A day of sunny intervals, light/moderate south-westerly winds and temperatures that peaked at 23 degrees C. Seawatching highlights included 31 Common Scoter, a Manx Shearwater, 60 Sandwich Terns and an Arctic Tern moving north, with 35 Teal, a Golden Plover, two Curlew Sandpipers and a Common Sandpiper flying south.
Thornwick Pools attracted two Black-tailed Godwits, three Dunlin, a Sanderling and the lingering Wood Sandpiper, whilst Stainforth’s Flash attracted five Shelduck, two Shoveler, three Dunlin, a Golden Plover, six Green Sandpipers and a juvenile Yellow-legged Gull. A Marsh Harrier hunted the outer headland, whilst passerine interest included increased numbers of Willow Warblers and four Pied Flycatchers. The Pied Crow remained on Thornwick camp.
West of the Dykes, sightings from RSPB Bempton Cliffs included six Willow Warblers, a Grasshopper Warbler, a Pied Flycatcher and 18 Yellow Wagtails.
