A White Wagtail started the
day on the putting green by the clock tower on South Cliff and 2 Wheatears were
on the rocks at Holbeck.
Movement south along the
cliffs between Scalby Mills and Crook Ness today included 27 flava Wagtails (plus 5 north), 78
Swallows (plus 36 north), a Wheatear and 104 Linnets; at Long Nab this morning
there were 6 Wheatears and a Sedge Warbler, a second Sedge Warbler was singing
in Pipe Gully and another Wheatear was on Scalby Nab. This evening the Wheatear
count at Long Nab had increased to 9 and there was also a Golden Plover in the
fields there.
The Little Ringed Plover was
still on the flooded field by the Cayton Bowling Club; a Cuckoo was on
Fylingdales Moor; near Hackness there were displaying Lapwings, 2 pairs of
Mandarin Ducks, 2 Garden Warblers, 6 Willow Warblers and a Lesser Whitethroat;
on Castle Headland there were 5 Willow Warblers, 4 Chiffchaffs and 2 Blackcaps
and finally today a Barn Owl was on Thornton Carrs.
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