The weather consisted of very heavy showers, predominantly during the morning, and sunny intervals in increasingly strong south-west winds; temperatures reached 20 degrees C. Thornwick Pools once again proved its worth and attracted a Grey Heron, five Teal, a Shelduck, seven Dunlin, one Lapwing, two Little Ringed Plovers, a Curlew, one Black-tailed Godwit, a juvenile Ruff, two Snipe, a Wood Sandpiper, three Green Sandpipers, and best of all, a juvenile Spotted Redshank. Elsewhere, an adult Yellow-legged Gull, two Ruff and a Dunlin frequented Stainforth’s Flash. Insect interest included a male Common Hawker photographed on the cliff edge by the Golf Course.
West of the Dykes, sightings from Bempton included a Ruff and 100 Swifts, with one of the latter predated by a Peregrine.
