier hunted cliff top fields at Buckton.
