There were light/moderate westerly winds throughout a day of sunny intervals and temperatures that peaked at 19 degrees C. The year’s first adult Roseate Tern joined the Kittiwake feeding flock off the Fog Station late afternoon. Birds on the move included 18 Teal, 90 Common Scoters, 718 Sandwich Terns, 172 Common Terns, 65 Arctic Terns, a juvenile Yellow-legged Gull, three Sooty Shearwaters and 33 Manx Shearwaters all flying north; two Ruff flew south, while three Bonxies, four Arctic Skuas and a juvenile Caspian Gull were also recorded.
Two Little Egrets were along the shoreline below the South Cliffs, while Thornwick attracted single Greenshank and Green Sandpiper. A Short-eared Owl flew in off the sea at South Dykes early morning, while the juvenile Merlin lingered in the North Marsh area. Other sightings off South Dykes included a flock of 110 Black-headed Gulls moving east and 200 Common Scoters offshore. Shower cloud early evening pushed 185 Swifts onto the headland, with a large flock feeding over the south end of the village.
Notable sightings from RSPB Bempton Cliffs included a juvenile Marsh Harrier moving south-east and an adult Mediterranean Gull flying north-west.
