18th May 2025

Largely overcast, with a northerly wind gradually losing strength, but it still remained cool with a high of 12 degrees C. Seawatching provided the main focus, with two Common Terns, an Arctic Skua, 230 Puffins, two Red-throated Divers, three Great Northern Divers, 39 Manx Shearwaters and three Blue Fulmars all moving north. Elsewhere, Thornwick Pools attracted single Little Ringed Plover and Greenshank.

Yellow Wagtails, Thornwick Lakes, by Brett Richards