28th September 2016

A day of patchy sunshine and temperatures in the high teens; south-westerly winds strengthened throughout. Seawatching highlights consisted of 136 Pink-footed Geese south, a single Wigeon and Tufted Duck south, eight Scaup south, 17 Red-throated Diver south (two north), a Little Egret north, eight Great, one Arctic and a dark morph Pomarine Skua south.

A further 200 Pink-footed Geese overflew the headland. There were seven Yellow-browed Warbler on the Outer Head, including the two favouring the golf course willows, and the Taiga Bean Goose was still in the North Marsh area. Other migrants included three Spotted Flycatcher, four Whinchat, Redstart, Wheatear and a Kingfisher was located on the beach below the Lighthouse.

West of the Dykes, Bempton Cliffs RSPB retained a single Yellow-browed Warbler and Treecreeper; Buckton logged a single Snipe and Greenshank and two Whinchat.

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Wheatear, Outer Head, by Alan Walkington