Sunday 24th April

Seven Arctic Terns flew east over the eastern part of Seamer Tip this morning and a late Whooper Swan was at Seamer Road Mere. A Turtle Dove was opposite the Mill Inn at Harwood Dale. Nearby at Castlebeck Woods, there was a male Common Redstart, both Green and Great Spotted Woodpeckers, several Willow Warblers and Blackcaps, a Treecreeper and two Common Buzzards flew over. A Pale bellied Brent Goose was in Jackson's Bay and 1,116 Herring Gulls flew north at Long Nab, with a single Eider flying south there. A Whinchat, two Northern Wheatear and two Stonechat were at Fylingdales this afternoon.

Photo by Mark Hepples.