A moderate/strong south-westerly wind and sunny intervals ensured the seawatch was relatively quiet. Highlights included 75 Little Gulls feeding offshore, with another seven flying north, two juvenile Yellow-legged Gulls and a first-winter Mediterranean Gull north, 50 Oystercatchers south and 75 Common Terns north.
Gull flocks again received scrutiny, with the green-ringed juvenile Caspian Gull again on the flashes near Old Fall, the putative juvenile Baltic Gull sporadically in the same area and a juvenile Mediterranean Gull at Sewerby.
The flashes at Old Fall attracted a Little Stint, three Greenshank, four Dunlin, two Knot, three Ringed Plover and 11 Snipe, whilst single Greenshank and Snipe were present at Thornwick Pool. A creamcown Marsh Harrier overflew the same area, with another frequenting Buckton/Bempton.
Passerine migrants included a Wryneck on the cliff top path alongside the Golf Course in the evening, the Barred Warbler still present in Selwick’s Bay, four Pied and a Spotted Flycatcher on the Outer Head, at least 15 Willow Warblers in the same area and two Whinchat at Buckton.
However, one of the better sightings of the day was non-avian; a Sunfish swam southwards close inshore at 1720hrs with a group of gulls in attendance.
