23rd October 2025

Overcast for the majority of daylight hours, with spells of rain, a strong northerly wind and a high of 12 degrees C. A record-breaking 20 adult Mediterranean Gulls flew south during a seawatch that featured single Velvet Scoter and Red-breasted Merganser, three Little Gulls, a Caspian Gull, ten Arctic Skuas, three Bonxies and a Manx Shearwater. The outer head hosted a Merlin and 17 Twite, the latter on the cliff top near the Seawatch Observatory, while a single Goosander flew south over the village.

A Yellow-browed Warbler was the most notable sighting from RSPB Bempton Cliffs.

Great Black-backed Gull by Brett Richards