Late news from Saturday 27th April: a Little Bunting was photographed by a visitor as it fed alongside the cliff top path at Cattlemere.
Meanwhile today’s weather consisted of bright skies, a blustery south/south-south-westerly wind and a top temperature of 14 degrees C. Conditions ensured it was inevitably a good day: some birds that made landfall the previous day were discovered alongside new arrivals pushed onto the headland by the south-westerly airflow. A Great White Egret flew south over the outer head in the morning, as did a lone Little Egret, while a Spoonbill that flew east over Old Fall was presumably the same individual on a flash early evening. A pair of Garganey and a Wood Sandpiper on the outer head were also new, while a Hobby over Old Fall and, latterly, RSPB Bempton Cliffs was an early record. Late afternoon, a single Common Swift arrived over the village.
A male Pied Flycatcher and a male Whinchat were also additions to the burgeoning year list. Other migrant passerines included four Ring Ouzels, 67 Wheatear, 35 Willow Warblers, two Redstarts, 14 Yellow Wagtails, two White Wagtails, four Brambling and seven Siskin.
