Light to moderate northerly winds dropped by the end of the day moving round to a south-westerly direction. The seawatch produced the following highlights: a single adult Sabines Gull in summer plumage, one 2nd-summer Mediterranean Gull, four Pomarine Skuas and a juvenile Yellow-legged Gull.
At Buckton there was a ringtail Hen Harrier, 9 Buzzard, 1 Hobby and 3 Peregrine, along with 1 Spotted Flycatcher and a Cuckoo. Hirundines were present in numbers again, with 500 Swallow recorded at Bempton RSPB.
The flooded fields near Old Fall held Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover, Ruff, 2 Knot and 3 Dunlin. Thornwick Pool attracted a juvenile Greenshank, Grey Heron, Snipe, Grey Wagtail and the drake Pochard remained.
Willow Warblers were present in small numbers with 10 around Selwicks Bay/Coastguard Cottages. The day ended on a high, with a juvenile Caspian Gull near Old Fall and the first scarce land bird of the autumn in the form of a Barred Warbler in the Bay Brambles.
