Moderate/strong south-easterly winds were a feature of a generally overcast morning, with sunny intervals predominating later. Seawatching highlights included two Great Northern Divers flying south, a Sooty Shearwater moving north, with three Shelduck, 23 Wigeon and 14 Knot heading south. Three Pomarine Skuas flew north, along with single Mediterranean Gull and Sandwich Tern.
A total of 272 Shags left the cliff roost early morning and 31 Turnstones and 12 Purple Sandpipers were in residence. Thornwick Pools hosted single Knot and Dunlin and two Short-eared Owls were recorded; an individual flying in off the sea early morning and another near North Marsh.
An arrival of passerines was headlined by a Pallas’s Warbler at Old Fall, the seventh on the wider Flamborough Headland this autumn. In addition, 550 Redwing and 175 Fieldfare arrived during the day, along with 26 Fieldfare, a male Stonechat that came in off the sea, 17 Goldcrests and 48 Brambling.
West of the Dykes, two Lapland Buntings were at Buckton.
