A day of gentle easterly winds, overcast skies with light snow flurries and temperatures reaching there degrees C – essentially not very spring-like. The seawatch was relatively quiet, although 486 Kittiwakes flew north during a 25 minute spell in the afternoon; ten Eiders and a Lesser Black-backed Gull were also recorded. Thornwick Pools hosted two Shelduck, 208 Teal, a Water Rail and 13 Snipe. Eight Mute Swans, the Whooper Swan and the wintering Little Grebe lingered on nearby Thornwick Lakes. Passerine interest included six Stonechats, a Goldcrest in a village garden and four Scandinavian Rock Pipits – despite the temperatures, typical early March migrants. Further confirmation of potential movement, six Stonechats were at RSPB Bempton Cliffs.
