A relatively overcast day, with brighter spells during the morning and an increasingly strong westerly wind; temperatures reached a mere two degrees C by late morning. Forty Pink-footed Geese flew north over the village, three Goldeneye and a Great Northern Diver were on the sea off Hartendale. Six Purple Sandpipers fed in Thornwick Bay, where the cliff top fields attracted 48 Meadow Pipits; a record January count.
