30th September 2020

The day featured increasingly blustery southerly winds and cloudy skies, with rain arriving mid-afternoon and a high of 13 degrees C. A morning seawatch produced 34 Common Scoter, three Red-breasted Mergansers and two Scaup flying north, with a Tufted Duck moving in the opposite direction. A Great White Egret also flew in off the sea by the Fog Station and continued west. Elsewhere, a Little Egret was seen at Thornwick, three Yellow-browed Warblers remained, the village attracted three Lesser Redpolls, whilst a lone Crossbill flew west. RSPB Bempton Cliffs attracted another two Yellow-browed Warblers.

Great White Egret, Fog Station, by Mark Pearson