A cooler day, with gentle west-north-west winds, largely overcast skies with light showers and temperatures that reached 16 degrees C. Seawatching proved rewarding with the year’s first Sooty Shearwater flying north and a juvenile Yellow-legged Gull lingering off the headland. Other notable sightings included 208 Manx Shearwaters north, 174 Common Scoters north, a Little Egret, seven Whimbrel south, 161 Sandwich Terns north, seven Arctic Terns north, 11 Common Tern north, two Mediterranean Gulls and four Arctic Skuas.
The day’s highlight was the unseasonal discovery of a Marsh Warbler at RSPB Bempton Cliffs; single Hobby and Cuckoo and 150 Swifts were also recorded around the reserve. Nearby, Little Egret and Green Sandpiper dropped onto Buckton Pond.
