It was an overcast day, with a light south-westerly wind and rain during the middle part of the day. Seawatching highlights included 15 Red-throated Divers, seven Sooty Shearwaters, nine Manx Shearwaters, three Balearic Shearwaters, three Eiders, 18 Arctic Skua, nine Bonxie, two Mediterranean Gulls and a first calendar-year Yellow-legged Gull all heading south.
Thornwick Pools attracted 11 Teal, a Wigeon, one Snipe and a Green Sandpiper. Elsewhere, sightings included a Hobby, single Golden Plover, two Greenshanks, two Grey Wagtail and Garden Warbler, two Redstarts, six Wheatear and fifteen Siskins.
Bempton Cliffs RSPB hosted five Redstarts and a Spotted Flycatcher.



