Sunny intervals featured throughout a day of moderate south-west winds and temperatures that reached 18 degrees C. A Velvet Scoter north, three Manx Shearwaters, together with single Bonxie and Arctic Skua were the highlights of the morning’s seawatch. A dark-bellied Brent Goose, two Little Egrets, four Eiders and four Arctic Terns frequented Cattlemere late afternoon, where the Merlin continued to entertain. A lone Water Rail was located in the Thornwick Reedbed.
A Cetti’s Warbler caught and ringed at Thornwick continued the unprecedented autumn influx. Thrushes started to make landfall mid-afternoon comprising mainly of one species, with 845 Redwing arriving mainly from 1500hrs until dusk; the odd Blackbird, Song Thrush and Starling also flew west, along with ten Brambling.
A Whooper Swan remained in residence along Cliff Lane, Bempton, where the influx of Redwings was also apparent: 162 flew west south of the village between 1720-1750hrs. Further west, 500 Pink-footed Geese frequented fields between Buckton and Speeton. On the opposite side of the headland a lone Yellow-browed Warbler was located between Sewerby and South Dykes.
