A day of light south-west/southerly winds, overcast skies with sunny intervals and temperatures reaching 21 degrees C. Seawatching highlights included 22 Common Scoter, two Sooty Shearwaters, 57 Manx Shearwaters, a Grey Plover, a Mediterranean Gull, 144 Sandwich Terns, a Common Tern, nine Arctic Tern, a Bonxie and two Arctic Skuas flying north, with three Whimbrel, a Greenshank, six Common Terns, a Bonxie and two Arctic Skuas heading south.
Two Little Egrets overflew South Landing, where lone Mediterranean and Yellow-legged Gulls were present, a Greenshank flew south over the headland and a Green Sandpiper dropped onto Thornwick Pools. Migrant passerines included a Tree Pipit that headed south over Old Fall. In addition, the Pied Crow continued to frequent Thornwick camp.
West of the Dykes, sightings from Buckton included two un-tagged creamcrown Marsh Harriers, 35 Curlew flying north, 27 Common Whitethroats, three Wheatear, two Whinchat, seven Yellow Wagtails and 22 Reed Buntings.
