4th August

Plenty of attention on the sea today with the highlights being 4 European Storm Petrel, 2 Yellow-legged Gull, 150 Manx Shearwater, 4 Balearic Shearwater, 9 Common Tern, 3 Black-headed Gull, 3 Mediterranean Gull and 3 Common Scoter. Quiet on the land again with 10 Willow Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Sand Martin, 4 Rook and singles of Sedge Warbler, Stock Dove and Swift. Meanwhile at Ferrybridge today there was 77 Common Tern, 33 Little Tern, 3 Sandwich Tern, 10 Sanderling, 4 Shelduck, 342 Mediterranean Gull and a single Whimbrel.