A bright, sunny day with a light east-north-easterly wind and a high of 19 degrees C. Seawatch highlights included four Sooty Shearwaters, 543 Common Terns and 35 Arctic Skuas flying north. Nine Pale-bellied Brent Geese acted as a reminder that colder conditions are not far away. Wader interest included six Greenshank, two Green Sandpipers and a Common Sandpiper. Once again, the Merlin successfully chased Linnets near the lighthouse. Small numbers of drift migrants made landfall in the afternoon with final totals of 12 Willow Warblers, three Pied Flycatchers, four Wheatears, a Redstart and two Yellow Wagtails.
RSPB Bempton Cliffs attracted a Marsh Harrier, four Willow Warblers, one Pied Flycatcher and eight Yellow Wagtails. Nearby, the Garganey remained on Buckton Pond.
