An overcast day, with spells of light rain in a gentle south-west wind and temperatures peaking at 22 degrees C. The morning seawatch featured 11 Teal, six Eider, 102 Manx Shearwaters, 19 Whimbrel and 24 Black-tailed Godwits flying south, with 177 Common Scoters, two Red-throated Divers, 14 Sandwich Terns, two Common Terns and two Arctic Skuas heading north. Thornwick Pools attracted a juvenile Wood Sandpiper, one Green Sandpiper, a Little Ringed Plover, a Redshank, four Dunlin, two Snipe, four Yellow Wagtails and a Grey Wagtail; a juvenile Yellow-legged Gull bathed on nearby Thornwick Lakes. Meanwhile, South Landing hosted three Mediterranean Gulls, a juvenile Yellow-legged Gull, two Whimbrel and a Marsh Harrier. Both the Black-browed Albatross and Red-tailed Shrike remained at RSPB Bempton Cliffs, where a juvenile Yellow-legged Gull and 13 Whimbrel were also recorded. Nearby, a Quail sang late evening from crop at Buckton.
