Overcast once again, with light north-west winds and a best of 12 degrees C. The morning seawatch featured single Red-necked Grebe and Pomarine Skua flying south and a Black-throated Diver heading north; the latter the year’s second record. Other sightings included four dark-bellied Brent Geese, 13 Eider, a Common Tern, 167 Little Gulls, one Mediterranean Gull and a Sooty Shearwater.
A Great Northern Diver flew south high over Head Farm and four Whooper Swans rested in fields near North Dykes. The Red-breasted Merganser lingered off South Landing, where the Grey Plover and a Bar-tailed Godwit were also in residence; three Woodcocks were flushed on the outer head. Five Water Rails included three at Thornwick Pools, while a first-winter Caspian Gull was at Cattlemere. Two Hawfinch that flew north over South Landing were new arrivals. Additional migrants included five Yellow-browed Warblers, including three at South Landing, and a Wheatear.
Another four Water Rails were at RSPB Bempton Cliffs, along with a Merlin.
