21st July 2022

A light to moderate northerly brought cloud through most of the day with temperatures 19-20 Celsius.

Improved seawatching in both morning and evening sessions included teh following highlights: 278 Manx Shearwaters, six Whimbrel, a Little Gull, three Mediterranean Gulls, a juvenile Yellow-legged Gull, 12 Arctic Terns, a Great Skua and three Arctic Skuas.

Single Dunlin and Green Sandpiper and five Yellow Wagtails were at Thornwick Pools.

At Bempton Cliffs, the Red-tailed Shrike continued to show well and the Black-browed Albatross was only seen briefly early evening.

Red-tailed Shrike, Bempton Cliffs by Rob Little
Female Emperor Dragonfly, South Landing by June & Malcolm Fox