A cloudy start but improving to a sunny day and a warm 13c.
Sea-watching produced 16 Common Scoter south, 47 Red-throated Diver south and 11 north, a Great Northern Diver south, 134 Fulmar north, 158 Kittiwake south and 688 north. Present at the headland were 24 Red-throated Diver, Great Crested Grebe, 55 Shag, seven Oystercatcher, 13 Curlew, 28 Purple Sandpiper, 425 Kittiwake and a male Black Redstart near the Fog Station.
Elsewhere a good recording day with two Russian White-fronted Goose, 16 Wigeon, 26 Teal, 19 Lapwing, 16 Curlew, four Redshank, Jack Snipe at Thornwick Pools and at North Cliff, seven Snipe, three Barn Owl, Tawny Owl, five Goldcrest, 36 Skylark, 740 Starling, 49 Blackbird, eight Song Thrush, two Stonechat, two White Wagtail, ten Meadow Pipit, three Rock Pipit, two Siskin, 22 Lapland Bunting and 26 Corn Bunting (Cliff-top fields between Thornwick and North Dykes) and five Reed Bunting.
