16th July 2019

The weather consisted of light southerly winds, sunny skies and temperatures that reached 20 degrees C. During the seawatch, 61 Common Scoters, 38 Manx Shearwaters, three juvenile Mediterranean Gulls, 27 Sandwich Terns, six Arctic Terns, two Bonxies and an Arctic Skua flew north; five Dunlin also flew south. On the passerine front, a Grasshopper Warbler was singing in scrub at North Landing. Meanwhile, three White-letter Hairstreak butterflies were located in South Dykes.

Meadow Pipit, Thornwick Pools, by Mike Smith
Common Emerald Damselfly, Flamborough, by Andrew Allport