Light winds veered westerly to north-easterly during a day of sunny intervals and temperatures that reached seven degrees C. Four Velvet Scoters, 30 Common Scoters and 11 Red-throated Divers flew south, with spring’s first two Whimbrel, two ‘intermedius’ Lesser Black-backed Gulls and 30 Sandwich Terns moving north.
The headland itself hosted a Pink-footed Goose, two Little Ringed Plovers, five Snipe and a Jack Snipe. Passerine migrants started to reappear after the week’s cold snap, including 29 Sand Martins, a Swallow, 16 Chiffchaff, five Blackcaps, a Fieldfare, one Redwing, two Wheatear, two White Wagtails and three Siskin. Sightings from RSPB Bempton Cliffs included two Short-eared Owls, a Swallow, one Wheatear and a White Wagtail.
