Another day of spectacular weather, with gale force easterly winds, overcast skies and temperatures reaching one degree C. Seawatching from South Landing produced the following ‘northbound’ totals: one Long-tailed Duck, 16 Red-throated Divers, 77 Kittiwakes, 800 Black-headed Gulls, seven Little Gulls and 4180 Common Gulls. An further 370 Black-headed and 800 Common Gulls were present offshore. Away from the sea, Thornwick Pools hosted four Jack Snipe.
West of the Dykes, a drake Velvet Scoter flew south past RSPB Bempton Cliffs.
