An overcast day, with very light northerly winds and temperatures that reached 6 degrees C. Seawatching highlights included seven dark-bellied Brent Geese, 15 Wigeon and a Velvet Scoter flying south, whilst a very unseasonal Ruff and a Bonxie moved north.
Sightings in the vicinity of South Dykes included a Tundra Bean Goose on the golf course, four Long-tailed Ducks, three Goldeneye, 135 Common Scoter and two Velvet Scoter. Two White-fronted Geese accompanied the Greylags on the headland, the Black Redstart was near the Fog Station and a Chiffchaff visited a garden on the outer head.
