A sunny day, with light variable winds and temperatures reaching 21 degrees C. The day’s undoubted highlight came during the morning’s seawatch when a Caspian Tern flew north past the Fog Station. Picked up on call, the bird flew north at 1036hrs at very close range and represented the third record for the headland, following accepted records at Bempton on 18th July 1973 and off the Fog Station on 6th May 1990. Additional seawatch records included 138 Common Scoters, two Red-throated Divers, 35 Manx Shearwaters, 29 Sandwich Terns, three Common Terns, two Arctic Terns, a Bonxie and an Arctic Skua all moving north. An adult and a juvenile Little Ringed Plover spent the day at Thornwick Pools. Meanwhile, both the Black-browed Albatross and Red-tailed Shrike remained at Bempton.
