A relatively light wind veered from a westerly to a northerly direction during a day of sunny intervals and temperatures peaking at 16 degrees C. A skein of 50 Pink-footed Geese that flew south during the seawatch were the autumn’s first. Four Long-tailed Skuas also flew past the outer head (three south, one north), together with two Sooty Shearwaters, 20 Manx Shearwaters, a Little Egret, 66 Little Gulls, two first calendar-year Yellow-legged Gulls, 125 Sandwich Terns, 189 Common Terns, 13 Arctic Terns and 11 Arctic Skuas.
Thornwick Pools continued to host the Garganey, along with a Little Stint; two Little Stints were the headline waders at South Landing beach, where they were accompanied by three Sanderling, two Knot, three Bar-tailed Godwits and 32 Dunlin. Migrants also included a Hobby, five Swift, two Spotted Flycatcher and three Redstart.
