27th June 2017

The weather consisted of overcast skies, spells of relatively light rain and moderate east-south-easterly winds. Such conditions prompted the northbound movement of 1333 Common Scoters, together with 89 Manx Shearwaters, 23 Sandwich Terns and three Bonxies, with four Arctic Skuas also recorded. 

A third-summer Yellow-legged Gull loafed on the Golf Course during the evening. Elsewhere, a ringing session resulted in 38 birds caught, including ten Whitethroats, seven Sedge Warblers and two Reed Warblers.

Swallows, Bempton Cliffs RSPB, by Don Hustings