The day dawned cold and blustery with a north-easterly gusting up to force 8 with rain, often heavy, from mid-morning. Temperatures struggled, never exceeding 7C.
Sea-watching was relatively quiet though there was some highlights in the form of 6 Little Auks, a Pomarine Skua, an Arctic Skua and a ‘blue’ Fulmar. Sea-ducks were limited in numbers again with 3 Eiders and 20 Common Scoter passing during the morning and 2 Velvet Scoters flying north mid-afternoon.
Land-based birding was heavily curtailed by the atrocious weather conditions though the Hume’s Warbler at Bempton Cliffs was reportedly still present.