27th April 2003 South Landing, Flamborough Head, Yorkshire 1.00pm – 5.00pm. Bempton Cliffs RSPB 5.15pm – 6.00pm. Sunny and calm in the ravine at South Landing with odd shower

Eider 1 female

Hobby 1 Flamborough
Grey Partridge 2 near Goole
Puffin c.8 Bempton
Guillemot c.50 Bempton
Razorbill c.10 Bempton
Long-eared Owl 1 Bempton. A sandy individual lacking the rusty-buff facial discs. Long ears had white outer webs. Breast streaking heaviest on upper breast.
Swallow c.5
House Martin c.2
Blackcap c.3
Whitethroat 1
Willow Warbler 1
TAIGA FLYCATCHER 1 male ex. First-summer based on pale bar across the greater coverts. Chin pale whitish, throat orange, grey breast band forming streaks onto lower breast. White belly and undertail coverts. Crown slightly rufous-brown. White eye-ring most noticeable below eye though completely absent at certain angles. Greyish ear coverts and ‘shawl effect’. Upperparts grey sometimes with a brownish tinge. Tertials with pale fringes. Black uppertail coverts darker than black center to tail and broad terminal band. All black bill and black legs and feet. Spent a considerable time on moss-covered ground. Excellent.
Tree Sparrow c.5 Bempton
Yellowhammer 1 Flamborough

Male Taiga Flycatcher at Flamborough (Pete Wragg)