The day featured light/moderate westerly winds and generally bright, but overcast conditions. Seawatching highlights included 13 Red-throated Divers and two Great Northern Divers flying south, single Balearic and Sooty Shearwaters moving north, 76 Pink-footed Geese flying south, with an Arctic Skua and four Bonxies also recorded. A total of 542 Kittiwakes went north, together with a Sandwich Tern.
Nine Whooper Swans flew south, whilst three Eurasian White-fronted Geese frequented a stubble field adjacent to North Dykes. Thornwick Pools hosted a Grey Heron, one Little Grebe, nine Teal and single Shoveler, Pintail and Tufted Duck. A Short-eared Owl was in the Gorse Field, with three Stonechats in the same area.
West of the Dykes, another Short-eared Owl was at Buckton, together with two Stonechats and 100 Linnets.
