Overcast with persistent but light rain until early afternoon, a blustery easterly wind and top temperature of nine degrees C. Wildfowl moving past the Seawatch Observatory included 123 dark-bellied Brent Geese, two pale-bellied Brent Geese, three Pintail, 466 Common Scoters and two Goldeneye. In a local context, the 40 Grey Plovers and 25 Bar-tailed Godwits that flew north represented eye-catching totals. Single Sandwich Tern and Arctic Tern were late records, while 109 Little Gulls moved north. A Long-tailed Skua that flew north was also late, with eight Arctic Skuas more seasonal. Four Little Auks and three Manx Shearwaters headed north, as did a Black-throated Diver and three Great Northern Divers.
A Dusky Warbler remained at South Landing and two Firecrests at the Golf Course Willows. However, there was plenty of evidence of newly arrived migrants including 52 Lapwing, 11 Woodcock, a Long-eared Owl, 50 Goldcrests, a new Firecrest (North Landing), 1905 Starlings, 680 Blackbirds, 50 Redwing, ten Fieldfare, a Black Redstart, five Brambling, a Siskin and five Snow Buntings.
Sightings from RSPB Bempton Cliffs included 20 dark-bellied Brent Geese, four Goosanders, six Lapwing, eight Woodcock, eight Little Gulls, 80 Blackbirds, eight Redwing, 20 Goldcrests and a Brambling.
