A relatively overcast day, with moderate westerly winds and temperatures rising during the day to a peak of 21 degrees C. A flock of eight Little Egrets flew south during the morning seawatch; a lone Little Egret also visited a garden pond at North Landing and one appeared once more at RSPB Bempton Cliffs. Additional seawatch records included 135 Common Scoters, 83 Sandwich Terns, three Common Terns, eight Arctic Terns, two Arctic Skuas, a lone Sooty Shearwater and 63 Manx Shearwaters all flying north; the juvenile Yellow-legged Gull remained offshore.
A southerly movement of Swallows took place mid-morning, with 417 logged passing South Landing/Beacon Hill. A Merlin near North Marsh mid-evening was an early returnee and only the third record of the year. The Wood Sandpiper remained at Thornwick Pools, where there were also six Shoveler and four Dunlin.
