Gale force south-westerly winds dominated a day with sunny intervals and temperatures that reached 22 degrees C. A brief evening seawatch was rewarded with a Manx Shearwater, four Oystercatchers, 18 Knot, a Bonxie, 80 Sandwich Terns, 25 Common Terns, an Arctic Tern, four Little Gulls and 15 Swifts flew south.
Thornwick Pools attracted 11 Teal and a Water Rail. Single juvenile Yellow-legged and Caspian Gulls loafed on fields at Oceanview.
The day’s best sighting related to the discovery of a Clifden Nonpareil moth in a trap on the edge of the village.
