A light/moderate north-westerly wind brought heavy and prolonged showers during the morning and less frequent squalls in the afternoon. Seawatching produced 41 Red-throated Divers and a Black-throated Diver heading north, two Great Northern Divers north (and two south), two Great Crested Grebes north along with a Red-necked Grebe. Four Manx and two Sooty Shearwaters flew north, as did six Shelduck, 57 Wigeon, 59 Teal, 15 Mallard, two Pintail, 23 Eider, three Long-tailed Ducks, 207 Common Scoter, a Velvet Scoter, six Goldeneye and a Red-breasted Merganser. A drake of the latter species was also off South Landing, along with two Scaup. In addition, 34 Dunlin moved north, along with two Arctic Skuas and two juvenile Pomarine Skuas; 14 Bonxies were also recorded. Juvenile Little and Glaucous Gulls flew north, whilst a total of 130 Little Auks flew north together with two Puffins. The post-dawn southerly movement of Shags involved 446 individuals, the highest count of the autumn thus far.
Thornwick Pools attracted ten Teal, a Pintail, two Water Rails and a Short-eared Owl.
Sightings from Buckton included a Whooper Swan on the Pond, two Great Northern Divers and a Snow Bunting along the cliff-top.
