A moderate/strong easterly wind, sunny intervals and temperatures that edged up a couple of degrees on recent days to a peak of ten degrees C. During the seawatch, two Eider, a Manx Shearwater, 19 Sandwich Terns, one Common Tern and a Bonxie flew north, with a Whimbrel heading south.
Thornwick Pools hosted three Shelduck, 20 Teal, a Little Ringed Plover and a Snipe, whilst Stainforth’s Flash attracted single Ringed Plover and Little Ringed Plover. An increase in summer migrants occurred, with sightings including 20 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 20 Sand Martins, nine Swallows, two Hooded Crows, nine Goldcrests, six Willow Warblers, 11 Chiffchaffs, 12 Blackcaps, the year’s first Lesser Whitethroat, two Black Redstarts on the outer head, one Wheatear, a Tree Pipit and one Siskin.
Sightings from RSPB Bempton Cliffs included four Goldcrests and two Chiffchaffs, all newly arrived.
