23rd April 2025

Sunny until mid-morning then overcast and the wind became a moderate easterly. The temperature reached a high of 13°C.

A female Subalpine Warbler type was an early morning find and showed intermittently for an hour and a half along the Motorway Hedge. It is difficult to specifically identify with certainty without a DNA sample but the tail pattern suggests this one was either a Western Subalpine or a Moltoni’s Warbler.

The Yellow-browed Warbler remained at Old Fall. Further passerines included a Hooded Crow, 16 Yellow Wagtails, three Lesser Whitethroats, two Grasshopper Warblers, a Siskin, three Fieldfares and six Redwings. A Marsh Harrier and a Short-eared Owl flew over the Golf Course.

A Brambling, a Grasshopper Warbler, a Fieldfare and a Short-eared Owl were at Bempton Cilffs RSPB while a Marsh Harrier flew over Bempton village.

Subalpine Warbler sp., Lighthouse Field (Rob Little)
Subalpine Warbler sp., Lighthouse Field (Rob Little)