After an overcast start a sunny day, with light south-east winds and temperatures reaching 20 degrees C. Seawatching highlights included 296 Common Scoter, 30 Manx Shearwaters, 69 Little Gulls, 18 Sandwich Terns and 15 Arctic Terns flying north, with two Red-throated Divers, three Grey Herons, 40 Oystercatchers, six Whimbrel, a Little Gull and three Arctic Skuas moving south.
The Red-breasted Merganser remained at South Landing, where there were also two Whimbrel and a Bar-tailed Godwit. Sightings from Stainforth’s Flash included a Sanderling, one Greenshank, two Whimbrel and a juvenile Yellow-legged Gull. Insect interest included a Marbled White at South Landing and a Hummingbird Hawkmoth in the village.
West of the Dykes, records from RSPB Bempton Cliffs included five Shelduck, a Red-throated Diver, 199 Swallows and 19 Yellow Wagtails flying south.
