A relatively overcast day with sunny intervals, light/moderate westerly winds and temperatures reaching 15 degrees C. Seawatching produced nine Sooty Shearwaters and 60 Manx Shearwaters flying north, with a lone Great Northern Diver, four Pomarine Skuas and ten Arctic Skuas moving south. Elsewhere, a Green Sandpiper overflew the outer head where a Merlin hunted the grasslands, while a Kingfisher also visited a nearby pool. Passerine migrants included one Lesser Whitethroat, a Willow Warbler, 19 Chiffchaffs, three Yellow-browed Warblers, 15 Goldcrests, ten Fieldfare, four Whinchat, a Redstart and three Brambling. An additonal Yellow-browed Warbler associated with a tit flock at Marton near South Dykes, while 57 Ringed Plovers frequented the shore west of South Dykes.
