A moderate northerly wind and persistent, light rain for much of the day. Seawatching highlights included 51 Red-throated Divers flying south, 41 Sooty and 43 Manx Shearwaters heading north, a Mediterranean Gull south, together with 179 Little Gulls and 189 Common Terns flying north.
Thornwick Pool hosted two Little Stints, two Dunlin, single Snipe, Ruff and Jack Snipe. A Water Rail, 19 Teal, ten Wigeon and a Shoveler were also present, with the Barred Warbler again present near the hide. A Little Bunting was seen frustratingly briefly nearby. First-winter Mediterranean and Yellow-legged Gulls followed the plough near Old Fall; a Merlin was seen in the same area.
Passerine migrants included a Red-breasted Flycatcher on the Outer Head, four Yellow-browed Warblers (including one at Old Fall), four Tree Pipits, 12 Spotted Flycatchers, four Pied Flycatchers, seven Garden Warblers, five Redstart, seven Grey Wagtails, a Reed Warbler and a Brambling.
