A fine start to the day; south-south-easterly force 3 with intermittent sunshine, deteriorating in the evening with rain showers. Slim pickings on this morning’s seawatch with 27 Fulmar and one Manx Shearwater north, six Oystercatcher, one Golden Plover and nine Whimbrel south and 39 Sandwich Tern north (two south).
The juvenile Cuckoo and Greenshank still grace Thornwick Pool, as do three Dunlin, four Common Snipe, five Pied Wagtail and five Whimbrel flew over. An unseasonal argentatus Herring Gull was found on the golf course and a Sparrow Hawk was seen over the village.
At South Landing there were five Dunlin, one Ringed Plover, 40 Pied Wagtail, three Yellow Wagtail and five Rock Pipit. 22 Sandwich Tern and 30 Common Scoter were observed flying north; in the area were also two Coal Tit and a Wall butterfly.
Further afield in the Bempton area were single Reed and Garden Warbler, two Blackcap, eight Whimbrel and a single Curlew flew south and 12 Swift were feeding over the village.
