Sunny intervals, a moderate west-south-westerly wind and a high of 23 degrees C. Seawatch highlights included 41 Common Scoters, a Great Crested Grebe, 192 Common Terns, 264 Sandwich Terns, an Arctic Skua and ten Manx Shearwaters all flying north; a juvenile Caspian Gull fed close inshore. A flock of 215 House Martins gathered on the Fog Station buildings early morning and, nearby, a Cuckoo was at Cattlemere. A Clouded Yellow in the Lighthouse Field added a touch of colour.
Two Yellow-legged Gulls and a Caspian Gull were seen from RSPB Bempton Cliffs, where four Marsh Harriers included an adult male. Passerine migrants there included 25 Willow Warblers, a Garden Warbler, one Reed Warbler, a Whinchat and 16 Yellow Wagtails. Two Minke Whakes were offshore. Records from Bempton Caravan Park included a Marsh Harrier, 140 Swallows, 14 Willow Warblers, two Spotted Flycatchers and two Yellow Wagtails.
