Calm initially, a moderate south-easterly wind then established during the afternoon; prolonged sunny intervals and temperatures reached 17 degrees C. Highlights of the morning seawatch included 70 Common Scoter, a Red-throated Diver and single Arctic and Common Terns flying north.
It proved to be a record day for Little Egrets: a tally of 10 birds included three on the outer head and a party of seven juveniles visited Thornwick Pools. A Short-eared Owl fed over grassland at Metlands, Bempton, where a Marbled White visited the reserve.
