A cloudy day, with light rain during the afternoon and a light south easterly breeze. Highlights from the sea watch consisted of four Velvet Scoter, along with 11 Common Scoter, 2 Goosander, 3 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 9 Wigeon, 8 Teal, 187 Red-throated Diver, 3 Little Gull and a Bonxie. A Long-tailed Duck loitered off South Landing with a Great Crested Grebe. A further Goosander passed Bempton.
Highlights on the land consisted of a Lapland Bunting and 2 Snow Bunting in fields near North Dykes, 2 Chiffchaff, 12 Mealy Redpoll (ringed), 7 Lesser Redpoll, 27 Redwing and 2 Water Rail. The Short-eared Owl remained at Bempton.
Mealy Redpoll, South Landing by Jim Morgan