Moderate south-easterlies and sunny skies persisted. The Eastern Crowned Warbler continued to entertain an admiring crowd at Bempton Cliffs RSPB from dawn til dusk. However, come mid-morning, the far-eastern waif was abandoned when news of an immature Black-browed Albatross filtered through from Filey as it past the Brigg and was subsequently tracked south past Bempton and Flamborough Head.
Seawatching from the headland also logged 72 Wigeon and 38 Teal south, ten Eider north (one south), 36 Common Scoter north (11 south), two Red-throated Diver south (one north), two Manx Shearwater and a single Great Crested Grebe north.
Migrants on the Outer Head included a Short-eared Owl in-off, Long-eared Owl, two Ring Ouzel, Lesser Redpoll, five Yellow-browed Warbler, Hawfinch, Redstart, two Wheatear, five Brambling, double figures of Song Thrush and singles of Redwing, Fieldfare and migrant Blackbirds. The Siberian Stonechat and Taiga Bean Goose were still present. In addition, Thornwick held a Snipe and six Dunlin.
West of the Dykes, Bempton Cliffs RSPB also played host to a Greenish Warbler and five Yellow-browed Warbler. Buckton noted six Yellow-browed Warbler (three ringed), a Richard’s Pipit over, Lapland Bunting, Jack Snipe, Ring Ouzel and a control Redstart from Denmark and a Blackbird from Norway.
