Overcast, with increasingly strong southerly winds and heavy rain arriving in the afternoon; temperatures reached 15 degrees C. The year’s first Balearic Shearwater flew south during a morning seawatch that also featured three Shoveler, 129 Wigeon, two Pintail, 133 Teal, three first-winter Caspian Gulls and two Arctic Skuas heading in the same direction.
Land-based birding was curtailed to a large extent by the weather but birds noted were the flyover of two Snipe and 11 Lapwing and the Yellow-browed Warbler at South Landing still lingered. Migrants at Bempton Cliffs included a Garden Warbler, four Blackcap and ten Goldcrest; non-passerines included 64 Pink-footed Geese, a Grey Plover and two Caspian Gulls.
