20th February 2023

Strong westerly winds and an unseasonably mild day with the temperature reaching 14°C.

Eight Bottle-nosed Dolphins enlivened an otherwise dull seawatch.

Thornwick Pools continued to hold a drake Shoveler, a pair of Shelduck and 87 Teal while a single Pink-footed Goose flew over.

At Bempton Cliffs, 320 Pink-footed Geese headed north west. The most interesting bird of the day was a Snow Bunting sporting a colour ring that spent a couple of hours on the cliff top before flying north-west. It is already known that it was ringed at Dunkerque, France on 10th December 2022. Also present were 190 Linnets. Buckton Pond held two Wigeon and two Teal.

Snow Bunting, RSPB Bempton Cliffs by James Davies