A moderate north-easterly wind featured throughout a sunny day, with temperatures reaching 16 degrees C. During the seawatch, 20 Red-throated Divers, five Sooty Shearwaters, a Great Crested Grebe, one Grey Plover and 17 Dunlin flew south, two Pomarine Skuas and a juvenile Little Gull flew north, whilst five Bonxies and nine Arctic Skuas were also recorded.
A Merlin hunted the Lighthouse Grassland at dusk, with a juvenile Yellow-legged Gull loafing on the new workings at Thornwick Camp. Three Red-breasted Flycatchers remained (including one at RSPB Bempton Cliffs), a juvenile Red-backed Shrike frequented hedgerows on the western edge of the Golf Course and a Barred Warbler was fresh in at Booted Gully. However, in the local context the day’s most notable discovery was a Cetti’s Warbler at South Landing. Additional passerine migrants included a Yellow-browed Warbler, one Pied Flycatcher, a Spotted Flycatcher, two Whinchat, two Redstarts and two Grey Wagtails.
