It was a relatively overcast day, with some brighter intervals, a light variable wind and top temperature of 20 degrees C. The year’s first Balearic Shearwater flew south during a morning seawatch that also featured 36 Teal, 71 Common Scoters, two juvenile Mediterranean Gulls, ten Arctic Terns, 107 Sandwich Terns, three Arctic Skuas, a Bonxie and 48 Manx Shearwaters. A third-summer Caspian Gull lingered on rocks below Cattlemere, where a Little Egret fed in rock pools.
Elsewhere, four Grey Herons, four Teal, two Wigeon and a Lapwing frequented the outer head. A Green Sandpiper headed south over Oceanview, a juvenile Marsh Harrier overflew RSPB Bempton Cliffs and South Dykes, while passerine interest included the first Common Redstart on return passage.
