A more overcast day than of late, with cloud increasing in the afternoon, a south-easterly wind developing and temperatures reaching 19 degrees C. The Red-tailed (Turkestan) Shrike remained east of Bempton village, while the Black-browed Albatross again showed well at Staple Newk; the reserve’s purple patch continued, when an Alpine Swift flew in off the sea early afternoon and, after showing over the visitor centre, it headed south.
A Hawfinch visiting garden feeders in Flamborough village represented the second consecutive mid-summer occurrence in similar circumstance. Thornwick Pools attracted five Green Sandpipers, a Little Ringed Plover, one Redshank and a Greenshank, while at least four Mediterranean Gulls were off the Fog Station/South Landing.
