Another warm, sunny day with a light south-westerly and a maximum temperature of 21°C.
Highlights from both morning and evening seawatches included 317 Teal, a Whimbrel, a Black Tern, 244 Common Terns, 115 Little Gulls, a Mediterranean Gull, two Caspian Gulls, four Arctic Skuas as a Marsh Harrier and two Grey Heron came in off.
The elusive Greenish Warbler at Thornwick Camp was seen again but only early morning while another, all to brief, active and vocal bird, was equally frustrating at the Golf Course Willows. Good numbers of commoner migrants were also present with 13 Willow Warblers, 50 Chiffchaffs, three Spotted Flycatchers, 19 Pied Flycatcher, eight Redstarts, 14 Whinchats, two Wheatears and a Siskin.
A video of a Spotted Crake taken at Thornwick Pools emerged late afternoon; it was the second of the year. Other Outer Head highlights included a Marsh Harrier, a Hobby, eight Golden Plovers, two Whimbrel, two Green Sandpipers, a Wood Sandpiper and a Yellow-legged Gull
A flyover Pacific Golden Plover called as it passed low south over Bempton Cliffs RSPB. Other sightings there included two Willow Warblers, five Chiffchaffs, eight Blackcaps, a Garden Warbler, four Lesser Whitethroats, five Whitethroats, three Goldcrests, three Pied Flycatchers, two Whinchats, six Yellow wagtails and a Siskin. Four Chiffchaffs, a Goldcrest and two Siskins were seen in Bempton village.
