A mostly sunny day with moderate to strong south westerly winds. The juvenile Red-backed Shrike continued to perform along the hedge south of Head Farm. Other highlights from the outer headland included a Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Tree Pipit, Little Egret, 67 Willow Warbler, 36 Yellow Wagtail and fly over Green and Wood Sandpipers . South Landing yet again attracted several Mediterranean Gulls with numbers peaking at three during the day, a Greenshank was also on the beach.
The morning sea watch was relatively quiet with 2 Bonxie, 1 Arctic Tern, 16 Common Tern, 70 Sandwich Tern, 10 Manx Shearwater, 4 Whimbrel and a Shoveler.
Birds moving through Bempton included a Marsh Harrier, 4 Whimbrel, Greenshank, 32 Swift and a Wheatear.
In insect news; at least one White-letter Hairstreak remained at South Dykes, whilst odonata counts from the outer head included 1 Small Red-eyed Damsel and good numbers of Emerald Damsel, Ruddy Darter and Migrnat Hawker.
Small Red-eyed Damsel, by Andrew Allport