With long portions of the day blighted by limited visibility and a stiff westerly enthusiasm took a hit and sightings weren't up to much today. Two each of
Manx and
Balearic Shearwater, and a lone
Arctic Skua passed through off the Bill, 2
Yellow-legged Gulls and singles of
Whimbrel,
Common Sandpiper,
Wheatear and
Willow Warbler were about on the land there and 53
Dunlin, 18
Ringed Plover, 17
Sanderling, 15
Turnstone, 4
Whimbrel, 2
Curlews and a
Redshank were at Ferrybridge.
The dreary conditions ensured there was plenty of action at Ferrybridge including these two Whimbrel...
...and a lot of Little Tern activity that had all the look of them being not far off leaving © Pete Saunders: