1st September 2025

Blustery southerly winds, sunny intervals and occasional light showers and a high of 20 degrees C. A relatively quiet seawatch featured a Minke Whale, three Little Egrets and a lingering Arctic Skua. Thornwick Pools hosted two Shoveler, two Pintail, 13 Teal, a Water Rail and one Snipe. Two Marsh Harriers headed west over the Bowling Green. Passerine migrants included a Spotted Flycatcher, a Tree Pipit and 24 Yellow Wagtails. Elsewhere, a Hobby overflew Bempton village.

Pintail, Thornwick Pools, by Brett Richards
Pintail, Thornwick Pools, by Alan Walkington