Overcast for the majority of the day with sunny intervals late on; rain abated late morning, southerly winds remained light and temperatures reached 13 degrees C. A southerly movement during the morning’s seawatch included two dark-bellied Brent Geese, five Shoveler, 115 Wigeon, six Pintail, 351 Teal, seven Goosander, 19 Knot, 63 Common Terns, three Little Gulls, three first-winter Caspian Gulls, three Arctic Skuas, 60 Red-throated Divers, five Grey Herons and a Great White Egret.
Single Bar-tailed Godwit and Grey Plover remained in residence while a Short-eared Owl overflew Lighthouse Road. Interestingly, a single Redstart came in off the sea during the morning rain and landed on the Seawatch Observatory. Additional passerine interest came in the form of three Yellow-browed Warblers, a Lesser Whitethroat, two Yellow Wagtails, 13 Song Thrush north-west over the village, 13 Redpolls and two Snow Buntings.
Sightings from RSPB Bempton Cliffs included a Short-eared Owl, 25 Goldcrests, a Whinchat, two Wheatear, a Redstart, seven Redwing, eight Song Thrush and a Brambling.
