There were easterly winds throughout a relatively overcast day, with occasional sunny intervals and showers; temperatures reached 18 degrees C. Seawatching rewards included seven Eider and 89 Common Scoters, while 14 Whimbrel and a Bar-tailed Godwit flew south. There was further evidence of gulls making landfall from the east including a Little Gull and three Mediterranean Gulls; 960 Herring Gulls also flew south. A total of 59 Sandwich Terns were accompanied by a Common Tern and 23 Manx Shearwaters. More unusual was a Great White Egret that circled off the Seawatch Obs before flying inland over Selwick’s Bay.
Thornwick Pools attracted a Common Sandpiper and a juvenile Yellow Wagtail, while a Great White Egret and two Green Sandpipers remained on wetlands on the outer head.
