7th August 2015

The day featured light northerly winds and sunny intervals. During the seawatch, 26 Manx Shearwaters flew south, 23 Whimbrel headed south, an adult Pomarine Skua moved north and six Arctic Skuas and a Bonxie were recorded. A total of 109 Common Terns flew north and 130 went south.

Thornwick Pools attracted a Greenshank, 13 Dunlin, a juvenile Yellow-legged Gull and four Yellow Wagtails, whilst North Marsh hosted Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, Dunlin and Snipe. Two Siskin overflew the Fog Station.

Two Marsh Harriers circled over Bempton village, seven Yellow Wagtails were on the RSPB reserve, single Little Egret and Cuckoo were at Buckton, with 300 Swallows on wires in the village.

Greenshank, Thornwick Pools, by Andrew Allport
Greenshank, Thornwick Pools, by Andrew Allport
juvenile Yellow-legged Gull, Thornwick Pools, by Craig Thomas
juvenile Yellow-legged Gull, Thornwick Pools, by Craig Thomas
Cuckoo, Buckton, by Paul Reed
Cuckoo, Buckton, by Paul Reed