Another grey, gloomy and variably misty day finally gave way to sun for a brief period around midday. The maximum temperature was 12° in a light southerly.
Seawatching was lively with a good selection of species, particularly wildfowl. Highlights included Dark-bellied (13), Pale-bellied (1) and unassigned (3) Brent Geese, nine Shelduck, a Shoveler, two Gadwall, 85 Wigeon, two Pintail, 149 Teal, nine Tufted Duck, 154 Eider, a Goldeneye and six Red-breasted Mergansers. Also logged were two Great Northern Divers, a Sooty Shearwater, 26 Little Gulls, a Mediterranean Gull, two Bonxies and an Arctic Skua. Four Twite, two Siskin and a Snow Bunting added further to a good session.
On land, the ay started with a Kingfisher at Thornwick Fishing Lake as six Whooper Swans. A Dark-bellied Brent Goose flew east at South Dykes where 130 Common Scoter and a Goldeneye were offshore. There was an arrival of thrushes overnight resulting in counts of 382 Blackbird, 90 Fieldfare and 595 Redwing. The Northern Stubbles held a fine count of 192 Skylark and a lone Snow Bunting. Chiffchaff numbered 13 and Blackcaps 7 as other highlights included three Lesser Redpoll, 14 Siskin and a single Brambling.
Ten Golden Plover went south at Buckton where seven Fieldfare, four Redwing and a Chiffchaff were present. Finally, 12 Siskin flew over Speeton churchyard.
