A light north-north-west wind and persistent, although mainly light, rain sporadically throughout the day. Seawatching produced ten Red-throated Divers flying south, a Blue Fulmar moving north, as did two Sooty and one Balearic Shearwaters. Sixteen Golden Plovers headed south, together with one Greenshank, but best of all, a pale ‘type’ juvenile Long-tailed Skua flew slowly north.
The flashes near Old Fall hosted several species of waders, including two juvenile Little Stints, a juvenile Curlew Sandpiper, seven Ruff, two Greenshank, two Green Sandpipers, a Golden Plover, two Redshank, seven Dunlin and 12 Snipe. Thornwick Pool attracted a Grey Heron, nine Teal, juvenile Greenshank, Black-tailed Godwit and Little Stint, together with the Little Grebe. A Hobby was hunting the Bay Brambles area during the evening, whilst a juvenile Yellow-legged Gull was in the Selwick’s Bay area.
A Barred Warbler on the southern end of Old Fall Hedge was presumably a recently arrived individual, whereas the Wryneck in the brambles at Selwick’s Bay was presumably the same bird lingering from earlier in the week. Additional migrant passerines included 48 Whinchat (including ten at Bempton), 17 Wheatear, eight Redstarts, two Tree Pipits, 14 Goldcrests, five Pied and five Spotted Flycatchers (including one at Buckton).
