Overcast with strong south-south-easterly winds and a high of 16 degrees C. A vocal Red-throated Pipit over RSPB Bempton Cliffs at 1415hrs was the highlight. Other records from Bempton included 247 Pink-footed Geese, a Woodcock, a Marsh Harrier, two Ravens, 315 Redwing, 34 Blackbirds, 26 Song Thrush, a Ring Ouzel and 16 Brambling.
Seawatching on the outer head was rewarded with two pale-bellied Brent Geese, three Whooper Swans, seven southbound Egyptian Geese, three Goosanders, 59 Little Gulls, a Mediterranean Gull, three Sooty Shearwaters and two Long-tailed Skuas. On the land, two Caspian Gulls (first-winter, second-winter) and two first-winter Yellow-legged Gulls followed a plough.
Migrants making landfall and heading west from the outer head included two Jack Snipe, two Ring Ouzel, 475 Redwing, two Fieldfares, 30 Blackbirds, 354 Starling and 14 Brambling. A Marsh Harrier and two Mediterranean Gulls were recorded at South Dykes, while a lone Yellow-browed Warbler was at North Landing.
