20th March 2019

More spring-like conditions resulted from light south-west winds, sunny intervals and temperatures peaking at 16 degrees C. During the seawatch, two Eiders flew south and 62 Puffins were also recorded.

Another Red Kite over the outer head eventually flew west and was later relocated over Buckton village; Common Buzzards were displaying over Mid Dykes and, more unusually, east of the village. Migrants included seven Chiffchaffs, 1400 Starlings, seven Redwing, one Fieldfare, a male Stonechat near Old Fall, two Wheatear, 14 Pied Wagtails, a White Wagtail and a Snow Bunting; the latter flying south-west over Old Fall. A ringing session in South Dykes caught the two Nuthatch; the first ever to be rung at Flamborough.

Sightings from RSPB Bempton Cliffs included five Whooper Swans flying north, a pair of Gadwall on the sea, a Chiffchaff, two Wheatear and a White Wagtail.

Nuthatch, South Dykes, by Jo Hood