Foggy/misty throughout, with very light winds and a high of 12 degrees C. Four Red-crested Pochards (two drakes, two females) flew south during a morning seawatch; only the second record for the headland, following a female that flew south on 3rd December 1994. The morning seawatch also logged a single southbound Black-throated Diver, in addition to: eight Whooper Swans, a Pochard, one Goldeneye, two Goosanders, 55 Golden Plovers, two Arctic Terns, a Common Tern and 96 Little Gulls.
Thushes arrived throughout the day, more especially in the final two hours of daylight with tallies of 1070 Redwing, 125 Blackbirds, 36 Song Thrush and 385 Fieldfare. Additional migrant totals from the outer head included five Whooper Swans, 82 Pink-footed Geese, a Long-tailed Duck, 24 Golden Plovers, a Jack Snipe, three Woodcock, a Jay, 540 Starlings, two Siberian Chiffchaffs, 19 Chiffchaffs, three Blackcap, a Goldcrest, 26 Siskins, four Brambling, three Redpolls (inc. one Mealy), 45 Twite, two Snow Buntings and a Lapland Bunting.
Three Snow Buntings were at RSPB Bempton Cliffs, where a Blackcap was also present.
