A cold day, with moderate north-west winds, sunny intervals and heavy showers; temperatures reached eight degrees C. Seawatching highlights included 11 Brent Geese south, ten Eider, 341 Common Scoters, three Velvet Scoters north, two Long-tailed Ducks (drake north/juvenile south), 11 Goldeneye, 17 Goosander south, four Red-breasted Mergansers, two Great Northern Divers and six Sooty Shearwaters north. Additional northbound totals included 20 Little Gulls, three Arctic Terns, five Pomarine Skuas and nine Little Auks.
A Long-tailed Duck and three Velvet Scoter sheltered off South Landing, with single Waxwing, Snow Bunting and Lapland Bunting nearby. Both Merlin and Black Redstart, along with nine Snow Buntings, were noted in the vicinity of the Fog Station, whilst a Yellow-browed Warbler remained at Old Fall.
