An overcast day, with spells of light rain and a strong southerly wind. The morning’s seawatch was a much quieter affair, with two Sooty Shearwaters, a first calendar-year Caspian Gull, 22 Little Gulls, two Arctic Terns, three Bonxies and five Arctic Skuas the most notable sightings. Nineteen Tufted Ducks remained on Thornwick Lakes, with a Water Rail at the nearby Pools. The long-staying Merlin again hunted the cliff top around the Seawatch Observatory, while the Ring Ouzel was again near the Lighthouse car park.
Another Merlin remained at RSPB Bempton Cliffs, where a juvenile Long-tailed Skua, a Green Sandpiper and 12 Goldcrest were present.
