Moderate westerly/south-westerly winds only dropped in strength towards evening; sunny intervals and temperatures reached 22 degrees C. The seawatch featured 35 Common Scoter, four Red-throated Divers and an Arctic Tern flying south, with 18 Manx Shearwaters, 104 Sandwich Terns and two Common Terns moving north. A juvenile Yellow-legged Gull lingered off High Stacks.
The day’s highlight related to a juvenile Caspian Gull that dropped onto Thornwick Pools in the evening before relocating to fields on the western side of the camp. The Pools also attracted a Teal, one juvenile Ringed Plover, a juvenile Little Ringed Plover and 12 Dunlin. A second calendar-year Mediterranean Gull fed with the Black-head Gulls at South Landing, single Wheatear and Grey Wagtail were seen at the Fog Station and a Crossbill frequented Oceanview.
