A generally overcast day, with light northerly winds. Seawatching highlights included three Gadwall, nine Teal, a Tufted Duck, 97 Common Scoter, two Sooty Shearwaters, 14 Manx Shearwaters, 46 Sandwich Terns, 14 Common Terns and five Arctic Terns that flew north. Southbound passage included 45 Oystercatchers, 116 Redshank and two Arctic Skuas. However, the most notable sighting related to a Minke Whale that headed north.
Thornwick Pools attracted two Teal, 15 Dunlin, a Bar-tailed Godwit, a Snipe, one Greenshank, 15 Dunlin and the Cuckoo. Three Golden Plovers flew south, whilst an adult Yellow-legged Gull was on the golf course.
Passerines were clearly on the move, with 30 Willow Warblers, three Spotted Flycatchers, one Redstart, a Wheatear and two Tree Pipits.
West of the Dykes, there were ten Whinchats at Buckton.
