Heavy rain from early morning and south-south-easterly gales throughout the day. The maximum temperature reached 11°C.
The morning seawatch saw good numbers of wildfowl passing with two Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 11 Shoveler, six Gadwall, 234 Wigeon, 22 Pintail, 486 Teal, 3 Pochard, 11 Tufted Duck, 210 Common Scoter and 3 Goldeneye. Further highlights included 166 Little Gulls, 34 Lapwing, 2 Golden Plover and a Woodcock in off. Single Sandwich and Arctic Terns were also offshore.
The poor weather effectively stopped land-based birding after early morning. Birds logged at South Dykes included 26 Eider, a Shoveler, seven Lapwing and an Arctic Skua.
