Initial light south-westerly winds switched to moderate north-westerly winds, with sunny intervals throughout. Seawatching highlights included 61 Teal, ten Red-throated Divers, a Great Northern Diver, 17 Manx Shearwaters and nine Arctic Skuas flying south, with two Sooty Shearwaters and a juvenile Caspian Gull flying north.
The day’s highlight related to a juvenile Pectoral Sandpiper that spent most of the morning at Thornwick Pools; only the fifth Flamborough record, but the second this year. Other sightings from Thornwick included three Ruff, a Little Stint, 11 Dunlin and a Ringed Plover. South Landing attracted an Eider, a juvenile Mediterranean Gull (different to Friday’s individual), 11 Ringed Plover and 12 Dunlin.
West of the Dykes, single Ruff, Green Sandpiper and Greenshank were on Buckton Pond, with two Whinchat and a Garden Warbler nearby.
