8th June 2025

The morning featured sunny intervals and moderate north-westerly winds, while there were heavy showers and onshore winds in the afternoon; temperatures reached 16 degrees C. A total of 452 Puffins flew north during a seawatch that also recorded four Sandwich Terns and four Manx Shearwaters.

Elsewhere, RSPB Bempton Cliffs hosted a singing Grasshopper Warbler.

LATE NEWS: Photos posted on social media in the evening show that a Song Sparrow was present at Thornwick Bay (in the gully opposite the cafe) mid-morning.

Gadwall, Thornwick Pools by Brett Richards