5th June 2026

Occasional sunny intervals, light south-west winds and a maximum of 18 degrees C. Sixteen Manx Shearwaters, a Red-throated Diver and a Bonxie flew past the outer head. A count of 123 Puffins was an uplift following a spring of worryingly low numbers, while five drake Eider were off Beacon Hill. No fewer than four Quail were present: a single again at Bridlington Links and others singing at Oceanview, Buckton cliff top and the eastern edge of RSPB Bempton Cliffs. A calling Green Woodpecker near the Bowling Green was equally unusual. Elsewhere, a Hobby flew north-west along Buckton cliff top.

Brown Hare, RSPB Bempton Cliffs, Ian Howard