23rd August 2022

An overcast morning preceded an afternoon of sunny intervals, temperatures reached 22 degrees C while there was a light/moderate south-easterly wind. It was a busier seawatch with 289 Teal, 216 Common Scoters, five Ringed Plovers, 14 Whimbrel, two Bonxies and three Arctic Skuas. Thornwick Pools attracted five Wigeon, two Teal, a Ruff, six Green Sandpipers, one Redshank, a Little Ringed Plover, a Ringed Plover and four Dunlin; 24 Whimbrel also flew south-east past South Dykes. A juvenile Caspian Gull roosted on the Golf Course in the evening. Passerine migrants included three Pied Flycatchers and two Common Redstarts. In addition, the Red-tailed Shrike remained at Bempton.

Peregrine, Bempton, by Andy Hood