Thundery showers during a day of sunny intervals, light winds and temperatures that reached 18 degrees C. Both the Red-tailed Shrike and Black-browed Albatross remained at Bempton, where two Spoonbills flew north over Staple Newk in the morning.
A juvenile Yellow-legged Gull was the highlight of the morning’s seawatch at the outer head, with other notable totals comprising 46 Common Scoters, 28 Manx Shearwaters, a Bonxie, 22 Sandwich Terns and five Arctic Terns. A Hobby hunted over Thornwick Pools, where there were also two Green Sandpipers, a Common Sandpiper and a Little Ringed Plover. The Hawfinch again visited feeders in Flamborough village.
