Initially light, but later moderate, north-north-westerly winds featured throughout a day of sunny intervals and temperatures reaching 15 degrees C. In essence, conditions conducive for good seawatching which ought to improve even further over forthcoming days. Highlights included a Storm Petrel re-orientating back north at 0818hrs, two Great Shearwaters north (1725hrs, 1740hrs), 159 Sooty Shearwaters north and no fewer than 13 Long-tailed Skuas (ten south, three north). Other records included 66 Red-throated Divers south, 186 Manx Shearwaters north, 166 Little Gulls north, two first calendar-year Caspian Gulls, three first calendar-year Yellow-legged Gulls, four Bonxies, 43 Arctic Skuas and 13 Puffins.
The Garganey remained at Thornwick Pools, whilst a Goldeneye lingered on Thornwick Lakes. A skein of 37 Pink-footed Geese tracked south, two Little Stints remained on South Landing beach, where a Hobby was also seen, while passerine migrants included a Redstart.
