An overcast day, with a strong westerly wind and rain during the afternoon. During the morning’s seawatch, three Snipe flew north, ten Dunlin headed south, with a Bonxie and three Arctic Skuas also flying north. In the evening, another two Arctic Skuas were recorded, along with 116 Little Gulls.
Thornwick Pools attracted 12 Teal, three Dunlin and five Snipe; four more Snipe were nearby, along with a Water Rail in Thornwick Reedbed. Elsewhere, a Mute Swan flew west past South Dykes/Sewerby. The day’s best sighting was a Nuthatch, a species with only a handful of local records, that attended feeders at South Dykes car-park.
