A quiet month as expected, but waders and some summer visitors were starting their return journeys south. On 1st two juvenile Tawny Owls were in Martins Ravine. Two Spoonbill which headed north from Bempton landed at Filey Dams. Four Avocet went north at Hunmanby Gap inshore. On 2nd 740 Swifts went south in the morning at Muston Sands. An adult Cuckoo was in a garden at Hunmanby Gap. On 3rd 12 post-breeding Curlews were in the East Lea fields. Marbled White and Painted Lady butterflies were in Country Park cliffs plus high numbers of Ringlet, Meadow Brown etc. A male Red-breasted Merganser was on the sea at Reighton Gap on 4th. Local mega Nuthatch was found in Martins Ravine on 5th. On 7th it was in Glen Gardens. A Little Egret was at Filey Dams early morning, also a pair of Shelduck + 2 juveniles.  A juvenile Wheatear was at the bottom of Carr Naze steps on 8th and a Spotted Flycatcher in Parish Wood. The Nuthatch was in Glen Gardens by the bird feeding station on 10th. Mediterranean Gulls appeared in numbers mid-month, with eight counted on one day. The Gadwalls nested again successfully. Waders started appearing with Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Greenshank, 1 Green Sandpiper and 2 Common Sandpiper at East Lea on 15th, with a Kingfisher at Filey Dams. A rare White-Letter Hairstreak was in Church Ravine on 16th. A dark Marsh Harrier, probably a youngster, flew over the Dams heading west on 18th. On 19th Wood, Green and Common Sandpipers were at Filey Dams plus 6 Blackwits and a Dunlin. A Red-breasted Merganser was bay side of Carr Naze and 2 Whimbrel flew over north on 22nd. Good numbers of Swift and House Martin south at Hunmanby Gap in the morning, of 24th plus a Red Kite.  Over 1,000 Swifts south at Hunmanby Gap on 25th. Sea-watching paid off with a Cory’s Shearwater north close off on 26th. A Great White Egret and five Goosanders were at Filey Dams on 27th. On 30th a Great White Egret and 4 Black-tailed Godwits went south at the Gap, with 13 Whimbrel south at Muston Sands. A locally rare juvenile Yellow-legged Gull was at Filey Dams on 30th.