The following summary only includes records from our resident birders’ health walks and garden sightings; consequently, it provides a mere snapshot of the true scale of our spring migration.
A relatively overcast day, with a light south-easterly wind and temperatures reaching 11 degrees C. During the morning, seven Common Scoter, three Red-throated Divers, a Manx Shearwater, ten Oystercatchers, eight Lesser Black-backed Gulls and 64 Sandwich Terns flew north past the Fog Station.
The day’s highlights consisted of a Crane that flew south over Speeton before eventually resting on fields on the outer head and an Osprey that headed north over the village. Other notable records included two Pink-footed Geese, nine Whimbrel, a Bar-tailed Godwit, a Short-eared Owl, one Swift, a Cuckoo, four Wheatears, two Yellow Wagtails and a Siskin. A pair of Grey Partridge also frequented Bempton.
