In contrast to recent days light, variable winds and sunny skies featured throughout. Seawatching highlights included a pale-bellied Brent Goose south, 183 Wigeon, six Shoveler, three Pintail, 119 Teal, one Velvet Scoter and 176 Common Scoter all north, 73 Red-throated Divers south, 25 Sooty Shearwaters, 57 Manx Shearwaters and a Balearic Shearwater north, a Curlew Sandpiper south, 240 Little Gulls north, 89 Common Terns north, 23 Bonxies, 13 Arctic Skuas and nine juvenile Long-tailed Skuas north.
Raptor reports included up to five Common Buzzards together and a Honey Buzzard, whilst a Merlin frequented the outer head. Small numbers of migrants included five Wheatear, two Whinchat, two Redstarts, a Pied Flycatcher and two Spotted Flycatchers. A Barred Warbler was located at North Landing and two Yellow-browed Warblers made landfall on the outer head.
West of the Dykes, the undoubted highlight was a Common Rosefinch trapped at Buckton. Other sightings included ten Common Buzzards, three Marsh Harriers, Greenshank, three Whinchat and Pied Flycatcher.
