After a bright start cloud built later in the day, whilst temperatures reached 20 degrees C; winds remained light and variable. During the seawatch, 72 Common Scoter, ten Manx Shearwaters, six Sandwich Terns and an Arctic Skua flew north.
The Long-tailed Duck remained on Stainforth’s Flash, where additional sightings included two Dunlin, Lapwing and Oystercatcher. Thornwick Pools attracted a single Greenshank, two Dunlin and a Little Ringed Plover. On the passerine front, a Goldcrest at Oceanview represented an unseasonal record.
West of the Dykes, a Whimbrel flew south at RSPB Bempton Cliffs, where a Hummingbird Hawkmoth was also seen.
