19th July

A very underwhelming selection on offer today, even if the blistering heat of the morning was a significant disincentive to actually getting out and about looking. Nothing by way of grounded passerines materialised and overhead passage consisted of just a few departing Swallows and, rather oddly, a Kestrel watched arriving from far out to the south. The Ferrybridge wader selection dropped away to just 6 Dunlin and a Sanderling, with seasonal peak to date of 310 Mediterranean Gulls of additional note there. A Balearic Shearwater and at least 2 Yellow-legged Gull lingered amongst the gull flock off the Bill and a few Common Scoter heading west were additional to the summering flock still in residence offshore.