Light/moderate north-easterly winds featured throughout an overcast day with occasional showers and temperatures that reached 17 degrees C. Seawatch highlights included two Shoveler, two Sooty Shearwaters, 28 Manx Shearwaters, 88 Sandwich Terns, 111 Common Terns, two Arctic Terns, three Little Gulls, 18 Arctic Skuas and five Long-tailed Skuas (all juveniles) flying north. Two Tufted Ducks, three Red-throated Divers and six Bonxies flew south.
Six Golden Plover, 23 Ringed Plovers, 13 Dunlin, a Greenshank, six Green Sandpipers and a Common Sandpiper contributed to the wader interest on the headland. A small arrival of passerine migrants took place from late morning, headlined by two Red-backed Shrikes on the outer head. Additional migrants were 19 Willow Warblers, six Garden Warblers, nine Pied Flycatchers, eight Wheatear, a Redstart and two Tree Pipits.
Sightings from RSPB Bempton Cliffs included five Teal, four Golden Plover, a Bonxie, two Marsh Harriers, a Reed Warbler, eight Willow Warblers, three Pied Flycatchers, six Whinchat and nine Yellow Wagtails.
Ringing sessions at both Thornwick and South Landing resulted in 81 birds being processed including 13 Willow Warblers, five Garden Warblers and a Pied Flycatcher.
