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A relatively bright start to a day that featured increasing amounts of cloud, with a strengthening westerly wind. Seawatching highlights included two dark-bellied Brent Geese, 195 Common Scoters, ten Sooty Shearwaters, 37 Manx Shearwaters, a Red-necked Grebe, 2288 Kittiwakes, two Mediterranean Gulls, 28 Bonxies, two Pomarine Skuas and 26 Arctic Skuas flying north, with 12 Pink-footed Geese, two Pintail, a Red-breasted Merganser moving south; 12 Eider were also recorded, with eight north, four south.
A Whimbrel over South Landing represented a relatively late record, with single Woodcock and Jack Snipe also making landfall. Passerine migrants included a Barred Warbler at Bay Brambles, two Goldcrest, 17 Yellow-browed Warblers, a Lesser Whitethroat, four Blackcap, five Chiffchaff, 240 Redwing, 203 Fieldfares, five Ring Ouzels, 93 Skylarks (including many heading west, after making landfall on the outer head), a Spotted Flycatcher, five Grey Wagtails, 31 Brambling and 46 Siskin.
West of the Dykes, a Barred Warbler and two Yellow-browed Warblers were present at RSPB Bempton Cliffs, with the former caught and ringed.
