A big day of movement along the coastal strip. Long Nab saw 2,540 Meadow Pipits south, also 374 House Martins, 32 Swifts, and a Little Egret. At South Cliff: 211 Siskins, 2 Crossbills flew south. A 1cy Caspian Gull was lingering offshore at Long Nab. A Short-eared Owl was hunting at Wrench Green. Thirteen Grey Partridges at Cayton Bay. A Curlew Sandpiper was in Gristhorpe Bay. A Kingfisher at Throxenby Mere. At Wykeham East Lake: Shelduck, 5 Shoveler, Goldeneye, Little Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, and Hobby. An Egyptian Goose at the Water Sports Lake. Knot, Sanderling, 6 Ringed Plover, 8 Turnstone, Whinchat, 2 Wheatears, Whitethroat in the Jackson's Bay / Scalby Lodge area.
Swallow at Scalby Mills - Mark Hepples