26th April 2022

Cloudier than of late and the wind lighter though still from the northerly quarter. The temperature was again seasonally cool with a maximum of 11°C.

The morning watch at the Fog Station produced three Eiders, seven Common Scoters, a Manx Shearwater, two Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 11 Sandwich Terns and a House Martin.

Thornwick Pools retained its wildfowl with two Gadwall, a Wigeon and a Goldeneye still in residence while The Lakes attracted 10 Mute Swans which equals the local all-time record count. A Whinchat was one of few notable passerines.

The Black-browed Albatross returned to Bempton Cliffs RSPB after a three-day absence.

Puffin, Bempton Cliffs RSPB by Alan Walkington