10th December 2018

A sunny day, with moderate north-north-west winds and temperatures reaching six degrees C. Seawatching highlights included three pale-bellied Brent Geese, three Velvet Scoters, a Goldeneye, one Blue Fulmar, 621 Fulmars, 198 Kittiwakes and three Little Gulls flying north. Three Great Northern Divers were recorded (two north, one south), and other birds moving south included two Mediterranean Gulls, a juvenile Iceland Gull (first of the year) and 17 Bonxies. Elsewhere, seventeen Corn Buntings frequented fields near Mid-Dykes.

West of the Dykes, RSPB Bempton Cliffs attracted a Black Redstart.

Scandinavian Rock Pipit, South Dykes, by Andy Hood