A day of two halves, with an overcast and wet start preceding sunny skies and a marked increase in temperatures that reached 22 degrees C; blustery south-westerly winds also developed. Not for the first time, a rise in temperature brought instant reward when a first-summer female Red-footed Falcon was discovered mid-afternoon. Initially seen over the Living Seas Centre at South Landing, it relocated to South Dykes where it showed sporadically into the evening. Surprisingly, this represents the first record on the headland since a first-summer male on 29th May 2012.
The Quail remained near Old Fall, with another Quail calling at RSPB Bempton Cliffs. Other notable sightings included a Green Sandpiper at Thornwick Pools (the return passage starts here!), a Hobby over South Dykes, 112 Swifts over the outer head and a Cetti’s Warbler still singing near the South Dykes entrance road.
