A pleasant day with gentle to moderate southerly winds and temperatures reaching 9°C. Southbound birds during the morning seawatch included 17 Red-throated Diver (two north), eight Wigeon, two Gadwall, four Teal, 25 Mallard, two Eider (nine north) and singles of Dunlin and Grey Wagtail. A lone Pink-footed Goose flew north.
On the Outer Head, a Black Redstart frequented a private garden, a Woodcock was in the Thornwick Bay area and the Bittern remained at Thornwick Pool.
A Quail, of unknown origin, was discovered near the YWT Living Seas Centre at South Landing. Later scrutiny revealled features more consistent with Japanese Quail and therefore most certainly an escapee.
