A day of sunny intervals, light/moderate south-south-west winds and temperatures that peaked at 23 degrees C. Spring’s fourth Marsh Warbler was located on the edge of the Lighthouse Grassland mid-morning and continued to sing in the same area until early afternoon. Heading in the opposite direction were two Green Sandpipers that accompanied two Little Ringed Plovers at Thornwick Pools.
Seawatch highlights included three Teal, three Eider, 165 Common Scoters, 22 Sandwich Terns and seven Manx Shearwaters; 45 Common Scoters and an Eider were off South Dykes.
Swifts have been relatively scarce to date, although 50 fed over Bempton village early evening.
