The morning featured relatively still conditions and sunshine, with a light southerly wind and overcast conditions later in the day. Seawatching highlights included 78 Red-throated Divers flying south, 34 Sooty Shearwaters, two Manx Shearwaters and one Balearic Shearwater heading north. Wildfowl on the move included 204 Common Scoter and a Red-breasted Merganser also flying north, whilst 18 Arctic Skuas headed in a similar direction. Two Mediterranean and 14 Little Gulls flew past the Fog Station, but better still, an adult Sabines’s Gull went north at 0840hrs. A Short-eared Owl also flew in off the sea.
The Thornwick area attracted a Grey Heron, one Wigeon, ten Teal, a Hobby, five Snipe, together with single Whinchat and Stonechat. Elsewhere, sightings included a Swift, three Grey Wagtails, two Yellow Wagtails, seven Goldcrests, ten Lesser Redpolls and five Siskins.
West of the Dykes, a Great Northern Diver flew south-east past Bempton, a total of 13 Common Buzzards overflew Buckton, where 80 birds were ringed which included 15 Lesser Redpolls, 16 Meadow Pipits and a Whinchat.
