The day featured a strengthening southerly wind, with a bright start ending with heavy showers. Seawatching produced a Great Crested Grebe and 89 Common Scoters flying north, with a southerly wader movement including 91 Oystercatchers, 36 Knot and 12 Whimbrel. A total of 432 Sandwich Terns moved north, together with 22 Common Terns. However, the day’s highlight was five Little Terns that headed south; three together in the morning and an adult and a juvenile during the evening. In addition, five Eider were off the Outer Head.
Highlights from Thornwick Pool included the Wigeon, two Green Sandpipers, single Common Sandpiper and Redshank, six Snipe, three Dunlin, the juvenile Cuckoo, three Yellow, two Grey and 75 Pied Wagtails, plus a flock of 95 House Sparrows.
