3rd March 2022

An overcast day, with a light/moderate south-easterly wind and temperatures peaking at seven degrees C. A Puffin that flew north represented the year’s first seawatch record, with 28 Common Scoters and 38 Red-throated Divers also recorded. The Water Rail remained in residence near the Lighthouse, as did two Short-eared Owls at RSPB Bempton Cliffs (where a Chiffchaff was also present) and a Shore Lark, 20 Lapland Buntings and two Snow Buntings at Buckton.

Guillemots, RSPB Bempton Cliffs, by Dan Howe