The weather consisted of sunny intervals, a moderate westerly wind that gradually dropped in strength and temperatures that reached 14 degrees C. During the morning’s seawatch, 13 Common Scoter and four Manx Shearwaters headed north, with a Knot and two Sandwich Terns moving south.
Thornwick Pools attracted three Gadwall and a Pintail, nearby fields hosted a pair of Grey Partridge, whilst single Ringed Plover and three Whimbrel flew north. Thirty Swifts hawked insects over the Dykes, but passerine migrants were scarce: a migrant Reed Warbler was additional to five singing males on territory, and other records included one Fieldfare, a single Redstart and three Wheatear.
