Strong northerly winds featured throughout an overcast day with temperatures reaching ten degrees C. Five summer-plumaged Great Northern Divers flew north during a seawatch that also witnessed six Tufted Ducks, 43 Common Scoters, 11 Sandwich Terns and a Manx Shearwater moving in the same direction. Ten Mute Swans and the Whooper Swan remained at Thornwick Lakes, as did a pair of Tufted Ducks. However, a Little Grebe on the sea between Hartendale and South Dykes was much more unusual.
Migrants were thin on the ground, but included a Long-eared Owl, Common Sandpiper and White Wagtail at Thornwick Pools. Other sightings included a Garden Warbler, one Fieldfare, a Tree Pipit, 12 Siskin and two Brambling.
