Strong northerly winds overnight gradually decreased during a relatively bright day with a best of 13 degrees C. Attention was inevitably focused on the sea, although it was quieter than many had hoped. Single Great Northern Diver and juvenile Pomarine Skua flew south along with two Pintail, two Red-breasted Merganser, 11 Eider, 40 Arctic Skuas, ten Bonxies and 141 Red-throated Divers. Moving north were 51 Sooty Shearwaters, 44 Manx Shearwaters, six Little Gulls and a Black Tern. An evening watch was rewarded with a single Storm Petrel moving north at 1839hrs and a first-winter Caspian Gull.
