After heavy overnight rain the weather comprised light northerly winds throughout an overcast day, with temperatures reaching 17 degrees C. An adult Sabine’s Gull was the highlight of the day’s seawatch, along with four Shoveler, a Velvet Scoter, two Sooty Shearwaters and a juvenile Mediterranean Gull. A juvenile Caspian Gull roosted on the Golf Course in the evening ,whilst a creamcrown Marsh Harrier hunted fields on the outer head. Wader passage also improved, with nine Golden Plovers, two Wood Sandpipers (inc. one Thornwick), three Green Sandpipers, two Greenshank and three Ruff.
Passerine migrants started to make landfall mid-afternoon and included the year’s first Barred Warbler (Gorse Field) and three Pied Flycatchers. The Black-browed Albatross remained at RSPB Bempton Cliffs, where two Ruff were also seen.
