The weather consisted of strong north-westerly winds, overcast skies after a bright start and temperatures peaked at 12 degrees C. Seawatching highlights included 29 dark-bellied Brent Geese, two Barnacle Geese, two Red-breasted Mergansers and 101 Common Scoters flying north, 60 Red-throated Divers and a Great Northern Diver moving south, seven Sooty Shearwaters, two Slavonian Grebes and 132 Little Gulls north, a Mediterranean Gull south, three Pomarine Skuas (two south, one north) and 13,000 Razorbills flying north.
Passerine interest included the Cetti’s Warbler at South Landing, three Yellow-browed Warblers (two Old Fall, one South Landing), a ‘Siberian’ Lesser Whitethroat at Old Fall, 20 Goldcrests, 55 Chiffchaffs, three Blackcaps, a Nuthatch at South Landing, a Fieldfare, two Redwing, two Spotted Flycatchers, two Redstarts, a Wheatear, two Grey Wagtails and two Lesser Redpolls.
RSPB Bempton Cliffs attracted single Lesser Whitethroat, Yellow-browed Warbler and Pied Flycatcher.
