Overcast throughout, with strong northerly winds, driving rain and temperatures no higher than 13 degrees C. Seawatch highlights included two dark-bellied Brent Geese, nine pale-bellied Brent Geese, 18 Barnacle Geese, 35 Pink-footed Geese, a Pintail, two Velvet Scoters, a Red-necked Grebe, a juvenile Little Gull and 21 Sooty Shearwaters.
A Red-breasted Flycatcher was a fresh arrival along Old Fall hedge, where the year’s first Great Grey Shrike also made landfall. Two Red-breasted Flycatchers and the Icterine Warbler continued their residence at North Landing. Additional migrants included a Hobby, 17 Redwing, three Yellow-browed Warblers, a Common Whitethroat and a Pied Flycatcher.
The Pale-legged Leaf Warbler was still at RSPB Bempton Cliffs, but continued to be elusive; it was joined by a Sand Martin, two Yellow-browed Warblers, seven Goldcrest and two Redwing.
