A moderate/strong southerly wind dominated, with sunny intervals and temperatures reaching 20 degrees C. Seawatching produced a single Red-throated Diver flying north, five Shelduck moving south and 12 Sandwich Terns heading north. A second-summer Yellow-legged Gull fed off the Fog Station during the evening.
Single Merlin and Hobby were recorded, with a Grey Heron, Common Sandpiper and three Dunlin at Thornwick Pools. An arrival of Wheatear took place during the day, with 41 present by the evening. Additional migrants included two Whinchat, a Redstart, two Spotted and one Pied Flycatcher, three Yellow Wagtails and two White Wagtails. The singing Grasshopper Warbler also remained in residence.
