Winds were generally from the west and increased in strength during the evening; it was a day of sunny intervals and increasing overcast and temperatures reached ten degrees C. Seawatch highlights included a Marsh Harrier flying north (quite possibly the same individual was seen later heading west at Bempton) and a pod of 17 Bottlenose Dolphins also moving north. The Black-browed Albatross visited the cliff at Staple Newk on several occasions, although it also drifted east on the sea offshore of Thornwick. Both the dark-bellied Brent Goose and Mute Swan remained on the outer head, as did the Siberian Chiffchaff. A Woodcock, one Wheatear, and two male Black Redstarts frequented the outer head, with a female-type Black Redstart east of Bempton village, whilst the year’s first Ring Ouzel fed in fields on the western edge of Flamborough village. Additional sightings at RSPB Bempton Cliffs included two Short-eared Owls and a White Wagtail.
