The afternoon featured sunny intervals and light, onshore winds following a morning of persistent rain; temperatures reached 13 degrees C. Three Shelduck and three Sandwich Terns flew north during the seawatch, with two Red-throated Divers heading south.
Thornwick Lakes hosted seven Mute Swans, the lone Whooper Swan and a pair of Tufted Ducks, with a Common Sandpiper at the nearby Pools. Freshwaters on the outer head also attracted five Curlews, three Dunlin and a Greenshank, while a Marsh Harrier flew west over South Landing.
A scattering of passerine migrants included the first two Spotted Flycatchers of the year, a Grasshopper Warbler on the South Cliffs (additional to the usual territorial males), seven Willow Warblers, a Reed Warbler in the Lighthouse Grassland, a Whinchat and three Wheatears. In addition, 63 Swallows flew south during the afternoon, with a further 72 recorded at various locations on the outer head.
