The weather consisted of sunny intervals, light south-west winds and a top temperature of 13 degrees C. Larid movement included a first-winter Yellow-legged Gull, 292 Herring Gulls and 1440 Common Gulls moving south; the latter including 93 over the sea, but the majority overflew the headland. Wildfowl interest included the five White-fronted Geese for their third day, the lingering party of eight Egyptian Geese, a Shoveler, 75 Wigeon and two Pintail. A tally of 33 Rock Pipits represented a sizeable influx and included at least two ‘Scandinavian’, while 21 Snow Buntings were still on Beacon Hill. Elsewhere, a Short-eared Owl was at RSPB Bempton Cliffs and a Merlin between Bempton village and North Dykes.
