After a brief interlude of north-westerly winds over the last two days, the winds switched back to the south-west; after a wet start, it was mainly cloudy with light rain and then sunshine late afternoon.
Seawatching was rewarded with: 90 Wigeon, a male Velvet Scoter, two Eider, a Goosander, one Sooty Shearwater, two Sandwich Terns, ten Bonxies and an Arctic Skua flying north. Birds moving south included a dark-bellied Brent Goose, eight Pintail and 40 Red-throated Divers. A second-winter Mediterranean Gull lingered offshore, but better still, a Minke Whale surfaced off the headland mid-afternoon.
The day’s highlight was undoubtedly the discovery of Flamborugh’s second-ever Cetti’s Warbler, located at Thornwick Pools late afternoon; two Water Rails were also on site.
Additional sightings included 140 Pink-footed Geese heading south, four Ruff, a Little Owl at Oceanview, four Coal Tits and four Siskin.
