After the day started with a light south-south-easterly, winds strengthened in the afternoon with a subtle switch to south-easterlies; after a sunny start high cloud dominated the afternoon. Seawatching highlights included two dark-bellied Brent Geese and 48 Common Scoter flying north, one Bonxies and four Arctic Skuas, and a juvenile Long-tailed Skua also flying north. A cruise off the Fog Station was rewarded with a Brent Goose, two Pintail, three Black Terns, 100 Little Gulls, nine Arctic Skuas and two Yellow-legged Gulls. A Pintail also remained in residence on Thornwick Pools, with Water Rail and Ruff also present.
Passerine migrants arrived throughout the day and included four Yellow-browed Warblers on the outer head, along with 11 Wheatear, two Spotted Flycatchers, a Pied Flycatcher, two Redstarts, five Whinchats, a Brambling and one Snow Bunting.
West of the Dykes, the Red-backed Shrike and a Yellow-browed Warbler were present at Bempton Cliffs RSPB, along with a Ruff and two Whinchat.
