Following heavy rain overnight, skies eventually brightened and temperatures reached 19 degrees C; relatively light winds were variable in direction, northerly initially ending south-easterly. Seawatch highlights included 78 Teal, three Red-throated Divers, two Sooty Shearwaters, 101 Manx Shearwaters, 418 Sandwich Terns, 388 Common Terns, an Arctic Tern, five Arctic Skuas, a dark morph Pomarine Skua and a pale morph juvenile Long-tailed Skua all moving north; a Balearic Shearwater, one Little Gull and ten Bonxies flew south. A juvenile Yellow-legged Gull lingered offshore.
Thornwick Pools attracted a Shelduck, four Ringed Plovers, two Dunlin, two Ruff, a Black-tailed Godwit, a Green Sandpiper, two Common Sandpipers and a juvenile Caspian Gull. The latter relocated to the new workings on the western fringe of Thornwick Camp, where it was joined by a second juvenile Caspian Gull early evening. Away from Thornwick, a Wood Sandpiper flew west over Old Fall; three Green Sandpipers moved south over the headland, whilst 14 Ringed Plovers, a Sanderling and five Common Sandpipers frequented South Landing beach.
Four Red-backed Shrikes were in residence on the outer head; two juveniles and an adult female frequented cliff top gorse south of the lighthouse, with a showier individual in the Bay Brambles. Other passerine sightings included 32 Willow Warblers, eight Garden Warblers, two ‘migrant’ Reed Warblers, ten Pied Flycatchers, six Whinchat and ten Crossbills.
Sightings from Buckton/Bempton included two Marsh Harriers, a Garden Warbler, five Pied Flycatchers and three Whinchat; a Long-tailed Skua was seen offshore, as was an Ocean Sunfish.
