A day of sunny intervals, light showers from mid-afternoon, a light westerly wind and temperatures that reached 17 degrees C. Seawatch highlights included a Pale-bellied Brent Goose north, one Pintail south, a first-winter Caspian Gull, six Little Gulls and 37 southbound Red-throated Divers.
The main feature of the day was a movement of 1870 Pink-footed Geese flying south. Additional interest included three Swifts, one Sand Martin, a Garden Warbler, one Sedge Warbler, a Lesser Whitethroat, a Spotted Flycatcher and three Wheatears. Visible migration was also very evident, with passerines moving south-west along the southern side of the headland including 340 Meadow Pipits, 45 Skylarks, 650 Starlings and 12 Chaffinch.
Four Short-eared Owls continued to hunt cliff top fields at RSPB Bempton Cliffs.
