The weather was warm, temperatures rising to 22°C, with sunny intervals and a light westerly breeze.
Seawatching yielded just one Sooty Shearwater. Terns provided greatest numbers with 115 Common, a single Arctic and 81 Sandwich Terns passing north while a juvenile Yellow-legged Gull was also present off the Fog Station.
Low numbers of warblers were present with 2 Willow Warblers, 2 Chiffchaffs, 2 Blackcaps, and a Whitethroat. A Grasshopper Warbler was a surprise find in a net at South Landing where a Redwing was a harbinger of many more to make landfall over coming weeks. Meadow Pipits and Siskins were moving again with 111 and 60 respectively heading SW along the southern cliffs and a Crossbill was present in a local garden. Swifts numbered 8 around the village and there was about 70 Swallows. Thornwick Pools attracted 7 Teal and 3 Dunlin. A Marsh Harrier frequented the Outer Head.
Bempton still held single Whinchat, Spotted Flycatcher, Willow Warbler and Chiffchaff while a Marsh Harrier continued to hunt in the area.
