Light south-westerly winds remained throughout a gloriously sunny day. Seawatching highlights included a dark-bellied Brent Goose flying north, single Red-throated Diver and Shoveler moving south, three Sooty Shearwaters, 11 Manx Shearwaters and two Balearic Shearwaters moving north, a Bonxie offshore and 42 Common Terns heading north.
Thornwick Pools attracted a Wigeon, 11 Teal, a Ruff, one Green Sandpiper, nine Dunlin, a Little Stint and a Ringed Plover, with another Ruff on nearby fields. Eight Snipe flew over the outer head along with a Greenshank. Amongst low numbers of passerine migrants were two Pied Flycatchers, two Wheatear and a Goldcrest.
West of the Dykes, sightings at Buckton included two Greenshank, a Green Sandpiper, a Short-eared Owl, two Spotted Flycatchers and two Whinchat. Records from Bempton included two Whinchat and a Wheatear.
