Another sunny day, with light south-west winds increasing in strength throughout. During the morning’s seawatch, six dark-bellied Brent Geese, two Shelduck, 178 Wigeon, eight Pintail, 84 Teal, 164 Common Scoter, a Red-breasted Merganser, one Sooty Shearwater, four Manx Shearwaters, two Mediterranean Gulls, a first calendar-year Yellow-legged Gull, three Bonxies and an Arctic Skua flew north. Another dark-bellied Brent Goose, 38 Pink-footed Geese, 105 Red-throated Divers and a Little Egret moved south.
An additional 83 Pink-footed Geese flew south, 19 Common Buzzards drifted onto the headland and a Grey Plover flew south. Passerines included the Pied Crow in the village, three Stonechats and six Goldcrests.
West of the Dykes, sightings included five Common Buzzards and 50 Skylarks at Buckton, with two Stonechat and 100 Linnets at RSPB Bempton Cliffs.
