Overcast throughout, with persistent but mainly light rain until mid-afternoon, a moderate north-westerly and a high of 13 degrees C. Single Arctic Skua and Bonxie flew north during a morning seawatch that also featured 14 Arctic Terns, 21 Sandwich Terns and 14 Manx Shearwaters heading in the same direction. Wader passage included six Dunlin on a burgeoning flash near Breil Nook and a Whimbrel below the Seawatch Observatory; two juvenile Shelduck were also new arrivals. Elsewhere, Beacon Hill attracted a juvenile Cuckoo.
Two Minke Whales were off RSPB Bempton Cliffs, where 250 Swifts moved north-west. Other sightings from the reserve included 23 Oystercatchers, a Whimbrel, eight Curlew, four Dunlin, an Arctic Skua, one Bonxie and a Mediterranean Gull.
