26th August 2018

The weather during the morning consisted of overcast skies and increasing winds, whereas strong southerly winds and driving rain featured throughout the afternoon. During the seawatch, the following flew north: 335 Manx Shearwaters, three Balearic Shearwaters, 40 Sooty Shearwaters, 112 Sandwich Terns, 305 Common Terns, two Black Terns, two Pomarine Skuas, a Long-tailed Skua, 26 Bonxies and 14 Arctic Skuas; a Goosander also flew south past the Fog Station. Thornwick Pools attracted two Green Sandpipers during the afternoon rain.

West of the Dykes, sightings from RSPB Bempton Cliffs included a Little Egret flying north-west, an adult Hobby moving south-east, a juvenile Cuckoo, a Wheatear and six Yellow Wagtails. Records from Buckton included the aforementioned Little Egret, five Willow Warblers, five Sedge Warblers, a Garden Warbler and one Whinchat.

Bar-tailed Godwit, South Landing, by Alan Walkington