Overcast and dry throughout the day, the temperature reached 14°C though feeling cool in a strengthening north-westerly.
A light northerly passage of ducks included two Shelduck, a pair of Shoveler and a Pochard. Four Manx Shearwaters, 2 Whimbrel, 16 Sandwich and six Common Terns and two Yellow Wagtails were also logged.
The day had a sense of a mixture of summer migrants trickling in and wintering birds leaving with three Redwings, a Fieldfare, seven Siskin, a Brambling at various locations. Ring Ouzel flew over North Dykes with another at Thornwick. Ten Mute Swans remained at The Lakes while Thornwick Pools which retained the Wigeon and two Little Ringed Plovers. Four Yellow Wagtails were on the Lighthouse Grassland
West of Danes Dyke, a Short-eared Owl dropped into a field at Wandale Farm. Bempton Cliffs RSPB saw a Tufted Duck, Golden Plover, a Green Sandpiper and 2 Bar-tailed Godwits fly NW as did 130 Swallows. Notable passerines included two Redwing, four Wheatear, six Yellow Wagtail, a Brambling and 50 Corn Bunting.
