A day of sunny intervals and moderate westerly winds. Seawatching highlights included a Shelduck, 32 Common Scoter, 12 Manx Shearwaters, 20 Sandwich Terns and 20 Common Terns flying north, with two Marsh Harriers, 15 Arctic Terns and four Arctic Skuas heading south.
Thornwick Pools attracted single Shelduck, Little Egret, Snipe and Ruff along with 13 Dunlin, whilst North Marsh hosted a single Pintail and a Common Buzzard appeared over the outer head. Two Cuckoos remained in the Thornwick Pools area and other sightings included 20 Willow Warblers, a ‘migrant’ Sedge Warbler and a Whinchat.
West of the Dykes, eight Dunlin visited Buckton Pond.
