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.
Overcast with light rain early morning, clearing to sunny spells later; light/moderate easterly winds and temperatures reached a mere nine degrees. A flock of 14 Scaup, five Red-throated Divers, a summer-plumaged Great Northern Diver and ten Common Terns flew north past the Fog Station, whilst 12 Eider, a Bar-tailed Godwit, 63 Sandwich Terns and an Arctic Skua moved south.
Sightings on the headland itself included three Pink-footed Geese, four Gadwall, a Bar-tailed Godwit, three Whimbrel, two Mediterranean Gulls, a Reed Warbler, two Pied Flycatchers, the year’s first Spotted Flycatcher, three Whinchat, nine Wheatear and seven Yellow Wagtails. Yesterday’s Crane also re-appeared, heading west over Cliff Lane, Bempton early morning.
