Wednesday 16th July

A female Honey Buzzard was seen circling Troutsdale mid-morning. Highlights past Long Nab were 5 Whimbrel, 2 Turnstone, Common Tern, Mediterranean Gull, and Red-throated Diver. The first Caspian Gull of autumn was a juvenile following a fishing boat north off Yons Nab into Cayton Bay late afternoon. Also past Yons Nab were 54 Whimbrel, 2 Redshank, 3 Greenshank, and 3 Mediterranean gulls. 42 Curlews in Gristhorpe Bay. 30 Swifts over East Ayton. A Green Sandpiper at Northstile Pool, Wrench Green. Little Ringed Plover, Dunlin, 4 Green Sandpipers, 6 Little Egrets, Marsh Harrier Potter Brompton Carr. Five Nightjar territories in cloughton Woods.

Grey Heron Johnson's Marsh - martin Moseley.