A uneventful day with showers and longer spells of rain - including some real deluges during the afternoon - scuppering attempts at meaningful fieldwork. A trickle of departing
Swifts included 16 leaving out to sea from the Bill, 23
Black-headed Gulls, 3
Curlews, 2
Common Scoter, 2
Balearic Shearwaters and a
Whimbrel passed by off the Bill, the lingering
Blackcap was still at the Bill and 61
Mediterranean Gulls, 21
Black-headed Gulls, 6
Ringed Plover, 2
Dunlin and a
Redshank were at Ferrybridge.