A day of showers, sunny intervals and relatively light winds, while temperatures reached 15 degrees C. Seawatching was rewarded with 35 Common Scoters, 15 Sandwich Terns and 14 Manx Shearwaters. Passerine interest on the outer head included one Spotted Flycatcher, a Mistle Thrush and two Corn Buntings.
The year’s first Minke Whale fed off RSPB Bempton Cliffs in the afternoon. Additional reserve sightings included 112 Swifts, five Grey Herons, a Marsh Harrier, one Reed Warbler and a Spotted Flycatcher.
