The light/moderate easterly winds and sunny intervals heralded a significant fall.
Arrivals included a Bluethroat at Thornwick Camp, a Great Grey Shrike alongside the Golf Course, two Red-breasted Flycatchers (in the Gorse Field and Old Fall), nine Yellow-browed Warblers and four Firecrests.
Additional migrants included a Merlin, six Golden Plover, single Short-eared and Long-eared Owls, a Jack Snipe, one Woodcock, 140 Skylarks, four Grey Wagtails, seven Ring Ouzels, 385 Redwing, 20 Fieldfare, two Wheatear, three Redstarts, a Pied Flycatcher, 29 Chiffchaffs, two Lesser Whitethroats, 770 Goldcrests, 70 Brambling, ten Siskins, 15 Crossbills and three Lapland Buntings.
Seawatching produced two Sooty Shearwaters flying north and one south, three Manx Shearwaters, five dark-bellied Brent Geese, five Eider and two Red-breasted Merganser all heading north, whilst an Arctic Tern went south. Thornwick Pools hosted 28 Teal, two Wigeon and a Ringed Plover, whilst a dark-bellied Brent Goose was on the Outer Head.
West of the Dykes, there were 90 Goldcrests (including 40 ringed), a Yellow-browed Warbler, five Chiffchaffs, three Ring Ouzels,a Whinchat and three Grey Wagtails at Buckton. A Little Owl there was also unusual.
