3rd May 2023

The temperature reached a high of 12°C on a mainly sunny day with a light to moderate south-easterly.

The recent second-year Yellow-legged Gull was present again off the Fog Station. Other highlights of the morning seawatch included two Gadwall, 15 Common Scoter, four Sandwich Terns, a single Common Tern and a Manx Shearwater.

On the Outer Head, waders logged included a Golden Plover, twelve Ringed Plovers, two Dunlin and a Bar-tailed Godwit at South Landing. Passerine migrant interest was provided by a Whinchat, four Wheatears, a Tree Pipit, twelve Yellow and two White Wagtails. A Minke Whale swam north off Selwicks Bay.

A Yellow Wagtail was also at Bempton Cliffs RSPB and two Lesser Whitethroats along Hoddy Cows Lane.

Yellow Wagtail, Outer Head by Andy Hood