Tuesday 24th August

9 Teal, 3 Shoveler, a Mandarin, 18 Lapwings, 2 Ringed Plover, 5 Dunlin, 18 Great Black-backed Gulls and 8 Lesser Black-backed Gulls were at Wykeham East Lake today. Highlights from Long Nab include 434 Teal, 6 Eider, 2 Sooty Shearwaters, a Balearic Shearwater, 2 Bar-tailed Godwits, 23 Knot, a Ruff, 6 Sanderling and 143 Dunlin (plus a Minke whale heading north). 2 Bar-tailed Godwits were in Jackson's Bay and a juvenile Shelduck was at Scalby Mills. 50+ Swallows were seen flying south, high over Hutton Buscel this evening.