Reighton

I spent last weekend on the East Yorkshire coast just north of Bridlington, at Reighton with a load of mates. Had the trip been a month or so earlier I probably would have got in trouble for being out birding all the time, but as it was, I had a couple of quick looks at the sea off Reighton Gap, and that was it; best were 3 Great Northern Divers. 

On the Sunday, a House Martin was feeding along the cliffs in poor weather. It being a late bird (and me being an optimist), I racked my brain for features of 'eastern' House Martin (lagopodum). All I could remember was that the shape of the rump patch was one, but this bird definitely conformed to a regular House Martin - there are some pointers on Birding Frontiers.