17th April 2023

A dry day maximum temperature of 12°C in a moderate south-easterly.

The morning seawatch was uneventful with highlights of two Shelduck, single Teal and Eider and eight Common Scoter along with six Sandwich Terns.

The Outer Head retained the Rose-ringed Parakeet. Spring migrants remained thin on the ground with a female Black Redstart, two Wheatear, a White Wagtail and a single Golden Plover the most notable. The long-staying Whooper Swan was sill present. A Great Crested Grebe and three Common Scoter were off South Dykes.

Bempton Cliffs RSPB attracted a Ring Ouzel, four Wheatear and a Little Ringed Plover. A White Wagtail and a Wheatear were along Hoddy Cows Lane.

Sparrowhawk, Oceanview by Andy Hood