A generally light southerly wind featured throughout, with occasional heavy showers. The seawatch recorded seven Shelduck and 30 Teal moving south, with a single Shoveler and 73 Common Scoters heading north. Southbound waders included 23 Bar-tailed Godwits, 37 Redshank, 46 Knot and a Greenshank. In addition, two Arctic Skuas and a Bonxie flew past the Outer Head, along with a Little Gull south and 340 Sandwich Terns flying north. There was an increase in Cormorant numbers, with 53 present; at least 26 of which were of the continental ‘sinensis’ race.
Large numbers of gulls rested on the beach between Sewerby and South Landing. There were 2500 Kittiwakes, together with ten Lesser Black-backed Gulls and 410 Black-headed Gulls.
Thornwick Pool hosted single Wigeon and Tufted Duck, single Snipe (with another over), Common Sandpiper and Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper (with another three flying south) and the juvenile Cuckoo.
