Weather was sunny for most of the day with brief showers early afternoon. A stong SW wind began to ease during the afternoon. There was a further arrival of passerines during the day. Highlights included 6 Yellow browed Warbler (2 outer head, 2 old fall, 1 Thornwick, 1 Booted gully), 1 Firecrest (old fall), 1 Ring ouzel (Booted gully), Black redstart (Thornwick) and a Snow bunting (over gorse field). Jays were again mobile around the headland with a minimum of three birds recorded. Song Thrush numbers were noticeably lower than the previous day though Redwing increased to 15. 1 Merlin, 6 Brambling, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow warbler, 1 Reed warbler, 5 Blackcap, 3 Wheatear, 9 Redpoll and 12 Goldcrest were counted. A British race Treecreeper near north landing was unusual for this location. 3 Mistle Thrush on wires north of lighthouse road was also noteworthy.
The sea watch produced a single Scaup, 286 Little gull north (plus 14 south), 9 Pink footed geese and 6 Dark bellied Brent. Presumably the same flock of Brent were later in fields by north marsh along with a single Barnacle and 2 pink feet. A further two Brents were off south landing.
An additional Yellow browed warbler was present on the cliff top at Bempton, along with 2 Wheatear. Buckton held a single whinchat.
Firecrest, Lee Johnson
Redwing, Andrew Allport
Ring ouzel, Martin Garner