26th February 2023

The day was mainly bright and sunny with a maximum temperature of 8°C and a moderate north-easterly wind.

Two Manx Shearwaters and a Blue Fulmar were off the Fog Station during the morning. Other seawatching highlights included four Common Scoter and 14 Red-throated Divers.

The sea off the South Cliffs attracted ten Great Crested Grebes and seven Common Scoter. On the opposite side of the headland, waters at Thornwick still held 9 swans, a Whooper and eight Mute, two Shelduck, 28 Teal and a Little Grebe.

At Bempton Cliffs RSPB, four Common Scoter, a single Golden Plover and the first Goldcrest of spring were noted while Buckton Pond still held two Wigeon as well as nine Teal.

Fulmar, Bempton Cliffs by Dan Howe