Blustery northerly winds featured throughout a relatively bright day, with a top temperature of 13 degrees C. A Great Northern Diver flew north during a morning seawatch that also recorded two Tufted Ducks, 27 Sandwich Terns and a Manx Shearwater.
The day’s highlight was the discovery of a (presumed) first-summer male Siberian Stonechat in the Lighthouse Grassland mid-afternoon that was still present in the evening. A Hobby flew from South Dykes towards the village early morning, with a lone Ring Ouzel also in the Dykes. Elsewhere, a Hooded Crow was on cliff top fields on the south side of the head. The year’s first Spotted Flycatcher graced South Landing, where three Bar-tailed Godwits were on the beach. Other notable records included single pairs of Garganey and Pochard on the outer head, a southbound Little Egret, two Whimbrel at Hartendale and a Swift.
