An overcast day with light showers in the afternoon, strengthening north-north-west winds and temperatures reaching 14 degrees C. Another all day seawatch once again proved productive, with a Storm Petrel, the year’s first juvenile Sabine’s Gull and a remarkably early Little Auk stealing the headlines. However, there were plenty of other notable sightings including 16 pale-bellied Brent Geese, five Pintail and a Red-breasted Merganser north. Fifty-eight Sooty Shearwaters were down on recent days, but 370 Manx Shearwaters north was an appreciable increase. A total of 161 Little Gulls moved north out of Bridlington bay to feed offshore in the morning, while a juvenile Yellow-legged Gull headed south. Fifteen Bonxies were notable, equally eight Pomarine Skuas which included four ‘spooned’ adults, 74 Arctic Skuas and three juvenile Long-tailed Skuas moving north. A Black Redstart frequented the cliffs around the Fog Station.
