A day of light north-easterly winds, sunny conditions and temperatures that reached 11 degrees C. Seawatch highlights included a Red-throated Diver flying south, 244 Fulmars moving north, five Shelduck south, a Bonxie north and nine Sandwich Terns north (and four south).
Thornwick attracted the year’s first Little Ringed Plover and Common Sandpiper, with three Tufted Duck, two pairs of Shelduck and six Teal also present. Migrants included a Long-eared Owl, a Firecrest trapped and ringed, one Sedge Warbler, a male Common Redstart, one Ring Ouzel, a Yellow Wagtail, two White Wagtails and two Brambling.
