Sunny intervals and occasional showers, a moderate north-easterly wind and high of 13 degrees C. Seawatch highlights included a juvenile Sabine’s Gull flying north along with a Slavonian Grebe, two Long-tailed Skuas and four Pomarine Skuas. Also recorded were: 11 dark-bellied Brent Geese, 16 Eiders, 451 Common Scoters, three Goosanders, four Red-breasted Mergansers, 29 Little Gulls, 18 Arctic Skuas, 12 Bonxies, 2321 Kittiwakes and 23 Sooty Shearwaters.
The most notable migrants on the outer head were a Richard’s Pipit at South Landing and a juvenile Red-backed Shrike at Oceanview. Additional records included: four pale-bellied Brent Geese, four Woodcock, a Water Rail, a Long-eared Owl, four Short-eared Owls, three Swallows, five Jays, a Cetti’s Warbler, two Lesser Whitethroats, three Yellow-browed Warblers, five Goldcrests, 6490 Redwing west, 430 Blackbirds, 21 Fieldfare, a Grey Wagtail, 42 Brambling, ten Redpoll, 35 Siskin, a Snow Bunting and four Lapland Buntings.
Single Firecrest and Siberian Chiffchaff were trapped and ringed at RSPB Bempton Cliffs. Other reserve sightings included: ten Golden Plovers, a Woodcock, two Short-eared Owls, four Jays, 25 Blackbirds, 35 Redwing, six Goldcrests, four Lesser Whitethroats, a Pied Flycatcher, 15 Brambling and ten Redpolls.
