Light winds eventually backed easterly having started from a south-westerly direction; frequent sunny intervals throughout, with temperatures reaching 14 degrees C. Seawatch records included two Tufted Ducks, 74 Common Scoters, two Red-throated Divers, three Manx Shearwaters, 14 Sandwich Terns and a Common Tern flying past the headland. The day’s highlight was the discovery of a male Nightjar flushed from scrub near the South Landing car park. Passerine interest included a Fieldfare, three ‘migrant’ Reed Warblers, nine Spotted Flycatchers, one Wheatear and a Siskin. The male Red-backed Shrike remained at RSPB Bempton Cliffs, where an impressive five Spoonbills flew south-west mid-afternoon; another Reed Warbler was also located on the reserve.
