A relatively still day, with overcast skies and light rain during the morning, with brighter spells later and temperatures reaching 14 degrees C. During the seawatch, an Eider and 57 Common Scoters flew north, with five Curlew, 17 Sandwich Terns, an Arctic Tern and a Bonxie heading south. Thornwick Pools attracted a drake Teal and a Little Ringed Plover, whilst the Short-eared Owl continued to hunt fields on the northern edge of the golf course. The day’s main feature related to a southerly movement of Swifts witnessed at RSPB Bempton Cliffs: a total of 1004 flew south between 1030-1600hrs.
