Persistent rain throughout, albeit often light, a moderate northerly wind and temperatures no higher than a paltry 13 degrees C. Seawatching again proved rewarding, with two Storm Petrels flying north late afternoon the best. Other notable records included a Velvet Scoter, 178 Common Scoters, five Bar-tailed Godwits, 25 Arctic Terns, four Common Terns, 38 Sandwich Terns, five Arctic Skuas, a Sooty Shearwater and 20 Manx Shearwaters all flying north. Four Red-breasted Mergansers and an adult summer Mediterranean Gull headed in the opposite direction. Elsewhere, a Hobby sheltered in bushes along Lighthouse Road early morning.
