East Yorkshire - October 11th to 16th
15th October - Flamborough A now familiar story with the persisting mild south/southwesterly winds halting any hopes of inbound passerine migration so attention was diverted to the sea. Joining the local contingent of sea-watchers, it proved to be a fruitful hour and a half with a couple of Arctic skua , a great skua , 15 common scoter , five little gull and the best of the bunch, a long-tailed skua tracked for a couple of minutes as it headed north. 14th October - Flamborough Truly lacklustre on a breezy day that started clear with relatively light winds that picked up during the day as the clouds filled in overhead. Other than four purple sandpiper on the ledges between the Seawatch Hut and Cattlemere, there was nothing to redeem the day not helped by the continuing and frustrating south/southwest winds. A couple of bottlenose dolphin pods passed by. A single swallow and common snipe were at Thornwick Lagoons. 13th October 2026 - Bempton Cliffs / North Cave Wetlan...
