The afternoon featured brighter intervals after an overcast start; there were light south-westerly winds and temperatures reached 11 degrees C. Seawatch highlights included a Manx Shearwater, two Great Northern Divers, 180 Red-throated Divers, two Goosanders, 45 Little Gulls, a Yellow-legged Gull and a Little Auk; five Bottlenose Dolphins also moved south. A Little Egret flew south over the Gorse Field, while another late Swallow was present at North Landing.
The day’s highlight related to the late morning discovery of a flock of 17 Waxwings at Bempton/Buckton village hall; the ringtail Hen Harrier again hunted cliff top fields at Buckton, while Bempton village attracted a Ring-necked Parakeet and 30 Siskin. The male Black Redstart remained at RSPB Bempton Cliffs.
