After an overcast start, sunshine broke through during the afternoon and temperatures attained 22 degrees C; winds remained light/moderate and from the north-west. Seawatching produced 27 Common Scoter, a Red-throated Diver, four Manx Shearwaters, 24 Sandwich Terns, six Common Terns, four Arctic Terns and a Bonxie flying north. The year’s first fledged Kittiwakes were also present off the Fog Station.
Three Mute Swans were present on the sea off South Landing, but rare still, a juvenile Willow Tit was caught and ringed at Buckton.
The overnight ringing session resulted in two Storm Petrels being captured and ringed.
